Category Archives: Film

Update: Bygone Behemoth

Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 by Robert Hood

On the eve of his short film’s premiere screening at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas, over the coming weekend, Bygone Behemoth director Harry Chaskin has sent us two posters as an update. I love this one (click to … Continue reading →

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New: Alien vs Ninja

Posted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 by Robert Hood

So we’ve had AVP: Alien vs Predator (not to mention Aliens vs Predator), AVH: Alien vs Hunter (hint: that’s the Asylum one), GVA: Yûrei vs. uchûjin 03 (that’s Ghost vs Alien), ZCVAT: Zombie Cop vs. the Alien Terror (no, really…), … Continue reading →

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New: Dark Nemesis

Posted on Monday, March 8, 2010 by Robert Hood

The trailer for Dark Nemesis (US-2010; dir. Drew Maxwell) has been released by production company Shoreline Entertainment. Originally titled Ferocious, Dark Nemesis is a post-apocalyptic monster movie, with some nifty independent production design work and a grotesque three-eyed monster. Synopsis: … Continue reading →

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Moby Dick Goes Dragon

Posted on Saturday, March 6, 2010 by Robert Hood

Herman Melville’s seminal American novel, Moby Dick, has always been a giant monster tale, particularly as depicted in what remains the best film version, the 1956 John Huston one starring Gregory Peck as the obsessed Captain Ahab. If you can’t … Continue reading →

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And You Thought Ruggero Deodato’s Stuff Was Nasty…

Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2010 by Robert Hood

Once upon a time there was a little-known (because constantly banned and driven into exile) Italian exploitation filmmaker who made worse films than Ruggero Deodato could hope to imagine, even during a refried-grease-and-spicy-chicken-induced nightmare. Compared to the work of obscure … Continue reading →

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Review: In The Winter Dark

Posted on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by Robert Hood

In the Winter Dark (Aust-1998; dir. James Bogle) A number of significant Australian films that may be classified as “horror” play more like dramas with a subjective undercurrent of otherworldly influence than full-on supernatural thrillers, perhaps reflecting the ambivalent attitude … Continue reading →

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Coming Eventually: Feeding Frenzy

Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 by Robert Hood

Been wondering when someone would come up with a new “rubber puppet monster” horror-comedy franchise along the lines of those classics from the 1980s, Critters and Gremlins? Well, this might be it. Feeding Frenzy (US-2010; dir. Mike Stoklasa) What’s the … Continue reading →

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Review: The Land Has Eyes

Posted on Saturday, February 27, 2010 by Robert Hood

The Land Has Eyes [aka Pear ya ma’on maf] (Fiji/US- 2004; dir. Vilsoni Hereniko) This Polynesian tribal drama boasts the distinction of being the first feature-length film made by Fijians, and is loosely based on the experiences of director Hereniko … Continue reading →

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Dreams From the Dark

Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 by Robert Hood

Eyes in the Dark (US-2009) is a new independent film that is banking on the ongoing attraction of the first-person POV hand-held style popularised in recent times by the extraordinary success of The Blair Witch Project, [Rec] and Paranormal Activity. … Continue reading →

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Bizarre Life Institute: The Trilogy — Part 2: The Blood

Posted on Sunday, February 21, 2010 by Robert Hood

Continued from Bizarre Life Institute: The Trilogy — Part 1. Images of Harconia: In mid-January Undead Backbrain introduced you to the work of Peter Montgomery, specifically an ambitious project called the Bizarre Life Institute (B.L.I.) — three films set in … Continue reading →

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