Category Archives: Giant Monsters

Kick-starting the Mega Piranha

Posted on Thursday, April 1, 2010 by Robert Hood

With the Asylum’s latest giant monster absurdity, Mega Piranha (US-2010; dir. Eric Forsberg) set to premiere on the SyFy Channel on 10 April in the US, a clip has been let loose into the blogsphere  — just to whet our … Continue reading →

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He’s Back!

Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 by Robert Hood

Rumours of a new Godzilla film have been flying for some time now — not a Japanese film (which would be excellent enough), but another US stab at the Big G, giving the world’s most iconic giant monster a chance … Continue reading →

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Terror ‘Neath the Tay!

Posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 by Robert Hood

The River Tay is the largest river in Scotland. It flows down from the Highlands through the centre of the country, past the city of Perth to Dundee and into the Firth of Tay. Famously the Tay Rail Bridge collapsed … Continue reading →

Posted in Cryptozoology, Film, Giant Monsters, Giant Squids, Independent film, Interviews, Trailers | 6 Comments

Trailer Trash Catch-All

Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010 by Robert Hood

The Backbrain has been under strain due to an overdue novel manuscript and recalcitrant software, so I’ve fallen behind with a bunch of updates. Lacking the time to write any sort of extensive commentary, below you’ll find trailers (and some … Continue reading →

Posted in Cryptozoology, Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Horror, Independent film, Japanese, Monsters in general, Trailers, Update | 4 Comments

Update: Bygone Behemoth

Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 by Robert Hood

On the eve of his short film’s premiere screening at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas, over the coming weekend, Bygone Behemoth director Harry Chaskin has sent us two posters as an update. I love this one (click to … Continue reading →

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Monster! Monster!

Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 by Robert Hood

Monsters (UK-2010; dir. Gareth Edwards) Gareth Edwards’ Monsters project has been shrouded in mystery. Now, on the brink of its premiere showing at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas during March, a clip has appeared, along with the above image … Continue reading →

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New: Dark Nemesis

Posted on Monday, March 8, 2010 by Robert Hood

The trailer for Dark Nemesis (US-2010; dir. Drew Maxwell) has been released by production company Shoreline Entertainment. Originally titled Ferocious, Dark Nemesis is a post-apocalyptic monster movie, with some nifty independent production design work and a grotesque three-eyed monster. Synopsis: … Continue reading →

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Dinoshark Comes Up From the Depths

Posted on Monday, March 8, 2010 by Robert Hood

I was looking for the poster of the Roger Corman-produced giant shark movie Dinoshark (US-2010; dir. Kevin O’Neill) and all I found was this: Change the names and it’s close enough! Meanwhile you can see Corman’s Dinoshark in action in … Continue reading →

Posted in Giant Monsters, Monsters in general, Teaser, Undead Brainspasm, Update | 4 Comments

Weekend Fright Film: Cencoroll

Posted on Saturday, March 6, 2010 by Robert Hood

Cencoroll (Japan-2009; animation, short [25 min.]; dir. Atsuya Uki) A beautiful piece of Japanese animation — written, directed and edited by Atsuya Uki from his own manga. It features strange flesh-machine daikaiju and looks great. Here’s the whole thing in … Continue reading →

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Moby Dick Goes Dragon

Posted on Saturday, March 6, 2010 by Robert Hood

Herman Melville’s seminal American novel, Moby Dick, has always been a giant monster tale, particularly as depicted in what remains the best film version, the 1956 John Huston one starring Gregory Peck as the obsessed Captain Ahab. If you can’t … Continue reading →

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