Author Archives: Robert Hood

Galactic Raiders

Posted on Saturday, April 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

Still following the retro theme, here’s a very exciting project — one that is using stop-motion SFX to create its monsters. From all indications the small, independent film is looking a lot like the movies of master monster animator Ray … Continue reading →

Posted in Dinosaurs, Film, News, Teaser | 8 Comments

More Retro Horror: Monster From Bikini Beach

Posted on Friday, April 11, 2008 by Robert Hood

This one has a relatively big non-CGI monster, lots of girls in bikinis, splatters of blood and bare breasts. The title, plotline, attitude, SFX, music and title font are all exploitation-deco gold: Check out the trailer: Monster From Bikini Beach … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Horror, Retro | 4 Comments

When There’s No More Room In Hell…

Posted on Friday, April 11, 2008 by Robert Hood

 It’s official! Zombies are the future! Cemetery full, mayor tells locals not to die BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) – The mayor of a village in southwest France has threatened residents with severe punishment if they die, because there is no room … Continue reading →

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Sea of Dust

Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 by Robert Hood

I don’t know whether this should be on the ghost or the zombie list, or if it’s just general supernatural mayhem, but the retro-’80s Euro-trash exploitation cinema look is interesting. Very tongue-in-cheek! Not surprising that Tom Savini is in it. … Continue reading →

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Review: Prom Night (2008)

Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 by Robert Hood

I saw the new Prom Night remake with Chris Barnes at a preview last night, which is odd as this is Australia and it doesn’t open in its home country until tomorrow. What did we do to deserve such treatment? … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Horror, Review, Slashers | 5 Comments

The Tripods Return!

Posted on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

In 1984 the BBC produced a children’s sci-fi series based on John Christopher’s The Tripods Trilogy: The White Mountains (1967), The City of Gold and Lead (1967), and The Pool of Fire (1968). The show, called simply The Tripods, has … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Robots | 2 Comments

The Robo-Revolution Continues…

Posted on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

Or perhaps it’s the Takeover of the Toy Franchises that’s continuing… The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the Wow Wee’s Robosapien remote-controlled robot line is about to be fictionalised on celluloid by writers Avi Arad and Max Botkin. To be … Continue reading →

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Trust Me! You Want this Book

Posted on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 by Robert Hood

Scene: the dump. Errol is a toy pig; Dave is the narrator’s older brother. They are tossing away junk scavenged from the attic. The narrator gets nostalgic about one of the old toys… For a moment I stood there, holding … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, News, Reading, Update | 3 Comments

Bloodthirsty Dinosaurs!

Posted on Monday, April 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

Over at the Giant Monsters Attack blogspot, Mysterious Pants has discovered a wonderful set of trading cards that prove once and for all that dinosaurs were bloodthirsty giant monsters that would have brought about a general apocalypse if they hadn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Dinosaurs, Giant Monsters, Pictorial art, The Lost | 6 Comments

He Whose Limbs Shatter Mountains, Part 2

Posted on Sunday, April 6, 2008 by Robert Hood

I was in Sydney’s Chinatown recently, negotiating a tiresome crowd of zombies, when I bumped into a tall, shuffling figure wearing a trenchcoat, scalf and hat, even though it wasn’t all that cold. It was only as I apologised and … Continue reading →

Posted in Article, Comics, Fraudulent information, Giant Monsters, Interviews | 6 Comments