Category Archives: Giant Monsters

New: The Incredible Hulk

Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 by Robert Hood

Now this seems to be taking the Hulk even further into kaiju territory than Ang Lee did, even if the styling has been made more conventional.

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Little Lost Sea Serpent

Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

As far as I can tell, Little Lost Sea Serpent (US-1995; dir. Donald G. Jackson) appears to be about a boy who finds a baby sea serpent and takes it home. What I want to know is, does a full-sized … Continue reading →

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Vikings vs Alien Monster

Posted on Saturday, March 8, 2008 by Robert Hood

Vikings vs an alien creature, battling it out among the fjords! How cool does this sound? An age-old battle rages amongst the stars. Kainan’s people have been fighting the Moorwen, fierce animal-like creatures, for dominance. When his space craft crashes … Continue reading →

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Mr T vs Godzilla

Posted on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 by Robert Hood

  From here.

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Vintage Robots, Part One

Posted on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Mechanical Man [aka L’Uomo Meccanico] is a real find — a silent film, made in Italy in 1921 and directed by André Deed. It features a female evil genius, a “giant” rampaging robot and even a climactic battle between … Continue reading →

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You call that a Giant Snake? THIS is a Giant Snake!

Posted on Monday, March 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

Thanks to the Agressions Animales: Animaux tuers an cinéma website (an excellent resource, I might add) — and of course, Kaiju Search-Robot Avery — I’ve just learnt of the existence of a Hong Kong film from 1988 that features a … Continue reading →

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Review: Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend

Posted on Saturday, March 1, 2008 by Robert Hood

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (US-1985; dir. B.W.L. Norton) Though the dinosaurs in this dinosaurs-in-the-modern-world epic aren’t presented as monsters, the mother brontosaur is given a chance to do the classic monster rampage as she desperately tries to rescue … Continue reading →

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More Than One Iron-eater

Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

A Special Report by Kaiju Search-Robot Avery The history of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il’s propagandist foray into the giant monster genre is a more convoluted one than has previously been known. Our story begins back in the year 1978 … Continue reading →

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The Great Sea Serpent

Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

Worth adding to the Giant Monster List is James Williamson’s The Great Sea Serpent (UK-1904). Information on this very early silent short is hard to find, but the Silent Era website offers the following synopsis, suggesting that the sea serpent … Continue reading →

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Mecha Bible Heroes!

Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 by Robert Hood

Yes, it’s Bible stories in the form of manga, with appropriate “translation” of the characters into giant robots, action heroes and other manga-esque entities: You can see some of the internal pages here. And in case you thought that such … Continue reading →

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