Category Archives: Horror

Popstar vs Popstar vs Mega-Beasts

Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 by Robert Hood

Everyone ends up in the Asylum. Or so it seems. Hollywood Reporter has revealed that 1980s pop-stars Debbie Gibson and Tiffany are to star together in one of the SyFy Channel’s signature Saturday night original movies — a giant monster … Continue reading →

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Review: Trailer Park of Terror

Posted on Sunday, June 6, 2010 by Robert Hood

Trailer Park of Terror (US-2008; dir. Steven Goldmann) Reviewed by Robert Hood Like some sort of unnatural horror spawned from the genetic residue of Rob Zombie, Herschell Gordon Lewis and the Crypt Keeper from EC Comics’ Tales From the Crypt … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: Frantic Undead

Posted on Saturday, May 29, 2010 by Robert Hood

This weekend’s journey into monstrosity comes from artist Maxwell Perry, whom we featured earlier in the week for his upcoming giant squid animated short called, not inappropriately, Giant Squid. In that article I promised you a look at his previous … Continue reading →

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When Mutant Cholas Attack!

Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 by Robert Hood

“Cholo” is an ethnic slur created by Hispanics (criollos) in the 16th century, and it has been applied to individuals of mixed American Indian ancestry, or other racially mixed origin. Currently the precise usage of “Cholo” has varied widely in … Continue reading →

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Bugs Born From a Book!

Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 by Robert Hood

Daffy Duck might have run amuck in the classic Looney Tunes cartoon “Duck Amuck”, but when a bunch of creatures from the depths of an evil book, Necronomicon-style, run amok [amock] in this short French film they certainly do it … Continue reading →

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Faster, Monstro! Kill! Kill!: An Interview with Stuart Simpson

Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 by Robert Hood

A new Australian film that pits four gorgeous but deadly women against a weird tentacled monster from the deeps, El Monstro del Mar (Aust-2010; dir. Stuart Simpson) has been causing much excited talk around the internet (see the earlier article … Continue reading →

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Visions of Mold: An Interview with Neil Meschino

Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 by Robert Hood

Avery Guerra talks with Neil Meschino, director of the new blood, muck, and tears horror flick, Mold! (US-2010; dir. Neil Meschino). Film Synopsis: Set in 1984, when the war on drugs was at its height, the story concerns a strain … Continue reading →

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Piranha 3D

Posted on Saturday, May 8, 2010 by Robert Hood

The piranha in The Asylum’s “shadow” blockbuster Mega Piranha are, as the name suggests, really big. But I always assumed that the titular aquatic beasties in the upcoming official remake of Joe Dante’s 1978 original (Piranha 3D, directed by The … Continue reading →

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Resurrection, Yes, But What is Being Resurrected?

Posted on Saturday, May 8, 2010 by Robert Hood

Resurrection is a new independent sci-fi/horror film from Jeff Burr — exploitation director of films such as The Offspring (1987), Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990), Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy (2007, with Chip Gubera) and Puppet Master 4 … Continue reading →

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More Zombies in Rammbock

Posted on Thursday, May 6, 2010 by Robert Hood

A new German zombie apocalypse film — using the viral infection paradigm — is to be premiered at the film market in Cannes on the 14th and 16th of May this year. Written by Benjamin Hessler and directed by Marvin … Continue reading →

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