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Another G Hopeful

Posted on Sunday, February 15, 2009 by Robert Hood

James Stokoe has reportedly been playing around with a Godzilla-themed comicbook called World War G. From these pages (below) I’d love to see it published, but chances are slim. Last I heard the US industry was of the opinion that … Continue reading →

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Obscure Godzilla Posters

Posted on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 by Robert Hood

We’re all familiar with the standard Godzilla posters, beginning with the original Japanese one: But there are many many others. As an excuse to reveal a poster that Kaiju Search-Robot Avery discovered on the Kong is King messageboard, here is … 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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Real Ghosts in Babylon?

Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 by Robert Hood

It’s quite a coup when you get the original actors, all dead, to cameo in your movie about the silent era of Hollywood — without splicing in old footage or engaging in CGI re-constructions. Director Alex Monty Canawati’s silent, black-and-white … Continue reading →

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Why Not [To] Be A Writer?

Posted on Sunday, October 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

Unfortunately, this will need no comment for those of us who are writers. And those who aren’t … take note! Source: via Cat Sparks

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Trailing Lake Monsters

Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

Speaking of cryptozoology, here, just for the hell of it (and for Avery, who found some of them), is a collection of movie trailers featuring the ever popular — and often cute — lake monsters of legend: Serpent Lake (US-[in … Continue reading →

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Update: Creeping in Reptile Flesh is launched

Posted on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

At Conflux on Sunday, Jack Dann launches Creeping in Reptile Flesh, while the author, both pleased and embarrassed, listens to his words of praise: And off it goes into the world! Lots of folk bought it on the day, but … Continue reading →

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The Revenge of Moby Dick

Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 by Robert Hood

When I read that Universal Pictures had paid a couple of guys (Adam Cooper and Bill Collage) a large amount of money to write a screenplay for a big budget take on Melville’s classic Moby Dick — arguing for an … Continue reading →

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Takemajin

Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 by Robert Hood

This picture of Takemajin — the giant statue animated to defend the Earth from the terminally weird Gilala in Girara-no Gyakushuu Touyaku Samitto Kiki Ippatsu [lit. Guilala’s Counter Attack: the Touyaku Summit One-Shot Crisis] (Japan, 2008; dir. Minoru Kawasaki) — … Continue reading →

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Interview with a Serpent Maker

Posted on Thursday, April 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

Serpent Lake (US-2009, directed by Joel Trujillo) There is a long-running tradition of lake monsters, both in local legend and on film. Deep, dark waters seem to spark the imagination; stories of monstrous aquatic fauna go way back and have … Continue reading →

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