Category Archives: Giant Monsters

Another Lost Bird?

Posted on Thursday, September 4, 2008 by Robert Hood

At the instigation of Mysterious Pants, the Backbrain scouted out Attack of the Giant Gull (US/Canada-2002; dir. Jonathan M. Parisen), which does appear on the Internet Movie Database as a video release, though no release date is actually given. After … Continue reading →

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Big Bird?

Posted on Thursday, September 4, 2008 by Robert Hood

There’s a giant monster bird movie out there that is more recent than the infamous The Giant Claw (US-1957; dir. Fred F. Sears). It’s called Big Bird — but it’s not this one by artist Jonni Good (click here to … Continue reading →

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Update: Cleavagefield Trailer!

Posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

Director Jim Wynorski has just emailed notice of the Cleavagefield trailer. Follow the link below and you can see: and … not to mention this: and plenty of… See all this and more here. Source: Jim Wynorski Information on Cleavagefield

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New Guilala Pics

Posted on Monday, September 1, 2008 by Robert Hood

Hey, because I can never resist pictures of Guilala, when Twitch posted a clutch of stills from the new Girara-no Gyakushuu Touyaku Samitto Kiki Ippatsu [lit. Guilala’s Counter Attack: the Touyaku Summit One-Shot Crisis] (Japan–2008; dir. Minoru Kawasaki), I grabbed … Continue reading →

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Godzilla Never Dies

Posted on Monday, September 1, 2008 by Robert Hood

Stu Hiatt has sent Undead Backbrain this very early test reel for a Godzilla fan film he is working on. Stu is creating the monster business using stop-motion animation — a challenging approach but not one without precedent. I have … Continue reading →

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Giant Spider Graveyard

Posted on Monday, September 1, 2008 by Robert Hood

Amazing revelation! The skeletal remains of not one but two giant spiders that rampaged through Lincoln County, Wisconsin, in the US in 1975 have been discovered by arachnid wrangler Bill Rebane. Rebane was responsible for recording the twin mega-spiders’ murderous … Continue reading →

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Update: Gualagon

Posted on Friday, August 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

Sometimes you get to influence the makers of movies and related works — it has to be one of the best features of the internet’s ability to provide cross-cultural and virtually instantaneous communication between fans and creators. The makers of … Continue reading →

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Bob’s Giant Monster Movie

Posted on Monday, August 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

Bob Nelson and Brick Cave Media have just plunged into pre-production for a giant monster movie currently sporting the working title Bob’s Giant Monster Movie. Bob, who describes himself as “a writer, poet and organizer”, will be the Executive Director … Continue reading →

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Update: Monster Movie

Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

A while back the Backbrain reported on a monster movie that utilises the currently popular technique of “found footage” to tell its story of rampage and terror — this one not in a city, it seems, but more backwoods/small town-oriented. … Continue reading →

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Blimp Boy gets Liberated?

Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

Deadly DVD has just posted an actual image from Jim Wynorski’s much anticipated Cloverfield take-off, Cleavagefield — a film that will at the very least feature a monster and lots of bosoms. Presumably Blimp Boy is the send-up’s substitute for … Continue reading →

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