where the missile is; the missile then explodes, cutting Guiron in half. Gamera uses his flame breath to weld the alien spacecraft back together and carries the ship, with the two boys on it, back to Earth. On Earth, the boys are returned to their mothers and they all say goodbye to Gamera as he flies off into the sky. Cast Release Gamera vs. Guiron was released in Japan on 21 March 1969. The film was never released theatrically in the United States. It was released directly to television by American International Television in 1969 as Attack of the Monsters. The film was followed by Gamera vs. Monster X. Reception From retrospective reviews, AllMovie referred to the film as "one of the lesser Gamera entries" noting a smaller budget, the film's recycling of scenes from previous films, and "some atypically shoddy rear-projection effects." The review described Christopher Murphy as "a terrible actor." Though asserting that "completists may still want to check [Gamera vs. Guiron] for a few reasons," such as Guiron's "unique design" and the film's Hansel & Gretel-like storyline, "Ultimately, the mix of saccharine kid-movie elements and often surrealistic monster movie shocks will not be to everyone's taste" Legacy Gamera vs. Guiron was one of the few films featured twice on Mystery Science Theater 3000, the first time as part of the initial KTMA series (episode 8) and again in Season 3 (episode 12). References Footnotes Sources External links Mystery Science Theater 3000 Episode guide: K08- Gamera vs. Guiron 1969 films Alien abduction films 1960s science fiction films Daiei Film films Films directed by Noriaki Yuasa Gamera films 1960s Japanese-language films Kaiju films Japanese sequel films Space adventure films Counter-Earths Films produced by Masaichi Nagata 1960s monster movies Films set on fictional planets 1960s Japanese films