Category Archives: Flying Saucers

Weekend (Not-So-Frightful) Flick: The Alien Invasion

Posted on Sunday, June 7, 2009 by Robert Hood

The Alien Invasion (Singapore-2004; short [17 min.]; dir. Rich Ho) This great little film was made by university students in Singapore. A big success on the Asian film festival circuit, it parodies the 1950s alien invasion genre and is very … Continue reading →

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Max Neptune and the Menacing Squid

Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 by Robert Hood

Retro genre films seem to be on the rise. We’re not talking remakes here, but rather films that deliberately take on the aesthetic and narrative characteristics of past B-film types, usually for humorous effect. One example that springs to mind … Continue reading →

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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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More Pics from Zone-X

Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 by Robert Hood

Thomas R. Dickens, the director of Alien Grey: Zone-X (US-2009) has sent Undead Backbrain some rather cool images from the movie — and a new poster. In the one below, you can get a much better view of the flying … Continue reading →

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Update: Flying Saucers vs the Earth

Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008 by Robert Hood

Artist Alan Brooks has emailed to tell me that issue #1 of Flying Saucers vs the Earth — which “came out on Wednesday, after delays” — has sold out already. Well done, Alan! Alien image from Alan’s blog Previous Backbrain … Continue reading →

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Update: Flying Saucers vs the Earth

Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 by Robert Hood

Artist Alan Brooks has sent this trailer that he’s put together for the Ray Harryhausen Presents/Bluewater Productions comicbook he’s been working on — Flying Saucers vs the Earth. The first issue is now available. Famed Sci-Fi novel cover artist Alan … Continue reading →

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Iron Sky

Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 by Robert Hood

Exiled Nazis colonising the Moon in 1945. Returning in 2018 to re-establish their empire on Earth. Retro flying saucers. Alternative history conspiracies. The fight against conformity. Could this be any cooler? More details from the official website.

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Alan Brooks and the Flying Saucers

Posted on Friday, March 28, 2008 by Robert Hood

One of the great cinematic creators of giant monsters is famed stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen, whose movies have rested firmly at the centre of the Hollywood giant monster tradition since his 1953 The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms. Even earlier than … Continue reading →

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