Author Archives: Robert Hood

Flying Saucers Over Godzilla

Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 by Robert Hood

You may recall that kaiju artist Todd Tennant has been creating, for everyone’s fannish pleasure,  a graphic novel rendition of the original script for a US Godzilla film — a script written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. Initial planning … Continue reading →

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The Moleman Cometh!

Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 by Robert Hood

Beats me why Americans have basements. There’s always something nasty living down there and you just know there’s gonna be trouble sooner or later. The basement — as the “underground” area of a house or building — becomes a metaphorical … Continue reading →

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More Raiga Pictures

Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 by Robert Hood

At this juncture it seems entirely possible that before too long we’ll be able to join up all the pictures of Shinkaijû Raiga [aka Deep Sea Monster Raiga] (Japan, 2009; dir. Shinpei Hayashiya) that have been released and pre-construct a … Continue reading →

Posted in Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Preview, Where's the Film? | 1 Comment

Plan 9 is launched — Again!

Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 by Robert Hood

A while back, director John Johnson announced that he would be remaking “one of the worst films ever made”, Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space (US-1959; dir. Edward D. Wood Jr.), in which invading aliens resurrect the dead to … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Horror, Independent film, News, Zombies | 3 Comments

Review: Transmorphers: Fall of Man

Posted on Monday, September 7, 2009 by Robert Hood

Transmorphers: Fall of Man (US-2009; dir. Scott Wheeler) Somewhere midway along the continuum between “Good” and “Bad” in the subgenre where giant robots are depicted as alien invaders lies the 2009 Asylum film Transmorphers: Fall of Man. Shadowing Bay’s Transformers … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: Skeleton Dance, La Bicha, Miracle Fish

Posted on Sunday, September 6, 2009 by Robert Hood

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Undead Backbrain’s Weekend Fright Flick. First off, a cartoon. “The Skeleton Dance” (1929) was directed by Walt Disney but created by Ub Iwerks as chief animator. Iwerks was a frequent associate of Walt Disney who … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Cartoon, Giant Monsters, Weekend Fright Flick | 2 Comments

Evangelion Re-Build

Posted on Sunday, September 6, 2009 by Robert Hood

Like many, I became rather obsessed with the ultimate mecha-kaiju crossover series Neon Genesis Evangelion in its multiple incarnations and offshoots (including its still-running manga version by artist Yoshiyuki Sadamoto), as its creators (especially writer/director Hideaki Anno) fought with inadequate … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Apocalypse, Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Mecha, Robots, Update | 2 Comments

Technorati Blog Claim

Posted on Sunday, September 6, 2009 by Robert Hood

This is just administration, folks. Please ignore. Claim number: gwi5tmk74e

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Recon 2023: The Gauda Prime Conspiracy

Posted on Saturday, September 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

I haven’t heard of this one before, but it has a giant monster in it — a giant monster with large chicken feet. Could it be the Giant Space Chicken himself? Um, no …. probably not. Recon 2023: The Gauda … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, News, Science Fiction | 1 Comment

A New Wave of Korean Cinema

Posted on Thursday, September 3, 2009 by Robert Hood

South Korea has definitely become a key player in certain film genres. It has succeeded big-time in producing excellent, claustrophobic ghost films such as Sorum [aka Goosebumps] (South Korea-2001, dir. Jong-Chan Yun), Phone [aka Pon] (South Korea-2002; dir. Byeong-ki Ahn), … Continue reading →

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