Category Archives: Film

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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Empires of the Deep, Once Mermaid Island

Posted on Sunday, September 13, 2009 by Robert Hood

Once upon a time it was called Mermaid Island — a US/China co-production to be helmed by the French mono-monikered Pitof [aka Jean-Christophe Comar], visual effects supervisor of such films as Delicatessen (1991), Les Visiteurs (1993), and Alien: Resurrection (1997), … Continue reading →

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The Men Who Stare At Goats

Posted on Sunday, September 13, 2009 by Robert Hood

In his bizarre non-fiction book The Men Who Stare At Goats, Jon Ronson details official US Government projects to develop the use of psychic abilities as part of the military’s Intelligence arsenal. He reveals the significant budgets allocated to research … Continue reading →

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The Moleman Cometh!

Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 by Robert Hood

Beats me why Americans have basements. There’s always something nasty living down there and you just know there’s gonna be trouble sooner or later. The basement — as the “underground” area of a house or building — becomes a metaphorical … Continue reading →

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More Raiga Pictures

Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 by Robert Hood

At this juncture it seems entirely possible that before too long we’ll be able to join up all the pictures of Shinkaijû Raiga [aka Deep Sea Monster Raiga] (Japan, 2009; dir. Shinpei Hayashiya) that have been released and pre-construct a … Continue reading →

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Plan 9 is launched — Again!

Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 by Robert Hood

A while back, director John Johnson announced that he would be remaking “one of the worst films ever made”, Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space (US-1959; dir. Edward D. Wood Jr.), in which invading aliens resurrect the dead to … Continue reading →

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Recon 2023: The Gauda Prime Conspiracy

Posted on Saturday, September 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

I haven’t heard of this one before, but it has a giant monster in it — a giant monster with large chicken feet. Could it be the Giant Space Chicken himself? Um, no …. probably not. Recon 2023: The Gauda … Continue reading →

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A New Wave of Korean Cinema

Posted on Thursday, September 3, 2009 by Robert Hood

South Korea has definitely become a key player in certain film genres. It has succeeded big-time in producing excellent, claustrophobic ghost films such as Sorum [aka Goosebumps] (South Korea-2001, dir. Jong-Chan Yun), Phone [aka Pon] (South Korea-2002; dir. Byeong-ki Ahn), … Continue reading →

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Giant Egg Attack!

Posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 by Robert Hood

Every country should have its own national cinematic giant monster, right? Japan has… well, lots of them, but the High Monarch of the bunch is of course Gojira [aka Godzilla]. The US has also been regularly tormented by mega-fauna on … Continue reading →

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First Ripple from the Depths of Sector 7

Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 by Robert Hood

Back in July 2008 Undead Backbrain reported on the work being done by Polygon Entertainment (a film production company based in Marin County, California). Polygon was set up by founders Hans H. Uhlig and Doo Jin Kim specifically to work … Continue reading →

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