Author Archives: Robert Hood

Another Loch Ness Monster

Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Loch Ness Monster (US-2005; short [15 min.]; dir. Benjamin Williams) A terrible encounter with the Loch Ness Monster haunts a woman her entire life. This short, but ambitious-looking film stars Dee Wallace Stone (among others) and won the soundtrack … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Lake Monsters, Music, Mysteries, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

End of Week Zombie Flick: Necropolis Reborn

Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

Necropolis Reborn (US-2008; short [9:55 min]; dir. hudsonpro) This short zombie flick won 2nd place in The Alamo Drafthouse’s Dismember The Alamo zombie film festival which took place in Austin Texas earlier this year. It is a sequel of sorts … Continue reading →

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US President To Deal With Monster Attack

Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

From the Onion:

Posted in Daikaiju, Fraudulent information, Giant Monsters | 2 Comments

New: Book of Blood

Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

Clive Barker’s short story collection, The Books of Blood, which was published from 1984-1986, was genuinely a revelation, rocketing him to the top of the horror heap — and with good reason. Visceral, bloody, outrageously inventive and undeniably powerful, these … Continue reading →

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Giant Monster Attack

Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 by Robert Hood

The following are images from the Worth1000.com site. If you’re not aware of it, it’s a site where, among other things, members engage in thematic Photoshopping contests — reworking digital sources according to set themes. Many of those fake pictures … Continue reading →

Posted in Giant Monsters, Pictorial art, Weird stuff | 5 Comments

Potential Name Change

Posted on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

Thanks to an online anagram program, I’m thinking I should adopt this anagram of my name: Robot Horde. Perfect! If I put in my full name a lot of stuff turns up, but I rather like Extra Bold Wormhole…. (Let’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Giant Monsters, Idle Thoughts, Pictorial art, Robots | 2 Comments

Review: Guilala’s Boyish Grin

Posted on Monday, December 8, 2008 by Robert Hood

Girara-no Gyakushuu Touyaku Samitto Kiki Ippatsu [lit. Guilala’s Counter Attack: the Touyaku Summit One-Shot Crisis; aka Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit!] (2008; dir. Minoru Kawasaki) Though the Japanese daikaiju eiga subgenre of giant monster films was arguably … Continue reading →

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

Creeping to the Top

Posted on Sunday, December 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

Much to my own self-satisfaction, the good folk over at Not If You Were the Last Short Story in the World have included my novella “Creeping in Reptile Flesh” (the lead story in the recent collection of the same name, … Continue reading →

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Rock-fishing Can Be Dangerous

Posted on Sunday, December 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

You have to check out this brilliant CG-animated short sci-fi film about a man, his “companion animal” and rock-fishing on an alien world. Rockfish (US-2003; short, 9 min.; animation; dir. Tim Miller) Fantastic! Rockfish is set to be made as … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Giant Monsters, Weekend Fright Flick | Tagged | 3 Comments

Computer-Generated Astro Boy

Posted on Sunday, December 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

Machines re-producing machines? Isn’t that the beginning of the End of Mankind As We Know It? Here is a teaser trailer for the new Astro Boy movie, a computer-generated feature made in the US under the auspices of Imagi Animation … Continue reading →

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