Category Archives: Film

Demeking Plummets to Earth!

Posted on Sunday, October 25, 2009 by Robert Hood

In Godzilla’s absence, it’s good to know that Japanese daikaiju en masse haven’t forgotten to make an occasional excursion to the Big City. We’ve had news of an Ultraman movie, then there’s the exciting discovery of Daisuke Sato’s The Fog … Continue reading →

Posted in Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, News | 9 Comments

Wavebreaking with Jules Verne in Sweden

Posted on Saturday, October 24, 2009 by Robert Hood

Vågbrytare or “The Wavebreakers” is a short (14:30 min.) film by a bunch of crazy Swedish guys — and it looks like lots of fun. Based, perhaps rather distantly, on Jules Verne’s classic undersea adventure 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Giant Squids, Independent film, News, Science Fiction | 2 Comments

Carradine Takes on the Giant Reptiles

Posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 by Robert Hood

He may have left the building last June, albeit rather unexpectedly, but legendary genre actor David Carradine will still be starring in quite a few movies over the next year or so, at least according to the number of “post-production” … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Update | 3 Comments

Tales of an Ancient Empire

Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 by Robert Hood

Back in January I reported on Undead Brainspasm that Albert Pyun — whose previous epic fantasy was 1982’s The Sword and the Sorcerer, the first memorable sword-and-sorcery film I recall seeing — was working on an epic fantasy follow-up, after … Continue reading →

Posted in Demons, Film, News, Posters, Update | 4 Comments

Traci Lords Over Mars

Posted on Monday, October 19, 2009 by Robert Hood

The Backbrain has already shown you how John Carter (Antonio Sabato, Jr.) and Tars Tarkas are to be depicted in The Asylum’s upcoming version of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Princess of Mars (US-2009; dir. Mark Atkins), but what of the titular … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Science Fiction, Update | 2 Comments

Update on Bringing The Fog Horn to the World

Posted on Sunday, October 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

Such has been the extraordinary enthusiasm shown by those commenting on the Undead Backbrain article about director Daisuke “Daice” Sato’s short film version of Ray Bradbury’s famous story “The Fog Horn” that Mr Sato and his crew from Replica Co. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, News, Update | 9 Comments

New Daikaiju Appears Through a Fog of Obscurity

Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 by Robert Hood

A previously unknown and unsuspected Japanese giant monster film has just come to light — one that resonates backwards right to the start of the daikaiju eiga tradition. What is it? You’ll have to read on to find out. Background … Continue reading →

Posted in Daikaiju, Dinosaurs, Film, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Independent film, Japanese, Kaiju Search-Robot Avery, News, Where's the Film? | 193 Comments

Make Your Own Infestation

Posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 by Robert Hood

So the giant bug movie Infestation (US-2009; dir. Kyle Rankin) has crawled out of its pupal stage and appears on DVD in the US on 13 October. Synopsis: A slacker wakes up to find himself weak, wrapped in webbing and … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Bugs, Film, Giant Bugs, Giant Monsters, News, Trailers, Update, Zombies | 1 Comment

Assault Girls Shine

Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2009 by Robert Hood

The newly released official trailer for Assault Girls [aka Asaruto gâruzu] (Japan-2009; dir. Mamoru Oshii) represents a massive upgrade on even the great potential we’ve seen before: Synopsis: In the aftermath of global thermonuclear war, the Earth’s surface has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocalypse, Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Robots, Trailers | 6 Comments

She-Rex Rises!

Posted on Saturday, October 10, 2009 by Robert Hood

Prolific independent filmmaker Brett Kelly’s latest production — hot on the heels of his 1950s remake Attack of the Giant Leeches — has entered the lost world of slapstick comedy. Kaiju Search-Robot Avery reports! Now this one’s gonna be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Dinosaurs, Film, Giant Monsters, Humour, Independent film | 3 Comments