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Category Archives: Daikaiju
Festival Trailer for The Millennium Bug: Now with Lots More Monster
We just received the all-new trailer for the giant-monster/hillbilly horror film The Millennium Bug (US-2011; dir. Kenneth Cran), made for festival promotion and cranned full … sorry, crammed full of inbred nastiness and scenes of giant non-CGI monster rampage. Check it … Continue reading
Gigante vs King Komodo, and The Big Eight
Artist Todd Tennant, whose news regarding his upcoming comic series, American Kaiju, recently appeared on Undead Backbrain, contacted the Backbrain the other day so we could catch up with his progress. Commissioned by Bluewater Productions to produce the four-issue series, … Continue reading
The Giant Monster Playset Is Ready For Delivery: Exclusive
Giant monster fandom loves merchandise! This is obvious from the plethora of sites, blogs and chat groups devoted to, for example, monster models. Hey, the Backbrain has a large display case full of Toho toys, models and other paraphernalia, with … Continue reading
Terrific Godzilla Gag
This strip is by Doug Paszkiewicz. I couldn’t resist. Check out Paszkiewicz’s darkly subversion website, Arsenic Lullaby.
Posted in Comics, Daikaiju, Godzilla
Tagged aftermath, comic strip, Doug Paszkiewicz, Godzilla
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When the Metaphor Becomes the Monster: Exclusive
It has been said that the unusually dense concentration of giant monsters in Japanese film and manga is a consequence of that country’s precarious geographical positioning on a major fault-line, making it particularly susceptible to earthquakes. Recent disasters there have … Continue reading
Posted in Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Independent film, Monsters in general, News
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A New Restored Godzilla
At last! In January next year Criterion is releasing a high definition digitally restored edition of Gojira [aka Godzilla] — the 1954 daikaiju classic directed by Ishiro Honda – on Blu-ray and DVD. After the merely half-decent releases that have appeared … Continue reading
Posted in Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Japanese, News
Tagged digital restoration, Godzilla, gojira, ishiro Honda
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Monstrous Tourists
These vintage Japanese bromide cards — known as Pachimon Postcards — were published by Yokopro in the 1970s. They feature “pachimon kaiju”, counterfeit monsters that have been painted into scenes of familiar tourist attractions and locations around the world. As … Continue reading
Posted in Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Japanese, Pictorial art, Retro
Tagged bromide cards, Giant Monsters, japanese monsters, kaiju, pachimon cards
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Gareth Edwards and Godzilla
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Exclusive: Kanigar, a Giant Monster Film in the Making?
According to up-and-coming UK filmmaker, Bevin Wright, Undead Backbrain (along with Monster Island News) were a source of information and inspiration when he began working on his stand-alone giant monster trailer. Whatever the inspiration — and classic 1950s creature features … Continue reading
Posted in Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Independent film, Monsters in general, Retro, Trailers, Where's the Film?
Tagged 50s monster movies, Giant Monsters, kanigar
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Review: Painting Giant Robots and Monsters
Godaizer (Singapore-2011; short [18:43 min.]; dir. Hillary Yeo) Reviewed by Robert Hood Mecha is one of the most popular sub-categories of anime and has produced some of the best and longest-running animated sci-fi series ever. Though quintessentially Japanese when considered … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Independent film, Mecha, Pictorial art, Review, Robots
Tagged Animation, giant monster, godaizer, hillary yeo, Mecha
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