History Film / GameraVsGyaos

Often considered the best of the Showa Gamera series and every other entry would be a ToughActToFollow. Unfortunately this film also [[FranchiseOriginalSin introduces trends that would get worse]] in later Showa films such as Gamera's love of children, inevitably causing future films to become increasingly ridiculous and child-oriented. Though YMMV on whether or not which of the films are good or bad. Oddly enough, the films would still be very gory, with monsters bleeding and losing limbs like a carnival of delicious horrors.

* InconsistentSpelling: Gyao's name has changed over the years. When Daiei created the character in 1967, "Gaos" was the official English spelling. The new Daiei decided to change the name to "Gyaos", a spelling that matches the original Japanese katakana spelling, for the 1995 film and that seems to be the official English spelling ever since. But from 1967-1995, the name was officially "Gaos."

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Gyaos's name has been spelled "Gyaos" and "Gaos", and no official source has really chosen one over the other. At least one DVD even calls him Gaos.
** Both have been official. When Daiei created the character in 1967, "Gaos" was the official English spelling. The new Daiei decided to change the name to "Gyaos" for the 1995 film and that seems to be the official English spelling ever since. But from 1967-1995, the name was officially "Gaos."
*** The Japanese spelling (in katakana) is rendered "Gyaos", so this the most correct version.

Often considered the last really good film of the Showa Gamera series (though ''Gamera vs. Jiger'' is another contender), ''Gamera vs. Gyaos'', like ''Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster'', was also the beginning of the end for the franchise, as Gamera's love of children would only cause future films, with the possible exception of aforementioned ''Gamera vs. Jiger'', to become increasingly ridiculous and child-oriented. Oddly enough, the films would still be very gory, with monsters bleeding and losing limbs like a carnival of delicious horrors.

* MakeMeWannaShout: Gyaos uses super-sonic beams produced by a special forked throat.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: For one, ''this'' vampire can shoot ''sonic beams'' out of his mouth, and he definitely does not sparkle in the light, although his head does glow red. And oh yes, [[{{Kaiju}} he's a 200-foot-tall silver pterodactyl]].
* RedHerring: It would seem like Gyaos' inability to turn his head was implying that Gamera would slay him by breaking his neck. Even the sunlight weakness is another reverse ChekhovsGun, since Gamera kills Gyaos by dumping him into a volcano.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Gyaos's forked throat allows him to produce sonic beams. Unfortunately for him, this also means that he is physically incapable of turning his head, just as in every live-action ''Batman'' film from 1989 to 2005.

Produced in 1967, ''Gamera vs. Gyaos'' is one of the more popular entries in the Showa ''Film/{{Gamera}}'' series, and it would introduce Gamera's most popular foe, Gyaos. The film was also the last entry to feature a music score by Tadashi Yamauchi, who also scored the first film as well. This film featured the return of Gamera's love of children, and it was the movie where Gamera became a heroic monster instead of a villain, like he was in the previous two entries. Like the first movie, and all succeeding it except ''Gamera vs. Barugon'', ''Gamera vs. Gyaos'' was directed by Noriaki Yuasa, who also helmed the special effects.

* ComicRelief: Occasionally done by [[FatAndSkinny two workers]] who work alongside human lead Shiro Tsutsumi.

* PteroSoarer: Gyaos fills out pretty much every cliche in the book regarding fictional portrayals of pterosaurs.