Author Archives: Robert Hood

Crawler: Exclusive Images

Posted on Friday, July 9, 2010 by Robert Hood

Independent horror filmmaker Sv Bell and Black Flag Pictures is going great guns in the production of impressive-looking low-budget genre films, the latest being Crawler — a film about a monstrous bulldozer that goes several steps beyond Jerry London’s 1974 … Continue reading →

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Pseudo Grindhouse Movie Marathon

Posted on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 by Robert Hood

Taking a retro approach to films isn’t new. A retro sensibility can make both low-budget and not-so-low-budget films look extra classy, if done well. Designers love the idea. Or maybe it’s just nostalgia. In any case, there have been many … Continue reading →

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The Millennium Bug Has Finally Arrived!

Posted on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 by Robert Hood

But don’t panic! We’re talking about the horror thriller by director Kenneth Cran and his brother James rather than the fanciful computer scare that led us into the new millennium. The Cran Brothers’ millennium bug isn’t a programming glitch and … Continue reading →

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It’s a MM(+9)ystery!

Posted on Sunday, July 4, 2010 by Robert Hood

This post is about a mystery contained in a mystery. Last week Undead Backbrain’s Avery Guerra stumbled upon a video posted to YouTube by tomoro55 — a Channel that concentrates on the work of Japanese director Kiyotaka Taguchi. Taguchi is … Continue reading →

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Gone Fishin’

Posted on Friday, July 2, 2010 by Robert Hood

British filmmaker Chris Jones found that successfully teaching folk how to make films guerilla-fashion (as he did when he wrote the popular The Guerilla Film Maker’s Handbook series and when he tutored hopefuls on how to do it, face-to-face) had … Continue reading →

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Keeping the Werewolf Drugged

Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2010 by Robert Hood

Making a connection between lycanthropy and drug addiction should add an effective metaphorical texture to Joel Potrykus’ short film, Coyote. Drugs and addiction have been effectively applied to the vampire mythos, where an obvious synchronicity exists between the vampire’s need … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: The Smog

Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 by Robert Hood

Firmly ensconced in that “Nearly Dead” (that is, Not Quite Zombie) category of zombie movies, today’s Weekend Fright Flick features a toxic green smog bank that turns victims into ravenous, drooling, demon-toothed maniacs, rather like the titular creatures in Lamberto … Continue reading →

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Writing Doctor Who

Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 by Robert Hood

As those of you who know me will be aware, I have contributed, as a writer, to the history of the iconic time-travelling Doctor — officially. This came by way of a short story published in one of the Big … Continue reading →

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Popstar vs Popstar vs Mega-Beasts

Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 by Robert Hood

Everyone ends up in the Asylum. Or so it seems. Hollywood Reporter has revealed that 1980s pop-stars Debbie Gibson and Tiffany are to star together in one of the SyFy Channel’s signature Saturday night original movies — a giant monster … Continue reading →

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Destroy All Planets 2010

Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 by Robert Hood

No, not a remake, but a digitally tarted-up reissue from Fred Olen Ray’s Retromedia. Gamera tai uchu kaiju Bairasu [trans. Gamera vs the Outer Space Monster Virus] (1968; dir. Noriaki Yuasa) was the fourth Gamera film from would-be rival to … Continue reading →

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