Category Archives: Film

Godzilla and Biollante Stuck in Clay

Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 by Robert Hood

The following brief scene was deleted from Gojira tai Biollante [aka Godzilla vs. Biollante] (1989; dir. Kazuki Omori) as it was considered that the stop-motion SFX did not gell with the rest of the film’s suitmation.   It’s interesting to … Continue reading →

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Update: New Guilala Trailer

Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 by Robert Hood

The first trailer for Girara-no Gyakushuu Touyaku Samitto Kiki Ippatsu [lit. Guilala’s Counter Attack: the Touyaku Summit One-Shot Crisis] (Japan–2008; dir. Minoru Kawasaki) has appeared online.   Unfortunately the Youtube version is rather low-resolution. If you’d rather watch the trailer … Continue reading →

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Update: Demon Haunt Trailer

Posted on Monday, June 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

A school teacher and her wheelchair-bound sister purchase a house that seems to be haunted by a strange supernatural force. Father LeCleur and his son Raymond are called in to vanquish the demonic entities. But when the hell-spawn turn out … Continue reading →

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Niché Restaurants

Posted on Monday, June 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

When brain-dead marketing meets brain-eating zombies… A while back the Backbrain brought you Picnic of the Living Dead. But that’s not the only cuisine-related zombie film around. Here’s Brunch of the Living Dead (US-2008; dir. Dan Conover), in its entirety: … Continue reading →

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Take That, Zombie… um, Vampire Shakespeare!

Posted on Monday, June 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

It had to happen! As soon as someone thought of it, the result was inevitable. Tom Stoppard did his postmodern take on Hamlet in an absurdist tragicomedy called Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead back in 1966, by re-viewing the events … Continue reading →

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Talking (Pumpkin) Heads

Posted on Monday, June 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

  This amazing creation (which was designed for Scooby-Doo 2) is animatronic, not CGI. It was made at WCT Productions under Bill Terezakis. Vince Akira Yoshida and Jim Gawley were responsible for the mechanics and the sculpt was done by … Continue reading →

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And Plan 10 is … Plan 9!

Posted on Monday, June 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

Edward D. Wood’s 1959 film Plan 9 From Outer Space is a “classic”. It’s badly made, amateurish, and outright embarrassing for all concerned, but it’s a “classic”. That “classic” stature comes from the very qualities that make it such a … Continue reading →

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Brief Discoveries

Posted on Saturday, June 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

• Archangel Alpha (US-[in production, 2008]; dir. Aaron D. Martin) Information is starting to trickle out about this post-apocalyptic film, which is apparently inspired by Japanese anime, especially of the mecha kind. Archangel Alpha is a sci-fi war story of … Continue reading →

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Flowers for the Dead: A Conversation

Posted on Thursday, June 5, 2008 by Robert Hood

I recently talked to Joe Barbarisi, director of the in-progress zombie film Flowers for the Dead, who volunteered some insight into the film and his history. “I guess it all started for me in the mid- to late ’70s. My … Continue reading →

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The Monsters of the Ultra Reunion

Posted on Wednesday, June 4, 2008 by Robert Hood

Daikessen! Cho Urutora Hachi Urutora Kyodai [lit. Decisive Battle! The Eight Super Ultra Brothers] (2008; dir. Takeshi Yagi) When eight Ultramen — Ultraman Tiga, Ultraman Dyna, Ultraman Gaia, Ultraman Mebius, Ultraman, Ultra Seven, Ultraman Jack, and Ultraman Ace — get … Continue reading →

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