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Decades after watching Gamera sacrifice himself to destroy monsters threatening the world, a recently widowed man's son finds a strange glowing stone with an egg nestled in it, and when a baby turtles hatches he decides to secretly keep it as a pet. But the boy soon discovers that his cute but seemingly normal little turtle is anything but that as it learns to fly, breath fire and grows at an astonishing rate. Suspecting his pet is in fact a descendant of the legendary Gamera he begins to worry if it will ultimately meet the same fate, and when a vicious giant monster begins to attack Japan he is unable to stop his friend from rising to meet the challenge, however unprepared.

Very well written and endearing semi-reboot to the Gamera franchise is far from perfect, having plenty of plot holes and gets a little too silly towards the end, but for me being someone who grew up watching the original films in all their cheesy splendor it hits all the right cords.

I'd give it a 7.5 out of 10 though IMDb doesn't allow 1/2 votes so I gave it an 8, not for everyone but veterans of the originals will almost certainly appreciate it.

When a seemingly abandoned sailboat drifts in to New York harbor a couple of police officers go to investigate, and are promptly attacked by a living corpse hiding in its hull. The boat is traced back to the father of Ann Bowles (Tisa Farrow), and along with a reporter played by McCulloch they set sail with another couple to the island for which her father was last seen, only to find out the island is plagued with the nasty problem of the dead not staying dead.

Not the worst of its type but not that best either, this "Dawn of the Dead" knock-off basically only has its relentless gore to distinguish itself. However the gore effects are exceptional and there is one incredibly nasty scene involving a splinter to the eye, but everything else is pretty routine and doesn't offer any real scares or surprises.

5 out of 10, this might rank a 6 or higher amongst Fulci fans or people just looking for something extremely gory.

Plots revolves around an evil voodoo spirit terrorizing a neighborhood in Miami which is mostly populated by Nigerian refugees, chopping off and stealing their heads. Police detectives Crawford and Lenz are given the unenviable task of investigating the murders, and soon find out for themselves that they are in WAY over their own heads.

Sometimes creepy, sometimes boring, but its sense of humor perks things up throughout and helps hold your interest. Unfortunately when you do finally get to see the killer is a big let down, and it most resembles what you'd expect a living-dead pro-wrestler with a machete to look like, except made out of foam-rubber. Crawford and Lenz do an excellent job in their roles and help hold things together despite this films serious weaknesses, with Crawford delivering some pretty good one-liners.

5 out of 10, not for everyone but a passable time killer.