Category Archives: Film

More Rat Scratching

Posted on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 by Robert Hood

New trailers for Jeff Leroy’s giant alien rat opus, Rat Scratch Fever, have appeared. Lots of great giant monster action! Note the “old school” kaiju SFX. Brief Synopsis: A mission to a uncharted planet returns with unwelcome guests: an army … Continue reading →

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New: Pontypool

Posted on Sunday, March 1, 2009 by Robert Hood

Though I argue rather rabidly that “pure-bred” zombie apocalypse films — you know, those in the “end-of-the-world by viral cannibalistic corpses” sub-genre initiated by George A. Romero in Night of the Living Dead (1969) — must by definition feature ambulatory … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: The Horde

Posted on Sunday, March 1, 2009 by Robert Hood

Here at Undead Backbrain, we like to show an online zombie or ghost film for your weekend viewing pleasure — whenever the opportunity arises, at any rate. So here’s one for today. It’s a bit late… sorry. Upload issues. The … Continue reading →

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Got the Pesticide Handy?

Posted on Thursday, February 26, 2009 by Robert Hood

Backbrain started tracking this giant insect film early on, picked up via a casting call notice. Pesticide (US-2009; dir. Pat Cerrato) Well, the film’s on the way now, and to prove it director Cerrato has just put a teaser trailer … Continue reading →

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More Fever from the Rat Scratches

Posted on Saturday, February 21, 2009 by Robert Hood

We’ve scored another load of pictures from what might be the most talked about giant rat film ever — at least since Damian Lee’s 1989 sequel to Mr B.I.G.’s 1976 Food of the Gods. Rat Scratch Fever (US-2009; dir. Jeff … Continue reading →

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Walking with Godzilla

Posted on Saturday, February 21, 2009 by Robert Hood

How’s this for a cute picture? With the Big G is lead actress Momoko Kôchi, who played Emiko Yamane in the original 1954 Gojira. She would later appear in such films as The Mysterians (1957) and had a chance to … Continue reading →

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Bio-Slime Drips from the Walls

Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

John Lechago, diirector of the in-production sentient-ooze-themed horror flick Bio-Slime, has kindly offered the Backbrain a bunch of exclusive pictures. The plot involves … well, slime and ooze and tentacles and folk being absorbed into the muck, and features good … Continue reading →

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Snake Curse

Posted on Sunday, February 15, 2009 by Robert Hood

Snake Curse [aka She Zhou] (HK-2004; dir. Cheung Kwok-Kuen) Among Asian filmmakers, the Japanese do Weird S**t well and the result is often rather extreme. Moreover, their version of Weird tends toward the seriously disturbing. For outright cheesy-fun Weirdness, though, … Continue reading →

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New: Dire Wolf

Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 by Robert Hood

Straight from one of the reigning B-horror superstars, Fred Olen Ray, comes a new monster flick that combines prehistoric throwbacks with the werewolf genre (minus standard human-wolf lunar transmogrification, I assume). Dire Wolf (US-[post-production, 2009]; dir. Fred Olen Ray) Starring … Continue reading →

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Max Neptune and the Menacing Squid

Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 by Robert Hood

Retro genre films seem to be on the rise. We’re not talking remakes here, but rather films that deliberately take on the aesthetic and narrative characteristics of past B-film types, usually for humorous effect. One example that springs to mind … Continue reading →

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