Category Archives: Horror

New Bio-Slime Trailer Oozes the Good Stuff

Posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 by Robert Hood

We’ve talked about Bio-Slime (US-2010; dir. John Lechago) before, we’ve seen the pictures and a previous trailer. Now there’s a killer “final” trailer on the loose and the film’s looking good for its imminent release. The director John Lechago has … Continue reading →

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Lizard in the Badboy Mutant Tradition

Posted on Friday, March 26, 2010 by Robert Hood

Following in the wonderful B-flick tradition of scientists who muck around with genetics and create a misunderstood — and violent — animal-human chimera comes Lizard Boy (US-2009; dir. Paul Della Pelle). Synopsis: A small mountain town is terrorized by a … Continue reading →

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Trailer Trash Catch-All

Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010 by Robert Hood

The Backbrain has been under strain due to an overdue novel manuscript and recalcitrant software, so I’ve fallen behind with a bunch of updates. Lacking the time to write any sort of extensive commentary, below you’ll find trailers (and some … Continue reading →

Posted in Cryptozoology, Daikaiju, Film, Giant Monsters, Horror, Independent film, Japanese, Monsters in general, Trailers, Update | 4 Comments

New: Alien vs Ninja

Posted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 by Robert Hood

So we’ve had AVP: Alien vs Predator (not to mention Aliens vs Predator), AVH: Alien vs Hunter (hint: that’s the Asylum one), GVA: Yûrei vs. uchûjin 03 (that’s Ghost vs Alien), ZCVAT: Zombie Cop vs. the Alien Terror (no, really…), … Continue reading →

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New: Dark Nemesis

Posted on Monday, March 8, 2010 by Robert Hood

The trailer for Dark Nemesis (US-2010; dir. Drew Maxwell) has been released by production company Shoreline Entertainment. Originally titled Ferocious, Dark Nemesis is a post-apocalyptic monster movie, with some nifty independent production design work and a grotesque three-eyed monster. Synopsis: … Continue reading →

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And You Thought Ruggero Deodato’s Stuff Was Nasty…

Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2010 by Robert Hood

Once upon a time there was a little-known (because constantly banned and driven into exile) Italian exploitation filmmaker who made worse films than Ruggero Deodato could hope to imagine, even during a refried-grease-and-spicy-chicken-induced nightmare. Compared to the work of obscure … Continue reading →

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Review: In The Winter Dark

Posted on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by Robert Hood

In the Winter Dark (Aust-1998; dir. James Bogle) A number of significant Australian films that may be classified as “horror” play more like dramas with a subjective undercurrent of otherworldly influence than full-on supernatural thrillers, perhaps reflecting the ambivalent attitude … Continue reading →

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Coming Eventually: Feeding Frenzy

Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 by Robert Hood

Been wondering when someone would come up with a new “rubber puppet monster” horror-comedy franchise along the lines of those classics from the 1980s, Critters and Gremlins? Well, this might be it. Feeding Frenzy (US-2010; dir. Mike Stoklasa) What’s the … Continue reading →

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Exotic Gothic 3: Strange Visitations

Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 by Robert Hood

Just in is the next beautiful hardcover volume in editor (and academic) Danel Olson’s Exotic Gothic series of anthologies: Exotic Gothic 3: Strange Visitations (Ash-Tree Press, 2009). The Exotic Gothic anthologies, which deliberately seek out new work that pushes the … Continue reading →

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Dreams From the Dark

Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 by Robert Hood

Eyes in the Dark (US-2009) is a new independent film that is banking on the ongoing attraction of the first-person POV hand-held style popularised in recent times by the extraordinary success of The Blair Witch Project, [Rec] and Paranormal Activity. … Continue reading →

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