Author Archives: Robert Hood

Do the Troll Stomp!

Posted on Saturday, September 18, 2010 by Robert Hood

This is just an 18 second clip, but it’s so cool I had to run it here on the main site. It’s from the upcoming “camera verité”, fake doco monster flick from Norway Trolljegeren [aka The Troll Hunter] (Norway-2010; dir. … Continue reading →

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Sharktopus Trailer

Posted on Friday, September 17, 2010 by Robert Hood

Be part of the ongoing collision between shark, octopus and the human quest for novelty monsters by celebrating Undead Backbrain’s 1001st post with the new extended trailer for the Roger Corman produced SyFy monster flick Sharktopus (US-2010; dir. Declan O’Brien). … Continue reading →

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You Can Haz Chawz

Posted on Friday, September 17, 2010 by Robert Hood

Though the South Korean giant boar flick, Chaw (directed by Jeong-won Shin), has already been released to DVD elsewhere in the Western world (such as here in Oz) under the title Chaw, it seems some folk want to “subtly” sledgehammer … Continue reading →

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Bunyan: The Legend as Monster

Posted on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by Robert Hood

Sometimes it’s fun to re-imagine legendary heroes as bad guys and monsters. I recently did it myself, in a sci-fi horror story about the Assyrian hero Gilgamesh. Sometimes even superheroes become embittered and darken up their act. Superman did it … Continue reading →

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There’s a Creature (or Two) in Lake Michigan

Posted on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by Robert Hood

So it took James Cameron 15 years to make Avatar, eh? Big deal! Maybe he should have spent more time on the script. Jim Hardison worked on his cinematic magnum opus for 21 years, and it’s finally done. The film … Continue reading →

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Lost Time: The Backbrain Wins an Award

Posted on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by Robert Hood

Dear Readers, You may have noticed (or at least I HOPE you noticed) that Undead Backbrain has been rather quiet for the past few weeks. This was partly due to writing commitments and (paid) work pressures on my part, but … Continue reading →

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Jump-Starting the Ghost Shark

Posted on Monday, August 23, 2010 by Robert Hood

Want another mutant shark movie? A good one? Or would you prefer a ghost movie? Can’t decide? Well, we’re here to help. Check out this really cool trailer. Yes, it’s Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws (NZ-[in development]; dir. Andrew Todd … Continue reading →

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Big Troll Sighted

Posted on Saturday, August 21, 2010 by Robert Hood

I’ve always thought of trolls as large and monstrous, but a new Norwegian monster film seems to have upped the ante considerably. Apparently (as you can see from the trailer below) the filmmakers have hitherto been careful to keep the … Continue reading →

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Thems!

Posted on Friday, August 20, 2010 by Robert Hood

Remember Them (US-1954; dir. Gordon Douglas)? One of the great scifi horror films of the Cold-War era — eerie desert locations, the stink of formic acid and a weird, high-pitched whine, James Arness hunting giant ants through the sewers of … Continue reading →

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First Trailer: Age of the Dragons

Posted on Monday, August 16, 2010 by Robert Hood

In the previous Backbrain post, we revealed the Asylum’s modernised take on Herman Melville’s iconic novel, Moby Dick. Now we get the first trailer for Ryan Little’s draconic remix of the same story, starring Danny Glover as the medieval dragon-hunting … Continue reading →

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