Category Archives: Film

Screech of the Fighting Owl

Posted on Sunday, February 1, 2009 by Robert Hood

Undead Backbrain frequently highlights small, independent film producers who are engaged in making exciting and (sometimes) innovative genre films. Fighting Owl is one such. Formed in 2003 as an umbrella company for student films, it is now engaged in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Ghosts, Giant Monsters, Horror, Independent film, Lake Monsters, Zombies | 2 Comments

Obscure Godzilla Posters

Posted on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 by Robert Hood

We’re all familiar with the standard Godzilla posters, beginning with the original Japanese one: But there are many many others. As an excuse to reveal a poster that Kaiju Search-Robot Avery discovered on the Kong is King messageboard, here is … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival, Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Pictorial art, Posters, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

Reptisaurus Attacks!

Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2009 by Robert Hood

Undead Backbrain has been following the progress of Christopher Ray‘s monster movie, Reptisaurus, for some time now. We don’t have any new information regarding its release, but Fred Olen Ray (executive producer, the director’s father and experienced B-flick maker) has … Continue reading →

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Update: Tuatara

Posted on Sunday, January 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

A while back, we brought up the subject of a fascinating stop-motion scifi project named Tuatara (which you can read about here), wondering whether the long-fomenting ambitions of its creator (“Michael S.”) were likely to be coming to fruition any … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Film, Giant Monsters, Independent film, Robots, Update | Leave a comment

Master of the Living Dead

Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2009 by Robert Hood

Few would be likely to question the fact that George A. Romero revolutionised the horror film universe when, in 1968 as a student filmmaker in Pittsburgh, he made Night of the Living Dead. What he achieved in that “moment” of … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Interviews, Zombies | 11 Comments

Under the Monster’s Skin

Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 by Robert Hood

The Backbrain doesn’t usually do birthdays, but there was a highly significant one that occurred in 1 January and we missed it! 1 January 2009 was the 80th birthday of Haruo Nakajima. Don’t know who he is? Here’s a clue? … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, News | 3 Comments

It’s Getting Closer: Cleavagefield is Near

Posted on Sunday, January 4, 2009 by Robert Hood

News straight from the horse’s mouth: director Jim Wynorski has told Undead Backbrain via Kaiju Search-Robot Avery that his breast-oriented Cloverfield parody Cleavagefield will begin a pay-per-view run in February, then will premiere on Cinemax in April. “I am also … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Update | 4 Comments

They Grow ‘Em Big in Texas

Posted on Sunday, January 4, 2009 by Robert Hood

Jurassic Park started it… you know, the whole commercial development of prehistoric throwbacks scenario. Thanks to a lower budget, lowered ambition and B-film legend Roger Corman as executive producer, Carnosaur (1993) got in first and for all that it could … Continue reading →

Posted in Dinosaurs, Film, Giant Monsters, News | 10 Comments

Colin Theys and his Banshee

Posted on Saturday, January 3, 2009 by Robert Hood

[continued from Colin Theys and his Giant Rabbit] Yesterday we saw how SFX wiz Colin Theys had learned much of his craft working on a short comedic film about a giant rabbit with a giant tongue — Harold and Burns. … Continue reading →

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Colin Theys and his Giant Rabbit

Posted on Friday, January 2, 2009 by Robert Hood

Colin Theys is a young director and visual effects artist currently working for Connecticut-based Synthetic Cinema International, having graduated from Wesleyan University with a dual major in film studies and psychology in 2007. His work is rather spectacular and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Independent film | 3 Comments