Category Archives: Giant Monsters

Who Says the Space Monsters Must Die?

Posted on Monday, September 14, 2015 by Robert Hood

So what do you get when you toss a gaggle of giant monsters into the one film? Pacific Rim? Well, yeah, but not this time. Destroy All Monsters? That’s more like it, at least according to the director of a … Continue reading →

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Rise of the Vorehemoth and the Reign of the Vore King

Posted on Thursday, June 4, 2015 by Robert Hood

Fancy getting eaten by a giant monster? A new feature-length micro-budget giant monster movie going by the title Vorehemoth is to be directed by the so-named Godfather of Vore and creator of La Vore Girls, Raymond P. Whalen (R.P. Whalen … Continue reading →

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Space Monster Numagirasu is Coming

Posted on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 by Robert Hood

Space Monster Numagirasu is clomping into view, though only the vibrations of his coming are being heard so far. Charming chap, isn’t he? Space Monster Numagirasu (a title which can also be transposed from the Japanese as “Space Monster Numaguirus”) … Continue reading →

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Mega Shark’s Attack on Titan

Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 by Robert Hood

It began when low-budget, exploitation production company, Asylum, released Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus (US-2009; dir. Ace Hannah) [Backbrain review]. Back in May 2009, Undead Backbrain was the first to reveal a still of the giant shark eating the Golden … Continue reading →

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The Coming of Peter Cottonhell May Spoil Your Easter Break

Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2014 by Robert Hood

Back in the dark days of 1972, Night of the Lepus (US; dir. William F. Claxton) tried to envisage a bunny apocalypse in which hordes of large mutated rabbits re-enact Hitchcock’s The Birds,  to lesser effect. It’s a bit of … Continue reading →

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The Ants Are Coming!

Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2014 by Robert Hood

Undead Backbrain first reported it here. Undead Backbrain alumni, friend and news hound, Avery Guerra (aka Kaiju Search-Robot Avery) has now been officially appointed to the film as Publicist. And the film is getting bigger! All will be revealed on … Continue reading →

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No Good Giant Monster Deed Goes Unpunished…

Posted on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 by Robert Hood

Terrific, and very short, animated movie: Excellent!

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It Grows! … on Steroids!

Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 by Robert Hood

So Nick Stathopoulos and Ryan Cauchi’s fantastic short nasty-plant-from-outer-space film, It Grows! (see these Undead Backbrain articles) has shambled off with a slew of awards at Zed Fest. Director Ryan Cauchi reports: I’m speechless right now. It Grows! has just … Continue reading →

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Chinese Giant Bugs Attack in 3D

Posted on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 by Robert Hood

Bugs 3D [3D食人虫, aka CHONG] (China-2014; dir. Vash Yan) According to the East Winds Film Festival website, Bugs 3D is a “throwback to the classic Hollywood B-movies of the sixties and seventies”, while owing a debt to the likes of … Continue reading →

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It Came From the Desert

Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2014 by Robert Hood

Giant ants on a rampage! No, it’s not the 1950s’ classic monster film Them! It’s a popular Amiga computer game that was brought out by Cinemaware in 1989 — and it’s soon to be reborn as a Finnish feature film … Continue reading →

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