Author Archives: Robert Hood

Horror and Humour: Chew Chew Baby

Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2008 by Robert Hood

Check out this cartoon from 1958. With its theme of a monstrous little cannibal loose in Cincinnati, it’s definitely a horror story… but who exactly was the audience? It looks like it’s for kids, but that would surely be the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Horror, Weird stuff | 10 Comments

New DVD Release: Jade Warrior

Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 by Robert Hood

Jade Warrior [aka Jadesoturi] (2006) is a kung fu fantasy film made in Finland by director Antti-Jussi Annila. Its bizarre lineage is enough to pique one’s interest, being based on both Chinese and Finnish mythologies — in the latter case … Continue reading →

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Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 16

Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 by Robert Hood

16   Rectuma   from Rectuma (US-2004; dir. Mark Pirro) Now, you may rectum… I mean, reckon … that a giant ass [aka arse] doesn’t offer much by way of creativity in its design — and you’d be right. Butt … Continue reading →

Posted in Craziest Kaiju Countdown, Giant Monsters, Kaiju Search-Robot Avery, List, Trailers, Weird stuff | 15 Comments

Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 17

Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

17   The Crawling Eye   from The Trollenberg Terror [aka The Crawling Eye] (UK-1958; dir. Quentin Lawrence) “O-On a mountain, uh, dese things sometimes happen. “ Here’s one very weird entry about evil sentient telepathic fiends from space. They … Continue reading →

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Hidden Monsters

Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 by Robert Hood

Talk about giant monster nerds! Cloverfield producer J.J. Abrams and/or director Matt Reeves are certainly in the terminal stages of Kaiju Obsessiveness. The DVD release of their US giant monster hit has revealed that the film is riddled with subliminal … Continue reading →

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Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 18

Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 by Robert Hood

18   Dogora   from Uchu daikaiju Dogora [lit. Space Giant Monster Dogora] (Japan-1964; dir. Ishiro Honda) [aka Dagora, the Space Monster (US-1965)] This entry from the famed Toho Co. Ltd [creators of ‘Godzilla’] definitely stands out as one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Craziest Kaiju Countdown, Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Kaiju Search-Robot Avery | 5 Comments

Brontosaurus!

Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 by Robert Hood

Today I came across mention of a 1980 Czechoslavakian film, Brontosaurus (Czechoslavakia-1980; dir. Vera Plívová-Simková), which I’d never heard of. But while looking for information on it, I instead stumbled upon these clips from an earlier Czechoslavakian dinosaur flick called … Continue reading →

Posted in Dinosaurs, Film, Giant Monsters, Trailers, Where's the Film? | 2 Comments

Update: Reptisaurus

Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 by Robert Hood

A while back the Backbrain reported that an old short-run giant monster comic series, Reptisaurus the Terrible, was being made into a hopefully not-so-terrible live-action film by Fred Olen Ray’s son, Chris. Main article Previous update Now the Howling Moon … Continue reading →

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Another Robot, a Big One!

Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 by Robert Hood

Check this out: a teaser for a beautiful piece of animation from Walter Krudop, a short film called The Builders. Via Quiet Earth Walter Krudop’s website

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Update: Outlander

Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 by Robert Hood

The poster for the vikings vs alien giant monster flick, Outlander, has surfaced! Click here for a large version: Outlander poster large. Previous Backbrain article.

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Posters | 8 Comments