Author Archives: Robert Hood

Further Spam Update

Having reason to believe that the type-out-the-code type spam filter I had running was in fact proving a problem for potential commenters, I’ve once again deactivated it. I’ve re-activated a different spam filter. Let’s see if that works.

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Post-WFC Malaise

We returned from attending the 2007 World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs NY on Sunday — via London — and it’s taken a few days to recover from all that chaotic shuffling between zones, dodging temporal glitches, being swallowed by … Continue reading

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And now….

… Zombie Cat! For more Photoshopped, chimerian weirdness, see here.

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Undead Lego Men!

Argghhh! The zombie plague has spread to toys (with a touch of gigantism, too). Check them out here. Referred by Cat Sparks. Thanks Cat.

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Scary Green Giant

Here’s an ad from the 1950s that featured a stop-motion Jolly Green Giant. It apparently scared the kids so much the ad was withdrawn and further ads only showed the Giant from a respectable distance. That sinister face! Argghhh! What … Continue reading

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Review: The Dead Will Tell

Brief review of the 2004 ghost film The Dead Will Tell, starring Anne Heche.

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Godzilla Rises Again

Toho may not be making any new Godzilla movies these days, but they’re still marketing the King, it seems. According to SciFi Japan, they are re-releasing the Godzilla series in new box sets, beginning with three collections covering Gojira through … Continue reading

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Spam Action

Administrative note: sorry, folks, but the level of spam has increased, so I’ve re-instated the anti-spam software offered by my provider. This means you’ll have to type in a displayed code each time you send a comment. However, I’m not … Continue reading

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Review: Dead and Deader

“In a ‘making of’ documentary on the Anchor Bay DVD, writer/producer Mark Altman remarks that Dead and Deader is more of a superhero film than a zombie flick. Well, it has all the characteristics of current gut-munching apocalyptic zombie cinema, … Continue reading

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The Second Coming of Daikaiju! 3

A day on from my previous post, and Daikaiju! 3: Giant Monsters vs the World has appeared on Amazon.com, only two weeks from the launching of its short-run Australian edition. You can order it here.

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