{"id":1414,"date":"2008-11-03T15:12:20","date_gmt":"2008-11-03T05:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=1414"},"modified":"2008-11-04T06:11:03","modified_gmt":"2008-11-03T20:11:03","slug":"the-giants-of-leroy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/11\/03\/the-giants-of-leroy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Giants of Leroy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week the Backbrain featured<\/a> the latest film from Jeff Leroy — Rat Scratch Fever<\/em>, a low-budget epic about giant rats from outer space that actually looks like it will be a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

Now Kaiju Search-Robot Avery has discovered what Leroy has been up to in the recent past, monster-wise — and they look like even more fun than the rats.<\/p>\n

They’re giant spiders, with SFX that may be low budget but are more interesting than I’ve seen from some bigger budgeted flicks, featuring all the scale-model thrills of daikaiju eiga<\/em>. If Rat Scratch Fever<\/em> was an ode to Bert I. Gordon’s brand of giant monster SFX, this one looks like an ode to Godzilla and his pals.<\/p>\n

\"Creepies<\/a><\/p>\n

Creepies<\/strong> (US-2003; dir. Jeff Leroy<\/p>\n

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Some nice destruction there, eh? Well, check out this next one — a sequel to Creepies<\/em>. For some reason the following preview is the Japanese version, which seems rather appropriate given how much it looks like a product of that film industry and uses its characteristic SFX techniques. It features giant spiders, maser cannons and a giant spider-fighting giant robot!<\/p>\n

\"Creepies<\/p>\n

Creepies 2: King Spider Vs. Mega-Destructor<\/strong> [aka Creepies 2: Las Vegas Attack] (US-2005; dir. Jeff Leroy)<\/p>\n

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Finally, here’s a sequence from the above film in which Las Vegas and a lot of bystanders get totally trashed by the military, who try to deal with the giant spider while displaying all the delicacy of Godzilla on a bender.<\/p>\n

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I have to get copies of these flicks!<\/p>\n

Source<\/strong>: Avery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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