Category Archives: Film

More Tentacles, More Bio-Slime

You might want to put your breakfast aside for a moment to check out these pictures of the central creature from John Lechago’s coming-soon ooze-drenched horror flick, Bio-Slime, which we last had a look at in February. No more news, … Continue reading

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Planet of the Vampire Women

In Monster from Bikini Beach (US-2008; dir. Darin Wood), independent producer Christy Savage and director Wood worked assorted monster-loose-among-bikini-babes tropes to create a retro 1960s exploitation flick that was colourful and lots of fun. Now Savage has revealed that her … Continue reading

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Review: 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea

30,000 Leagues Under the Sea (US-2007; dir. Gabriel Bologna) This 2007 offering from low-budget exploitation champions, The Asylum, is a take on Jules Verne’s classic novel. What it isn’t is any sort of retelling of the original, so there’s no … Continue reading

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Meeting Heat-Ray With Heavy Metal Cannons

Currently in production is an animated sequel to H.G. Wells’ iconic The War of the Worlds: War of the Worlds: Goliath (US-2010; dir. Joe Pearson) in which the invading Martians, renewing their attack after the first failed attempt in 1899, … Continue reading

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“Burton-izing” Alice

Whether or not you are interested in Alice In Wonderland and the potential it has for being filmed by Tim Burton, the following conceptual art might at least make you “curiouser and curiouser” about the project. Me? Lewis Carroll’s Alice … Continue reading

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Cencoroll

Cencoroll (Japan-2009; dir. Atsuya Uki) Cencoroll is an anime film made by Atsuya Uki from his own popular manga. It has been in production under the auspices of Anima Innovation Tokyo since 2007, and is now to be released by … Continue reading

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Review: Transmorphers

Transmorphers (US-2007; dir. Leigh Scott) Though sporting a title that suggests that this “mockbuster” from the notorious Asylum was intended to be an exploitative take on the big-budget Transformers (2007), Transmorphers has very few “more than meets the eye” moments … Continue reading

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Transmorphers Come, Man Falls

Next on The Asylum’s agenda (as I’ve indicated on Undead Brainspasm) is Transmorphers: Fall of Man (US-2009; dir. Scott Wheeler). This one is actually a prequel to The Asylum’s Transmorphers (US-2007; dir. Leigh Scott) — a film that was apparently … Continue reading

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Zombieland: Where Zombies and Woody Roam

So, everyone in creation (or the blog version of it) is posting the new trailer for Zombieland (US-2009; dir. Ruben Fleischer) — and who am I to buck the trend? The film is a zombie comedy — or an end-of-the-world … Continue reading

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Update: Haeundae

Haeundae (South Korea; in production [2010?]; dir. Je-gyun Yun) Back in August last year the Backbrain reported on a new Korean disaster film that was then going into production, set in and named after Haeundae Beach — a wealthy sea-side … Continue reading

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