Category Archives: Giant Bugs

Queen Crab: Rampage Sequences

Posted on Friday, March 22, 2013 by Robert Hood

Brett Piper has shared with the Backbrain some scenes of giant crab rampage from his latest B-film monster epic, Queen Crab. Created in stop-motion glory, this suggests that monster fans and stop-motion animation aficionados are in for a real treat. … Continue reading →

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Exciting Valentine’s Day Present For Mega-Arachnophiles

Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2013 by Robert Hood

Lovers of Giant Spiders are in for a very special Valentine’s Day this year. Retro monster flick aficionado, writer/director Christopher R. Mihm celebrates the Day of Lovers and the imminent release of his latest film by uncaging the official trailer … Continue reading →

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Update: Pictures of The Giant Spider

Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2013 by Robert Hood

In further multi-legged giant monster news, here are a couple of shots from Christopher R. Mihm’s upcoming retro style flick, The Giant Spider: No other news — but those snaps definitely make me want to see the film! Undead Backbrain … Continue reading →

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French Bugs in Development: An Interview with Julius Berg

Posted on Saturday, January 5, 2013 by Robert Hood

An Exclusive Backbrain Interview Bugs is a French feature film project, one that not only shows a lot of promise, but also includes one of the Backbrain’s favourite giant monster species — insects. Remember all those great mutant bug movies … Continue reading →

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Millennium Bug Infests DVD

Posted on Monday, October 29, 2012 by Robert Hood

More horrifically excellent news this Halloween as a genre-classic-in-the-making comes to DVD, heralded by great cover art and a fantastic new trailer. The Millennium Bug (US-2011; dir. Kenneth Cran) is a dark, raging powerhouse of a movie — an independent … Continue reading →

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Giant Spider Goes Retro

Posted on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 by Robert Hood

What’s scarier than a spider in your bedroom? Answer: a giant spider in your bedroom! Christopher R. Mihm’s new retro style flick, The Giant Spider, is bound to be a smash-hit with cinematic arachnophobes everywhere. Now, courtesy of Mihm, Undead … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick Spider Festival 2: Spider on the Ceiling

Posted on Monday, April 9, 2012 by Robert Hood

Part 2 of our Easter weekend arachnophobic special is a short film from the home of Spiderdom: Australia. Spider on the Ceiling was directed by Anthony O’Neill for Rectangular Films of Australia. It stars Steve Danielsen, Camilla Jackson, and Steve … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick Spider Festival 1: Scratch

Posted on Monday, April 9, 2012 by Robert Hood

Scratch is a short film made by Ethan Snell in 2011, a film that neatly ties in with a theme the Backbrain introduced just yesterday in an article on the upcoming creature feature Mega Spider. The theme? Extreme arachnophobia! Scratch … Continue reading →

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New: Caught in the Mega Spider’s Web

Posted on Sunday, April 8, 2012 by Robert Hood

Love spiders? Well, there’s a new one of the giant variety due in town. And Spider-Man will be quivering in his boots… Returning to our shared office at work the other day, a colleague reached to open the door, shrieked … Continue reading →

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Festival Trailer for The Millennium Bug: Now with Lots More Monster

Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2011 by Robert Hood

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 →

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