Spawned from an alien spore brought back to Earth by some cosmonauts after they got buzzed in deep space by a UFO that looked a lot like an electrified hamburger, the monster Guilala would go on to do what every other giant monster does when in Japan before finally suffering a shaving cream covered demise and then shot back into outer space. Their creation was Uchu Daikaijû Girara ( Space Giant Monster Girara), which American International Pictures would later import and retitle its more famous moniker of The X From Outer Space. In 1967, Japanese movie studio Shochiku looked around at all the money rivals Toho and Daiei were making with their respective Godzilla and Gamera franchises and decided they wanted a slice of that giant monster pie. The monster design is either hopelessly absurd or a work of cockeyed genius – perhaps both. Its head looks like the head of one of the monsters from Pitch Black if it were to be dried out like a raisin then they add a chicken’s beak, Ultraman’s eyes, bobbling antennas, and whatever the hell that was on the head of Snork. Body wise, it looks like a cross between a chicken, a dinosaur, and The Michelin Man. If you’ve never heard of Guilala, well, just take a good look at it. That oddball factor is due in tremendous part to its title monster, Guilala (pronounced Goo-La-La), being one of the goofiest looking movie monsters to ever grace the silver screen. If you’ve never seen the 1967 Japanese giant monster movie The X From Outer Space, then you’ve missed out on one of the most oddball daikaiju movies of all time.
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