Category Archives: Giant Monsters

Weekend Fright Flick: Lizard of Death

Posted on Sunday, April 19, 2009 by Robert Hood

This Weekend’s Fright Flick is a loving replication of the style and limitations of 1950s B films films. Creator and director Benjamin J. Heckendorn (as “Alexander B. Kressel” and producer “Herbert Clay”) is a man with a passion. He loves … Continue reading →

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Giant Ants Ate the Blues Player

Posted on Sunday, April 19, 2009 by Robert Hood

Kaiju Search-Robot Avery has discovered that Bakersfield, California country blues player Hank Ray is making a movie about giant ants. Taking the classic truth-in-advertising approach to titles, it’s called Giant Ants Eat Bakersfield. It will be about 30 minutes long … Continue reading →

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Tales of King Komodo Part 2

Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

The next episode of Mike Bogue and Todd Tennant’s daikaiju extravaganza, Tales of King Komodo, is now available! Something huge is moving underground and even King Komodo may not be able to stop it. Check it out here! If you … Continue reading →

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King Komodo Trashes the Backbrain!

Posted on Friday, April 10, 2009 by Robert Hood

Starting today, in an all-colour first, writer Mike Bogue and artist Todd Tennant’s original graphic novel serial Tales of King Komodo will be appearing here on Undead Backbrain. Beautifully drawn, the daikaiju epic was originally published in the pages of … Continue reading →

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Update: Deep Sea Monster Raiga

Posted on Sunday, April 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

Kaiju Search-Robot Avery has tracked own some excellent images from the new in-production daikaiju eiga Shinkaijû Raiga [aka Deep Sea Monster Raiga] (Japan-2009; dir. Shinpei Hayashiya). For a fuller treatment of the background to the film, see this Backbrain article. … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: Justice For All!

Posted on Sunday, April 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

This weekend’s Fright Flick — coming to you a little late due to real-world complications — is about family dynamics, revenge and Big Bugs. Justice For All (short 11.40 min; directed by Francesco Gastel) By way of introduction, here is … Continue reading →

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Giving Form to the King of the Monsters

Posted on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 by Robert Hood

This documentary has too many priceless images of the development of both Godzilla and the Godzilla suit not to post in here. Slightly abridged to fit the YouTube format, it is by Godzilla expert Ed Godziszewski chronicling the evolution of … Continue reading →

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The Week (or Two) on Undead Brainspasm

Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2009 by Robert Hood

Update: $quid (28 March 2009) A “Romster Comedy” about a giant squid that attacks a cruise boat on the Brisbane River New: ZMD (28 March 2009) One of two in-production zombie films with the title “Zombies of Mass Destruction”, a … Continue reading →

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Update: Pig Hunt

Posted on Saturday, March 28, 2009 by Robert Hood

Nor-Cal? So Northern California has become a subgenre, eh? The above poster — released exclusively to Undead Backbrain  — draws attention to a film about a giant pig, North Californian rednecks, a cult of homicidal (and frequently undressed) chicks, and … Continue reading →

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Scottish Hooker vs Ken Russell

Posted on Friday, March 27, 2009 by Robert Hood

It seems that famous film auteur Ken Russell may have gone mad. That’s not news as many would argue that he’s always been completely bonkers. His films — including classics such as  The Devils (1971), Tommy (1975), Altered States (1980), … Continue reading →

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