Category Archives: News

A Daikaiju in Ancient Rome

Posted on Friday, November 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

300 meets Cloverfield? That seems to be the concept behind Peter Briggs’ attempt to create a new “tent-pole” franchise, Mortis Rex (though anyone who has been reading the Backbrain regularly might catch a whiff of Outlander as well). Here is … Continue reading →

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Elias’ Vampiric Existentialism

Posted on Friday, November 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

Ever wondered about all those smug self-satisfied vampires that seem to be out there now,  well-groomed and sexy, leading the lives of romantic heroes despite being living deficient? Well, the latest feature film from Elias and BiFF JUGGERNAUT Productions blows … Continue reading →

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Chinese Giant Robots

Posted on Thursday, November 6, 2008 by Robert Hood

Starved for giant robot movies, while we await the arrival of Transformers 2? Well, it seems Hong Kong director Jeffrey Lau will begin shooting a Transformers-inspired giant robot epic called Robot later this month. Fond of including scifi moments into … Continue reading →

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Say That Again, Ultraman!

Posted on Thursday, November 6, 2008 by Robert Hood

I’m not sure what I think of this. Tsuburaya Productions’ latest offering in the ultra-long-running Ultraman TV franchise — Urutora Gyarakushii Daikaiju Batoru [lit. Ultra Galaxy: Giant Monster Battle; aka Ultra Galaxy: Mega Monster Battle] (2007; TV series; dir. Yuuichi … Continue reading →

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Talk to the Crest

Posted on Friday, October 24, 2008 by Robert Hood

Recent palaeontological research suggests that those spectacular crests that adorn the heads of the duck-billed type of dinosaur may have been used to communicate. “The struc­tures con­tain ex­tremely long, con­vo­lut­ed na­sal pas­sages that loop up over the tops of their … Continue reading →

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Not Quite the Return of Gorgo

Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

Britain’s answer to Japan’s iconic Gojira [aka Godzilla] featured the rather clever concept of a large sea monster captured and returned to London by authorities, who are soon enough dismayed to discover that it is only a little ‘un. Now … Continue reading →

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New: Das Wunder von Loch Ness

Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

Das Wunder von Loch Ness [lit. The Wonder of Loch Ness; aka The Secret of Loch Ness] (Germany-2008; dir. Michael Rowitz) Thanks to our friends The Gualagon Team, the Backbrain can tell you a bit more about this new German-produced … Continue reading →

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Giant Snake Found!

Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 by Robert Hood

OK, it’s not as big as this one (sighted at Mesa Del Sol, Albuquerque NM), but the idea of a giant snake 12.8 metres in length (that’s about 40 foot long) is fairly daunting. We’re used to them in films … Continue reading →

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Burroughing for Monsters

Posted on Monday, October 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

With the proposed big studio John Carter of Mars project still slated for 2012 — “reimagined at Pixar as a half animation/half live action project”, having gone through a gamut of directors (from Robert Rodriguez, to Kerry Conran of Sky … Continue reading →

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Update: Attackazoids, Deploy!

Posted on Friday, October 10, 2008 by Robert Hood

Brian Lonano, the man behind the elegant short SF fascist-state robot invasion film Attackazoids, has just written to me to confirm that they are indeed planning on another installment in the ATTACKAZOIDS series. He says that it will (hopefully) be … Continue reading →

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