Dinocroc and Supergator on the Move!

On the eve of the premiere SyFy Channel showing of Jim Wynorski's giant monster mash-up, Dinocroc vs Supergator -- incidentally one of the last films of genre legend David Carradine -- we have a bunch of pictures, along with a great SFX reel.

Why don't we just go out for dinner!

Supergator prefers take-away:

Dinocroc likes 'em bikini-wrapped:

Seconds?

Hey! Save one for me!

SFX Reel: it's looking pretty damn good here! Immediately below is the theme music. Let it play over the SFX video that follows!

• Source: Jim Wynorski via Avery; Written by Robert Hood

The Insects Are Getting Closer...

Undead Backbrain first heard of Pesticide (US-2009; dir. Pat Cerrato) back in October 2008 when Kaiju Search-Robot Avery happened upon a casting call looking for actors willing to get chased and eaten by giant insects: "Wanted! People To Get Eaten By Bugs". Since then we've seen the following "rough cut" trailer:

And Undead Backbrain posted some production pics here.

Now, the director, Pat Cerrato, has sent us a rough cut of the title sequence -- all 4 seconds of it. Watch carefully...

Creepie crawlie, eh? We're told the insects get much much bigger....

Source: Pat Cerrato via Avery

Now the Sewer Can Be Chewed in Your Own Home!

Undead Backbrain told you about it here, when it was in post-production. Well, now James Hawley (aka Jack Acid)'s low-budget, high-disgust-factor monster movie, Sewer Chewer, is available for purchase on DVD. And you certainly get your money's worth of sewage. The film runs for just shy of 2 hours, plus there's a second disk of assorted sludge, including music videos, bloopers, outtakes, storyboards and lots more.

Go to the website with your credit card and the DVD will be flushed right back at ya!

Surely this is something you want in your home, right?

What is it?

Sewer Chewer is a tribute to the creature features of the 70's and 80's drive in movies. A space satellite falls to earth and lands in a rural area, radiating the local wildlife into a mutant monster that has a large appetite for humans. An unnamed government agency sends a special agent out to dispose of the satellite and the mutant and any who know of it. (IMDb)

Meanwhile, here's a new, really disgusting extended promo video featuring various members of the cast who happen to make up the band Captain Eyeball. Enjoy!

And for those who are too lazy to go the Undead Backbrain article and read up on the film in detail, here's the trailer again:

• Source: via Avery Guerra. Written by Robert Hood

Making Monsters

After premiering at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas during March, Gareth Edward's low-budget indie monster film, Monsters, has been garnering some excellent reviews. Read this one on IGN or this one on firstshowing.net.

Synopsis:

Six years ago previously, a NASA probe returning to earth with samples of an alien life form, crashed over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear, and half of Mexico was quarantined as an INFECTED ZONE. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain "the creatures"... The story begins when a US journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through the infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the US border.

Just released is a Making Of video, featuring Edwards talking about his film. Here it is, courtesy of Dread Central:

Monsters also has a new website -- here.

The 7 Adventures of Sinbad

That's right! Seven adventures, all crammed into the one movie!

The 7 Adventures of Sinbad (US-2010; dir. Adam Silver and Ben Hayflick) tells of a modern-day incarnation of the Arabian-Nights hero, who must complete seven tasks in order to save the world from catastrophe. Naturally the tasks involve monsters -- and from the preview trailer below there appears to be plenty of them, ranging from ogres, giant crabs and the de rigeur giant octopi to dragons and leviathan-like whales disguised as islands.

It is released on DVD on 25 May 2010.

Trailer:

• Source: The Asylum via Avery Guerra

Update: Age of the Dragons

The Moby Dick-based fantasy film Undead Backbrain covered earlier this year as Dragon Fire is now called Age of the Dragons (US-2010; dir. Ryan Little).

Synopsis:

Age of the Dragons is an adaptation of Herman Melville's classic novel Moby Dick. Set in a medieval realm where Captain Ahab and crew hunt dragons for the vitriol that powers their world, Ishmael, a charismatic harpooner joins their quest. Ahab's adopted daughter Rachel, beautiful and tough, runs the hunting vessel. Ahab's obsession is to seek revenge on a great "White Dragon" that slaughtered his family when he was young and left his body scarred and mauled, drives the crew deeper into the heart of darkness. In the White Dragon's lair Ahab's secrets are revealed and Rachel must choose between following him on his dark quest or escaping to a new life with Ishmael. (Koan Inc.)

Starring Danny Glover (as "Ahab"), Vinnie Jones ("Ishmael"), Corey Sevier, Sophia Pernas, Larry Bagby, and John Kepa Kruse, Age of the Dragons seeks to re-imagine Herman Melville's famous tale of the Great White Whale and the Captain obsessed with hunting it as an adventure fantasy. A major difference from the book Moby Dick is the inclusion of a central female character -- Ahab's daughter Rachel -- who was named by writer McKay Daines after the fishing boat which turns up to rescue Ishmael from the sea after Ahab's vessel The Pequod is destroyed by Moby Dick and Ahab's obsessive desire to destroy the whale.

[Actor Vinnie Jones] commented that the character [Rachel] is Ahab's eyes and ears among the crew, as well as being a seasoned dragonslayer. "She's in charge because, as I say in the script, 'She's the best damn harpoonist we've got.' Second to me," Jones said. (Herald)

Otherwise the names and most of the events of the film follow those of the novel, though there are, apparently, "a few surprises" at the end -- though Glover's Ahab will still meet his preordained fate.


The Dragon

Apparently "puppet" dragon models (see above) will be used for some scenes, though the film will not be relying totally on the hands-on approach. Executive producer Gil Aglaure has commented that roughly three-quarters of the dragons seen in the film will be CGI. (Source)

Below we have three interview videos: with Gil Aglaure and other crew members, Danny Glover and Vinnie Jones:

• Source: Utah Valley Daily Herald; IMDb; Koan Inc.; Metrodome Group; Undead Backbrain
• Writer: Robert Hood  |  Research: Avery Guerra

Extended Lake Van Monster Production Footage

As a brief update to the Undead Backbrain articles on Van Gölü Canavarı [aka Lake Van Monster] (Turkey-2009; dir. Bünyamin Yaşar) here and here, Kaiju Search-Robot Avery uncovered this extended production footage. It's still in Turkish, without subtitles, but you can get the basic idea from the visuals.

See also this interesting article on the Searching for Cryptonia website.