Category Archives: Film

Giant Snake Vengeance

Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Thai film industry seems to be going great guns. They have a history of giant crocs and snakes, of course, but this one seems to mix in assorted horror tropes and supernatural elements to potentially interesting effect: Vengeance [aka … Continue reading →

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Update: More Guilala

Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

We keep talking about the new Guilala film, but this is just the sort of thing that gets the giant-monster nerd in me all excited (and he’s a pretty big critter)! Now a website for  Girara-no Gyakushuu Touyaku Samitto Kiki … Continue reading →

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Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 13

Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

13   The Deep Sea Alien Creature   from DeepStar Six (US-1989; dir. Sean S. Cunningham) Well, at least Snyder will get his name in the Guinness Book of Records. I mean, causing two nuclear explosions in one afternoon has … Continue reading →

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Update: Guilala vs “Beat” Takeshi

Posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 by Robert Hood

Ryuganji.net reports that Kitano Takeshi, the iconic actor/director/media personality, will be playing a costumed kaiju role in the now-in-production Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit [aka Girara no Gyakushu: Towako Samitto Kiki Ippatsu]. In fact, he will look … Continue reading →

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Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 14

Posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 by Robert Hood

14   The “Monster”   from Gwoemul [literally, Monster; aka The Host] (South Korea-2006; dir. Joon-ho Bong) The Han River is very broad, Mr. Kim. Let’s try to be broad-minded about this. Anyway, that’s an order. So, start pouring. Pollution … Continue reading →

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New: Hancock

Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2008 by Robert Hood

Actually, this superhero spin from Will Smith and director Peter Berg (who is set to direct yet another version of Frank Herbert’s classic SF novel, Dune, for 2010) looks like it might (a) work, and (b) be pretty funny…. …. … Continue reading →

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New DVD Release: Jade Warrior

Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 by Robert Hood

Jade Warrior [aka Jadesoturi] (2006) is a kung fu fantasy film made in Finland by director Antti-Jussi Annila. Its bizarre lineage is enough to pique one’s interest, being based on both Chinese and Finnish mythologies — in the latter case … Continue reading →

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Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 17

Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

17   The Crawling Eye   from The Trollenberg Terror [aka The Crawling Eye] (UK-1958; dir. Quentin Lawrence) “O-On a mountain, uh, dese things sometimes happen. “ Here’s one very weird entry about evil sentient telepathic fiends from space. They … Continue reading →

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Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 18

Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 by Robert Hood

18   Dogora   from Uchu daikaiju Dogora [lit. Space Giant Monster Dogora] (Japan-1964; dir. Ishiro Honda) [aka Dagora, the Space Monster (US-1965)] This entry from the famed Toho Co. Ltd [creators of ‘Godzilla’] definitely stands out as one of … Continue reading →

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Brontosaurus!

Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 by Robert Hood

Today I came across mention of a 1980 Czechoslavakian film, Brontosaurus (Czechoslavakia-1980; dir. Vera Plívová-Simková), which I’d never heard of. But while looking for information on it, I instead stumbled upon these clips from an earlier Czechoslavakian dinosaur flick called … Continue reading →

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