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Category Archives: Interviews
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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Building The Nest: An Exclusive Preview
“The Nest” is a short horror film by Tim Zwica, who, auteur-fashion, undertook the roles of writer, producer, director, editor, and visual effects coordinator. Zwica harkens from Austin, Texas, and this seems to inform the atmosphere and general ambiance of … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Giant Bugs, Horror, Independent film, Interviews, Preview, Trailers
Tagged Austin Texas, killer bees, short films, the nest, tim zwica
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Insectula! Where Giant Insects Rule: A Backbrain Exclusive
Insectula [aka Insectula! Creature From Another World] is, in the words of its director, Michael Peterson, a movie about a giant mosquito-like alien attracted to Earth by the increased CO2 in the atmosphere. It has adopted the currently rather popular … Continue reading
Producing EDOnism: An Interview with Lorenzo Fantini
An interview with Lorenzo Fantini about EDOnism An interview with the producer of the film EDOnism (Italy/Japan-2010; dir. Alessandro Fantini). See Undead Backbrain article. How long have you been in Japan? I’ve been in Japan for over twelve years now. What … Continue reading
Posted in Giant Monsters, Independent film, Interviews
Tagged Alessandro Fantini, EDOnism, Lorenzo Fantini
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Playing the Demon’s Rook
An Exclusive Interview with writer/director/monster-maker Loup’Rah Garomore In the lively [irony intended] history of zombie movies, the 1980s was a gala decade for the demonic brand of undead. This was the time of classics such as Sam Raimi’s pre-Hollywood The … Continue reading
Posted in Demons, Horror, Independent film, Interviews, Monsters in general, Zombies
Tagged 1980s horror, argento, bava, black rider productions, demons, evil dead, film, Horror, Independent film, interview, james sizemore, the demon's rook, Zombies
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Hunting Trolls
No, the trolls we’re talking about here aren’t internet sociopaths who get their thrills from lurking in the dark corners of cyberspace, provoking trouble on blogs and forums — though the modern digital incarnation gets his/her name by analogy from … Continue reading
Posted in Cryptozoology, Film, Giant Monsters, Interviews, Monsters in general, Preview, Update
Tagged Andre Ovredal, norwegian cinema, troll hunter, Trolljegeren, trolls
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Legendary Pictures Godzilla News
Producer Brian Rogers talked to “zennie62” about the in-production Legendary Pictures “re-boot” of Godzilla. The key points are: We’re looking at a 2012 release. Godzilla will be created using CGI. Otherwise the film is live action. Godzilla will fight another … Continue reading
Posted in Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Interviews, Monsters in general, News
Tagged Godzilla, legendary pictures, re-boot
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Jump-Starting the Ghost Shark
Want another mutant shark movie? A good one? Or would you prefer a ghost movie? Can’t decide? Well, we’re here to help. Check out this really cool trailer. Yes, it’s Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws (NZ-[in development]; dir. Andrew Todd … Continue reading
Weekend Fright Flick: Space Bugs
Jesse Blanchard is a self-taught filmmaker who only recently discovered what he describes as “the joys of horror films”. Note: on that subject, John Carpenter says (on the commentary track for his Masters of Horror film Cigarette Burns): “Anyone who’s … Continue reading