Author Archives: Robert Hood

The Virtues of Recycling: Resiklo

Posted on Friday, March 13, 2009 by Robert Hood

In Hollywood, considering its current obsession with doing remakes, recycling hasn’t proven an unmitigated success. So a recent film from the Philippines is taking a different tack. Resiklo [aka Recycle] (Philippines-2007; dir. Mark A. Reyes) may be recycling tropes as … Continue reading →

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Mechabusters

Posted on Thursday, March 12, 2009 by Robert Hood

We haven’t had a giant monster commercial for a while. So here’s a new one, hot off the presses (well, last month). Very appropriate in this year of the really big robots. Cool, eh? And, no, it’s not an ad … Continue reading →

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Private Members Only

Posted on Monday, March 9, 2009 by Robert Hood

What amazes me most is not that someone actually comes up with these concepts, but that when the hangover passes, they decide to go ahead and make the film anyway! On that note, I apologise for exposing your poor battered … Continue reading →

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Live Action Robot Taekwon V

Posted on Sunday, March 8, 2009 by Robert Hood

The “Super Robot” genre of Japanese anime arguably began with with Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s 1956 manga Tetsujin 28-go, which was subsequently animated in 1963 and released abroad as Gigantor. But it was Mazinger Z, created by Go Nagai in manga and … Continue reading →

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The Week (or Two) on Undead Brainspasm

Posted on Sunday, March 8, 2009 by Robert Hood

Update: Serpent Lake – New Trailer! (8 March 2009) New trailer for low-budget Serpent Lake Lost Treasure and One-Eyed Monsters (7 March 2009) Newly released (or soon-to-be-released) monsterflicks from Anchor Bay New: Mega-Shark vs Giant Octopus (6 March 2009) New … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: Dollface

Posted on Saturday, March 7, 2009 by Robert Hood

For your viewing pleasure, an unnerving 20-minute horror film of the slow-burn variety — in the Evil Doll subgenre. Don’t skip to the second half (where things really get nasty). You need to be drawn into the right headspace — … Continue reading →

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Gettin’ Attitude With the Ninjaz

Posted on Friday, March 6, 2009 by Robert Hood

AN INTERVIEW WITH SHINOKO OF NINJAZ WITH ATTITUDE by Cat Sparks So one evening in early 2009, I went to the Landsdowne Hotel, Broadway with Kaaron Warren (the horror writer) to see an old friend’s band and catch up with … Continue reading →

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Gehara is here!

Posted on Thursday, March 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

Here it is, thanks to Kaiju Search-Robot Avery: Chohatsu Daikaiju Gehara [Long-haired Giant Monster Gehara] (Japan-2009; short; dir. Kiyotaka Taguchi) No English subtitles, I’m afraid — and seems very dark in places — but beggars can’t be choosers! Note: It’s … Continue reading →

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Zombie Son

Posted on Thursday, March 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

Click to make it bigger. Source: Red Meat. Thanks, Sean.

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More on Archangel Alpha (But Still No Mecha)

Posted on Thursday, March 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

Archangel Alpha (US-[in production, 2009]; dir. Aaron D. Martin) is an independent scifi film with a post-apocalyptic scenario, a love story, a futuristic war and giant robots. Backbrain has mentioned it on and off (last time here), and while we … Continue reading →

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