Category Archives: News

Cleavagefield

Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 by Robert Hood

You had to ask, didn’t you? This is an ad for a new giant monster film that’s just gone into production. No, really! It is! The film’s called Cleavagefield — for reasons no one could possibly guess, though I’m sure … Continue reading →

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Ted V. Mikels Rises from the Dead!

Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 by Robert Hood

Ted V. Mikels was one of those directors who lurked at the edge of my consciousness a few decades ago thanks to the low-rent notoriety of such genre B-flicks as The Astro-Zombies (1968) and The Corpse Grinders (1972). Well, actually … Continue reading →

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Coming soon! Ret Romanne

Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008 by Robert Hood

This is by way of an introduction to what comic artist and writer Alan Brooks considers to be his magnum opus, Ret Romanne. Ret Romanne is a Time Dignitary who lives and works on the Off World “Cloud City” of … Continue reading →

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Coming to G-Fan #84!

Posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

“Tales of King Komodo” by Mike Bogue and Todd Tennant More information soon!   • G-Fan website

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Attack of the Giant Leeches

Posted on Saturday, May 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

In 1959 came the first attack by giant leeches, set in a Florida swamp and executive produced by Roger Corman: Attack of the Giant Leeches [aka The Giant Leeches] (US-1959; dir. Bernard L. Kowalski). The leeches famously looked a little … Continue reading →

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RIP: John Berkey

Posted on Friday, May 2, 2008 by Robert Hood

Another of science fiction’s greats — an artist rather than a writer this time — passed away on 29 April 2008. John Berkey is recognisable to anyone who reads SF — in particular those who did so during the 1970s … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, News, Pictorial art | 2 Comments

New DVD Release: Jade Warrior

Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 by Robert Hood

Jade Warrior [aka Jadesoturi] (2006) is a kung fu fantasy film made in Finland by director Antti-Jussi Annila. Its bizarre lineage is enough to pique one’s interest, being based on both Chinese and Finnish mythologies — in the latter case … Continue reading →

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Update: Guilala Still (and Godzilla 3-D)

Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

Some daikaiju updates from DreadCentral: First, further to the recent Backbrain article regarding the new film, Girara-no Gyakushuu Touyaku Samitto Kiki Ippatsu [lit. Guilala’s Counter Attack: the Touyaku Summit One-Shot Crisis] (dir. Minoru Kawasaki) [aka The Monster X Strikes Back: … Continue reading →

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Craziest Kaiju Countdown

Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 by Robert Hood

Over the next month, Undead Backbrain will be running a special feature put together by Kaiju Search-Robot Avery. The Backbrain has a propensity for lists and that’s what Avery has created — a Top 20 list that has sparked his … Continue reading →

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Retro: The Ghastly Love of Johnny X

Posted on Saturday, April 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

Looking like the 1959 scifi B-flick Teenagers From Outer Space crossbred with Grease, the new musical comedy film The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (US-2008; dir. Paul Bunnell) embraces rockers, flying saucers, femme fatales, black-and-white photography, songs, dastardly deeds, the … Continue reading →

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