Category Archives: Lake Monsters

Nessie That Wasn’t

Posted on Saturday, December 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

I think this picture is of a monster from a Hammer Films / Toho co-production that never happened. I’ve been reading Sinclair McKay’s A Thing of Unspeakable Horror: The History of Hammer Films (Aurum Press, 2007) — which is a … Continue reading →

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Another Loch Ness Monster

Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Loch Ness Monster (US-2005; short [15 min.]; dir. Benjamin Williams) A terrible encounter with the Loch Ness Monster haunts a woman her entire life. This short, but ambitious-looking film stars Dee Wallace Stone (among others) and won the soundtrack … Continue reading →

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New: Das Wunder von Loch Ness

Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

Das Wunder von Loch Ness [lit. The Wonder of Loch Ness; aka The Secret of Loch Ness] (Germany-2008; dir. Michael Rowitz) Thanks to our friends The Gualagon Team, the Backbrain can tell you a bit more about this new German-produced … Continue reading →

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Can Cryptozoologists Replace Indiana Jones?

Posted on Friday, October 10, 2008 by Robert Hood

If archeologists can be cinematic heroes, why can’t academic investigators into unknown fauna play the same role? In the excellent Scottish TV series Sea of Souls, academic researchers into psychic phenomena take centre-stage — though they do come over as … Continue reading →

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Update: Serpent Lake

Posted on Saturday, June 21, 2008 by Robert Hood

Director Joel Trujillo has sent along the latest poster and teaser trailer for his in-production lake monster flick, Serpent Lake. See the Day 15 production video here. Official website Via Kaiju Search-Robot Avery

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DreamKeeper (2003)

Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 by Robert Hood

DreamKeeper (Canada/US-2003; TV; dir. Steve Barron) This film is based on Native American mythological tales, recounted to a culturally recalcitrant youngster by his traditionalist grandfather. It is a Hallmark TV movie and was the winner of an Emmy for Visual … Continue reading →

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Once Again Monsters Sell Cars

Posted on Monday, June 16, 2008 by Robert Hood

And: DVD stores, too:

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Update: Serpent Lake in production

Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

This new poster for Serpent Lake (US; dir. Joel Trujillo) has just appeared on the new, refurbished website. The website includes a video diary of each day’s shoot. Pop along every now and then to get an update and insight … Continue reading →

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A Monster in Tokyo Harbour!

Posted on Monday, June 2, 2008 by Robert Hood

Yes, you’ve seen it all before, but this time it’s for real! This isn’t recent news, and you probably have seen it, but I love it anyway. As part of an event held in the Odaiba area of Tokyo, to … Continue reading →

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Update: The SeaSerpent’s Song

Posted on Monday, May 26, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Backbrain has just received some information from Joshua Raven, writer of the new sea serpent film we reported on yesterday. He says that The SeaSerpent’s Song will be a live-action 35mm feature film slated for a September 2009 release. … Continue reading →

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