Author Archives: Robert Hood

Haeundae: Set for Destruction

Posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 by Robert Hood

Take this idyllic picture of South Korea’s Haeundae Beach: Now add a monstrous tsunami: What have you got? The new disaster movie from Doosaboo Film and director Je-Kyoun Youn. In a recent press release, it was announced that on August … Continue reading →

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Bob’s Giant Monster Movie

Posted on Monday, August 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

Bob Nelson and Brick Cave Media have just plunged into pre-production for a giant monster movie currently sporting the working title Bob’s Giant Monster Movie. Bob, who describes himself as “a writer, poet and organizer”, will be the Executive Director … Continue reading →

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Update: Monster Movie

Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

A while back the Backbrain reported on a monster movie that utilises the currently popular technique of “found footage” to tell its story of rampage and terror — this one not in a city, it seems, but more backwoods/small town-oriented. … Continue reading →

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Blimp Boy gets Liberated?

Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

Deadly DVD has just posted an actual image from Jim Wynorski’s much anticipated Cloverfield take-off, Cleavagefield — a film that will at the very least feature a monster and lots of bosoms. Presumably Blimp Boy is the send-up’s substitute for … Continue reading →

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mSCORPIO vs King Komodo

Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

Kaiju artist Todd Tennant has sent us a preview of King Komodo’s next opponent. Cool, eh? For those who don’t know, Tales of King Komodo is a kaiju-based graphic novel serial by Todd Tennant and Mike Bogue. It appears in … Continue reading →

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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

Posted in Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Ultraman, Update | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Dinosaurs, Film, Giant Monsters, Where's the Film? | 10 Comments

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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