Category Archives: Film

Update: Serpent Lake

Posted on Saturday, June 21, 2008 by Robert Hood

Director Joel Trujillo has sent along the latest poster and teaser trailer for his in-production lake monster flick, Serpent Lake. See the Day 15 production video here. Official website Via Kaiju Search-Robot Avery

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Essential Daikaiju

Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

This entry comes as a fill-in while I’m working on a number of interview articles for Undead Backbrain. It is potentially controversial — at least for those who find being controversial in regards to giant monster films a reasonable way … Continue reading →

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Archive: A [Fake] Shot of Reptisaurus

Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 by Robert Hood

From clubdesmonstres.com via Kaiju Search-Robot Avery [Note: check the comments to find out about this shot. Seems it’s a “manipulated” picture. Reptisaurus was not even there at the time! When asked about it, he commented: “I’ve never been to Club … Continue reading →

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A Monstrous Conversion?

Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 by Robert Hood

Apparently Eli Roth, director of “torture porn” horror movies such as Hostel, has decided to turn his attention to the giant monster subgenre — and a PG-13 rating. Yahoo! Movies reported that he was “shooting for a family crowd” with … Continue reading →

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DreamKeeper (2003)

Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 by Robert Hood

DreamKeeper (Canada/US-2003; TV; dir. Steve Barron) This film is based on Native American mythological tales, recounted to a culturally recalcitrant youngster by his traditionalist grandfather. It is a Hallmark TV movie and was the winner of an Emmy for Visual … Continue reading →

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Update: New Zero Trooper F Trailer

Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 by Robert Hood

Remember the low budget Ultraman take-off that I’ve mentioned before? The one that was looking mighty good, despite its non-existent budget? Well, now an official trailer has appeared: For past posts — including the film’s opening sequence — go here. … Continue reading →

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Identifying an Evil Doll

Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2008 by Robert Hood

Correspondent Richard Duran asks: “For the longest time, I thought that the ‘Amelia’ chapter of Trilogy of Terror gave more background on the Zuni fetish. I have a distinct memory of seeing a movie/show on TV as a child where … Continue reading →

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Update: Serpent Lake in production

Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

This new poster for Serpent Lake (US; dir. Joel Trujillo) has just appeared on the new, refurbished website. The website includes a video diary of each day’s shoot. Pop along every now and then to get an update and insight … Continue reading →

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Zombies Diversify!

Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

Two new (at least to me) bizarre zombie entertainments in this, the Renaissance time of zombiedom! Real Zombies First up is a TV series, a satire of reality TV called America’s Next Top Zombie Idol, written and directed by Blair … Continue reading →

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Reptisaurus: Ask the Director, Chris Ray

Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 by Robert Hood

Got any questions you’d like to ask the director of the new giant monster flick Reptisaurus? Chris Ray has kindly offered Backbrain readers the chance to delve into the production and to satisfy their curiosity as to the film, where … Continue reading →

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