Category Archives: Giant Monsters

Snake Curse

Posted on Sunday, February 15, 2009 by Robert Hood

Snake Curse [aka She Zhou] (HK-2004; dir. Cheung Kwok-Kuen) Among Asian filmmakers, the Japanese do Weird S**t well and the result is often rather extreme. Moreover, their version of Weird tends toward the seriously disturbing. For outright cheesy-fun Weirdness, though, … Continue reading →

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Catching Rat Scratch Fever

Posted on Monday, February 9, 2009 by Robert Hood

Jeff Leroy’s alien giant rat invasion film, Rat Scratch Fever, is nearing completion. The film tells the tale of an army of giant, mutant rats — brought back from space on a returning Earth spaceship — that causes death and … Continue reading →

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Review: Big Man Japan

Posted on Sunday, February 8, 2009 by Robert Hood

Big Man Japan (2007) Dir: Hitoshi Matsumoto [aka Dai-Nipponjin] Even straight-down-the-line daikaiju eiga, or Japanese giant monster films, are imaginatively left-field – but they don’t get much weirder than this. In Big Man Japan an unseen interviewer follows the mundane … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Japanese, Review, Trailers, Weird stuff | 5 Comments

Todd Tennant Rises From Beneath the Sea

Posted on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 by Robert Hood

Kaiju artist Todd Tennant, who has appeared in various contexts on the Backbrain, gave me some great news today. After years of rampant generosity toward giant monster fans (with his free, online graphic-novel version of US Godzilla ’94), Todd has … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Graphic novels, Todd Tennant | 2 Comments

Screech of the Fighting Owl

Posted on Sunday, February 1, 2009 by Robert Hood

Undead Backbrain frequently highlights small, independent film producers who are engaged in making exciting and (sometimes) innovative genre films. Fighting Owl is one such. Formed in 2003 as an umbrella company for student films, it is now engaged in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Ghosts, Giant Monsters, Horror, Independent film, Lake Monsters, Zombies | 2 Comments

Obscure Godzilla Posters

Posted on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 by Robert Hood

We’re all familiar with the standard Godzilla posters, beginning with the original Japanese one: But there are many many others. As an excuse to reveal a poster that Kaiju Search-Robot Avery discovered on the Kong is King messageboard, here is … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival, Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Pictorial art, Posters, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

Reptisaurus Attacks!

Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2009 by Robert Hood

Undead Backbrain has been following the progress of Christopher Ray‘s monster movie, Reptisaurus, for some time now. We don’t have any new information regarding its release, but Fred Olen Ray (executive producer, the director’s father and experienced B-flick maker) has … Continue reading →

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Monstrous Big Stories

Posted on Monday, January 19, 2009 by Robert Hood

Remember Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales, edited by Robert Hood and Robin Pen? It was a much-lauded collection of 26 original giant monster stories — and the anthology ended up winning a Ditmar Award (Australian Hugo) for Best Collection in 2005.  … Continue reading →

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Update: Tuatara

Posted on Sunday, January 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

A while back, we brought up the subject of a fascinating stop-motion scifi project named Tuatara (which you can read about here), wondering whether the long-fomenting ambitions of its creator (“Michael S.”) were likely to be coming to fruition any … Continue reading →

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Jeff Boddy and the Giant Robots

Posted on Thursday, January 8, 2009 by Robert Hood

Today, Undead Backbrain brings you proof of a dire plot! A few years ago, in the depths of Ohio, an evil genius named Jeff Boddy began making giant robots. They took varied form, some even looking like… well, houses with … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Fraudulent information, Giant Monsters, Robots, Update | 2 Comments