Tag Archives: Giant Monsters

Mega Shark’s Attack on Titan

Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 by Robert Hood

It began when low-budget, exploitation production company, Asylum, released Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus (US-2009; dir. Ace Hannah) [Backbrain review]. Back in May 2009, Undead Backbrain was the first to reveal a still of the giant shark eating the Golden … Continue reading →

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It Came From … A Big Blue Hole in the Sea: Poseidon Rex

Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2014 by Robert Hood

Poseidon Rex (US-2013; dir. Mark L. Lester) is, without a doubt, a B-monster pic, SyFy-style. That’s not necessarily bad. “B-movie” is not synonymous with “bad movie”. “Low budget movie”, yes. Generally formulaic? Sure. But they can be fun if you … Continue reading →

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Enormous News

Posted on Friday, March 14, 2014 by Robert Hood

The year 2014 is shaping up to be a big one for fans of giant monsters. This is not surprising, of course, as the much-anticipated, big-budget kaiju extravaganza Godzilla (US-2014; dir. Gareth Edwards) is due to hit screens in May. … Continue reading →

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Giant Monsters vs Giant Hero … and It’s Not Ultraman

Posted on Monday, December 23, 2013 by Robert Hood

As you can see from the following concept trailer, Red Jade shares an ancestry that grew from Gojira/Godzilla (daikaiju eiga) and split off into the tokusatsu TV series Ultraman (most notably) — in which a human “host” channels the power … Continue reading →

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An Attraction to Kaiju

Posted on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 by Robert Hood

Given the state-of-play out there in the movie world, kaiju (or daikaiju) have a large appeal to at least a certain (maybe-growing) percentage of the cinematic audience. But when does attraction become perversion? Relativistically, giant monster sex is not something … Continue reading →

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Fear Force Five: Weird Kaiju Hit the Web

Posted on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 by Robert Hood

Is pushing your imagination beyond reasonable limits the key to success? Maybe. Here’s proof. Jack Perez is a director most commonly known for a film he does not consider to be anywhere near his most satisfactory work. Under the pseudonym … Continue reading →

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The Insects Will Rule

Posted on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 by Robert Hood

We all know that despite humanity’s profligate populating of the planet, we are still vastly outnumbered by the insects. It is said there are more insects in a few random acres of practically anywhere than there are people worldwide. Fortunately, … Continue reading →

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Pacific Rim: Full Official Trailer

Posted on Friday, May 17, 2013 by Robert Hood

Oh, yes. Go, Guillermo! [youtube 5guMumPFBag]

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Pacific… Umm, Atlantic… How Many Rims Are There?

Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2013 by Robert Hood

Atlantic Rim (US-2013; dir. Jared Cohn) is the notorious mockbuster studio The Asylum’s pre-hash of Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming blockbuster, Pacific Rim. It has giant monsters rising from the depths (albeit different depths), giant mecha, a human combat team and … Continue reading →

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Queen Crab: Rampage Sequences

Posted on Friday, March 22, 2013 by Robert Hood

Brett Piper has shared with the Backbrain some scenes of giant crab rampage from his latest B-film monster epic, Queen Crab. Created in stop-motion glory, this suggests that monster fans and stop-motion animation aficionados are in for a real treat. … Continue reading →

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