Monthly Archives: September 2008

New Publication: Black Issue 2

Posted on Friday, September 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

The latest — and second — issue of the magazine BLACK: Australian Dark Culture is about to be released, and it’s a superb one. Apart from the regular columnists, the issue includes a chthonian cornucopia of articles on new dark … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Horror, Interviews, My Writing, News, Zombies | 5 Comments

Killmeleon

Posted on Monday, September 8, 2008 by Robert Hood

I keep seeing this title as “Killmelon” — a giant monster with a loathing for rockmelons, perhaps? “A giant 30-foot chameleon discovered by a rogue scientist in the jungles of Madagascar, escapes from a plane crash while being smuggled into … Continue reading →

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$quid Romstercom

Posted on Monday, September 8, 2008 by Robert Hood

What is $quid? Well, there are a couple of answers to that question — and here’s the first: $quid, then, is an short film directed by Daley Pearson and Luke Tierney, and starring Josh Lawson and Ed Kavalee. It was … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Giant Squids, Kaiju Search-Robot Avery | 4 Comments

Robot Women From Venus

Posted on Friday, September 5, 2008 by Robert Hood

Rumour has it the Too Many Monkeys Production Company made this fake trailer for the Sci-Fi London 2003 film festival fake trailer competition. It’s for a [non-existent] film called Attack of the Giant Radioactive Robot Women from Venus (2003), which … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Fan films, Film, Fraudulent information, Giant Monsters, Trailers | 3 Comments

A Short Film With Teeth

Posted on Friday, September 5, 2008 by Robert Hood

The film: Gator (US-2008; short; 25 minutes; dir. Robert Howell) The Poster: The Technique: Stop-motion animation, dedicated to Ray Harryhausen The Film: Part One The Film: Part Two The Film: Part Three Source: via Kaiju Search-Robot Avery

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New: Voices

Posted on Friday, September 5, 2008 by Robert Hood

Hotel rooms can be very creepy places and have occasionally been the setting for horror stories and films. The Stephen King-based ghost flick 1408 (US-2007; dir. Mikael Håfström) springs to mind. Now Morrigan Books is about to release Voices, an … Continue reading →

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Another Lost Bird?

Posted on Thursday, September 4, 2008 by Robert Hood

At the instigation of Mysterious Pants, the Backbrain scouted out Attack of the Giant Gull (US/Canada-2002; dir. Jonathan M. Parisen), which does appear on the Internet Movie Database as a video release, though no release date is actually given. After … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Where's the Film? | 5 Comments

Big Bird?

Posted on Thursday, September 4, 2008 by Robert Hood

There’s a giant monster bird movie out there that is more recent than the infamous The Giant Claw (US-1957; dir. Fred F. Sears). It’s called Big Bird — but it’s not this one by artist Jonni Good (click here to … Continue reading →

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Update: Cleavagefield Trailer!

Posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

Director Jim Wynorski has just emailed notice of the Cleavagefield trailer. Follow the link below and you can see: and … not to mention this: and plenty of… See all this and more here. Source: Jim Wynorski Information on Cleavagefield

Posted in Cloverfield, Film, Giant Monsters, Trailers, Update | 5 Comments

New Guilala Pics

Posted on Monday, September 1, 2008 by Robert Hood

Hey, because I can never resist pictures of Guilala, when Twitch posted a clutch of stills from the new Girara-no Gyakushuu Touyaku Samitto Kiki Ippatsu [lit. Guilala’s Counter Attack: the Touyaku Summit One-Shot Crisis] (Japan–2008; dir. Minoru Kawasaki), I grabbed … Continue reading →

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