Category Archives: Apocalypse

Destroying the World on a Budget

Posted on Monday, January 25, 2010 by Robert Hood

Review of Megafault (US-2009; dir. David Michael Latt) by Robert Hood The development of CGI as the standard methodology for SFX films, big and small, has not only increased the number of films that include giant monsters, even if only … Continue reading →

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Cuttings from the BBC’s new Triffids

Posted on Thursday, December 24, 2009 by Robert Hood

With the BBC’s new two-part series of John Wyndham’s classic 1951 scifi novel, The Day of the Triffids, to air in Britain over Christmas (28 and 29 December), three clips from the show have been released: Clip One: Clip Two: … Continue reading →

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Triffids: The Next Generation

Posted on Saturday, December 12, 2009 by Robert Hood

With the BBC’s new updating of John Wyndham’s classic 1951 scifi novel, The Day of the Triffids — one of my favourites, I might add — about to be aired in the UK on 28 and 29 December, we have … Continue reading →

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Review: Ba’al

Posted on Thursday, November 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

Ba’al [aka Ba’al: the Storm God] (US/Canada-2008; dir. Paul Ziller) Existing somewhere in the vast mid-range of cinematic quality, Ba’al is an entertaining B-film that aspires to originality (or maybe just deviation from the norm of low-budget genre films), even … Continue reading →

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Assault Girls Shine

Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2009 by Robert Hood

The newly released official trailer for Assault Girls [aka Asaruto gâruzu] (Japan-2009; dir. Mamoru Oshii) represents a massive upgrade on even the great potential we’ve seen before: Synopsis: In the aftermath of global thermonuclear war, the Earth’s surface has been … Continue reading →

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Dismember Me + Zombie Poetry

Posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 by Robert Hood

Want to amuse yourself while preparing for the zombie apocalypse to start? This is for zombie geeks everywhere… Product Features Plush Zombie can be ripped apart in various ways All limbs and head are removable and interchangeable Torso can be … Continue reading →

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Under Cover of the Red Dust…

Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 by Robert Hood

The following is a picture of Sydney this morning, as New South Wales was pummelled by high winds carrying red desert sands from the dead centre (or thereabouts): But soon the real reason for the dust storm was revealed! Click … Continue reading →

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Zombie Kings

Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 by Robert Hood

This short take on the zombie apocalypse — using stylised green-screen techniques to create semi-animated SFX spectacle — looks both bizarre and hilarious. Zombie Kings: The King of the Zombies (US-2008; dir. Paul Steiner) Synopsis: Mad Dr ‘D’ has the … Continue reading →

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Review: Transmorphers: Fall of Man

Posted on Monday, September 7, 2009 by Robert Hood

Transmorphers: Fall of Man (US-2009; dir. Scott Wheeler) Somewhere midway along the continuum between “Good” and “Bad” in the subgenre where giant robots are depicted as alien invaders lies the 2009 Asylum film Transmorphers: Fall of Man. Shadowing Bay’s Transformers … Continue reading →

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Evangelion Re-Build

Posted on Sunday, September 6, 2009 by Robert Hood

Like many, I became rather obsessed with the ultimate mecha-kaiju crossover series Neon Genesis Evangelion in its multiple incarnations and offshoots (including its still-running manga version by artist Yoshiyuki Sadamoto), as its creators (especially writer/director Hideaki Anno) fought with inadequate … Continue reading →

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