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Category Archives: Apocalypse
There Goes the Neighbourhood
With the latest rendition of the zombie apocalypse about to hit screens worldwide, it’s perversely comforting to know that one’s hometown hasn’t been spared. World War Z (US-2013; dir. Marc Forster) is due for release on June 20, so the … Continue reading
Posted in Apocalypse, Film, Posters, Trailers, Zombies
Tagged Apocalypse, brad pitt, Mark Foster, world war z, Zombies
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First Look: World War Z
When I read Max Brooks’ post-apocalyptic zombie novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War several years ago I was impressed. An entertaining, structurally daring and unorthodox novel, it heralded a new wave of zombie fiction. It … Continue reading
Posted in Apocalypse, Film, Horror, News, Trailers, Zombies
Tagged brad pitt, Daniel Defoe, h.g. wells, marc foster, max brooks, Olaf Stapledon, world war z, zombie apocalypse
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Giant Monsters in Award-Winning Drama
Beasts of the Southern Wild (US-2012; dir. Benh Zeitlin) has been described as “a beautiful award-winning drama that just happens to include giant monsters”. In the aftermath of the film’s recent wins at Cannes and Sundance, words like “magical”, “moving”, … Continue reading
Posted in Apocalypse, Fantasy, Giant Monsters, Independent film, News, Trailers
Tagged aurochs, bayou, Benh Zeitlin, Cannes, Giant Monsters, Louisiana, New Orleans, Quvenzhane Wallis, Sundance
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A Plethora of Aussie Comics: Big Arse Comic Launch
It seems that comics in Australia are undergoing some sort of Renaissance. By way of proof, check out the comic extravaganza that’s about to be unleashed at the Big Arse Comic Book Launch in Fitzroy come March. Here’s what the … Continue reading
Posted in Apocalypse, Australian, Comics, Graphic novels, Horror, Humour, Monsters in general, News, Zombies
Tagged ben hutchings, black house comics, bruce mutard, comics, graphic novels, Jason Franks, killeroo, milk shadow books, sawbones, Tim Molloy, zombolette
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Not Just Another Zombie Film? Zombie Resurrection
An Exclusive Undead Backbrain Interview Mac (Jim Sweeney) gets up-close and personal with a rotten zombie (Leif Phelps) in Zombie Resurrection With its British accents and hints of thematic delving into some of the religious implications of zombieism, British splatterfest … Continue reading
The Vampire Apocalypse Downunder
An Undead Backbrain Exclusive Thankfully, the unreasonably popular Twilight and its sequels haven’t killed off vampires as an iconic and powerful trope within the horror genre. Undead Brainspasm recently featured a film that was seeking to use an esoteric African … Continue reading
Posted in Apocalypse, Australian, Film, Horror, Interviews, Kaiju Search-Robot Avery, News, Vampires
Tagged australian cinema, Horror, the caretaker, Tom Conyers, Twilight, Vampires
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The Real War of the Worlds?
One of the most influential novels in my personal development as both a writer and an obsessive SF/horror geek was H.G. Wells’ alien invasion classic War of the Worlds (1898) — a novel that created the template for such things. … Continue reading
Posted in Apocalypse, Film, News, Science Fiction
Tagged found footage, h.g. wells, pendragon pictures, timothy hines, war of the worlds
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Backbrain Zombies Invade the Aurealis Awards
Some good news today. My story “Wasting Matilda” from Zombie Apocalypse! edited by Stephen Jones (Robinson UK and Running Press, US) has shuffled its way onto the shortlist for the Aurealis Awards, Best Horror Short Story category. For those who … Continue reading
Posted in Apocalypse, Books, My Writing, News, Zombies
Tagged Aurealis Awards, kim newman, michael marshall smith, stephen jones, tanith lee, zombie apocalypse
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Tentacles, Ancient Whispers and Monstrous Gods
An Overview of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos on Film Few filmmakers have been successful in translating New England horror writer H.P. Lovecraft’s dense, adjective-driven tales of Elder Gods, Great Old Ones and the Horrors That Lurk Just the Other Side … Continue reading
Posted in Apocalypse, Essay, Film, Giant Monsters, Horror, Lovecraft
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Evangelion Competition
Now you can win a copy of the Blu-ray release of the first film in Hideaki Anno’s rebuild of his influential anime series: Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone — courtesy of Madman Entertainment. But before I give you the … Continue reading