Author Archives: Robert Hood

Tales of an Ancient Empire

Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 by Robert Hood

Back in January I reported on Undead Brainspasm that Albert Pyun — whose previous epic fantasy was 1982’s The Sword and the Sorcerer, the first memorable sword-and-sorcery film I recall seeing — was working on an epic fantasy follow-up, after … Continue reading →

Posted in Demons, Film, News, Posters, Update | 4 Comments

Traci Lords Over Mars

Posted on Monday, October 19, 2009 by Robert Hood

The Backbrain has already shown you how John Carter (Antonio Sabato, Jr.) and Tars Tarkas are to be depicted in The Asylum’s upcoming version of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Princess of Mars (US-2009; dir. Mark Atkins), but what of the titular … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Science Fiction, Update | 2 Comments

Update on Bringing The Fog Horn to the World

Posted on Sunday, October 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

Such has been the extraordinary enthusiasm shown by those commenting on the Undead Backbrain article about director Daisuke “Daice” Sato’s short film version of Ray Bradbury’s famous story “The Fog Horn” that Mr Sato and his crew from Replica Co. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, News, Update | 9 Comments

Ninja Flash Competition Winner Announced

Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 by Robert Hood

To celebrate the coming of Ninjaz With Attitude to Canberra — where they did irreparable damage to the minds, souls and virginity of attendees at Conflux 6, an annual speculative fiction convention held in Australia’s national capital, as well as … Continue reading →

Posted in Competition, News | 1 Comment

New Daikaiju Appears Through a Fog of Obscurity

Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 by Robert Hood

A previously unknown and unsuspected Japanese giant monster film has just come to light — one that resonates backwards right to the start of the daikaiju eiga tradition. What is it? You’ll have to read on to find out. Background … Continue reading →

Posted in Daikaiju, Dinosaurs, Film, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Independent film, Japanese, Kaiju Search-Robot Avery, News, Where's the Film? | 193 Comments

Ramsey Campbell to judge the ‘Nameless’ competition

Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 by Robert Hood

Streetlights flickered and coughed as she passed. For a while, hope was a euphoric drug that changed her subtly, slowly — the rhythms of breathing, the flow of blood in her veins falling into a pattern that was in harmony … Continue reading →

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Make Your Own Infestation

Posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 by Robert Hood

So the giant bug movie Infestation (US-2009; dir. Kyle Rankin) has crawled out of its pupal stage and appears on DVD in the US on 13 October. Synopsis: A slacker wakes up to find himself weak, wrapped in webbing and … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Bugs, Film, Giant Bugs, Giant Monsters, News, Trailers, Update, Zombies | 1 Comment

Assault Girls Shine

Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2009 by Robert Hood

The newly released official trailer for Assault Girls [aka Asaruto gâruzu] (Japan-2009; dir. Mamoru Oshii) represents a massive upgrade on even the great potential we’ve seen before: Synopsis: In the aftermath of global thermonuclear war, the Earth’s surface has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocalypse, Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Robots, Trailers | 6 Comments

She-Rex Rises!

Posted on Saturday, October 10, 2009 by Robert Hood

Prolific independent filmmaker Brett Kelly’s latest production — hot on the heels of his 1950s remake Attack of the Giant Leeches — has entered the lost world of slapstick comedy. Kaiju Search-Robot Avery reports! Now this one’s gonna be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Dinosaurs, Film, Giant Monsters, Humour, Independent film | 3 Comments

The Case of the Victorian Zombies

Posted on Friday, October 9, 2009 by Robert Hood

First we discover that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic detective Sherlock Holmes will soon be fighting giant monsters in a currently-in-production film. Now we discover than he hasn’t escaped the zombie curse. Wildstorm — a division of DC Comics — … Continue reading →

Posted in Graphic novels, Preview, Zombies | 2 Comments