Monthly Archives: November 2008

Something or Other of the Dead

Posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 by Robert Hood

During the beginning of November George A. Romero has been engaged in the filming of his new zombie film, the second in the re-jigged series that re-imagined his vision of the zombie apocalypse with Diary of the Dead. This one … Continue reading →

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Simon’s Cat: TV Dinner

Posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 by Robert Hood

This guy’s been spying on us…. It cracks me up! Animated by Simon Tofield of Tandem films.

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Attack of the Found Footage

Posted on Sunday, November 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

Here’s a clever and very funny faux trailer for a non-existent schlock-horror B-film, Attack of the Killer Parasites. Inspired by real life parasitic monsters and using public domain footage, mentalfloss.com has added to the ambiant level of paranoia currently terrorising … Continue reading →

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Big Insects Are Game For Action

Posted on Friday, November 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

The next video game to be turned into a (potential) franchise — in the manner of Resident Evil, the producers no doubt hope — is one called Lost Planet: Extreme Condition. The film is being co-produced by game owners Camcom … Continue reading →

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A Daikaiju in Ancient Rome

Posted on Friday, November 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

300 meets Cloverfield? That seems to be the concept behind Peter Briggs’ attempt to create a new “tent-pole” franchise, Mortis Rex (though anyone who has been reading the Backbrain regularly might catch a whiff of Outlander as well). Here is … Continue reading →

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Elias’ Vampiric Existentialism

Posted on Friday, November 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

Ever wondered about all those smug self-satisfied vampires that seem to be out there now,  well-groomed and sexy, leading the lives of romantic heroes despite being living deficient? Well, the latest feature film from Elias and BiFF JUGGERNAUT Productions blows … Continue reading →

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Chinese Giant Robots

Posted on Thursday, November 6, 2008 by Robert Hood

Starved for giant robot movies, while we await the arrival of Transformers 2? Well, it seems Hong Kong director Jeffrey Lau will begin shooting a Transformers-inspired giant robot epic called Robot later this month. Fond of including scifi moments into … Continue reading →

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Say That Again, Ultraman!

Posted on Thursday, November 6, 2008 by Robert Hood

I’m not sure what I think of this. Tsuburaya Productions’ latest offering in the ultra-long-running Ultraman TV franchise — Urutora Gyarakushii Daikaiju Batoru [lit. Ultra Galaxy: Giant Monster Battle; aka Ultra Galaxy: Mega Monster Battle] (2007; TV series; dir. Yuuichi … Continue reading →

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A Glint in the Eye of Poseidon

Posted on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 by Robert Hood

Harris Films — an independent production company run by cinematographer Nick Harris — has a giant monster film bubbling away deep in its backbrain. The monster goes by the name of “the Eye of Poseidon” (for reasons that are obvious … Continue reading →

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Monsters vs Aliens vs DreamWorks

Posted on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 by Robert Hood

The trailer for the newest DreamWorks film, Monster vs Aliens, has appeared, referencing 1950s monster flicks including The Blob and Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman. There’s a gigantic alien robot, a yeti, a mad scientist, a giant insect thing … Continue reading →

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