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Attack Of The Monsters (aka Gamera vs. Guiron) [Import]

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For anybody out there looking for a good night of uninentional hilarity, you could do worse than check out "Attack of the Monsters" (originally titled "Gamera vs. Gaos"). It's the story of several creepy schoolboys who board an alien spaceship with two spacebabes who want to eat their brains. Gamera, everyone's favourite flying, rubber turtle, comes along to fight a knife-headed monster named Gaos and save the kids from certain death. The special effects are particularly below average this time around, and the dubbed dialogue is so full of hilariously bad lines that it's amazing the voice actors could say any of it with a straight face. Overall, very entertaining.
The DVD from Alpha video is in the pan and scan 1.33:1 aspect ratio, severely cropped from its original 2.35:1 image. Billed as an "American International Television Release" at the very end, an old and battered print has obviously been used. There are numerous scratches, with smeary, faded colour and an overall soft look. Unsurprisingly, the English dub is the only audio available. A gallery of publicity stills and posters have been included as an extra feature, and they're mildly diverting. A catalogue is also included, but I don't consider that a very "special" feature.

Darnit, this is just not as good as the video release. The dubbing is actually slightly better, but the unintentional humor factor is now less. Even more unforgivable is the apparent cutting of some of the best kaiju action sequences! Get the "Gamera Vs. Guiron" video instead...

This is the one where Gamera fights a monster with a knife for a head and throwing stars shooting from its temple. There is a classic Gamera gymnastic scene thats worth the DVD alone.

The story is about two boys who take a UFO trip to a world on the opposite side of the sun. Funny looking space women try to eat the brians of the boys to absorb their knowledge of earth. Gamera comes to the rescue. Kills Guiron. Takes kids back to earth. The End.

Other Gamera treasures to hunt for are "Gamera Vs Zigra" and "Gamera Vs Gaos".

Remember, these are Kaiju films(Japanese giant monsters). throw believe-ability out the door and enjoy the childish monster fighting-otherwise, don't buy this movie.

Gamera tai daiakuju Giron (1969)

Gamera vs. the Devil-Beast Giron

AKA Attack Of The Monsters

Mysterious messages from space. Soon two mischievous boys Akio and Tomoko checking out their telescope spot a space ship that looks like a tinker toy top. It conveniently land s in an empty lot and is undetected by anyone else. Naturedly they enter the ship and play with the interments. Yep they are being bratnaped. Fussy space beings change themselves into slick chicks. Soon they learn of Gamera from looking at reruns of previous movies in Akio's puny brain. His tasty puny brain.

Can Gamera save them or will it take Officer Kondo?

Hopefully the kids will be dispatched before they can make the obligatory

"We should all work together" speech.

A Japanese film that is fourth in a series. It is dubbed in English. Really hockey graphics and while Giron makes a fair terradactyl but Gamera looks like a large space going turtle with a huge under-bite and file coming from behind.

It is a good movie but I noticed that it was more kid realated than adult. The movie is good but I would not go higher than good, I found my mind and intreasts going elsware, it dosn't keep you intreasted, but it is classic old Godzilla made and because of that it is defonitly worth the get, for collectors, just be prapared for a long movie without alot of action and don't be surpprised of the costums wich are easy to tell that full grown men are inside, but it is a fun movie.

Gamera the friendly turtle is back! This time out, he must help two kids who've been taken by remote control spacecraft to a distant planet. The kids have been captured by two cute alien babes in go-go boots, who want to eat their brains. They then want to invade the earth and get down to some serious dining! Will the youngsters survive this hideous ordeal? Gamera must battle a knife-headed monster named Guiron to the death. Can our be-shelled buddy save the day? Watch and see. My 8yo son loves this movie...