Attack Of The Monsters (aka Gamera vs. Guiron)

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This fourth entry in the Gamera series found the titanic turtle paralleling the cuddly direction of his competitor Godzilla. When two young, star-gazing children investigate a spaceship that has practically landed in their backyard, they are whisked away to Terra, our undiscovered tenth planet whose two "groovy spacegirls" are all that remain of a once-superior alien civilization. But the boys soon discover that their seemingly friendly hosts have sinister plans in mind for them. Never fear, for Gamera comes to save them, flying through space to battle the spacegirls' guardian Guiron, a giant, rhino-like beast possessing a razor-sharp steel blade for a snout. This movie is truly suited for young children, for older kids, and especially for adults will chortle at the unintentional humor arising from the cheesy effects, underplayed roles, and possibly the worst dubbing job in Japanese monster history. Taken as comedy, adults will find this a real camp gem--when the two boys witness Guiron slice 'n' dice a laser-spewing Gaos, one of them proclaims: "What a monster!" --Bryan Reesman

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This is the ONLY accurate review for Brentwood's ATTACK OF THE MONSTERS 10 MOVIE PACK. (NOT a Gamera review!).......2007-08-20

The "Gamera" reviews on this page are NOT at all related to the pictured item here: BRENTWOOD's "ATTACK OF THE MONSTERS 10 MOVIE PACK." This is actually a budget-priced collection of ten public domain fright flicks-- there are NO JAPANESE MONSTERS here!

SYNOPSES:

"The Ape Man" - Mad scientist changes himself into a hairy creature, then seeks a cure using human spinal fluid.

"Attack Of The Giant Leeches" - People who live near a swamp are disappearing orbeing found dead with odd wounds on their bodies.

"Creature From The Haunted Sea" - Crook murders some Caribbean islanders and blames their deaths on an imaginary sea monster. Then the real critter appears!

"Eegah" - Teenagers discover a prehistoric caveman, who goes on a rampage.

"The Giant Gila Monster" - The 1950s fad of macro-photography transforms an ordinary lizard into a gargantuan thing that threatens a small Texas town. Or, in the words of this movie's original advertising campaign: "ONLY HELL COULD BREED SUCH AN ENORMOUS BEAST. ONLY GOD COULD DESTROY IT!"

"Indestructible Man" - Lon Chaney Jr. in a modern retelling of the Frankenstein story. An executed criminal is reanimated as a mute killer that seemingly can't be stopped.

"The Killer Shrews" - People on a faraway island are terrorized by giant rodentia.

"The Monster Maker" - Mad scientist injects his enemies with a virus that causes them to become hideously deformed.

"Phantom From 10,000 Leagues" - A lame story about a radioactive rock on the ocean floor that causes a monstrous mutation.

"The Snow Creature" - Himilayan expeditioin captures Bigfoot. The monster escapes while being shipped to Los Angeles.

BRENTWOOD 10 Movie Packs offer a variety of cinematic genres at bargain prices. Video transfers of their "B" movies are pretty decent, as is sound. The manufacturer's hinged boxes house DVDs adequately, but be careful the hinged sections don't pull away from the main spine! They're not that easy to reassemble.

For a more modern collection of creepy movies from BRENTWOOD, their SCARED STIFF 10 MOVIE SET will leave you... well, you know!

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Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings maintained by a film resource website.

(3.9) The Ape Man (1943) - Bela Lugosi
(2.8) Attack Of The Giant Leeches (1959) - Ken Clark/Yvette Vickers
(2.7) Creature From The Haunted Sea (1961) - Antony Carbone/Betsy Jones-Moreland
(2.6) Eegah (1962) - Arch Hall Jr./Richard Kiel
(2.9) The Giant Gila Monster (1959) - Don Sullivan/Fred Graham
(2.8) Indestructible Man (1956) - Lon Chaney Jr./Max Showalter
(2.9) The Killer Shrews (1959) - James Best/Ingrid Goude
(4.8) The Monster Maker (1944) - J. Carroll Naish/Ralph Morgan
(2.4) The Phantom From 10,000 Leagues (1955) - Kent Taylor/Cathy Downs
(2.3) The Snow Creature (1954) - Paul Langton/Leslie Denison

Who Knew That Gamera Lettered In Gymnastics?.......2006-08-29

This has got to be one of the silliest of all the Japanese rubber monster movies. Two Japanese boys discover a flying saucer, fly it to a planet inhabited by Guiron, a ridiculous monster with a knife-snout and throwing stars in his nostrils (watch and learn,) and two space babes dubbed very poorly. They uncover a plot that involves both head shaving (a theme introduced early in the film by helpful policeman and Jerry Lewis impersonator, Detective "Cornjob"...don't miss the practice with the disemboweling cutlass) and brain eating. Somehow Gamera (a friend to all children if you'll recall your Gamera history) learns of the kid's distress, comes to the planet, defeats Guiron with a missile through his nostril (really), and takes the boys back to Earth in his mouth.

