Category Archives: Godzilla

A Giant Gila Monster for Christmas

Posted on Friday, November 23, 2012 by Robert Hood

Including an Exclusive Interview by Robert Hood with the Star of the Film The producers of Jim Wynorski’s giant monster remake Gila! are currently whipping up a grassroots campaign to get the film — much lauded among B-Movie Celebration attendees … Continue reading →

Posted in Cthulhu, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Horror, Monsters in general, News, TV, Update | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Millennium Bug Infests DVD

Posted on Monday, October 29, 2012 by Robert Hood

More horrifically excellent news this Halloween as a genre-classic-in-the-making comes to DVD, heralded by great cover art and a fantastic new trailer. The Millennium Bug (US-2011; dir. Kenneth Cran) is a dark, raging powerhouse of a movie — an independent … Continue reading →

Posted in Daikaiju, Exploitation films, Film, Giant Bugs, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Horror, Independent film, News, Posters, Trailers, Update | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

American Godzilla ’94 Returns

Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 by Robert Hood

Kaiju artist and Backbrain buddy Todd Tennant has finally hit us with the news we’ve all been hoping for — not simply the return of his long-time online project to create a graphic novel of the rejected American Godzilla 1994 … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Graphic novels, News, Todd Tennant | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Seasons Greetings, Fellow Monsterphiles

Posted on Monday, December 26, 2011 by Robert Hood

On behalf of Undead Backbrain, Undead Brainspasm and subsidiary sites, I just want to wish everyone well for the Christmas holidays and for 2012. Kaiju Search-Robot Avery added this similarly themed greeting, which I thought I’d share — though we … Continue reading →

Posted in Godzilla, Humour, Sheer administration | Leave a comment

Terrific Godzilla Gag

Posted on Friday, October 28, 2011 by Robert Hood

This strip is by Doug Paszkiewicz. I couldn’t resist. Check out Paszkiewicz’s darkly subversion website, Arsenic Lullaby.

Posted in Comics, Daikaiju, Godzilla | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

A New Restored Godzilla

Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2011 by Robert Hood

At last! In January next year Criterion is releasing a high definition digitally restored edition of Gojira [aka Godzilla]  — the 1954 daikaiju classic directed by Ishiro Honda — on Blu-ray and DVD. After the merely half-decent releases that have appeared … Continue reading →

Posted in Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Japanese, News | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Gareth Edwards and Godzilla

Posted on Saturday, September 24, 2011 by Robert Hood

[youtube iTlB_Ap5jRY] [youtube SKPHsJJvCPo]  

Posted in Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Godzilla | Tagged , | 2 Comments

American Kaiju: Aligon Attacks!

Posted on Monday, June 27, 2011 by Robert Hood

Hot on the heels of his announcement that Bluewater Productions has contracted him to produce a series of American Kaiju comics, Todd Tennant has provided the Backbrain with a pic of another of his feature monsters — this time, Aligon … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Graphic novels, Teaser, Todd Tennant, Update | 1 Comment

New Godzilla Director Announced

Posted on Thursday, January 6, 2011 by Robert Hood

So, as everyone and their pet kaiju knows by now, the director of Legendary Pictures’ highly anticipated Godzilla re-boot, due in 2012 just before the world ends, is to be Gareth Edwards. Edwards, you may recall, is a British filmmaker … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Graphic novels, News, Pictorial art | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Godzilla Gets Inked

Posted on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 by Robert Hood

Word is out that the King of the Giant Monsters will not only be appearing on-screen in 2012 in Legendary Pictures’ much anticipated attempt to make a successful US film featuring Japan’s most iconic kaiju, but also has been inveigled … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Graphic novels, News | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments