Category Archives: Giant Monsters

The Beast of Hollow Mountain

Posted on Friday, January 4, 2008 by Robert Hood

Here is the best part of the dino-western The Beast of Hollow Mountain (US/Mexico-1956: dir. Edward Nassour and Ismael Rodriquez): the climactic Allosaurus attack — all somewhat reminiscent of Harryhausen’s later The Valley of Gwangi (1969), what with the cowboys … Continue reading →

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Siegfried Slays the Dragon

Posted on Thursday, January 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

Fritz Lang’s 1924 Die Nibelungen: Siegfried — or at least the first Canto: “How Siegfried Slayed the Dragon” — probably should appear on any list of giant monster films, though of course many such lists exclude dragons as such. At … Continue reading →

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Review: Komodo vs Cobra

Posted on Saturday, December 29, 2007 by Robert Hood

[Jim] Wynorski is responsible for Komodo vs Cobra, about which the best I can say is that it isn’t anywhere near as awful as Attack of the Sabretooth — another recent sub-Jurassic Park, low-budget, TV-oriented, monster-on-the-loose effort. Read the full … Continue reading →

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Arghh! Giant serpents!

Posted on Friday, August 3, 2007 by Robert Hood

This just opened in Korea — to a good box-office response, it is said. In case you haven’t seen it, here’s the trailer:

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