Category Archives: Review

Frankenstein: the Re-birth Continues

Posted on Sunday, November 14, 2010 by Robert Hood

Frankenstein: Lost Souls by Dean Koontz (Harper, 2010) ISBN 978-0-00-735384-2 Reviewed by Robert Hood Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein series began life as a treatment for a TV series. When best-selling horror author Koontz withdrew, citing creative differences, he took the concept … 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 →

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Early Vampire Cinema 1916 to 1974: Part 2

Posted on Thursday, August 12, 2010 by Robert Hood

Continued from Early Vampire Cinema 1916 to 1974: Part 1 Part 2: From Lugosi to Lee If Dracula dominated popular imagination as the defining representative of vampire kind up until recent times, it was Hungarian actor Béla Lugosi whose performance … Continue reading →

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Review: Solstice

Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 by Robert Hood

Solstice (US-2008; dir. Dan Myrick) College student Megan is still grieving over the apparent suicide of her twin sister, Sophie, as she and her friends head off to the wilds of Louisiana to celebrate Seniors Week and the summer solstice. … Continue reading →

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Destroy All Planets 2010

Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 by Robert Hood

No, not a remake, but a digitally tarted-up reissue from Fred Olen Ray’s Retromedia. Gamera tai uchu kaiju Bairasu [trans. Gamera vs the Outer Space Monster Virus] (1968; dir. Noriaki Yuasa) was the fourth Gamera film from would-be rival to … Continue reading →

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Review: Trailer Park of Terror

Posted on Sunday, June 6, 2010 by Robert Hood

Trailer Park of Terror (US-2008; dir. Steven Goldmann) Reviewed by Robert Hood Like some sort of unnatural horror spawned from the genetic residue of Rob Zombie, Herschell Gordon Lewis and the Crypt Keeper from EC Comics’ Tales From the Crypt … Continue reading →

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Is That A Monster, Holmes?

Posted on Saturday, April 3, 2010 by Robert Hood

Sherlock Holmes (US-2010; dir. Rachel Goldenberg) [Note: This review involves some spoilers.] In the Asylum’s latest monster mash (preceding the upcoming Mega Piranha), Sherlock Holmes pits his deductive skills against a slew of monsters, mostly large ones. There is, of … Continue reading →

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Review: Red Cliff

Posted on Sunday, March 14, 2010 by Robert Hood

Red Cliff: Part I [Chi bi] (2008) |  Red Cliff: Part II [Chi bi xia: Jue zhan tian xia] (2009) Reviewed by Robert Hood After a long career in Hong Kong cinema, director John Woo made his name worldwide through … Continue reading →

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Review: In The Winter Dark

Posted on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by Robert Hood

In the Winter Dark (Aust-1998; dir. James Bogle) A number of significant Australian films that may be classified as “horror” play more like dramas with a subjective undercurrent of otherworldly influence than full-on supernatural thrillers, perhaps reflecting the ambivalent attitude … Continue reading →

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Review: The Land Has Eyes

Posted on Saturday, February 27, 2010 by Robert Hood

The Land Has Eyes [aka Pear ya ma'on maf] (Fiji/US- 2004; dir. Vilsoni Hereniko) This Polynesian tribal drama boasts the distinction of being the first feature-length film made by Fijians, and is loosely based on the experiences of director Hereniko … Continue reading →

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