Category Archives: Giant Monsters

Query: Baguzu

Posted on Monday, February 4, 2008 by Robert Hood

I’m looking for information on an independent Japanese film called Baguzu [aka Bugs], released in 1997 and starring Ren Yamamoto. It’s about giant insects. In particular, if anyone knows who the director was, could you let me know?

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Equinox

Posted on Sunday, February 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

Equinox [aka The Beast] (US-1970; dir. Jack Woods) Equinox is a B-monster flick that manages to combine various giant monsters with surreal supernatural adventure, time travel, a Lovecraftian sensibility, holes in the space-time continuum, rampant cavemen, teenagers doing what teenagers … Continue reading →

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Query: Indian King Kong

Posted on Saturday, February 2, 2008 by Robert Hood

On a site about King Kong, I came across mention of a film made in India in 1962 under the title “King Kong”. King Kong (India-1962; dir. Babubhai Mistri) The film is listed on IMDB, but a plot summary there, … Continue reading →

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Giant Snails!

Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

This is probably the only film ever made about an invasion of Paris [well, some French city or other] by rampaging giant snails! A farmer cries!  The population flees, screaming! Bare-breasted women run, screaming! It’s all rather cute and delicately … Continue reading →

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Trailer: Strange World of Planet X

Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Strange World of Planet X [aka Cosmic Monsters] (UK-1958; dir. Gilbert Gunn) When the inevitable 1950s mad scientist blows a hole in the ionosphere, a swarm of photographically enlarged insects from another dimension invade Earth and cause women to … Continue reading →

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Update: Giant Monster Film List

Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 by Robert Hood

I’ve just updated and perpetrated a major upgrade on my list of Giant Monster films. You can check it out anytime via the links to the right on the Backbrain main page — or here.

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More Cloverfield

Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

With Cloverfield‘s opening weekend box-office clocking in at $41 million (from a budget of $25-30 million) — a record for January — it seems certain we’ll get a sequel. But what will it be? The Cloverfield “shadow” website (which consists … Continue reading →

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A US Godzilla?

Posted on Sunday, January 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

This isn’t a review. That will come later. These are just some initial thoughts on Cloverfield, producer J.J. Abrams’ (of “Lost” fame) and director Matt Reeves’ excellent giant monster film. In literally the first moments, while the production company logos … Continue reading →

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The Las Vegas Monster

Posted on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 by Robert Hood

This animation is a rare piece of stop-motion footage, featuring a very peculiar and intriguing monster. It is a test animation for a film, The Las Vegas Monster, that never went through to completion. The designer was Pete Peterson, who … Continue reading →

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Lost Continent

Posted on Sunday, January 6, 2008 by Robert Hood

Here someone has conveniently put together the stop-motion dinosaur sequences from the 1951 “lost world” film, Lost Continent, directed by Samuel Neufield. Edward Nassour was the stop-motion animation supervisor.

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