There are not one, but two films called Kraken out soon. The first one is from Norway and appears to be due in early 20206:
The other one is Russian, so I don’t suppose I’ll be watching it any time soon:
Discounting a few oddities (like adult Clover from The Cloverfield Paradox), this is probably the largest titular kaiju of any film.
What can go wrong when exploring the deepest cave on earth?
Plenty.
This is a really gripping scary story, and somebody should make it into a movie.
For your Sunday dose of Shoegaze, here’s Russia’s Blankenberg with “Feel Alive,” which reminds me a little bit of The Cherry Wave (i.e. a noise floor above which floats the melody).
Aided by a beer can. He’s pretty good…
Japanese babY [CIC] hails from Krasnodar, Russia. Here they are with a live version of “Твое солнце.” No, I don’t know how to pronounce that. The sound’s a little raw, as you might expect from a live club recording, but the riffs are tasty.
(Note: The old version died, so I found another, and I don’t think the sound quality is as good.)
Influences seem to be Jesus and Mary Chain, Sigur Ros, and maybe just a tiny hint of Laibach.
We’ve had Shoegazer bands from the UK, the USA, Japan, and France, so why not one from Russia? Named after a Mexican SF movie I really need to track down, here’s Sleep Dealer with “The Tenth Planet”: