Besides the fact that Gamera seems almost like he was written in at the last minute, this is a pretty good monster movie with a brisk pace. The fights with Gamera are really the only disappointments but that's a big disappointment for a "vs." titled movie. [MST3k: After the less than steller riffing one the first entry this one really hits the ground running with one zinger right after the other. Even without Gamera's omnipresence or little Timmies this is played out by our boys splendidly.]

It's a special film where a giant lizard shoots a rainbow from his back to blow up a bunch of missiles miles and miles away.

An odd film for the Gamera series. For one thing, Gamera barely shows up in it; you could easily cut out ten minutes and have a fully-finished film just titled "Barugon". For another, it ties the monster story strongly to the human one, attempting a tale of greed and morality. It doesn't work that well, but I appreciate the attempt, as well as the crazy monster, who can "freeze anything with its tongue" and shoot destructive rainbows out of its back.

After so much dedicated work to find this movie, I quit watching it right after I started. I wanted to learn more about it, so that later, I would be more skilled at watching it.

The most "adult" oriented of the early Gamera movies, with a culture clash romantic subplot involving an innocent native girl (who adapts to miniskirts quite readily) and a modern Japanese man and no kids in sight.

The film has a strangely mature and touching storyline, which contrasts weirdly with one of the series' most bizarre monsters. The atmosphere on this one is also interesting, and elevates it above the norm.

Old school Mst3k score: 3/10, Regular Mst3k score: 7/10