Category Archives: Giant Monsters

King Crab Attack!

Posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 by Robert Hood

Initially at least King Crab Attack! was a faux trailer, created in 2008 by director Grégoire Sivan, a student at La Fémis in Paris: KING CRAB ATTACK! from Jérôme Lozano (Headeater and editor) on Vimeo. Cool, eh? IMDb, however, lists … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Trailers, Where's the Film? | 3 Comments

New: Ultra Galaxy Legend

Posted on Friday, September 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

After two interrelated TV series — Ultra Galaxy: Mega Monster Battle [aka Urutora Gyarakushii Daikaiju Batoru] (2007) and Ultra Galaxy: Mega Monster Battle – Neverending Odyssey [aka Urutora Garakushii Daikaiju Batoru Nebaa Endingu Odessei] (2008) — Tsuburaya Productions is in … Continue reading →

Posted in Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Trailers, Ultraman, Update | 3 Comments

Zombie Kings

Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 by Robert Hood

This short take on the zombie apocalypse — using stylised green-screen techniques to create semi-animated SFX spectacle — looks both bizarre and hilarious. Zombie Kings: The King of the Zombies (US-2008; dir. Paul Steiner) Synopsis: Mad Dr ‘D’ has the … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocalypse, Film, Giant Monsters, Humour, Independent film, Zombies | 10 Comments

Empires of the Deep, Once Mermaid Island

Posted on Sunday, September 13, 2009 by Robert Hood

Once upon a time it was called Mermaid Island — a US/China co-production to be helmed by the French mono-monikered Pitof [aka Jean-Christophe Comar], visual effects supervisor of such films as Delicatessen (1991), Les Visiteurs (1993), and Alien: Resurrection (1997), … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Monsters in general, Update | 13 Comments

More Raiga Pictures

Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 by Robert Hood

At this juncture it seems entirely possible that before too long we’ll be able to join up all the pictures of Shinkaijû Raiga [aka Deep Sea Monster Raiga] (Japan, 2009; dir. Shinpei Hayashiya) that have been released and pre-construct a … Continue reading →

Posted in Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Preview, Where's the Film? | 1 Comment

Weekend Fright Flick: Skeleton Dance, La Bicha, Miracle Fish

Posted on Sunday, September 6, 2009 by Robert Hood

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Undead Backbrain’s Weekend Fright Flick. First off, a cartoon. “The Skeleton Dance” (1929) was directed by Walt Disney but created by Ub Iwerks as chief animator. Iwerks was a frequent associate of Walt Disney who … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Cartoon, Giant Monsters, Weekend Fright Flick | 2 Comments

Evangelion Re-Build

Posted on Sunday, September 6, 2009 by Robert Hood

Like many, I became rather obsessed with the ultimate mecha-kaiju crossover series Neon Genesis Evangelion in its multiple incarnations and offshoots (including its still-running manga version by artist Yoshiyuki Sadamoto), as its creators (especially writer/director Hideaki Anno) fought with inadequate … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Apocalypse, Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Mecha, Robots, Update | 2 Comments

Recon 2023: The Gauda Prime Conspiracy

Posted on Saturday, September 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

I haven’t heard of this one before, but it has a giant monster in it — a giant monster with large chicken feet. Could it be the Giant Space Chicken himself? Um, no …. probably not. Recon 2023: The Gauda … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, News, Science Fiction | 1 Comment

Giant Egg Attack!

Posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 by Robert Hood

Every country should have its own national cinematic giant monster, right? Japan has… well, lots of them, but the High Monarch of the bunch is of course Gojira [aka Godzilla]. The US has also been regularly tormented by mega-fauna on … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, It's True! Really!, Weird stuff | 6 Comments

World on Fire

Posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 by Robert Hood

The end of the world used as the basis of a pop song: nuclear disaster, flying saucer attacks, giant monsters … you name it. Kaiju Search-Robot Avery sent me this video of “World on Fire” — a rockin’ piece of … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocalypse, Giant Monsters, Humour, Japanese, Music | 1 Comment