If this sounds muddled, it is: it is one of the more ludicrous plots of the genre, and is definitely worth a few laughs for the unadulterated cheese factor. My favorite scene in the film hands down is the gymnastics routine Gamera performs in mid-fight (followed by the daintiest dance you have ever seen a giant turtle monster do.) This is all, of course, utterly ridiculous, but therein resides the appeal.

gamera on dinosaur planet.......2006-07-02

i wave seen three gamera movies so far this is my favourite one because it has the most monsters. the story has gamera a prehitoric monster fithg a huge dinosaur on a distant planet here aliens have kidnaptte two kids. this films have the monsters gamera the giant turtle gyaos a pteratactyle from space and of course guiron the intergalactic reptile monster.

Sad to see what became of our favorite giant flying turtle.......2006-05-05

This was a rather sad entry into the Gamera series of movies. The plot, such as it is, is two young boys, Akio and Tom find a spaceship and go inside to explore. The ship takes off and lands on a planet that is in our solar system but is directly on the other side of Earth so we never saw it. The only inhabitants left are two attractive women and their monster, Guiron. Guiron is basically a lizard with a knife for a head. The women read Akio's mind to find out information and then plan to eat the boy's brains before flying to earth. But of course, Gamera, the friend of all children, comes to the rescue. He defeats Guiron and takes the boys back to Earth safely.

The dubbing in this movie is absolutely horrible. The monster fight scenes were comical. In fact, Guiron's whole look is ridiculous. Akio, one of the young boys, is obsessed with living in a world without traffic accidents and keeps calling planets "stars". Back on Earth the adults won't believe Akio's sister that he took off in a spaceship, except for one policeman, "Cornjob".

These Japanese monster movies are always fun to watch, but some of them also had at least a semblance of quality. This one has none. A very strangely written script, beyond terrible dubbing and lower than low-budget effects.

Bad Science but Good Brains!.......2006-04-19

I love zombie movies. Especially campy ones like Return of the Living Dead and Night of the Creeps. Imagine my pleasant surprise to find *brain lust* in a Japanese monster movie! And they're two of the cutest brain eaters you'd ever want to meet! So sad they never got to dine on Akio. Basically, a UFO lands lands on the outskirts of a Japanese village...two kids decide it would be an excellent idea to take a joyride while the alien's away...they race a giant space turtle...then land on a star(?) inhabited by the aforementioned ladies...the girls have a monster with a head shaped like an exacto knife named Gurion...Gurion cuts off a pterodactyl's leg with a laser beam...he also fights Gamera the space turtle a few times...the alien babes die and the kids return to Earth to spread the message of world peace and...ending traffic accidents! Boy is this film ridiculous. The science is so flawed you'd think one of Bush's cronys at NASA wrote the script. Landing on a star! Stopping traffic accidents! Come on guys..but you really can't go wrong with hot brain craving japanese girls and giant rubber monsters smashing each other up, can you? Recommended

MONSTER MASH Double Feature - Attack of the Monsters (aka Gamera vs. Guiron, 1969) & Monster From A Prehistoric Planet (1967) (2006 DVD)

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MONSTER MASH Double Feature - Attack of the Monsters (aka Gamera vs. Guiron, 1969) & Monster From A Prehistoric Planet (1967) (2006 DVD)

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Monster Mash Double Feature!!
Attack of the Monsters
Monster from a Prehistoic Planet
Total Movie Run Time 2 hrs. 58min.
Special Effects on 'Monster from a Prehistoric Planet' feature the wizardy of Akira Watanabe, whose groundbreaking work on the original Godzilla Series inspired an army of imitators!

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MONSTER MASH DOUBLE FEATURE! Attack of the Monsters from 1969, 88min.-Color: Gamera, the giant turtle with a soft spot for children, returns in this sequel to the original, GAMERA VS. GUIRON. Here, two boys, Akio and Tom, stumble upon a UFO and unwisely get in and start pushing buttons. Not surprisingly, the ship launches the boys into outer space where they are saved from certain death by Gamera. Landing on a planet inhabited only by two evil twin women who call themselves Terrans, the two boys find themselves about to become these Terran's main course. Of course, Gamera shows up to defend the two tykes and is challenged by the twins' pet monster. Thoroughly bizarre and somewhat surreal, ATTACK OF THE MONSTERS is a highly entertaining monster film that is a delight for fans of camp. Monster From a Prehistoric Planet A publisher decides to build a recreational center and wants everything to be authentic. He sends a group to a tropical island to bring back plants, but instead they bring back a giant bird-reptile. Unfortunately, its parents want it back and pave a path of destruction across Japan trying to reclaim it. from 1967-90minutes-Color:

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