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Author Archives: Robert Hood
Chinese Dragons Are Cool: The Dragon Pearl
The Dragon Pearl (2011; directed by Mario Andreacchio) is an Australia/China co-production. It has a huge Chinese dragon in it. It also has Aussie stars Sam Neill (who has been in lots of stuff, but I’m going to name In … Continue reading
Posted in Dragons, Giant Monsters, News, Trailers
Tagged Australian film, Chinese film, Dragons, Fantasy, Mario Andreacchio, Robert Mammone, Sam Neill, The dragon pearl, the monkey king
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Peter and the Colossus Seek Your Help
Remember Peter and the Colossus? This fantasy film from independent director Mitchel Viernes was featured on Undead Backbrain last December. Go and read about it, then come back for more news. Looks like a decent and heartfelt project, doesn’t it? … Continue reading
Tarzan In India, With Cyclops
The mythic critter Cyclops, with one eye and optional horn, has turned up a few times in the history of cinema, usually in a cameo role. Though he did take the lead, sans horn, in the not-overly-memorable Cyclops (US-2008; dir. … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Film, Giant Monsters, Indian
Tagged Baboobhai Bhanji, cyclops, Indian fantasy film, ray harryhausen, Tarzan Aur Jadui Chirag
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Fear Force Five is Released!
The first three episodes of Jack Perez’s giant monster adventure series is up and running — and is really something to behold! Giant monsters, smart dialogue, giant zombie pirate with shark in its skull, sex, good practical FX, giant monsters, … Continue reading
Posted in Daikaiju, Exploitation films, Film, Giant Monsters, Humour, News, Serial
Tagged fear force five, giant monster, jack perez, web serial
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Godzilla, King of the Sexagenarians
In 2014, Godzilla — the iconic progenitor of the entire daikaiju eiga subgenre, if not giant monster films as a whole — not only gets a new American re-boot, but officially turns 60 — his first film being Gojira from … Continue reading
Posted in Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Japanese, News
Tagged Godzilla, gojira, toho
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An Attraction to Kaiju
Given the state-of-play out there in the movie world, kaiju (or daikaiju) have a large appeal to at least a certain (maybe-growing) percentage of the cinematic audience. But when does attraction become perversion? Relativistically, giant monster sex is not something … Continue reading
Posted in Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, It's True! Really!, Japanese, Trailers
Tagged Giant Monsters, hentai, kaiju, Mitsu Dan
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Fear Force Five: Weird Kaiju Hit the Web
Is pushing your imagination beyond reasonable limits the key to success? Maybe. Here’s proof. Jack Perez is a director most commonly known for a film he does not consider to be anywhere near his most satisfactory work. Under the pseudonym … Continue reading
Posted in Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Monsters in general, News, Zombies
Tagged Giant Monsters, jack perez, mega shark, mutants, ultraman, undead pirate, web series, Zombies
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Peter and the Colossus
A Backbrain New Release Exclusive What if your best friend was a giant tree monster? Peter and the Colossus (US-2013) is an independent feature-length film written, directed and produced by Mitchel Viernes. It stars Aubrey Robbins and new child star … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Film, Giant Monsters, Independent film, News, Trailers
Tagged Mitchel Viernes, Peter and the Colossus, suitmation, tree monster
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