Author Archives: Robert Hood

Hunting Trolls

Posted on Sunday, October 3, 2010 by Robert Hood

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 →

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There Be Monsters on the Skyline

Posted on Saturday, October 2, 2010 by Robert Hood

Skyline (US-2010; dir. Colin and Greg Strause) I must have been living under a rock. When I saw the second trailer for this film I’d never heard of, and saw the huge invading spaceships, the slick production values and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocalypse, Flying Saucers, Giant Monsters, Monsters in general, Science Fiction, Trailers | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

New: Attack of the Indian Werewolf

Posted on Thursday, September 30, 2010 by Robert Hood

Touted as the most ambitious film ever to come from South Africa, Attack of the Indian Werewolf (South Africa-2010; dir. Masood Boomgaard) is a horror comedy of a somewhat wacky kind — Indian style. “Get dalad”? Synopsis: Brandon (Neville Pillay) … Continue reading →

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Will the Real Thing Top This?

Posted on Monday, September 27, 2010 by Robert Hood

With the imminent premiere of the much-anticipated zombie TV series, The Walking Dead, shambling ever closer (Halloween), one fan of the show has produced a title sequence that’s going to be hard to beat. Daniel Kanemoto utilises artwork taken from … Continue reading →

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Godzilla: History, Biology and Behavior of Hyper-Evolved Theropod Kaiju

Posted on Sunday, September 26, 2010 by Robert Hood

This is a lecture on Godzilla and his history, nature and implications for life on Earth. It was delivered by Professor Shyaporn Theerakulstit at the 3rd annual Nerd Nite Nerdtacular “as a public service, to save you from burning in … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: Terror From the Abyss

Posted on Sunday, September 26, 2010 by Robert Hood

As Guillermo Del Toro heads into his much-anticipated production of H.P. Lovecraft’s longest mythos story, At the Mountains of Madness, Undead Backbrain presents a much shorter, much cheaper version of the same tale. This one comes courtesy of Daniel Lenneér, … Continue reading →

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India’s Most Expensive Robot

Posted on Thursday, September 23, 2010 by Robert Hood

Said to be the most expensive film yet made in India, Endhiran [aka The Robot] (India-2010; dir. S. Shankar) is full of bizarre effects, action, singing and dancing — everything we might expect from Bollywood, in fact. More, it’s got … Continue reading →

Posted in Exploitation films, Fantasy, Film, Giant Monsters, Indian, News, Posters, Robots | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Legendary Pictures Godzilla News

Posted on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 by Robert Hood

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 →

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Slime on the Walls of the Spaceship

Posted on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 by Robert Hood

Highly respected Japanese filmmaker, Kinji Fukasaku, who died in 2003 at the age of 73, having just directed a hugely successful sci-fi/horror satire, was responsible for several classics of Japanese, and indeed world, cinema. His films include the “The Yakuza … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: It Came From Beyond the Mountain

Posted on Saturday, September 18, 2010 by Robert Hood

So you reckon “they don’t make ’em like that any more”? Well, maybe they do. Director Douglas Bankston’s retro-50s giant monster film, It Came From Beyond the Mountain is here presented in its full 10:38 minute version. According to Bankston, … Continue reading →

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