Author Archives: Robert Hood

Tales of King Komodo Part 2

Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

The next episode of Mike Bogue and Todd Tennant’s daikaiju extravaganza, Tales of King Komodo, is now available! Something huge is moving underground and even King Komodo may not be able to stop it. Check it out here! If you … Continue reading →

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Exotic Gothic 2 and Shirley Jackson

Posted on Friday, April 17, 2009 by Robert Hood

The excellent new Gothic anthology Exotic Gothic 2, in which my story “Kulpunya” appears, has just been announced as a finalist in the Shirley Jackson Awards anthology category.  These Awards salute original works for their “outstanding achievement in the literature … Continue reading →

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Kaaron Warren Has Us In Her Slights

Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 by Robert Hood

I first stumbled upon Kaaron Warren via her story “Bone Dog”, which she had submitted to my partner Cat Sparks for possible inclusion in the second Agog! anthology, Agog! Terrific Tales (Agog! Press, 2003). It was a perverse, nasty tale … Continue reading →

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The Past Week (or Two) on Undead Brainspasm

Posted on Monday, April 13, 2009 by Robert Hood

New: The Institute of Séance (13 April 2009) Trailer for a retro ghost film More Ghoul Girl Street Scenes (12 April 2009) More street scenes for Brian Nichols’ family film Update: The Strange Experiment of Doctor Purefoy (12 April 2009) … Continue reading →

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New: Bong of the Dead

Posted on Sunday, April 12, 2009 by Robert Hood

Smoking cannabis can invoke paranoid delusions. We all know that. I remember the effect lengthy sessions of weed indulgence had on the minds of friends during the halycon days of the 1970s. But now — a film that supplies its … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: Boot Hill Blind Dead

Posted on Saturday, April 11, 2009 by Robert Hood

This weekend’s cinematic horror treat can be described as a western/zombie mix loosely inspired by Amando de Ossorio’s Blind Dead series of films from the 1970s. Boot Hill Blind Dead (US-2003; short; dir. Chris Mackey) Tagline: She came to the … Continue reading →

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King Komodo Trashes the Backbrain!

Posted on Friday, April 10, 2009 by Robert Hood

Starting today, in an all-colour first, writer Mike Bogue and artist Todd Tennant’s original graphic novel serial Tales of King Komodo will be appearing here on Undead Backbrain. Beautifully drawn, the daikaiju epic was originally published in the pages of … Continue reading →

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Update: Deep Sea Monster Raiga

Posted on Sunday, April 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

Kaiju Search-Robot Avery has tracked own some excellent images from the new in-production daikaiju eiga Shinkaijû Raiga [aka Deep Sea Monster Raiga] (Japan-2009; dir. Shinpei Hayashiya). For a fuller treatment of the background to the film, see this Backbrain article. … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: Justice For All!

Posted on Sunday, April 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

This weekend’s Fright Flick — coming to you a little late due to real-world complications — is about family dynamics, revenge and Big Bugs. Justice For All (short 11.40 min; directed by Francesco Gastel) By way of introduction, here is … Continue reading →

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How To Traumatise Your Kids

Posted on Friday, April 3, 2009 by Robert Hood

I’d say it’s hard to believe anyone would make the following — but if you know anything about Japanese reality TV, maybe you won’t find it remarkable at all. Here a bunch of kids have been told that a zombie … Continue reading →

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