Category Archives: Where’s the Film?

King Crab Attack!

Posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 by Robert Hood

Initially at least King Crab Attack! was a faux trailer, created in 2008 by director Grégoire Sivan, a student at La Fémis in Paris: KING CRAB ATTACK! from Jérôme Lozano (Headeater and editor) on Vimeo. Cool, eh? IMDb, however, lists … Continue reading →

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More Raiga Pictures

Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 by Robert Hood

At this juncture it seems entirely possible that before too long we’ll be able to join up all the pictures of Shinkaijû Raiga [aka Deep Sea Monster Raiga] (Japan, 2009; dir. Shinpei Hayashiya) that have been released and pre-construct a … Continue reading →

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Kong or Not Kong, That is the Question

Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 by Robert Hood

Thanks to Variety and a report that Spirit Pictures has picked up the rights to Joe DeVito (artist) and Brad Strickland’s illustrated novel Kong: King of Skull Island, sites across the net are enthusing over the idea that a new … Continue reading →

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G vs Gehara

Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 by Robert Hood

You remember G, right? No, not Godzilla but one of his recent descendents. G (2008; short, 48 min.; dir. Kiyotaka Taguchi) As a reminder, check him out here. And don’t forget his tin-plated nemesis: How about Gehara, the Long-haired Kaiju? … Continue reading →

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Little Ending of Horrors

Posted on Monday, March 23, 2009 by Robert Hood

One of my favourite films is, I’m happy to admit, the 1986 musical version of Corman’s 1960 original, Little Shop of Horrors. Love the performances, love the choreography, love the music, love Audrey II in all his increasingly nasty glory. … Continue reading →

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Nessie That Wasn’t

Posted on Saturday, December 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

I think this picture is of a monster from a Hammer Films / Toho co-production that never happened. I’ve been reading Sinclair McKay’s A Thing of Unspeakable Horror: The History of Hammer Films (Aurum Press, 2007) — which is a … Continue reading →

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Beast From Haunted Planet

Posted on Thursday, November 27, 2008 by Robert Hood

This concept trailer was made in 2006 by Terry Howald “as a previz for a future feature film project”. It offers excellent iconic 1950s rocketships and rayguns and the prospect of a gigantic alien creature. Beast from Haunted Planet from … Continue reading →

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Really Big Maggots!

Posted on Sunday, November 16, 2008 by Robert Hood

And now, a teaser trailer for Maggots, a film from unstoppable exploitation king Fred Olen Ray! THE MOST DISGUSTING GIANT MONSTER EVER FILMED! … though it looks a little like a giant claw (no, not THE Giant Claw)…. But wait! … Continue reading →

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The Monsters of Doctor Who: Morbius

Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 by Robert Hood

I am still here. I can see nothing, feel nothing. You have locked me into hell for eternity. If this is all there is, I would rather die now… Trapped like this, like a sponge beneath the sea. Yet even … Continue reading →

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Another Lost Bird?

Posted on Thursday, September 4, 2008 by Robert Hood

At the instigation of Mysterious Pants, the Backbrain scouted out Attack of the Giant Gull (US/Canada-2002; dir. Jonathan M. Parisen), which does appear on the Internet Movie Database as a video release, though no release date is actually given. After … Continue reading →

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