Category Archives: Humour

The Muckman Cometh

Posted on Friday, January 14, 2011 by Robert Hood

Muckman (US-2010; dir. Brett Piper) Low-budget independent B-film maven, Brett Piper’s new cryptozoological comedy-thriller, Muckman, is a satirical excursion into a backwater wilderness inhabited by more than mosquitoes and alligators. Featuring a plotline churning with deception, false identities and self-serving … Continue reading →

Posted in Cryptozoology, Horror, Humour, Independent film, Review | 3 Comments

Leading the Latest Cuban Revolution

Posted on Thursday, January 6, 2011 by Robert Hood

And now… a Spanish-Cuban zombie comedy called Juan of the Dead [aka Juan de los Muertos](no prizes for guessing what this is ripping off), written and directed by Alejandro Brugués, produced by Gervasio Iglesias, Inti Herrera and Claudia Calviño, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Horror, Humour, Teaser, Zombies | 2 Comments

Killjoy is Back!

Posted on Saturday, December 4, 2010 by Robert Hood

Coulrophobia or fear of clowns is not an uncommon condition. And why not? Those grossly painted faces. That exaggerated behaviour. The comicbook violence that often attends their acrobatic slapstick performances. Whatever they represent must be something that lies deep in … Continue reading →

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Big Girls Don’t Cry… They Stomp!

Posted on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 by Robert Hood

Giantess fetishists out there can prepare to get excited. Coming in 2011 (probably the second quarter) is Apocalypse, CA (written and directed by Chad Peter) — a dark comedy with cult status pretensions (not a bad thing) that includes an … Continue reading →

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The Asylum’s Latest from the Mega Shark

Posted on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 by Robert Hood

While making Mega Shark vs Crocosaurus, “a few nutballs” over at The Asylum decided to create a submission for The Doritos’ Crash The Superbowl Ad Campaign Contest as a tie-in with their sequel to the infamous Mega Shark vs Giant … Continue reading →

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Of Monsters, Banana Burritos and the King

Posted on Saturday, November 6, 2010 by Robert Hood

After the success of their comic series Robot 13, writer Thomas Hall and artist Daniel Bradford of Blacklist Studios have branched out with a second series, this one looking at monster fighting from a different perspective — different in terms … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Giant Monsters, Graphic novels, Horror, Humour, Monsters in general, Review, Zombies | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Getting an Inkling of the Frenzy

Posted on Monday, October 4, 2010 by Robert Hood

Feeding Frenzy is a new independent film that directors Mike Stoklasa and Jay Bauman of Red Letter Media describe as “a tongue-in-cheek homage to the rubber puppet monster movies of the 80s such as Critters, Ghoulies, and all the other … Continue reading →

Posted in Exploitation films, Horror, Humour, Independent film, Monsters in general, Pictorial art, Trailers | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

New: Attack of the Indian Werewolf

Posted on Thursday, September 30, 2010 by Robert Hood

Touted as the most ambitious film ever to come from South Africa, Attack of the Indian Werewolf (South Africa-2010; dir. Masood Boomgaard) is a horror comedy of a somewhat wacky kind — Indian style. “Get dalad”? Synopsis: Brandon (Neville Pillay) … Continue reading →

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Godzilla: History, Biology and Behavior of Hyper-Evolved Theropod Kaiju

Posted on Sunday, September 26, 2010 by Robert Hood

This is a lecture on Godzilla and his history, nature and implications for life on Earth. It was delivered by Professor Shyaporn Theerakulstit at the 3rd annual Nerd Nite Nerdtacular “as a public service, to save you from burning in … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: Terror From the Abyss

Posted on Sunday, September 26, 2010 by Robert Hood

As Guillermo Del Toro heads into his much-anticipated production of H.P. Lovecraft’s longest mythos story, At the Mountains of Madness, Undead Backbrain presents a much shorter, much cheaper version of the same tale. This one comes courtesy of Daniel Lenneér, … Continue reading →

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