{"id":12556,"date":"2012-07-23T18:49:51","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T07:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=12556"},"modified":"2012-07-23T18:49:51","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T07:49:51","slug":"new-attack-of-the-giant-brain-sucker-monster-from-outer-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/07\/23\/new-attack-of-the-giant-brain-sucker-monster-from-outer-space\/","title":{"rendered":"New: Attack of the Giant Brain Sucker Monster from Outer Space"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Backbrain B-Movie Celebration Exclusive<\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s nothing like a good brainsucker from outer space to get the B-Movie Celebration vibe going.<\/p>\n

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Attack of the Giant Brain Sucker Monster from Outer Space<\/em> [aka L’attaque du monstre g\u00e9ant suceur de cerveaux de l’espace] (France-2012; short [c. 18 min.]; dir. Guillaume Rieu) is a sci-fi comedy musical featuring the old-school monster-film aesthetic that warms the hearts (and sucks the brains) of B-film fans everywhere. Here, the impetus comes from France, so a whole other aesthetic gets woven into the mix.<\/p>\n

“I wanted to make a movie with a lot of old special effects because I love that stuff,” explained writer\/director Guillaume Rieu. “And I love monsters, and I love science fiction. So I wrote a story with a monster that comes and eats people or turns them into zombies. But except for the fun and the special effects, the film has no hidden depth. It is just a simple homage to old science fiction movies. So to justify this referencing, I added the opposite genre — the coloured French musical part.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Check out the trailer to get an idea of what’s going on:<\/p>\n

[vimeo 23805641]<\/p>\n

\u00a0Rieu’s inspirations are pretty clearly defined:<\/p>\n

For the black and white science fiction \/ horror part, my main inspiration was the first King Kong<\/em>, but also Night of the Living Dead<\/em>, [the 1953] War of the Worlds<\/em>, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms<\/em>, It Came from Beneath the Sea<\/em> … And many other good and not-so-good old movies. And, of course, the coloured French Musical part is inspired by Jacques Demy’s movies, such as Les Demoiselles de Rochefort<\/em>\u00a0 and Les Parapluies de Cherbourg<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rieu added that he will try to make a feature-length version of Attack of the Giant Brain Sucker Monster from Outer Space<\/em> in the future but as to his next project:<\/p>\n

I’m preparing to shoot another short movie with Metronomic Productions — an adventure movie about movies and special effects (yes, again, but not the same way)…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Attack of the Giant Brain Sucker Monster from Outer Space<\/em> will be part of the 6th Annual B-Movie Celebratio<\/a>n’s Film Festival<\/a> to be held in Columbus, Indiana during September.<\/p>\n

Sources<\/strong>: Guillaume Rieu via B-Movie Celebration Film Festival Program Director Avery Guerra; IMDb<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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