Category Archives: Film

Pacific Rim: Godzilla By Any Other Name?

Posted on Saturday, March 12, 2011 by Robert Hood

So by now everyone and their dog knows that Guillermo del Toro’s pet project, a big-budget version of H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, isn’t going to fly. Universal has gone all whimpy in regards to it, dumping it … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: Tentacles Are a Sign of Corruption

Posted on Sunday, March 6, 2011 by Robert Hood

A few days ago I was talking about tentacles as a sign of Lovecraft’s Old Ones. Today we have new indie film where the tentacles aren’t so much Out There as In Here. And clearly they can make you very … Continue reading →

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VelociPastor: Is This a Movie You Want to See?

Posted on Sunday, March 6, 2011 by Robert Hood

Here’s an unusual blend of subgenres. It’s American Werewolf in London meets Jurassic Park (or maybe Carnosaur), with more than a dash of The Incredible Hulk! It’s The Exorcist sequel we never saw, where the conflicted priest becomes a superhero … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: Poisoned — New Zombie Horror from Israel

Posted on Friday, March 4, 2011 by Robert Hood

Poisoned is a zombie comedy, filmed in Israel by David Lubetzky ( דידי לובצקי ) and currently in the final editing stages. Synopsis (short): What makes this night different from all nights? On this night, the army really marches on … Continue reading →

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Tentacles, Ancient Whispers and Monstrous Gods

Posted on Friday, March 4, 2011 by Robert Hood

An Overview of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos on Film Few filmmakers have been successful in translating New England horror writer H.P. Lovecraft’s dense, adjective-driven tales of Elder Gods, Great Old Ones and the Horrors That Lurk Just the Other Side … Continue reading →

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New: Argentinian Zombie Horror

Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2011 by Robert Hood

Incidente (Argentina-2011; dir. Mariano Cattaneo) Argentinian writer/director Mariano Cattaneo and his crew have recently completed work on a zombie horror film that takes a camera verité or “faux documentary” approach to the genre, in the obvious tradition of [Rec] (Spain-2007; … Continue reading →

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New Daikaiju May Be On The Way To Japan

Posted on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 by Robert Hood

In 2012, Tokyo may very well be attacked by something with at least one very large tentacle. Will it have more than six of them? Who knows? But this investment teaser makes me hope that the money will be forthcoming … Continue reading →

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New: Ice Road Terror

Posted on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 by Robert Hood

Ice Road Terror (US-2011; dir. Terry Ingram) Soon for the SyFy Channel is this tale of two truckers and their giant prehistoric stalker, newly awakened with a bad attitude. It stars Brea Grant (Heroes, Friday Night Lights, Halloween II), Ty … Continue reading →

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Upcoming in 2011: Gods and Monsters and Lots of CGI

Posted on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 by Robert Hood

Just for the hell of it, here are some trailers that have grabbed my attention for the coming year. There’s been no attempt to be exhaustive on my part; these are just random previews / titles that took my attention. … Continue reading →

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The Monstro-Selachimorpha Subgenre

Posted on Saturday, February 5, 2011 by Robert Hood

Not since Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) took the-shark-as-monster to a cinematic high-point (and turned the exploitation film into a tentpole Hollywood blockbuster tradition in the process) has the shark been so monstrously omnipresent on film. They’re everywhere. Swarming in their thousands … Continue reading →

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