History Film / GameraVsGuiron

The spaceship takes them to a planet called "Tera", on the opposite side of the sun from Earth. Upon arrival, the boys are menaced by a silver replica of Gamera's old foe Gyaos; but the monster's attention is soon attracted by another monster -- a dog-lizard whose forehead is one giant, protruding knife blade. The Gyaos is defeated by [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath being chopped up into pieces]], and the boys take shelter inside an underground complex. They meet two women, Barbella and Florbella, the [[LastOfHisKind only surviving members of their race]], who explain to them that Tera has been all but wiped out by the "Space" Gyaos and that "Guiron" (the knife-headed dog lizard) is their only defense.

* NoPronunciationGuide:
** Guiron is Gwee-ron (no silent "u") in the Titan dub and occasionally the nonsensical Guri-yon in the Sandy Frank/Export dub.
** Gyaos, where the "Y" is left silent in English, is also mangled as "Ghi-ouse" and "Guy-os" between the two dubs.

* TheWorfEffect: Guiron is established as a powerful villain when he '''chops up a Gyaos and eats it for lunch'''.

The fifth installment of the Showa-era Film/{{Gamera}} films, released in 1969. Following in the footsteps of ''Film/GameraVsGyaos'' and especially ''Film/GameraVsViras'', ''Guiron'' turns the kid-friendly elements UpToEleven; in this film, for instance, the actual protagonists are children, as in the preceding ''Viras''. The official American release of the film, from American International Pictures, [[MarketBasedTitle retitles the film]] ''Attack of the Monsters''; a different dub later used by US TV Producer SandyFrank re-instated the "Gamera Vs X" title.

* TrashTheSet: What Guiron does when unleashed for the final time.

* KnifeNut: Well, Guiron's entire ''head'' is one giant knife, but he's also kind of a nut, too. See Evil Laugh.

* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: The film goes with the long-standing conspiracy that there's another Earth that orbits the Sun, but can't be seen because it's on the other side of the Sun. While this has been disproved with the Voyager probes, simple Newtonian physics prove that would screw up the orbits of the inner planets anyway.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: The Sandy Frank/Pedro dub is considered hands down one of the worst dubs ever made. The script is a word-for-word literal translation of the Japanese dialog, right down to calling planets "stars" and leading to such bizarre scenes as the infamous "Hello!" "Thank You!" exchange. Yes, even the "dancing go-go" line was in the Japanese script. For whatever reason, urban chaos translated as "traffic accidents". On top of that, it was clear that they hadn't really hired actors so much as handed scripts to a bunch of people on the day of recording and used their first takes.

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* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: Subverted. Gyaos wasn't included for this reason, and was originally supposed to be a new kaiju named Monga, but they lacked the funds to do so. As a result, Gyaos was painted silver and substituted.

* StockFootage: In conjuction with the mind probing. Still not nearly as bad as in ''Viras''.

* MadeOfBologna: Guiron kills and dismembers the monster Gyaos, then starts chopping the body into sections. Gyaos is apparently composed of solid tissue without bones.

* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: The film goes with the long-standing conspiracy that there's another Earth that orbits the Sun, but can't be seen because it's on the other side of the Sun. While this has been confirmed with the Voyager probes, simple Newtonian physics prove that would screw up the orbits of the inner planets anyway.

* CounterEarth: Terra has the same orbit as Earth, but is just on the opposite side of the Sun.

* MeaningfulName: "Guiron" is a mistranslation of "Guillon", which is itself a play on the French word "guillotine". An appropriate name for a monster with a blade for a head (though it's not terribly relevant to the creature's shuriken snorting power...)

* KnifeNut: Well, his entire ''head'' is one giant knife, but he's also kind of a nut, too. See Evil Laugh.

The fifth installment of the Showa-era Franchise/{{Gamera}} films, released in 1969. Following in the footsteps of ''Film/GameraVsGyaos'' and especially ''Film/GameraVsViras'', ''Guiron'' turns the kid-friendly elements UpToEleven; in this film, for instance, the actual protagonists are children, as in the preceding ''Viras''. The official American release of the film, from American International Pictures, [[MarketBasedTitle retitles the film]] ''Attack of the Monsters''; a different dub later used by US TV Producer SandyFrank re-instated the "Gamera Vs X" title.

* CounterEarth: Tera

The fifth installment of the Showa-era Franchise/{{Gamera}} films, released in 1969. Following in the footsteps of ''Film/GameraVsGyaos'' and ''[[Film/GameraVsViras Viras]]'', ''Guiron'' turns the kid-friendly elements UpToEleven; in this film, for instance, the actual protagonists are children. The official American release of the film, from American International Pictures, [[MarketBasedTitle retitles the film]] ''Attack of the Monsters''; a different dub later used by US TV Producer SandyFrank re-instated the "Gamera Vs X" title.

