Monthly Archives: August 2008

Update: Zero Trooper-F

Posted on Monday, August 18, 2008 by Robert Hood

The US Ultraman-inspired film Zero Trooper-F looks like it is coming along very nicely indeed. Check out this reel of SFX moments. They’re rather impressive on a miniscule-budget, I would have thought: Previous posts on Zero Trooper-F Source: Avery

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Poor Lost Dinosaurs

Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 by Robert Hood

Famed stop-motion animator Willis E. O’Brien made motion picture history when he animated a series of dinosaurs confronting modern humanity in the 1925 version of Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World. The SFX of this film were astounding at the … Continue reading →

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Giant Poo Goes on a Rampage

Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

You know the world is in deep shit when giant dog droppings are rampaging across the countryside. Makes you wonder what the giant dog that produced them is up to. Maybe Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (US-1973; dir. … Continue reading →

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Update: Chaw

Posted on Sunday, August 10, 2008 by Robert Hood

SciFi Japan has a detailed article on the South Korean giant mutant boar movie, Chaw (South Korean-[in post-production, 2009]; dir. Jeong-won Shin), which the Backbrain introduced a while back. Here is the synopsis: Mysterious, gruesome deaths plague Sammae-ri, a peaceful … Continue reading →

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Godzilla ’94 Trailer

Posted on Saturday, August 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

With the aid of Dennis Davison, artist Todd Tennant has produced a “trailer” advertising his graphic novel version of the abandoned 1994 script for Jan De Bont’s US Godzilla. Check it out, and then go read the graphic novel itself! … Continue reading →

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Strongman Zombies

Posted on Sunday, August 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

Two zombie films (or at least films featuring zombies) seem to be in production or development from an indie outfit called Strongman Pictures in Australia. One is Z3D5: In a war blasted, post apocalyptic landscape a handful of survivors struggle … Continue reading →

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Update: Sea Monsters

Posted on Sunday, August 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

In lieu of more substantial writings (the Backbrain has been busy of late), here’s the trailer to the iMax doco-drama Sea Monsters, featuring some very impressive CGI critters: Original article Source: Avery

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Zombie Haiku Apocalypse

Posted on Friday, August 1, 2008 by Robert Hood

Do zombies have souls? It’s a contentious issue, but the following little film goes some way toward demonstrating that at least they have soul. While the zombie apocalypse unfolds in the background a zombie recites poignant haikus about being a … Continue reading →

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