Author Archives: Robert Hood

Weekend Fright Flick: StopMo

Posted on Saturday, July 25, 2009 by Robert Hood

The Backbrain’s Weekend Fright Flick presentations have been veering into double features lately, largely because some great short films have been turning up and I’m too impatient to save them for later. This weekend is no exception. Expect a follow-up. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Giant Monsters, Weekend Fright Flick | 1 Comment

New Retro: House of the Wolf Man

Posted on Friday, July 24, 2009 by Robert Hood

From writer-director Eben McGarr (of Sick Girl fame) comes House of the Wolf Man, a retro horror film that may define quality independent retro filmmaking for the end of the first decade of the 21st century. Starring Ron Chaney, Dustin … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Horror, Independent film, Monsters in general, Trailers | 3 Comments

Of Sand “Whales” and Assault Girls

Posted on Friday, July 24, 2009 by Robert Hood

Think Dune meets Tremors meets any number of Japanese movies featuring combatic female warriors in a futuristic setting! It has been announced that Mamoru Oshii — most famous for the iconic hi-tech anti-cybernetic-terrorist anime Ghost in the Shell and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Japanese | 5 Comments

Mixing Bikinis and Monsters

Posted on Thursday, July 23, 2009 by Robert Hood

In director Terence Muncy’s demented vision of bikini-clad beach babes and summer madness, there are plenty of reasons to stay out of the water — in fact, to run for the hills. Here’s one: An independent film about an ethically … Continue reading →

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Gehara Becomes Geharha On DVD and Blu-Ray

Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 by Robert Hood

And the good news is that Kiyotaka Taguchi’s short daikaiju eiga Chohatsu Daikaiju Gehara [Long-haired Giant Monster Gehara] (Japan-2009) is being released in Japan on DVD and Blu-Ray, but with English subtitles, under the Anglicised title Geharha, the Dark and … Continue reading →

Posted in Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Japanese, News, Update | 4 Comments

All Singin’, All Rockin’ Creature

Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 by Robert Hood

I guess if it becomes iconic enough, anything will be turned into a musical. I have to admit, however, that it would never have occurred to me that The Creature From The Black Lagoon would be a likely candidate. This … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick Bonus: Just Add Water

Posted on Sunday, July 19, 2009 by Robert Hood

Kaiju Search-Robot Avery wanted you to have the short film Just Add Water (US-2007; short [5:30 min.]; dir. Hank Carlson) as a bonus this week, even requesting that it be given its own post. He’s very keen. Who am I … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: Treevenge

Posted on Saturday, July 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

This weekend we have a nice pleasant family film for you, a Christmas special about the trees that are forced to take part in that annual festival of horror — and how they finally get back at their tormentors. Treevenge … Continue reading →

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Fightin’ Giant Metallic Bugs in the West

Posted on Saturday, July 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

Mixing genres can be an effective way of adding interest to stories that would otherwise seem a little tired and overdone. Writer Richard Beattie and director Kristoffer Tabori appear to have taken the classic High Plains Drifter (plus all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Bugs, Giant Monsters, Trailers | 3 Comments

Update: New Trailer for Bio-Slime

Posted on Friday, July 17, 2009 by Robert Hood

Writer/director of the independent blood-slime-and-tentacle film Bio-Slime (which is currently in post-production) has just released a new trailer. Here it is: More information on the slimily good-looking low-budget sci-fi horror film can be found on Undead Backbrain (where there’s lots … Continue reading →

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