Category Archives: Giant Monsters

Weekend Fright Flick: Ataque de Pánico!

Posted on Sunday, November 15, 2009 by Robert Hood

You must watch this short film! Yes, you must! There’s no argument. It’s an almost poetically beautiful alien invasion via an armada of space ships and giant robots, with superb SFX and apocalyptic destruction, all to the music of John … Continue reading →

Posted in Flying Saucers, Giant Monsters, Robots, Science Fiction, Weekend Fright Flick | 5 Comments

Assault Girls: The Bigger Picture

Posted on Saturday, November 14, 2009 by Robert Hood

Along with a groovy new poster comes some fascinating news about Mamoru Oshii’s latest film, Assault Girls — last discussed here upon the recent release of a fantastic trailer. Twitch has provided a more detailed synopsis that increases my already-high … Continue reading →

Posted in Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Japanese, Posters, Science Fiction | 1 Comment

Ilya Muromets

Posted on Saturday, November 14, 2009 by Robert Hood

The main purpose behind this entry into the Backbrain archive is simply to note the existence of an old film I hadn’t known about — one that features a very cool monster. Eye-Filling Spectacle! Man Against Monsters! Ilya Muromets [aka … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival, Daikaiju, Dragons, Film, Giant Monsters | 4 Comments

Gaining Altitude

Posted on Saturday, November 14, 2009 by Robert Hood

Snakes on a Plane I wasn’t particularly interested in. Huge Tentacled Monsters Just Outside a Plane? — now that’s more like it! Altitude – Temp Trailer by dreadcentral Altitude (Canada/US-2010; dir. Kaare Andrews) Synopsis: After a mysterious malfunction sends their … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Giant Squids, Horror, News | 2 Comments

New: Fish Bait

Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 by Robert Hood

Fish Bait (US-2009; dir. Jeff Joslin, Darby Lynn Totten) Tales of monster cat-fish inhabiting US lakes provided inspiration for Fish Bait, an independent comedy horror monster flick that is, in the words of the directors, “a cross between Deliverance and … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Horror, Humour, Independent film, News | 4 Comments

Update: It Came From Beneath the Sea … Again

Posted on Monday, November 9, 2009 by Robert Hood

Kaiju artist Todd Tennant reports on his four-issue contribution to the Bluewater Productions series It Came From Beneath the Sea … Again, which is an extension of Ray Harryhausen’s classic five-tentacled giant octopus movie of nearly the same name: Well, … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Giant Monsters, Giant Squids, Graphic novels, Todd Tennant, Update | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

First Look at “Amphibious 3D”

Posted on Saturday, November 7, 2009 by Robert Hood

We’ve met Amphibious before, though it was a brief meeting and you may not recall it. It’s a giant monster film made by genre veteran Brian Yuzna, who rose from the demise of Fantastic Factory to film under the auspices … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Independent film, Monsters in general, News | 5 Comments

Dinocroc in Motion

Posted on Thursday, November 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

Courtesy of the director, Undead Backbrain has a new image and first view of an SFX moment from Jim Wynorski’s Dinocroc vs Supergator, which is due for release to TV in the near future. Click image to enlarge SFX Sequence: … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Horror, Independent film, Monsters in general, Update | 3 Comments

Review: Ba’al

Posted on Thursday, November 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

Ba’al [aka Ba’al: the Storm God] (US/Canada-2008; dir. Paul Ziller) Existing somewhere in the vast mid-range of cinematic quality, Ba’al is an entertaining B-film that aspires to originality (or maybe just deviation from the norm of low-budget genre films), even … Continue reading →

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More Monsters for Robot 13!

Posted on Thursday, November 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

In this second issue in the sensational new comic series by Thomas Hall (writer) and Daniel Bradford (artist), Robot 13: Colossus!, our strange robotic hero must face up to an important ontological question, one directed at him by a crew … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Giant Monsters, Graphic novels, Robots | 1 Comment