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Category Archives: News
Christopher Lee Gets Heavy
The UK Telegraph has revealed that British actor Christopher Lee — iconic as Dracula in Hammer’s series of horror films, mostly playing against Peter Cushing’s Van Helsing, but also taking significant roles in genre films both large and small ever … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Horror, News, Weird stuff
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Building the Undersea Empire
With Jonathan Lawrence (see picture below) now firmly ensconced as director (despite some sources that still give Pitof the role, such as parts of the actual website), Empires of the Deep seems now on track. Filming was to begin on … Continue reading
Posted in Cryptozoology, Fantasy, Film, Giant Monsters, News, Pictorial art, Update
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What’s Due to Escape from the Asylum in 2010?
I’m sure it’s the question on everyone’s lips: what is the notorious schlock film production company, The Asylum, planning to offer up in 2010? To start with there’s the just released Princess of Mars (US-2009; dir. Mark Atkins), based on … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Monsters in general, News
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Solomon Kane
It’s about time that Hollywood really began to exploit the legacy of Weird Tales alumni and creator of Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard, who wrote much more than just the Conan stories. With a new Conan film on the … Continue reading
A Lovecraftian Invasion 1: Dirt Dauber
Few filmmakers have been successful in translating New England horror writer H.P. Lovecraft’s dense, adjective-driven tales of Elder Gods, Old Ones and the Horrors That Lurk Just the Other Side of Reality into effective cinema. Despite interesting earlier forays such … Continue reading
Posted in Giant Monsters, Horror, Independent film, Lovecraft, News, Trailers
Tagged dirt dauber, Horror, insect monsters, Lovecraft, Shub-Niggurath
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A Rival for Gamera?
Well, this one — though it features a giant turtle — seems to be the product of a completely different genre to that of the Friend of Children — a daikaiju eiga subgenre all its own. In fact it looks … Continue reading
Posted in Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Japanese, News
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Pretty Normal Activity
With the success of the ultra-low-budget ghost flick, Paranormal Activity (US-2007; dir. Oren Peli), it’s perhaps only to be expected that others would attempt to leap on the bandwagon. Infamous bandwagon leapers, The Asylum — known for producing cheap “spin-offs” … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Fraudulent information, Ghosts, News
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RBM vs the Force
Without commenting on the actual product this trailer for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II game is advertising (because I have no familiarity with it or any previous SW games), I must say that the Really Big Monster … Continue reading
Posted in Daikaiju, Game, Giant Monsters, News
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