“The Guyver” is Children’s Body Horror

If you ever wanted to see David Cronenberg consult on an episode of The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers then look no further. A producer read enough TMNT to take away “weird mutants” and then just ran with it.

Why are there so many “Reanimator” homages in a children’s martial arts movie? Don’t worry about it.

See also the 1990’s Double Dragon movie if you want to more tonal confusion in children’s martial arts.