Category Archives: Horror

The Muckman Cometh

Posted on Friday, January 14, 2011 by Robert Hood

Muckman (US-2010; dir. Brett Piper) Low-budget independent B-film maven, Brett Piper’s new cryptozoological comedy-thriller, Muckman, is a satirical excursion into a backwater wilderness inhabited by more than mosquitoes and alligators. Featuring a plotline churning with deception, false identities and self-serving … Continue reading →

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Leading the Latest Cuban Revolution

Posted on Thursday, January 6, 2011 by Robert Hood

And now… a Spanish-Cuban zombie comedy called Juan of the Dead [aka Juan de los Muertos](no prizes for guessing what this is ripping off), written and directed by Alejandro Brugués, produced by Gervasio Iglesias, Inti Herrera and Claudia Calviño, and … Continue reading →

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Lisl and the Lorlok

Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2010 by Robert Hood

Dark fairy tales — as the creators of the upcoming film Lisl and the Lorlok describe their work — seem to be on the rise. I remember back in late 1997 seeing a horror-styled version of Snow White and the … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: A Visit to the Apothecary

Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2010 by Robert Hood

Apothecary — noun: a druggist, pharmacist; (esp. in England and Ireland) a druggist licensed to prescribe medicine. Origin: 1325–75;  ME (< OF) < ML apothēcārius  seller of spices and drugs, LL: shopkeeper, equiv. to L apothēc ( a ) shop, … Continue reading →

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Killjoy is Back!

Posted on Saturday, December 4, 2010 by Robert Hood

Coulrophobia or fear of clowns is not an uncommon condition. And why not? Those grossly painted faces. That exaggerated behaviour. The comicbook violence that often attends their acrobatic slapstick performances. Whatever they represent must be something that lies deep in … Continue reading →

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Waking Up Again, Still in Fright

Posted on Sunday, November 28, 2010 by Robert Hood

Wake in Fright (Australia/US-1971; dir. Ted Kotcheff) Reviewed by Robert Hood A movie that is generally considered by film historians to be a classic of Australian cinema, but which has only existed in poor-quality later-generation prints for many decades and … Continue reading →

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Millennium Bug In Post-production

Posted on Sunday, November 21, 2010 by Robert Hood

The hillbilly/giant monster/alien bug movie The Millennium Bug (US-2010; dir. Kenneth Cran) is close to being ready for submitting to the Cleveland Film Festival, the deadline of which is this coming Tuesday. The final sound mix is done and colour … Continue reading →

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Frankenstein: the Re-birth Continues

Posted on Sunday, November 14, 2010 by Robert Hood

Frankenstein: Lost Souls by Dean Koontz (Harper, 2010) ISBN 978-0-00-735384-2 Reviewed by Robert Hood Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein series began life as a treatment for a TV series. When best-selling horror author Koontz withdrew, citing creative differences, he took the concept … Continue reading →

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Zombies Arise!

Posted on Saturday, November 13, 2010 by Robert Hood

If there’s one thing that zombies do with startling regularity, it’s ARISE. And ARISE again. And again. The modern zombie apocalypse phenomena, part of a 21st Century obsession with apocalypse as a whole but huge in its own right, has … Continue reading →

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Monsters at AFI

Posted on Friday, November 12, 2010 by Robert Hood

Monsters were rampant at the AFM (American Film Market) — an event to which (according to the AFM’s media kit) “more than 8,000 industry professionals converge in Santa Monica for eight days of deal-making, screenings, seminars, premieres, networking and parties”. … Continue reading →

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