Category Archives: Giant Monsters

Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 18

Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 by Robert Hood

18   Dogora   from Uchu daikaiju Dogora [lit. Space Giant Monster Dogora] (Japan-1964; dir. Ishiro Honda) [aka Dagora, the Space Monster (US-1965)] This entry from the famed Toho Co. Ltd [creators of ‘Godzilla’] definitely stands out as one of … Continue reading →

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Brontosaurus!

Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 by Robert Hood

Today I came across mention of a 1980 Czechoslavakian film, Brontosaurus (Czechoslavakia-1980; dir. Vera Plívová-Simková), which I’d never heard of. But while looking for information on it, I instead stumbled upon these clips from an earlier Czechoslavakian dinosaur flick called … Continue reading →

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Update: Reptisaurus

Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 by Robert Hood

A while back the Backbrain reported that an old short-run giant monster comic series, Reptisaurus the Terrible, was being made into a hopefully not-so-terrible live-action film by Fred Olen Ray’s son, Chris. Main article Previous update Now the Howling Moon … Continue reading →

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Update: Outlander

Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 by Robert Hood

The poster for the vikings vs alien giant monster flick, Outlander, has surfaced! Click here for a large version: Outlander poster large. Previous Backbrain article.

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Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 19

Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 by Robert Hood

19   The Big Bird   from The Giant Claw (US-1957; dir. Fred F. Sears) “Something, he didn’t know what, but something as big as a Battleship has just flown over and past him.” This is definitely one of the … Continue reading →

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Willis O’Brien’s Frankenstein

Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

I’ve long been familiar with this sketch by Willis O’Brien (famed animator of the 1933 King Kong): But I only stumbled upon this one yesterday while looking for something else: Source These are both conceptual sketches by Willis O’Brien. O’Brien … Continue reading →

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Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 20

Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

20   The Monster Crystals   from The Monolith Monsters (US-1957; dir. John Sherwood) “Rocks, Joe? Towers of rock crashing down and then growing up again?” The monsters in this “atomic age” classic are skyscraper-sized obsidian crystal towers. They arrive … Continue reading →

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Update: Guilala Still (and Godzilla 3-D)

Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

Some daikaiju updates from DreadCentral: First, further to the recent Backbrain article regarding the new film, Girara-no Gyakushuu Touyaku Samitto Kiki Ippatsu [lit. Guilala’s Counter Attack: the Touyaku Summit One-Shot Crisis] (dir. Minoru Kawasaki) [aka The Monster X Strikes Back: … Continue reading →

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Craziest Kaiju Countdown

Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 by Robert Hood

Over the next month, Undead Backbrain will be running a special feature put together by Kaiju Search-Robot Avery. The Backbrain has a propensity for lists and that’s what Avery has created — a Top 20 list that has sparked his … Continue reading →

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Crawler aka Killdozer Redux

Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

Kaiju Search-Robot Avery asks: “Does this count as a kaiju?” I’m a bit dubious myself. It might be 50 tons of terror, but is unnatural size really an issue? What do y’all think?

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