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Category Archives: Trailers
Update: Killer Shrews Are Out Of Their Cage!
A Backbrain Exclusive The latest news from film publicist Avery Guerra is that Steve Latshaw’s long-anticipated reimagining / sequel to 1959′s The Killer Shrews, Return of the Killer Shrews (which features original star James Best, as well as John Schneider, … Continue reading
Posted in Exploitation films, Horror, Monsters in general, Posters, Remake, Trailers, Update
Tagged Bruce Davison, Horror, James Best, john schneider, killer shrews, remake / sequel, Steve Latshaw
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Millennium Bug Infests DVD
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 giant monster, Godzilla, gore, hillbilly horror, kenneth cran, millennium bug, rob zombie
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Gila Rises!
One of the most anticipated independent giant monster flicks of recent times has been Jim Wynorski’s remake of the B-movie classic The Giant Gila Monster (US-1959; dir. Ray Kellogg), titled simply Gila! Here’s the new poster: The world premiere took … Continue reading
Posted in Exploitation films, Film, Giant Monsters, Monsters in general, Posters, Remake, Trailers, Update
Tagged 50s period film, Giant Monsters, gila, gila monster, interview, jim wynorski, remake
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B-Movie Celebration: Return of the Killer Shrews
Steve Latshaw’s reimagining / sequel to 1959’s The Killer Shrews, Return of the Killer Shrews, featuring original star James Best, as well as John Schneider, Jennifer Lyons, Rick Hurst, Sean Flynn and special guest Bruce Davison, is definitely one of … Continue reading
Posted in B-Movie Celebration, Horror, News, Remake, Trailers, Update
Tagged B-movie Celebration, killer shrews, Steve Latshaw
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Coming: Hellyfish
A Squishy Backbrain Exclusive There’s no argument: Godzilla is a giant monster with backbone, metaphorically and literally — and the prominence of his spines is certainly one of his defining characteristics (as illustrated here in cover art by Art Adams … Continue reading
Of Giant Crabs and Lovecraft
Exclusive Details In the world of contemporary low-budget genre-film production, auteur Brett Piper is god! [Okay, maybe a demi-god…] His deific stature is not simply a consequence of the volume of films he churns out but also the sheer, unbridled … Continue reading
Posted in Cthulhu, Daikaiju, Exploitation films, Giant Monsters, Horror, Independent film, Lovecraft, News, Trailers
Tagged A.J. DeLucia, brett piper, giant crab, giant monster films, Kathryn Metz, Lovecraft, mark polonia, Michelle Miller, queen crab, Richard Louello, the dark sleep, The Dreams in the Witch House
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B-Movie Celebration: I Am A Ghost
A Backbrain B-Movie Celebration Exclusive I Am A Ghost (US-2012; dir. H.P. Mendoza) is a film I instinctively love, though so far all I’ve seen is the trailer, some screenshots and a press release. Oh, and the following poster: The … Continue reading
Posted in B-Movie Celebration, Ghosts, Horror, Independent film, News, Trailers
Tagged experimental, ghosts, H.P. Mendoza, kubrick, Picnic at Hanging Rock, the haunting, the shining
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Giant Monsters in Award-Winning Drama
Beasts of the Southern Wild (US-2012; dir. Benh Zeitlin) has been described as “a beautiful award-winning drama that just happens to include giant monsters”. In the aftermath of the film’s recent wins at Cannes and Sundance, words like “magical”, “moving”, … Continue reading
Posted in Apocalypse, Fantasy, Giant Monsters, Independent film, News, Trailers
Tagged aurochs, bayou, Benh Zeitlin, Cannes, Giant Monsters, Louisiana, New Orleans, Quvenzhane Wallis, Sundance
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