Category Archives: Giant Monsters

A Rim By Any Other Name

Posted on Thursday, May 24, 2012 by Robert Hood

Well, giant monster fans — and devotees of Guillermo del Toro — are well aware that his next big film, in the absence of backing for the much mourned In the Mountains of Madness, is Pacific Rim. Due out in … Continue reading →

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Mine’s Bigger Than Yours

Posted on Monday, May 21, 2012 by Robert Hood

Talk about the Monster as metaphor! And wish-fulfilment… Beautifully expressive picture — and very funny, too. Source: via Peter Orullian. By Bobby Chiu.

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Mad Gods and Ghibli…

Posted on Sunday, May 20, 2012 by Robert Hood

Here’s an interesting oddity: as part of a museum exhibition running from July 10 to October 8 at Tokyo’s Museum of Contemporary Art titled Hideaki Anno’s Special Effects Museum, Anno is working with Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli to make a short … Continue reading →

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American Godzilla ’94 Returns

Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 by Robert Hood

Kaiju artist and Backbrain buddy Todd Tennant has finally hit us with the news we’ve all been hoping for — not simply the return of his long-time online project to create a graphic novel of the rejected American Godzilla 1994 … Continue reading →

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A New Giant Monster Film?

Posted on Friday, April 27, 2012 by Robert Hood

Actually, it’s not very new, and even if you could find a copy, it probably wouldn’t be what you expect. This one is from 1921 and I’ve so far been unable to hunt down much information on it. The following … 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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Kong: King of the Apps

Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2012 by Robert Hood

New approaches to storytelling are running rampant through the jungles of Skull Island, it seems. Though the film based on artist Joe DeVito and writer Brad Strickland’s illustrated novel Kong: King of Skull Island hasn’t materialised as yet (see this … Continue reading →

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Ignorance is Bliss

Posted on Saturday, March 24, 2012 by Robert Hood

This is excellent! Art by Elden Ardiente. Source: Deviant Art; shared by Kean Gilbert via Marianne Plumridge

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Wrath Brings Out the Monsters in Us All

Posted on Sunday, February 26, 2012 by Robert Hood

With Jonathan Liebesman’s Wrath of the Titans — a sequel to the much-spurned Clash of the Titans –  about to be released upon us, a new, rather spectacular trailer has provoked the usual irrelevant internet complaints of “mythological” inaccuracy — … Continue reading →

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Update: First Images of Gila

Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 by Robert Hood

A Backbrain Exclusive Thanks to Producer Bill Dever, Undead Backbrain has acquired the first concept drawings of the new Gila! (see The Gila Monster Grows). It’s by Charles Chiodo (of the Chiodo Bros fame), who has been involved in many … Continue reading →

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