Category Archives: Giant Monsters

The Millennium Bug Has Finally Arrived!

Posted on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 by Robert Hood

But don’t panic! We’re talking about the horror thriller by director Kenneth Cran and his brother James rather than the fanciful computer scare that led us into the new millennium. The Cran Brothers’ millennium bug isn’t a programming glitch and … Continue reading →

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It’s a MM(+9)ystery!

Posted on Sunday, July 4, 2010 by Robert Hood

This post is about a mystery contained in a mystery. Last week Undead Backbrain’s Avery Guerra stumbled upon a video posted to YouTube by tomoro55 — a Channel that concentrates on the work of Japanese director Kiyotaka Taguchi. Taguchi is … Continue reading →

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Gone Fishin’

Posted on Friday, July 2, 2010 by Robert Hood

British filmmaker Chris Jones found that successfully teaching folk how to make films guerilla-fashion (as he did when he wrote the popular The Guerilla Film Maker’s Handbook series and when he tutored hopefuls on how to do it, face-to-face) had … Continue reading →

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Popstar vs Popstar vs Mega-Beasts

Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 by Robert Hood

Everyone ends up in the Asylum. Or so it seems. Hollywood Reporter has revealed that 1980s pop-stars Debbie Gibson and Tiffany are to star together in one of the SyFy Channel’s signature Saturday night original movies — a giant monster … Continue reading →

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Destroy All Planets 2010

Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 by Robert Hood

No, not a remake, but a digitally tarted-up reissue from Fred Olen Ray’s Retromedia. Gamera tai uchu kaiju Bairasu [trans. Gamera vs the Outer Space Monster Virus] (1968; dir. Noriaki Yuasa) was the fourth Gamera film from would-be rival to … Continue reading →

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Zevastator GORGAROJ: Training the Monsterson!

Posted on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 by Robert Hood

Youthful filmmakers Benjamin Chee and Elvin Siew have created a short, daikaiju-inspired animated film — and it deserves to be noticed. Stylistically unique, with beautiful colouring and a wonderful sense of humour, Zevastator GORGAROJ draws for its inspiration on Son … Continue reading →

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Monster vs Monster: the Asylum is Listening!

Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2010 by Robert Hood

Remember The Asylum’s biggest hit ever, the internet sensation Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus (US-2009; dir. Ace Hannah)? Who can forget it, right? It was a splendid example of a playful, tongue-in-cheek recreation of those extravagant, delightfully absurd giant monster … Continue reading →

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ICFBTM or Atomic Bomb + Spider Equals…

Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 by Robert Hood

About his short, retro-50s giant monster film, It Came From Beyond the Mountain, director Douglas Bankston commented to UB: And you’re right — ICFBTM absolutely should be a feature film, but I only found so much loose change under my … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: MANT!

Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 by Robert Hood

Matinee is an intelligent, moving and under-appreciated comedy directed by Joe Dante in 1993. Set in Key West (just the other side of water from Cuba) at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis (October 1962), it features John Goodman … Continue reading →

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The Ongoing Travels of King Kong

Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 by Robert Hood

King Kong has been sighted in Bangladesh! Yes, it’s an unofficial remake of King Kong, made in Bangladesh and released on 28 May 2010. Banglar King Kong (Bangladesh-2010; dir. Iftekar Jahan) Synopsis: King Kong comes to Bangladesh in search of … Continue reading →

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