Category Archives: Horror

More Sightings of Muckman

Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2009 by Robert Hood

Writer, director and all-round independent cinema Renaissance Man Brett Piper’s latest B-flick renovation is Muckman — an epic tale of swamplands, genetic mutation and tentacles. We last explored the heritage on which it draws here — and now have a … Continue reading →

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New: Dead Souls

Posted on Sunday, September 27, 2009 by Robert Hood

Dead Souls: An Anthology of Darkness and Mayhem (edited by Mark S. Deniz and published by Morrigan Books) was officially launched at Fantasy Con in Nottingham, England on 19 September 2009. To quote the website: Before God created light, there … Continue reading →

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Crustacean: The Movie

Posted on Saturday, September 26, 2009 by Robert Hood

There is, in the heart of the horror genre, an undoubted fascination for freakshow and carnival flicks, be they good stuff such as Tod Browning’s classic Freaks (1932), the brilliant TV series Carnivàle (2003-2005) and David Lynch’s tragic The Elephant … Continue reading →

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The Moleman Cometh!

Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 by Robert Hood

Beats me why Americans have basements. There’s always something nasty living down there and you just know there’s gonna be trouble sooner or later. The basement — as the “underground” area of a house or building — becomes a metaphorical … Continue reading →

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Plan 9 is launched — Again!

Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 by Robert Hood

A while back, director John Johnson announced that he would be remaking “one of the worst films ever made”, Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space (US-1959; dir. Edward D. Wood Jr.), in which invading aliens resurrect the dead to … Continue reading →

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Collecting Psychos

Posted on Thursday, September 3, 2009 by Robert Hood

A while back, I was asked by Benjamin Szumskyi — editor of books on horror writers as well as founding editor of the journals Studies in Fantasy Literature and Studies in Australian Weird Fiction — if I would contribute to … Continue reading →

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Rob Zombie vs The Blob

Posted on Saturday, August 29, 2009 by Robert Hood

The big news at the moment is that hard-rocker and exploitation filmmaker Rob Zombie has decided to make a move from his iconic serial-killer trailer trash flicks into the realms of scifi horror, having signed on to do a modern … Continue reading →

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Chihuahuas With Very Sharp Teeth

Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 by Robert Hood

So in the scramble to come up with a new cinematic monster, there are many possibilities. How about a prehistoric mammoth that is brought back from the dead as a rotting, rampaging menace? No, that’s been done! In Mammoth (US-2006; … Continue reading →

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Wolfman Remake Lopes Closer

Posted on Monday, August 24, 2009 by Robert Hood

As remakes go, The Wolfman (UK/US-2010; dir. Joe Johnston) looks like a beauty — if only for Rick Baker’s make-up SFX and design work. It stars Benicio Del Toro as Lawrence Talbot — and the Wolfman: Geraldine Chaplin (as Maleva), … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: Road to Moloch

Posted on Sunday, August 23, 2009 by Robert Hood

Even if you don’t normally watch the films I put up here on a more-or-less weekly basis, this one is a Must-See. It’s a new short film, only recently completed — a supernatural thriller/action film with superb production values and … Continue reading →

Posted in Demons, Film, Horror, Independent film, Weekend Fright Flick, Zombies | 1 Comment