Tag Archives: Giant Monsters

There Be Monsters on the Skyline

Posted on Saturday, October 2, 2010 by Robert Hood

Skyline (US-2010; dir. Colin and Greg Strause) I must have been living under a rock. When I saw the second trailer for this film I’d never heard of, and saw the huge invading spaceships, the slick production values and the … Continue reading →

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Trailer for Gareth Edwards’ Monsters

Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2010 by Robert Hood

Monsters (UK-2010; dir. Gareth Edwards) — with its District 9, pseudo-realistic approach to a notoriously unrealistic genre — has been greeted with huge enthusiasm among those who have been lucky enough to see it. If you don’t know what we’re … Continue reading →

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Destroy All Planets 2010

Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 by Robert Hood

No, not a remake, but a digitally tarted-up reissue from Fred Olen Ray’s Retromedia. Gamera tai uchu kaiju Bairasu [trans. Gamera vs the Outer Space Monster Virus] (1968; dir. Noriaki Yuasa) was the fourth Gamera film from would-be rival to … Continue reading →

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Zevastator GORGAROJ: Training the Monsterson!

Posted on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 by Robert Hood

Youthful filmmakers Benjamin Chee and Elvin Siew have created a short, daikaiju-inspired animated film — and it deserves to be noticed. Stylistically unique, with beautiful colouring and a wonderful sense of humour, Zevastator GORGAROJ draws for its inspiration on Son … Continue reading →

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Dinocroc and Supergator are here!

Posted on Saturday, June 5, 2010 by Robert Hood

The plot’s pretty standard: two artificially engineered giant monsters let loose on an island and lots of people getting eaten. But when you add veteran actor David Carradine in one of his final roles, it’s SyFy Channel gold! Dinocroc vs … Continue reading →

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