Category Archives: Giant Monsters

New RetroMonster: The Tentacle’s Claw

Posted on Monday, November 28, 2011 by Robert Hood

I’m not sure what the title of this new film from director/writer/dp/editor Michael Rigler says about the titular beastie (… it’s a big tentacle with a claw at the end? … hmmm, maybe… stay on until the end of this … Continue reading →

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Gigante vs King Komodo, and The Big Eight

Posted on Saturday, November 26, 2011 by Robert Hood

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 →

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The Giant Monster Playset Is Ready For Delivery: Exclusive

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 by Robert Hood

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 →

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Insectula! Where Giant Insects Rule: A Backbrain Exclusive

Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2011 by Robert Hood

Insectula [aka Insectula! Creature From Another World] is, in the words of its director, Michael Peterson, a movie about a giant mosquito-like alien attracted to Earth by the increased CO2 in the atmosphere. It has adopted the currently rather popular … Continue reading →

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Producing EDOnism: An Interview with Lorenzo Fantini

Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2011 by Robert Hood

An interview with Lorenzo Fantini about EDOnism An interview with the producer of the film EDOnism (Italy/Japan-2010; dir. Alessandro Fantini). See Undead Backbrain article. How long have you been in Japan? I’ve been in Japan for over twelve years now. What … Continue reading →

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When the Metaphor Becomes the Monster: Exclusive

Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 by Robert Hood

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 →

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Did We Land On a Dinosaur? Exclusive Details on Tape 407

Posted on Sunday, October 16, 2011 by Robert Hood

Dinosaurs depicted via the “found footage” technique have been making themselves apparent lately. In September the Backbrain drew your attention to The Dinosaur Project (US-2012; dir. Sid Bennett)– an in-production “lost world” movie filmed in a “found footage” (or camera … Continue reading →

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A New Restored Godzilla

Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2011 by Robert Hood

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 →

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Addendum to Avengers Movie Cast

Posted on Friday, October 7, 2011 by Robert Hood

Warning: this article MAY contain spoilers. On the other hand, it could be a load of rubbish. Just to bring the Backbrain’s last post about the cast of the upcoming Avengers movie more into line with the main focus of … Continue reading →

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Monstrous Tourists

Posted on Monday, October 3, 2011 by Robert Hood

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 →

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