Category Archives: Daikaiju

Pure Spanish extravagence, with zombies and giant monsters

Posted on Friday, February 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

Star Wars meets the peplum genre epitomised in Maciste, they go on a date and then give birth to a mutant version of Krull (1983). That’s The Baron Against the Demons [aka El Barón contra los Demonios] (Spain-2006; dir. Ricardo … Continue reading →

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Got a Giant Hunger?

Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2008 by Robert Hood

Jess has drawn my attention to this Guide to Giant Monster Country Cuisine. Very appetizing! Visitors to Giant Monster Country often express an interest in sampling the delightful native cuisine. Here are some things you need to know. First, it … Continue reading →

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New: A Giant Something or Other

Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 by Robert Hood

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New: 100 Million BC

Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 by Robert Hood

Blockbuster knock-off studio Asylum Pictures’ latest giant monster opus is 100 Million BC, which might appear to knock-off 10,000 BC, the upcoming Emmerich unofficial remake of the old Hammer film One Million Years BC (which was a remake of the … Continue reading →

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New: Reptisaurus

Posted on Thursday, February 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

Exploitation doyen Fred Olen Ray has announced that his son Chris — clearly walking in  the dad’s footsteps — has just finished directing his first film, a giant monster epic based on an old Charlton Comic from the 1960s. The … Continue reading →

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Query: Baguzu

Posted on Monday, February 4, 2008 by Robert Hood

I’m looking for information on an independent Japanese film called Baguzu [aka Bugs], released in 1997 and starring Ren Yamamoto. It’s about giant insects. In particular, if anyone knows who the director was, could you let me know?

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Trailer: Strange World of Planet X

Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Strange World of Planet X [aka Cosmic Monsters] (UK-1958; dir. Gilbert Gunn) When the inevitable 1950s mad scientist blows a hole in the ionosphere, a swarm of photographically enlarged insects from another dimension invade Earth and cause women to … Continue reading →

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More Cloverfield

Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

With Cloverfield‘s opening weekend box-office clocking in at $41 million (from a budget of $25-30 million) — a record for January — it seems certain we’ll get a sequel. But what will it be? The Cloverfield “shadow” website (which consists … Continue reading →

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A US Godzilla?

Posted on Sunday, January 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

This isn’t a review. That will come later. These are just some initial thoughts on Cloverfield, producer J.J. Abrams’ (of “Lost” fame) and director Matt Reeves’ excellent giant monster film. In literally the first moments, while the production company logos … Continue reading →

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The Las Vegas Monster

Posted on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 by Robert Hood

This animation is a rare piece of stop-motion footage, featuring a very peculiar and intriguing monster. It is a test animation for a film, The Las Vegas Monster, that never went through to completion. The designer was Pete Peterson, who … Continue reading →

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