Category Archives: Giant Monsters

What’s Due to Escape from the Asylum in 2010?

Posted on Friday, January 1, 2010 by Robert Hood

I’m sure it’s the question on everyone’s lips: what is the notorious schlock film production company, The Asylum, planning to offer up in 2010? To start with there’s the just released Princess of Mars (US-2009; dir. Mark Atkins), based on … Continue reading →

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A Lovecraftian Invasion 1: Dirt Dauber

Posted on Saturday, December 26, 2009 by Robert Hood

Few filmmakers have been successful in translating New England horror writer H.P. Lovecraft’s dense, adjective-driven tales of Elder Gods, Old Ones and the Horrors That Lurk Just the Other Side of Reality into effective cinema. Despite interesting earlier forays such … Continue reading →

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A Rival for Gamera?

Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 by Robert Hood

Well, this one  — though it features a giant turtle — seems to be the product of a completely different genre to that of the Friend of Children — a daikaiju eiga subgenre all its own. In fact it looks … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes’ Monster

Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 by Robert Hood

Holmes and Watson interrogate a witness to an unusual event. With the big budget Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes about to erupt upon the world stage, the Asylum has released the first clips from their own take on Sir Arthur … Continue reading →

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Clash of the Titans 2010

Posted on Saturday, December 19, 2009 by Robert Hood

In the past few days, the remake of the Ray Harryhausen SFX film Clash of the Titans (US-1981; dir. Desmond Davis) has jumped up quite a few notches on my attention scale thanks to the release of an extended trailer … Continue reading →

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Demeking Additions

Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2009 by Robert Hood

I can’t say that I’m able to provide more information about Demekingu [aka Demeking; Space Monster Demeking] (Japan-2009; dir. Kôtarô Terauchi) than was in the previous Backbrain article, but Kaiju Search-Robot Avery has been busy collecting images related to it: … Continue reading →

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RBM vs the Force

Posted on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 by Robert Hood

Without commenting on the actual product this trailer for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II game is advertising (because I have no familiarity with it or any previous SW games), I must say that the Really Big Monster … Continue reading →

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The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Posted on Friday, December 11, 2009 by Robert Hood

Here’s one that slipped past my radar — amazingly, as it appears to be everywhere suddenly. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (US-2010; dir. Jon Turteltaub) No, it’s not this: … though it is obviously inspired by it. The famous scene from the … Continue reading →

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Monstrous Musical Instruments

Posted on Thursday, December 10, 2009 by Robert Hood

We’re used to catching sight of weird daikaiju monstrosities around here, but I thought this one was a beautie — a monstrous piano! It’s US singer Lady GaGa performing for the Queen last night at the Royal Variety Show in … Continue reading →

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Sacrifice: First Live-Action Trailer

Posted on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 by Robert Hood

A live-action trailer for Sacrifice (US-[in production];  dir. Bob Nelson) — the long-running monster film project from Brick Cave Media — has just been released. No monster is visible as yet, but some environmental FX and explosions are in evidence. … Continue reading →

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