Category Archives: TV

How To Traumatise Your Kids

Posted on Friday, April 3, 2009 by Robert Hood

I’d say it’s hard to believe anyone would make the following — but if you know anything about Japanese reality TV, maybe you won’t find it remarkable at all. Here a bunch of kids have been told that a zombie … Continue reading →

Posted in It's True! Really!, Japanese, TV, Weird stuff, Zombies | 5 Comments

Dawn of a New Day [of the Triffids]

Posted on Saturday, November 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

John Wyndham’s The Day of the Triffids has always been one of my favourite SF novels. It’s up there among the great “apocalypse” stories, with a well-thought-out scenario, good writing and character drama, not to mention superb “monsters”. The concept … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Horror, News, Trailers, TV | 4 Comments

Say That Again, Ultraman!

Posted on Thursday, November 6, 2008 by Robert Hood

I’m not sure what I think of this. Tsuburaya Productions’ latest offering in the ultra-long-running Ultraman TV franchise — Urutora Gyarakushii Daikaiju Batoru [lit. Ultra Galaxy: Giant Monster Battle; aka Ultra Galaxy: Mega Monster Battle] (2007; TV series; dir. Yuuichi … Continue reading →

Posted in Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, News, TV, Ultraman | 2 Comments

The Monsters of Doctor Who: Kroll

Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

The monster that gets the Award for Biggest Monster in a Doctor Who episode turns up in the  Season 16 story The Power of Kroll, with Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Mary Tamm as Romana, and a fairly static, … Continue reading →

Posted in Doctor Who, Giant Monsters, Giant Squids, TV | 3 Comments

The Monsters of Doctor Who: Morbius

Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 by Robert Hood

I am still here. I can see nothing, feel nothing. You have locked me into hell for eternity. If this is all there is, I would rather die now… Trapped like this, like a sponge beneath the sea. Yet even … Continue reading →

Posted in Doctor Who, Horror, TV, Where's the Film? | 6 Comments

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 →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Lake Monsters, Trailers, TV | 1 Comment

Zombies Diversify!

Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

Two new (at least to me) bizarre zombie entertainments in this, the Renaissance time of zombiedom! Real Zombies First up is a TV series, a satire of reality TV called America’s Next Top Zombie Idol, written and directed by Blair … Continue reading →

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New Godman Remake?

Posted on Sunday, May 4, 2008 by Robert Hood

Go! Godman (or Ike! Goddoman) was a Japanese TV series than ran for 26 short (five minute) episodes from 5 October 1972 until 10 April 1973. It was a tokusatsu television series: the first from Toho to feature a Kyodai … Continue reading →

Posted in Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, TV | 2 Comments

Den Ace

Posted on Saturday, May 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Tale of a Beer-Fueled Ultraman Much of the following is mere deduction based on Japanese websites (the text of which I don’t have the knowledge to decipher), the odd video clip and scraps of information found on forums. Hence … Continue reading →

Posted in Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Query, Trailers, TV | 5 Comments

MORAV: Giant Robots Rule!

Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2008 by Robert Hood

This looks like it will be worth keeping an eye on. Titled M.O.R.A.V. (which is an acronym for Multi-Operational Robotic Armored Vehicle), it is an in-development scifi TV series set in the fictional country of Tangri Island, where a military/political … Continue reading →

Posted in Giant Monsters, Mecha, News, TV | 2 Comments