ATTACK OF THE MONSTERS was part of the Gamera series, and is probably the wackiest of the lot. This time, some young boys find a flying saucer and climb in before it takes off for another planet in Earth's orbit on the other side of the sun. Once there, the boys find the planet inhabited only by a pair of comely women in green tights. These space-women plan to devour the children to incorporate their knowledge and then move to Earth! Gamera flies to the rescue, but must contend with a knife-faced monster which guards the alien city. Wow. Words really can't describe it. For some reason, this has probably been the entry which has seen the most play. AIP-TV released the film to US television where it became a staple of UHF monster shows. In the 80's, Sandy Frank released a different version of the film as "Gamera vs Guiron" to home video. This version was used on Mystery Science Theater 3000, where it became a favorite episode of many. The film finally made it to DVD in a scope format which offers both dubs, as well as the original Japanese language track. Wacky stuff, even by Japanese monster standards!
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