Monthly Archives: August 2008

Spike Makes A Point

Posted on Sunday, August 31, 2008 by Robert Hood

Sometimes fairy tales make excellent (or at least interesting) horror films. Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) [aka El Laberinto del Fauno] is something of an epitomé of the approach, of course; but others, such as Michael Cohn’s Snow White: … Continue reading →

Posted in Faery, Film, Horror, News, Teaser | 7 Comments

J.T. Petty’s The Burrowers

Posted on Saturday, August 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

My awareness of J.T. Petty’s work, as writer and director, is pretty well restricted to Mimic: Sentinel (2003) — the third film in the series that originated with Guillermo Del Toro’s Mimic (1997) and one that hasn’t gained much of … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Horror, News | 3 Comments

In the Post: The Ghosts

Posted on Friday, August 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Ghosts (Australia-2009 [in post-production]; dir. Mathew J. Wilkinson) Tagline: There are 36 claimed haunted locations in Australia. They missed one. Synopsis: A family vacation in the Australian outback turns horribly wrong when the family is taken hostage by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Ghosts, News, Teaser | 1 Comment

Update: Gualagon

Posted on Friday, August 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

Sometimes you get to influence the makers of movies and related works — it has to be one of the best features of the internet’s ability to provide cross-cultural and virtually instantaneous communication between fans and creators. The makers of … Continue reading →

Posted in Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Update | 34 Comments

B-Flick Invasion

Posted on Thursday, August 28, 2008 by Robert Hood

During a routine close encounter the other day — somewhere between an orgy of cornfield art and the usual anal probing — I got into conversation with my tall, google-eyed captor, whose long, pointy teeth should have been a serious … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, News | 3 Comments

Haeundae: Set for Destruction

Posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 by Robert Hood

Take this idyllic picture of South Korea’s Haeundae Beach: Now add a monstrous tsunami: What have you got? The new disaster movie from Doosaboo Film and director Je-Kyoun Youn. In a recent press release, it was announced that on August … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocalypse, Film, Update | 6 Comments

Bob’s Giant Monster Movie

Posted on Monday, August 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

Bob Nelson and Brick Cave Media have just plunged into pre-production for a giant monster movie currently sporting the working title Bob’s Giant Monster Movie. Bob, who describes himself as “a writer, poet and organizer”, will be the Executive Director … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, News | 4 Comments

Update: Monster Movie

Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

A while back the Backbrain reported on a monster movie that utilises the currently popular technique of “found footage” to tell its story of rampage and terror — this one not in a city, it seems, but more backwoods/small town-oriented. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Update | 6 Comments

Blimp Boy gets Liberated?

Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

Deadly DVD has just posted an actual image from Jim Wynorski’s much anticipated Cloverfield take-off, Cleavagefield — a film that will at the very least feature a monster and lots of bosoms. Presumably Blimp Boy is the send-up’s substitute for … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Update | 2 Comments

mSCORPIO vs King Komodo

Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

Kaiju artist Todd Tennant has sent us a preview of King Komodo’s next opponent. Cool, eh? For those who don’t know, Tales of King Komodo is a kaiju-based graphic novel serial by Todd Tennant and Mike Bogue. It appears in … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Graphic novels, Preview | 2 Comments