Category Archives: Giant Squids

New: Attack of the Giant Brain Sucker Monster from Outer Space

Posted on Monday, July 23, 2012 by Robert Hood

A Backbrain B-Movie Celebration Exclusive There’s nothing like a good brainsucker from outer space to get the B-Movie Celebration vibe going. Attack of the Giant Brain Sucker Monster from Outer Space [aka L’attaque du monstre géant suceur de cerveaux de … 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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Forward to the Past with George and a Big Squid: Exclusive

Posted on Monday, January 2, 2012 by Robert Hood

As Undead Backbrain heads into the new year, it’s rather appropriate that the first new film on offer is an Australian pseudo-historical comedy-drama featuring a giant squid. George Jones and the Giant Squid was written and directed by Dan Osborn and … Continue reading →

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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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Remind Me! How Many Tentacles Should It Have?

Posted on Friday, July 22, 2011 by Robert Hood

Giant squids and their mega-cephalopodic partners-in-crime, giant octopi, have a fruitful life in and out of the cinema. They are probably one of the few fantasy creatures that have genuine real-life equivalents. Sure, squids and octopi from the real world … Continue reading →

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New El Monstro Trailer

Posted on Monday, July 11, 2011 by Robert Hood

Ah, murderous femmes, exploitation violence, an aging seer (of the Aussie kind) and a huge tentacled monster. It’s multiple festival award winner El Monstro del Mar (Australia-2010; dir. Stuart Simpson) — and while we’re waiting for the DVD, here’s the … Continue reading →

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New Daikaiju May Be On The Way To Japan

Posted on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 by Robert Hood

In 2012, Tokyo may very well be attacked by something with at least one very large tentacle. Will it have more than six of them? Who knows? But this investment teaser makes me hope that the money will be forthcoming … Continue reading →

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Sharktopus Trailer

Posted on Friday, September 17, 2010 by Robert Hood

Be part of the ongoing collision between shark, octopus and the human quest for novelty monsters by celebrating Undead Backbrain’s 1001st post with the new extended trailer for the Roger Corman produced SyFy monster flick Sharktopus (US-2010; dir. Declan O’Brien). … Continue reading →

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Sharktopus Trailer … A Classic in the Making?

Posted on Saturday, July 17, 2010 by Robert Hood

OK, this is probably everywhere by now — but after the speculation that’s gone into it, I have to run it here on Undead Backbrain. It’s the official Sharktopus trailer and it’s a beauty — cheap but imaginative CGI and … Continue reading →

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Destroy All Planets 2010

Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 by Robert Hood

No, not a remake, but a digitally tarted-up reissue from Fred Olen Ray’s Retromedia. Gamera tai uchu kaiju Bairasu [trans. Gamera vs the Outer Space Monster Virus] (1968; dir. Noriaki Yuasa) was the fourth Gamera film from would-be rival to … Continue reading →

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