Gamera has to battle a formidable opponent in the giant vampire bat named "Gyaos". The menace gets his name from a little boy named Eiichi, friend of Gamera (of course), and hero of the movie. You see, Eiichi is a tubby little problem solver. He is one step ahead of the scientists and the military. He has learned Gyaos's weaknesses and understands Gamera inside and out. If it weren't for Eiichi, Gyaos would be at the top of the food chain these days.

There is a lot of monster fighting with three separate battles between Gamera and Gyaos. The scuffles get bloody with this easily being the goriest kaiju movie I've seen (so far). There's even a moment when Gyaos cuts off it's own foot with its laser breath to escape Gamera. Gamera also nearly loses an arm as Gyaos fires repeated laser shots at the same wound. It's actually pretty brutal.

Gyaos is another swiss-army knife of a monster. It's got laser breath, can generate hurricane-force winds with its wings and has built in fire extinguishers that eject some kind of yellow vapor. The thing is mean, too. It picks up and munches a number of helpless victims.

The Gyaos suit is weird and lacks detail. I don't think I've seen a giant monster suit with so little personality. That's not to say it's a lame monster, it's just oddly simple. And I'll just leave the observations about the way it flies alone. Flying kaiju are always a problem.

Overall though, this is a pretty good flick. It's got a lot of action and imagination, fun miniatures and little Eiichi, the not-too-annoying "Kenny" of the story.