Category Archives: Film

Giant Spider Graveyard

Posted on Monday, September 1, 2008 by Robert Hood

Amazing revelation! The skeletal remains of not one but two giant spiders that rampaged through Lincoln County, Wisconsin, in the US in 1975 have been discovered by arachnid wrangler Bill Rebane. Rebane was responsible for recording the twin mega-spiders’ murderous … Continue reading →

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Spike Makes A Point

Posted on Sunday, August 31, 2008 by Robert Hood

Sometimes fairy tales make excellent (or at least interesting) horror films. Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) [aka El Laberinto del Fauno] is something of an epitomé of the approach, of course; but others, such as Michael Cohn’s Snow White: … Continue reading →

Posted in Faery, Film, Horror, News, Teaser | 7 Comments

J.T. Petty’s The Burrowers

Posted on Saturday, August 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

My awareness of J.T. Petty’s work, as writer and director, is pretty well restricted to Mimic: Sentinel (2003) — the third film in the series that originated with Guillermo Del Toro’s Mimic (1997) and one that hasn’t gained much of … Continue reading →

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In the Post: The Ghosts

Posted on Friday, August 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Ghosts (Australia-2009 [in post-production]; dir. Mathew J. Wilkinson) Tagline: There are 36 claimed haunted locations in Australia. They missed one. Synopsis: A family vacation in the Australian outback turns horribly wrong when the family is taken hostage by a … Continue reading →

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B-Flick Invasion

Posted on Thursday, August 28, 2008 by Robert Hood

During a routine close encounter the other day — somewhere between an orgy of cornfield art and the usual anal probing — I got into conversation with my tall, google-eyed captor, whose long, pointy teeth should have been a serious … Continue reading →

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Haeundae: Set for Destruction

Posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 by Robert Hood

Take this idyllic picture of South Korea’s Haeundae Beach: Now add a monstrous tsunami: What have you got? The new disaster movie from Doosaboo Film and director Je-Kyoun Youn. In a recent press release, it was announced that on August … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocalypse, Film, Update | 6 Comments

Bob’s Giant Monster Movie

Posted on Monday, August 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

Bob Nelson and Brick Cave Media have just plunged into pre-production for a giant monster movie currently sporting the working title Bob’s Giant Monster Movie. Bob, who describes himself as “a writer, poet and organizer”, will be the Executive Director … Continue reading →

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Update: Monster Movie

Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

A while back the Backbrain reported on a monster movie that utilises the currently popular technique of “found footage” to tell its story of rampage and terror — this one not in a city, it seems, but more backwoods/small town-oriented. … Continue reading →

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Blimp Boy gets Liberated?

Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

Deadly DVD has just posted an actual image from Jim Wynorski’s much anticipated Cloverfield take-off, Cleavagefield — a film that will at the very least feature a monster and lots of bosoms. Presumably Blimp Boy is the send-up’s substitute for … Continue reading →

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Update: Zero Trooper-F

Posted on Monday, August 18, 2008 by Robert Hood

The US Ultraman-inspired film Zero Trooper-F looks like it is coming along very nicely indeed. Check out this reel of SFX moments. They’re rather impressive on a miniscule-budget, I would have thought: Previous posts on Zero Trooper-F Source: Avery

Posted in Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Ultraman, Update | 1 Comment