More Shark Bait

If it's not snakes, it's giant mutated sharks! After Mega-Shark vs Giant Octopus (US-2009; dir. Ace Hannah), Sharktopus (US-2010; dir. Declan O’Brien), and news of Swamp Shark (US-2011; dir. Griff Furst), Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws (NZ-[in development]; dir. Andrew Todd and Johnny Hall) and Fred Olen Ray's Super Shark, now we're told that the less-than-awesomely-titled Psycho Shark -- a Japanese addition to the meme -- is about to be released to DVD.

The question is, does this poster give a true indication of the shark's size? If so, I'm there!

Addendum: Apparently the size as indicated here is accurate. Here are a few indicative screenshoots, courtesy of Agressions Animales:

Called "Jaws in Japan" in its home country, the film has been given the title Psycho Shark to avoid unnecessary litigation problems that might arise from copyright infringement relating to Mr Spielberg's 1975 mega-hit. Meanwhile, Japanese publicity for Psycho Shark (Japan-2009; dir. John Hijiri) is emphasising the non-acting attractions of its two female leads more than it is the actual title monster -- both of them (Nonami Takizawa and Airi Nakajima, that is) being "bikini models" (see SciFi Japan for visual details, plus the image above).

They may very well provide some compensation in the event that the film is otherwise as bad as Japanese reviews have suggested it is.

• Source: SciFi Japan

New Trailer for Jennifer Lynch's Snake Film

The international trailer for Hisss (India/US-2010; dir. Jennifer Chambers Lynch) has slithered into view -- though no one's sure how long you've got before it gets chopped. Here it is, courtesy of Twitchfilm:

More information can be found on Undead Backbrain. Previous Brainspasm articles here -- just scroll down past the "Snakes on a Plain?" article.

Here's some new shots from the film for the ophidiophobic among you -- plus a less traumatic one of the film's main non-reptilian attraction, Indian actress Mallika Sherawat.

• Source: Twitchfilm via Avery

Three Heads Are Better Than One

This interesting bit of footage has cropped up via Twitchfilm: found-footage from the fake doco-horror drama Trolljegeren [aka The Troll Hunter] (Norway-2010; dir. André Ovredal). [See Undead Backbrain article.]

Cute!

• via Avery

Monster in the Sky with Tentacles

This full trailer to the Lovecraftian aviation horror flick Altitude (Canada/US-2010; dir. Kaare Andrews) was released a while back and I was too busy with the World SF Convention to post it. Here it is though, for those who have missed it so far.

See this Undead Backbrain article for more details. It comes to DVD on 26 October through Anchor Bay.

Source: via io9 and Avery

Moldy (Not-So-Old) Update

Undead Backbrain previewed the imminent release of a nice bit of moldy exploitation back in May when Avery Guerra interviewed Mold! director Neil Meschino.

Mold! (US-2010; dir. Neil Meschino).

Now we have the first teaser trailer for you, which should thoroughly enthuse all the putrescence-horror fans out there. Putrescence horror boasts a venerable tradition, full of slime, decay, gore and (of course) mold (as well as scientific and political corruption), that includes such classics as Body Melt, Street Trash, The Stuff, and the Toxic Avenger films. This one fits right in.

More Posters (and some concept art):

 

Source: via Avery. Written by Robert Hood

Posters and Cast of The Scout

The Scout is, you may recall, the most recent Thai giant snake movie by Vengeance director Pleo Sirisuwan. It has just been released to DVD in Thailand.

The Scout [aka Bit Pi-Pop Ta-Lu Lohk] (Thailand-2009; dir. Pleo Sirisuwan)

Synopsis:

Scouts visit an ancient temple to witness a lunar eclipse. Hearing campfire stories of the legendary god who protects the temple, they decide to go on a treasure hunt. Finding themselves lost in a parallel universe, they must find the way back before the end of the eclipse traps them.

Full Trailer:



Here are another couple of posters, one in English:

Below are some pictures of the cast and crew (at a premiere event) and in character:

Bogus:

Ing:

Sara:

Oat:

• Sources: 8888winner; MovieThai; IMDb
• Previous Update; original Brainspasm article (this one with a teaser trailer)

The Hulk As A Really Big (Indian) Kid

Comment is probably superfluous here.  

Athisayan (India-2007; dir. Vinayan T. Rajendarum) is about a kid who for some reason gets angry and Hulk-like grows very large. Unlike the Hulk he appears to stay that way. Naturally it all ends in tears.

There's a touch of King Kong in this Malayalam-language Indian fantasy-comedy, too.

Gird your loins and check it out:

Source: TarsTarkas via Avery