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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Kaiju Forums/Fora
The Backbrain has started a list of kaiju-related forums, as recommended by Kaiju Search-Robot Avery. Right now, there are only two links, but there will be more. You will find the link on the right, under Pages. Or go directly … Continue reading
New: Attackazoids!
This image sequence is from Attackazoids! — a short film from director Brian Lonano and Robot Hand Films. Brian and Co. have produced a few short, bloody, surreal films, including Electrical Skeletal, which you can watch in its entirety on … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Robots
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Night of the Living Dead Homage
Joe Barbarisi’s short film Flowers for the Dead — first lensed back in 2006, according to Quiet Earth — is nearing completion, with the latest round of footage being developed even as we speak. The 30-45 minute film is apparently … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Horror, News, Zombies
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New: Monster Movie
More Truth-In-Advertising! A monster movie called Monster Movie. And it will be released to DVD in September this year. Monster Movie (US-2008; dir. Mark and John Polonia) Bigger and badder than CLOVERFIELD… more intense than BLAIR WITCH… it’s America’s most … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, News, Trailers
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Online Giant Monster
Author Steve Niles and artist Nat Jones let loose a comic a while back under the title Giant Monster. Fortunately for us, the title is completely accurate according to Truth-In-Advertising guidelines and you get what you might expect to get … Continue reading
Posted in Giant Monsters, Graphic novels, News
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Craziest Kaiju Countdown Contest is Over!
The contest is closed now, of course, as Guilala has been revealed as Kaiju Search-Robot Avery’s weirdness of choice. We seem to have two potential winners, Mike Hawkins and Tom R. VanSlambrouck, who both picked the Space Chicken. When I … Continue reading
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Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 1
1 Guilala from Uchu daikaiju Girara [trans. Giant Space Monster Guilala] (1967; dir. Kazui Nihonmatsu) [aka The X from Outer Space (US, 1968)] Monsters have rights also! Guilala is best known and loved (not to mention derided) as the “giant … Continue reading
What Are You Waiting For?
Our long-running series of articles on the Top 20 Craziest Kaiju — with titles chosen by Kaiju Search-Robot Avery — is about to end. This time tomorrow I’ll be posting Avery’s Number One choice. So you have approximately 24 … Continue reading
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Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 2
2 Gamera first introduced in Daikaiju Gamera [trans. Giant Monster Gamera] (1965; dir. Noriaki Yuasa) [aka Gammera the Invincible (US, 1966)] Gamera! Gamera! You’re so groovy, Gamera! You’re so groovy, Gamera! You are groovy, Gamera! Sun, Moon, Mars, … Continue reading
