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Second in the Gamera series, Gamera Vs. Barugon is an improvement on its predecessor. It's still a pretty bad movie, but any movie that can deliver the line, "The monster can destroy everything with its tongue," with a straight face must certainly have camp value.
The title is almost false advertising, though. Gamera is barely in the movie. Most of it is about Barugon, a monster born from -- wait for it -- radiation. The monster proceeds to destroy everything in its path with its deadly tongue and rainbow attacks. It's a little better than a lot of these monster movies because the human characters have a little definition and proactivity, as they use their heads to concoct various plans (dubious though some are) to stop the monster. There's a lot of destruction for monster movie junkies, but the movie crawls even so.
Note: Although I'm not sure this distinction is important, "Barugon" is not to be confused with "Baragon," a monster that appeared in Toho monster movies now and again.
Series Entries
- Gamera (1965) (aka: "Gamera, the Invincible")
- Gamera Vs. Barugon (1966) (aka: "War of the Monsters")
- Gamera Vs. Gaos (1967) (aka: "Return of the Giant Monsters")
- Gamera Vs. Viras (1968) (aka: "Destroy All Planets")
- Gamera Vs. Guiron (1969) (aka: "Attack of the Monsters")
- Gamera Vs. Jiger (1970) (aka: "Gamera Vs. Monster X")
- Gamera Vs. Zigra (1971)
Related Films
- Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) (aka: "Gamera: Giant Monster Midair Showdown")
- Gamera 2: Assault of the Legion (1996)
- Gamera 3: The Awakening of Iris (1999) (aka: "Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris")