Category Archives: Update

King Komodo Gets KLOKKED!

Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 by Robert Hood

CLICK HERE TO SEE A LARGE VERSION For the outcome, be sure to read the next issue of “Tales of King Komodo” in G-Fan #86. Previous KK article Todd Tennant’s American Kaiju website G-Fan

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Update: Star Trek Monster

Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 by Robert Hood

Further to our earlier post featuring the J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie trailer, Todd Tennant has kindly supplied the Backbrain with these fantastic images of the monster concerned. I have no idea what it is and what role it plays, … Continue reading →

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Update: More Outlander Trailers

Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

In advance of the Spanish release of Outlander — the epic alien monster vs Vikings movie we here at the Backbrain have been anticipating for some time — the filmmakers have placed a variety of teasers, trailers and clips on … Continue reading →

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Update: Attackazoids, Deploy!

Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 by Robert Hood

As promised, here are the first images from Brian Lonano’s Attackzoids! sequel, Attackzoids, Deploy! — which is currently in production. “We just completed some second unit shots before tackling the principal photography in January,” director Lonano told the Backbrain. “Piece … Continue reading →

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Update: Dead Sucks

Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 by Robert Hood

The full-length trailer for Elias and BiFF JUGGERNAUT’s poignant new vampire comedy, Dead Sucks, has been released via Fangoria. Check it out here. Previous Backbrain article

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At Last, The War

Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008 by Robert Hood

Personally, I found Terminator 3 rather ordinary — a reaction to the senseless and repetitious action sequences that was exacerbated by a desire to see the future war, not another iteration of a back-from-the-future Terminator hunt down. Making the Terminator … Continue reading →

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Monsters vs Aliens vs DreamWorks

Posted on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 by Robert Hood

The trailer for the newest DreamWorks film, Monster vs Aliens, has appeared, referencing 1950s monster flicks including The Blob and Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman. There’s a gigantic alien robot, a yeti, a mad scientist, a giant insect thing … Continue reading →

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Minimal SFX from the Rock

Posted on Monday, November 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

And now you can catch some footage featuring the most minimal SFX in a giant monster movie ever! Filmed entirely in camera, using perspective techniques and fingers! Giant Cicada attacks a landmark Giant Cicada eats a pedestrian! Says Kaiju Search-Robot … Continue reading →

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Update: Crawler

Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

A crew on a remote construction site are plagued by a series of bizarre mishaps. As the incidents turn more and more savage, it becomes clear that the sole link to the deadly events …is a 50 ton bulldozer. Crawler … Continue reading →

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Update: New Guilala Poster

Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

This poster for Girara-no Gyakushuu Touyaku Samitto Kiki Ippatsu [lit. Guilala’s Counter Attack: the Touyaku Summit One-Shot Crisis] (Japan–2008; dir. Minoru Kawasaki) — otherwise known as Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit! featuring Guilala’s Western pseudonym — looks … Continue reading →

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