Category Archives: Horror

Christopher Lee Gets Heavy

Posted on Monday, January 11, 2010 by Robert Hood

The UK Telegraph has revealed that British actor Christopher Lee — iconic as Dracula in Hammer’s series of horror films, mostly playing against Peter Cushing’s Van Helsing, but also taking significant roles in genre films both large and small ever … Continue reading →

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A Lovecraftian Invasion 3: Beyond the Wall of Sleep

Posted on Friday, January 1, 2010 by Robert Hood

In the previous post in this series, I made reference to the role of sleep and the Dreamland it gives access to in the stories of H.P. Lovecraft. Central to those is the so-called “Dream Cycle”, which consists of “The … Continue reading →

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A Lovecraftian Invasion 2: The Sleeping Deep

Posted on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 by Robert Hood

I have often wondered if the majority of mankind ever pause to reflect upon the occasionally titanic significance of dreams, and of the obscure world to which they belong. Whilst the greater number of our nocturnal visions are perhaps no … Continue reading →

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Crying in the Deadlands: An Interview with Jeremiah Sayys

Posted on Sunday, December 27, 2009 by Robert Hood

Actor/writer/director Jeremiah Sayys has been working on a slew of ambitious genre films. Just completing post-production for release in 2010 is his first self-directed film, a horror thriller — Of Silence (US-2010; dir. Jeremiah Sayys): After returning home, a scuba … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flicks: The Statement of Randolph Carter

Posted on Sunday, December 27, 2009 by Robert Hood

While we’re in the thick of a Lovecraftian Invasion, it seems a good time to show some reasonably recent short films based on H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Statement of Randolph Carter” (1919) — plus an older bonus. I repeat to you, … Continue reading →

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Solomon Kane

Posted on Saturday, December 26, 2009 by Robert Hood

It’s about time that Hollywood really began to exploit the legacy of Weird Tales alumni and creator of Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard, who wrote much more than just the Conan stories. With a new Conan film on the … Continue reading →

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A Lovecraftian Invasion 1: Dirt Dauber

Posted on Saturday, December 26, 2009 by Robert Hood

Few filmmakers have been successful in translating New England horror writer H.P. Lovecraft’s dense, adjective-driven tales of Elder Gods, Old Ones and the Horrors That Lurk Just the Other Side of Reality into effective cinema. Despite interesting earlier forays such … Continue reading →

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The Killer Auction

Posted on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 by Robert Hood

In recent times Japanese horror cinema (in particular) has focused on contemporary communication technologies to explore the dark side of modern society. It started with the VHS-derived terrors of Ring (Japan-1998, dir. Hideo Nakata) and its progeny, but exceptional films … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Horror, Independent film, Japanese, Monsters in general, Trailers | 2 Comments

Astro Zombie M3: Cloned Trailer

Posted on Saturday, December 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

A teaser trailer to Ted V. Mikels’ Astro Zombie M3: Cloned (due for release in January 2010) has just appeared on the maverick director’s webpage: Monster Island News recently featured some behind-the-scenes info and pictures from the film. In other … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Horror, Independent film, News, Teaser, Trailers, Zombies | 2 Comments

W.P.X. – Mutant Monsters Attack!

Posted on Saturday, December 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

Wisconsin Project X is a sci-fi/horror film written, directed, produced and starring Christian Ackerman — an all-round Renaissance man of cinema! The project has been underway for some time, beginning from an idea for a zombie flick he’d first had … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Horror, Independent film, Trailers, Zombies | 6 Comments