Category Archives: Film

Hater Optioned by Del Toro

Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 by Robert Hood

This is a dramatisation based on page 102 of British author David Moody’s novel, Hater. Sometimes self-publication works — and produces spectacular results. Moody’s self-published horror novel appeared online in 2006. Without an agent, Moody managed to sell the film … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocalypse, Books, Film, Horror, News | 2 Comments

Catching Rat Scratch Fever

Posted on Monday, February 9, 2009 by Robert Hood

Jeff Leroy’s alien giant rat invasion film, Rat Scratch Fever, is nearing completion. The film tells the tale of an army of giant, mutant rats — brought back from space on a returning Earth spaceship — that causes death and … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocalypse, Film, Giant Monsters, Update | 4 Comments

The Minions of Ka Crawl from the Grave

Posted on Monday, February 9, 2009 by Robert Hood

Announcements of proposed film projects based on zombie-themed comicbooks / graphic novels have been sporadically tossed into the blogsphere over the past few years, though as far as I know, there has as yet been no result from these optimistic … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Film, Graphic novels, Zombies | 1 Comment

Talking to Toasters at the End of the World

Posted on Monday, February 9, 2009 by Robert Hood

With trailers for Terminator Salvation appearing on the web, and ahead of the much-anticipated June release of this fourth Terminator film, the Backbrain approached the producers for an interview. Christian Bale wasn’t available, but we were lucky enough to score … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocalypse, Film, Fraudulent information, Interviews | 2 Comments

Review: Big Man Japan

Posted on Sunday, February 8, 2009 by Robert Hood

Big Man Japan (2007) Dir: Hitoshi Matsumoto [aka Dai-Nipponjin] Even straight-down-the-line daikaiju eiga, or Japanese giant monster films, are imaginatively left-field – but they don’t get much weirder than this. In Big Man Japan an unseen interviewer follows the mundane … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Japanese, Review, Trailers, Weird stuff | 5 Comments

[Man-]Beastly Remake

Posted on Sunday, February 8, 2009 by Robert Hood

“30 Corpses… 1 Man Beast… 0 Plot.” So what’s the least likely film to get a remake? No doubt a plethora of z-grade and just-plain-awful mainstream flicks spring to mind — and really, the one I’m about to tell you … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Horror, Independent film, Posters, Trailers | 3 Comments

Wings over Apocalypse

Posted on Friday, February 6, 2009 by Robert Hood

An apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic scifi romance inspired by Japanese animation, specifically the mecha-based form of it? That’s Archangel Alpha, which is currently filming and looks rather interesting. Archangel Alpha (US-[in production]; dir. Aaron D. Martin) Synopsis: Archangel Alpha is a sci-fi war … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocalypse, Film, Mecha, Robots | 2 Comments

The Week on Undead Brainspasm

Posted on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 by Robert Hood

[… well, a bit more than a week…] Monkey Magic (3 Feb 2009) Information on Monkey Magic (Japan-2007; dir. Kensaku Sawada) Monster Fight From Outlander (28 Jan 2009) A fight sequence from the now-released-in-the-US Vikings vs Alien Monster film Outlander … Continue reading →

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Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro Goes Beyond the Grave

Posted on Monday, February 2, 2009 by Robert Hood

There is a synchronicity between art, detectives and the restless dead and Brazilian director Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro has set out to explore the boundaries. In post-production is Beyond the Grave [aka Porto Dos Mortos] (Spain-2009; dir. Davi de Oliveira … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Ghosts, Horror, Independent film, Trailers, Zombies | 1 Comment

The UFOs are Coming

Posted on Sunday, February 1, 2009 by Robert Hood

The Backbrain definitely has a deep, dark space in it where classic ’50s flying saucers zoom and zip and zap and materialise in middle-American settings to scare the inhabitants and instigate invasion proceedings. A while back I posted (on our … Continue reading →

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