Category Archives: Giant Monsters

First Ripple from the Depths of Sector 7

Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 by Robert Hood

Back in July 2008 Undead Backbrain reported on the work being done by Polygon Entertainment (a film production company based in Marin County, California). Polygon was set up by founders Hans H. Uhlig and Doo Jin Kim specifically to work … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, News, Posters, Update | 2 Comments

Weekend Fright Flick: Clooney vs Godzilla

Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 by Robert Hood

This weekend’s short genre classic may violate copyright restrictions with extreme prejudice — but as the “author” gains nothing from the violations, I guess the companies involved are as amused by his “Movie Remix of monstrous proportions” as the rest … Continue reading →

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Rob Zombie vs The Blob

Posted on Saturday, August 29, 2009 by Robert Hood

The big news at the moment is that hard-rocker and exploitation filmmaker Rob Zombie has decided to make a move from his iconic serial-killer trailer trash flicks into the realms of scifi horror, having signed on to do a modern … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Horror, News | 6 Comments

The McKinley Monster

Posted on Saturday, August 29, 2009 by Robert Hood

The McKinley Monster is a short film about a giant lizard that takes up residence on the McKinley Monument — a science museum in Canton, Ohio. According to their website: Nightwine Productions, in association with the William McKinley Presidential Museum … Continue reading →

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Tim Burton and 9

Posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 by Robert Hood

In 2005, director Shane Acker, with assistance and encouragement from Tim Burton, made a short animated film set in a post-apocalyptic world. The short was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Short Film, Animated category. 9 (US-2005; animated short … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Apocalypse, Giant Monsters, Humour, Robots, Science Fiction, Trailers | 1 Comment

Bollywood’s First “Creature” Film

Posted on Sunday, August 23, 2009 by Robert Hood

Bollywood auteur Vikram Bhatt describes the impetus behind his filmmaking: Every filmmaker has a genre he’s comfortable with and every filmmaker is a peddler. Karan Johar peddles emotions. Yashraj peddles romance. Priyadrshan and David Dhawan peddle comedy. I peddle fear! … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Ghosts, Giant Monsters, Monsters in general, News | 2 Comments

Hulk Fights Giant Monsters

Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 by Robert Hood

The synopsis might read: “An articulate Hulk fights giant beasties, gladiator-style, on an alien planet, exiled there by none other than Ironman.” It’s Planet Hulk, an animated feature due to premiere on DVD in 2010, based on the comic series … Continue reading →

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War of the Worlds: Goliath of a Trailer

Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 by Robert Hood

War of the Worlds: Goliath (US-[in production for 2010]; dir. Joe Pearson) is “a 90-minute, animated, steampunk epic of war, comradeship and courage under fire”, based on H.G. Wells’ iconic Martian invasion novel, War of the Worlds. (See Robot War … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Cartoon, Flying Saucers, Giant Monsters, Robots, Update | 2 Comments

Lake Van Monster: Video Addendum

Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

As an addendum to the recent Undead Backbrain article about Van Gölü Canavarı [aka Lake Van Monster] (Turkey-2009; dir. Bünyamin Yaşar), which is currently in production, here are a number of videos on the subject. News Report: This one appears … Continue reading →

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Lake Van Monster

Posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 by Robert Hood

Now in production is a lake monster movie about a lake other than Loch Ness or Lake Champlain. While these latter are well-known domiciles of megafauna of a vaguely prehistoric nature, it is less well-known that Lake Van (aka Van … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Lake Monsters, Monsters in general | 6 Comments