Category Archives: Trailers

Gallowwalker

Posted on Friday, May 2, 2008 by Robert Hood

There’s a lot that’s attractive about films that attempt to combine zombies and an “Old West” setting, though to date no one has succeeded in capturing the essence of an undead western mythos as well as Joe Lansdale in his … Continue reading →

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New: Guardians

Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

This film — Guardians (US-2006; dir. Drew Maxwell) — could be interesting. Decent-looking mutants, at least, which may squeeze into the giant-monster category, at the bottom end of the size scale. The film was a Finalist for Best Science Fiction … Continue reading →

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American Tokusatsu

Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

The latest Japanese genre to meet with an enthusiast’s attempt to replicate it for the West is the kaiju-tokusatsu, giant-monster vs superhero genre of such TV series as Ultraman. Zero Trooper-F is a 39-minute film directed by an indie filmmaker … Continue reading →

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Giant Snake Vengeance

Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Thai film industry seems to be going great guns. They have a history of giant crocs and snakes, of course, but this one seems to mix in assorted horror tropes and supernatural elements to potentially interesting effect: Vengeance [aka … Continue reading →

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New: Hancock

Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2008 by Robert Hood

Actually, this superhero spin from Will Smith and director Peter Berg (who is set to direct yet another version of Frank Herbert’s classic SF novel, Dune, for 2010) looks like it might (a) work, and (b) be pretty funny…. …. … Continue reading →

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Top 20 Craziest Kaiju: Number 16

Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 by Robert Hood

16   Rectuma   from Rectuma (US-2004; dir. Mark Pirro) Now, you may rectum… I mean, reckon … that a giant ass [aka arse] doesn’t offer much by way of creativity in its design — and you’d be right. Butt … Continue reading →

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Brontosaurus!

Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 by Robert Hood

Today I came across mention of a 1980 Czechoslavakian film, Brontosaurus (Czechoslavakia-1980; dir. Vera Plívová-Simková), which I’d never heard of. But while looking for information on it, I instead stumbled upon these clips from an earlier Czechoslavakian dinosaur flick called … Continue reading →

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Crawler aka Killdozer Redux

Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

Kaiju Search-Robot Avery asks: “Does this count as a kaiju?” I’m a bit dubious myself. It might be 50 tons of terror, but is unnatural size really an issue? What do y’all think?

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Sushi anyone?

Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

Razortooth (US-2006; dir. Patricia Harrington) Deep in the Florida Everglades, something is alive that should have died eons ago. Something is feeding, when it should be full. Something is moving, in ways that seem all but impossible to its pursuers. … Continue reading →

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Update: OneChanbara The Movie

Posted on Saturday, April 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

Does the concept “bikini-clad Japanese cowgirls vs zombies” ring any bells?

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