Author Archives: Robert Hood

Audio: Zombie Cheerleaders

Posted on Saturday, November 1, 2008 by Robert Hood

Give me a B, give me an R, give me an A, I, N! What d’we want? BRAINS! When do we want ’em? NOW! BrokenSea.com and Grindhouse Audio has obliged for Halloween and you can download a series of free … Continue reading →

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Ode to Mr BIG’s Food of the Gods?

Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 by Robert Hood

It’s about time LA got a bite of some giant monster action. Godzilla? Na. King Kong? Of course not. Giant robots? Not this time. Dinosaurs? Nothing so classy. It’s just a horde of giant rats from outer space! Rat Scratch … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Trailers | 3 Comments

Robots and Dragons

Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 by Robert Hood

Two new releases from current exploitation leaders The Asylum (whose mandate seems to be to rush into production cheap films with titles that echo upcoming major releases or which cash in on box-office trends, even if the plots are completely … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocalypse, Dragons, Giant Monsters, Robots | 1 Comment

A Zombie’s Dream

Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

Source: Andrew Macrae

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Classic Album Cover Riot

Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

This cracks me up, in a surreal Terry Gilliam kind of way! … though, of course, those who (sadly) aren’t familiar with the classic rock album covers concerned probably won’t be as amused. Source: LikeItHateIt via Cat Sparks

Posted in Animation, Music, Pictorial art | 1 Comment

Update: Crawler

Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

A crew on a remote construction site are plagued by a series of bizarre mishaps. As the incidents turn more and more savage, it becomes clear that the sole link to the deadly events …is a 50 ton bulldozer. Crawler … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Update, Zombies | 4 Comments

The Monsters of Doctor Who: Kroll

Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

The monster that gets the Award for Biggest Monster in a Doctor Who episode turns up in the  Season 16 story The Power of Kroll, with Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Mary Tamm as Romana, and a fairly static, … Continue reading →

Posted in Doctor Who, Giant Monsters, Giant Squids, TV | 3 Comments

The Life of a Zombie

Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 by Robert Hood

Ted Is Dead…  But That’s The Least Of His Problems Here’s a very funny Aussie film that aims, with all due poignancy, to document what life is really like for a socially awkward zombie. Undead Ted (Australia-2007; short [7 min.]; … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Zombies | 2 Comments

The Monsters of Doctor Who: Morbius

Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 by Robert Hood

I am still here. I can see nothing, feel nothing. You have locked me into hell for eternity. If this is all there is, I would rather die now… Trapped like this, like a sponge beneath the sea. Yet even … Continue reading →

Posted in Doctor Who, Horror, TV, Where's the Film? | 6 Comments

Update: New Guilala Poster

Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

This poster for Girara-no Gyakushuu Touyaku Samitto Kiki Ippatsu [lit. Guilala’s Counter Attack: the Touyaku Summit One-Shot Crisis] (Japan–2008; dir. Minoru Kawasaki) — otherwise known as Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit! featuring Guilala’s Western pseudonym — looks … Continue reading →

Posted in Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Update | 3 Comments