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Category Archives: Film
B-Movie Celebration Attacks the Backbrain
SPECIAL BACKBRAIN ANNOUNCEMENT For the past five years, fans of the often maligned genre of B-movies have gathered in Franklin, Indiana – not just to watch classic B-films, but to, as the name implies, celebrate them! This year — the … Continue reading
Breaking News: The Moggies Are Back for a Third Helping of Human Flesh
Schlock patriarch Ted V. Mikels, whose blood-drenched exploitation films were grindhouse regulars back in the 1970s, has revealed to Undead Backbrain that a third sequel to one of his classics is about to start filming. His 1971 camp horror classic … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, Exploitation films, Film, Horror, Humour, Independent film, Monsters in general, News
Tagged Cats, corpse grinders, exploitation cinema, monster cats, ted v. mikels
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Beware the Shark-Man!
A Backbrain Exclusive Lots of men are sharks, especially in the vicinity of holiday resorts. Generally speaking referring to them as sharks is a metaphorical gesture, indicative of predatory sexual behaviour. But what if the phrase “shark man” wasn’t a … Continue reading
Posted in Demons, Film, Horror, Independent film, Monster Sharks, Trailers
Tagged Hawaiian horror, Honolulu, Nanaue the Shark Man
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Bizarre Charms: An Exclusive Interview with Ben Charles Edwards
How many horror films have been set against the background of the fashion industry? And does Showgirls count? I can think of a few that deal with cosmetics, such as The Wasp Woman (US-1959; dir. Roger Corman and Jack Hill) … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Horror, Humour, Independent film, News, Posters
Tagged animal charm, animal rights, ben charles edwards, boy george, fashion industry, horror-comedy, roger corman, sadie frost, sally phillips, satire
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Wrath Brings Out the Monsters in Us All
With Jonathan Liebesman’s Wrath of the Titans — a sequel to the much-spurned Clash of the Titans — about to be released upon us, a new, rather spectacular trailer has provoked the usual irrelevant internet complaints of “mythological” inaccuracy — … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Film, Giant Monsters, Trailers
Tagged clash of the titans, monsters, perseus, wrath of the titans
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“The Real Exorcist” and The Devil Inside
An Interview with Rev. Bob Larson by Robert Hood One exorcism film is among my horror favourites, namely William Friedkin’s 1973 classic The Exorcist, based on the equally excellent book by William Peter Blatty. There was no shortage of exorcism … Continue reading
Posted in Demons, Film, Horror, Interviews, It's True! Really!, The Devil, Weird stuff
Tagged demonic possession, Horror, interview, rev. bob larson, the devil inside, the exorciost, the real exorcist
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