The spaceship takes them to a planet called "Terra", on the opposite side of the sun from Earth. Upon arrival, the boys are menaced by a silver replica of Gamera's old foe Gyaos; but the monster's attention is soon attracted by another monster -- a dog-lizard whose forehead is one giant, protruding knife blade. The Gyaos is defeated by [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath being chopped up into pieces]], and the boys take shelter inside an underground complex. They meet two women, Barbella and Florbella, the [[LastOfHisKind only surviving members of their race]], who explain to them that Terra has been all but wiped out by the "Space" Gyaos and that "Guiron" (the knife-headed dog lizard) is their only defense.

* AdultsAreUseless: When Tomoko tries to tell everyone that the boys have been abducted by a FlyingSaucer, no one believes her -- which is understandable, but then they actually scold her for ''lying''. Only Kondo seems to take the girl seriously (and gets scolded himself for it). Even if he's only humoring her to spare her feelings, it still makes Kondo the most sympathetic adult character in the entire film.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Akio has an apparent aversion to "wars and traffic accidents".
** Despite the BlindIdiotTranslation (see below), this was actually in the original Japanese script.

* BilingualBonus: In Italian, of all things. For instance, "Terra" means literally "land" or "earth" and Florbella's name is almost identical to "flora bella" which does indeed mean "beautiful flower" (or "pretty as a flower" as she says in the movie). Clearly the more sinister and malevolent of the two, Barbella's name looks suspiciously lie "bara bella" which means "beautiful coffin." This latter may be a coincidence. One assumes the Japanese chose Italian, of all languages, for the simple reason that there are very few Italian-speaking people (or even people with a basic vocabulary in the language) in Japan. In the US, however, it isn't hard at all to find one.

* CounterEarth: Terra

* FlyingSaucer: How Akio and Tom reach Terra, and how the Terrans plan to reach Earth.

* [[LastOfHisKind Last Of Their Kind]]: The Terrans, Barbella and Florbella.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Guiron is Gwee-ron (no silent "u") in the Titan dub and occasionally the nonsensical Guri-yon in the Sandy Frank/Export dub.

* StockFootage: In conjuction with the mind probing.

* ToServeMan: Terrans love a boy with brains.
* TranslatorMicrobes

The fifth installment of the Showa-era Franchise/{{Gamera}} films, released in 1969. Following in the footsteps of ''Film/GameraVsGyaos'', ''Guiron'' turns the kid-friendly elements UpToEleven; in this film, for instance, the actual protagonists are children. The official American release of the film, from American International Pictures, [[MarketBasedTitle retitles the film]] ''Attack Of The Monsters''; a different dub later used by US TV Producer SandyFrank re-instated the "Gamera Vs X" title.

* MarketBasedTitle: ''Attack Of The Monsters''

The fifth installment of the Showa-era {{Gamera}} films, released in 1969. Following in the footsteps of ''Film/GameraVsGyaos'', ''Guiron'' turns the kid-friendly elements UpToEleven; in this film, for instance, the actual protagonists are children. The official American release of the film, from American International Pictures, [[MarketBasedTitle retitles the film]] ''Attack Of The Monsters''; a different dub later used by US TV Producer SandyFrank re-instated the "Gamera Vs X" title.

The fifth installment of the Showa-era '''{{Gamera}}''' films, released in 1969. Following in the footsteps of ''Film/GameraVsGyaos'', ''Guiron'' turns the kid-friendly elements UpToEleven; in this film, for instance, the actual protagonists are children. The official American release of the film, from American International Pictures, [[MarketBasedTitle retitles the film]] ''Attack Of The Monsters''; a different dub later used by US TV Producer SandyFrank re-instated the "Gamera Vs X" title.

* BitchInSheepsClothing / CuteAndPsycho: Barbella and Florbella.

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Kid-friendly or not, this film features Guiron defeating a Gyaos by [[OffWithHisHead chopping off its head]] then [[RasputinianDeath slicing the body up like a Thanksgiving turkey]]. ''And this is shown on-camera.'' Sure, Gyaos' innards look like nothing more than blackberry jam, but still...

* TrashTheSet: What Guiron does when unleashed for the final time.

* ActorAllusion: [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQ2UwzV0GUI/TCeuh0fFJnI/AAAAAAAACeQ/eUayzLuiug8/s1600/L1010904.JPG Kondo's glasses sliding down his nose.]]