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Category Archives: Update
It Grows! … on Steroids!
So Nick Stathopoulos and Ryan Cauchi’s fantastic short nasty-plant-from-outer-space film, It Grows! (see these Undead Backbrain articles) has shambled off with a slew of awards at Zed Fest. Director Ryan Cauchi reports: I’m speechless right now. It Grows! has just … Continue reading
Posted in Giant Monsters, Independent film, Monster Plants, News, Posters, Update
Tagged awards, it grows, nick stathopoulos, ryan cauchi, short film, Zed Fest
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Hellyfish Slouches Towards Us?
As the poet Yeats asked: “And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?” Well, folks, it’s a giant jellyfish. It may not be slouching towards Bethlehem, but it is heading towards a … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Independent film, News, Short Films, Update
Tagged giant mutant, hellyfish, monsters, Patrick Longstreth, Robert McLean, short
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Update: Bermuda Tentacles
The above image is the first view of the monster (or one of the monsters) that inhabits the film Bermuda Tentacles (dir. Nick Lyon). Looks like a tentacle made out of water, with something no doubt very nasty as its … Continue reading
Posted in Exploitation films, Film, Giant Monsters, Giant Squids, News, Update
Tagged bermuda tentacles, linda hamilton, sea-monster
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First Hints As To What The Expedition Found
The makers of the “Lost World” film The Expedition (UK-2014; dir. Adam Spinks) [see Undead Backbrain article “What Happened to the Expedition?”] have provided a few visual hints as to what The Expedition‘s hapless team members stumbled upon in the … Continue reading
Posted in Dinosaurs, Film, Giant Monsters, News, Update
Tagged dinosaurs, lost world, the expedition
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Peter and the Colossus Seek Your Help
Remember Peter and the Colossus? This fantasy film from independent director Mitchel Viernes was featured on Undead Backbrain last December. Go and read about it, then come back for more news. Looks like a decent and heartfelt project, doesn’t it? … Continue reading
Jellyfish Eyes: The New Yôkai?
Images of the cute yet bizarre kaiju (that is, monsters) inhabiting Takashi Murakami’s much-anticipated fantasy Mememe no Kurage (Jellyfish Eyes) reveal an imagination that has taken its own established aesthetic and created a weird, toy-like pantheon of creatures very reminiscent, in … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Film, Ghosts, Giant Monsters, Japanese, Monsters in general, News, Trailers, Update
Tagged daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Jellyfish Eyes, kaiju, Miyazaki, Takashi Murakami, trailer, Yôkai
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Bio-Slime’s on DVD at Last
Remember Bio-Slime, the pinnacle of oozingly viral horror from John Lechago? (If not, see this previous Backbrain article and follow the links). Well, the good news is that it will be available on DVD from Media Blasters on 26 February … Continue reading
Posted in Horror, Independent film, Monsters in general, Update, Where's the Film?
Tagged bio-slime, Horror, Independent film, john lechago
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Update: Pictures of The Giant Spider
In further multi-legged giant monster news, here are a couple of shots from Christopher R. Mihm’s upcoming retro style flick, The Giant Spider: No other news — but those snaps definitely make me want to see the film! Undead Backbrain … Continue reading
Posted in Exploitation films, Film, Giant Bugs, Giant Monsters, Horror, Retro, Update
Tagged Christopher R Mihm, giant spider
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Crabby Piper Update
Well, “crabby” in a good way… Independent producer Brett Piper’s tireless career in low-budget monster films continues with this report that his giant monster flick Queen Crab (which Undead Backbrain reported on back in August last year) has finished principle … Continue reading
Pacific Rim: Official Trailer
Well, we’ve had hints about Guillermo del Toro’s anticipated daikaiju epic, Pacific Rim — and if you thought you were excited before, check out this just released official trailer: [youtube 2vKz7WnU83E] This could make a profound change to my top … Continue reading
Posted in Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Mecha, Monsters in general, Science Fiction, Update
Tagged daikaiju, Giant Monsters, guillermo del toro, pacific rim
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