Category Archives: Giant Monsters

Manda vs Godzilla

Posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 by Robert Hood

1968’s Kaiju soshingeki [trans. Parade of Monsters] (dir. Ishirô Honda) — better known in the West as Destroy All Monsters — was Toho’s anniversary celebration of the Godzilla franchise (as well as a last ditch effort to re-invigorate its box-office … Continue reading →

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Update: The SeaSerpent’s Song

Posted on Monday, May 26, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Backbrain has just received some information from Joshua Raven, writer of the new sea serpent film we reported on yesterday. He says that The SeaSerpent’s Song will be a live-action 35mm feature film slated for a September 2009 release. … Continue reading →

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Where the Sea Serpents Warble…

Posted on Sunday, May 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

I haven’t found out anything specific about this one, including director, but Kaiju Search-Robot Avery — ever on the look-out for sea serpents — came across the website this morning: From all the COMING SOON pages — and the OPPORTUNITY … Continue reading →

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Mummy vs King Ghidorah?

Posted on Sunday, May 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

Obviously I haven’t been paying attention. The trailer for the third Brendan Frazer Mummy movie, Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, has taken me by surprise. Not only does the film have Rob Cohen as director, but it’s also … Continue reading →

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New: Attackazoids!

Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 by Robert Hood

This image sequence is from Attackazoids! — a short film from director Brian Lonano and Robot Hand Films. Brian and Co. have produced a few short, bloody, surreal films, including Electrical Skeletal, which you can watch in its entirety on … Continue reading →

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New: Monster Movie

Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 by Robert Hood

More Truth-In-Advertising! A monster movie called Monster Movie. And it will be released to DVD in September this year. Monster Movie (US-2008; dir. Mark and John Polonia) Bigger and badder than CLOVERFIELD… more intense than BLAIR WITCH… it’s America’s most … Continue reading →

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Online Giant Monster

Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 by Robert Hood

Author Steve Niles and artist Nat Jones let loose a comic a while back under the title Giant Monster. Fortunately for us, the title is completely accurate according to Truth-In-Advertising guidelines and you get what you might expect to get … Continue reading →

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Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 1

Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 by Robert Hood

1 Guilala from Uchu daikaiju Girara [trans. Giant Space Monster Guilala] (1967; dir. Kazui Nihonmatsu) [aka The X from Outer Space (US, 1968)] Monsters have rights also! Guilala is best known and loved (not to mention derided) as the “giant … Continue reading →

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What Are You Waiting For?

Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

  Our long-running series of articles on the Top 20 Craziest Kaiju — with titles chosen by Kaiju Search-Robot Avery — is about to end. This time tomorrow I’ll be posting Avery’s Number One choice. So you have approximately 24 … Continue reading →

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Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 2

Posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

2   Gamera   first introduced in Daikaiju Gamera [trans. Giant Monster Gamera] (1965; dir. Noriaki Yuasa) [aka Gammera the Invincible (US, 1966)] Gamera! Gamera! You’re so groovy, Gamera! You’re so groovy, Gamera! You are groovy, Gamera! Sun, Moon, Mars, … Continue reading →

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