Category Archives: Giant Monsters

Wanted! People To Get Eaten By Bugs

Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2008 by Robert Hood

Here’s what is needed: Adult being eaten by giant insect, screaming, being thrown around, running and ultimately dying on camera. Crowds of people running from the giant insects, and possibly being chased down by the monsters and eaten. This includes … Continue reading →

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Not Quite the Return of Gorgo

Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

Britain’s answer to Japan’s iconic Gojira [aka Godzilla] featured the rather clever concept of a large sea monster captured and returned to London by authorities, who are soon enough dismayed to discover that it is only a little ‘un. Now … Continue reading →

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New: Das Wunder von Loch Ness

Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

Das Wunder von Loch Ness [lit. The Wonder of Loch Ness; aka The Secret of Loch Ness] (Germany-2008; dir. Michael Rowitz) Thanks to our friends The Gualagon Team, the Backbrain can tell you a bit more about this new German-produced … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Lake Monsters, News | 8 Comments

Giant Snake Found!

Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 by Robert Hood

OK, it’s not as big as this one (sighted at Mesa Del Sol, Albuquerque NM), but the idea of a giant snake 12.8 metres in length (that’s about 40 foot long) is fairly daunting. We’re used to them in films … Continue reading →

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Burroughing for Monsters

Posted on Monday, October 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

With the proposed big studio John Carter of Mars project still slated for 2012 — “reimagined at Pixar as a half animation/half live action project”, having gone through a gamut of directors (from Robert Rodriguez, to Kerry Conran of Sky … Continue reading →

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Rock ‘n’ Reels

Posted on Sunday, October 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

Okay, before we get down to it, watch this: What you’ve just experienced is a trailer for a documentary about one of the most infamous indie filmmakers you’ve never heard of, David “The Rock” Nelson. Nelson has produced over 30 … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Horror, Kaiju Search-Robot Avery | Tagged | 8 Comments

More Pics from Zone-X

Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 by Robert Hood

Thomas R. Dickens, the director of Alien Grey: Zone-X (US-2009) has sent Undead Backbrain some rather cool images from the movie — and a new poster. In the one below, you can get a much better view of the flying … Continue reading →

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Can Cryptozoologists Replace Indiana Jones?

Posted on Friday, October 10, 2008 by Robert Hood

If archeologists can be cinematic heroes, why can’t academic investigators into unknown fauna play the same role? In the excellent Scottish TV series Sea of Souls, academic researchers into psychic phenomena take centre-stage — though they do come over as … Continue reading →

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Films from the Mesozoic

Posted on Thursday, October 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

Thomas R. Dickens and Mesozoic Inc. Special Visual Effects studio are in various stages in the production of two rather interesting-looking scifi monster flicks. From information currently available, they fit perfectly with all those gigantic shapes lurking around in the … Continue reading →

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Attackazoids Trailer!

Posted on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

We just noticed that there seems to be a trailer for the short robot-invasion film Attackazoids available. It includes some cool scenes, such as this one: Have a look at it on the official website. I notice that there is also … Continue reading →

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