What do you get when you cross a love for classic Japanese monster movies with the grit and grime of 1970s American grindhouse cinema? For me, the answer was Redneck Kaiju, a new IP that stomps the line between creature feature chaos and backwoods revenge.
This project started as a wild what if:
What if the monsters weren’t just from the sea or space, but from our own backyards?
What if the hero wasn’t a super hero or goody-two-shoes, but a pissed-off redneck with nothing left to lose, dragging a giant mutant dog behind him?
Drawing on the operatic destruction of kaiju legends and the raw, gritty tone of exploitation films, Redneck Kaiju grew into a world of mutagenic conspiracies, corrupt corporations, and rural rage.
Think Godzilla by way of Walking Tall, with a little The Hills Have Eyes thrown in for good measure.
I’m thrilled to share that I’ve already signed a publishing contract, and the first Redneck Kaiju novel is set to drop later this year.
Something foul’s slithering up from the cracked bones of Deep Hollow. Monstrous mutations! Sinister corporations! Twisted science and deep-fried secrets! And right at the center of it all, Patrick “Panther” McMorn—The Redneck himself, riding shotgun with a four-legged kaiju-killer named T-Bone (he’s got teeth like chainsaws and a bark that breaks windows).
This is a hot, original IP with serious cross-media potential. If you're a development exec, producer, or studio looking for your next genre franchise, let’s talk.
The monsters are coming, and Redneck Kaiju is ready to roar!
