Category Archives: Horror

Update: Return to Yucca Flats

Posted on Saturday, August 22, 2009 by Robert Hood

Remember Leon Cowan’s remake of The Beast of Yucca Flats — Return to Yucca Flats: Desert Man-Beast — which David C. Hayes bravely wrote and is producing, and in which he even more bravely plays the titular Man-Beast? No, well, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Horror, Independent film, Update | 1 Comment

New: Dog

Posted on Saturday, August 22, 2009 by Robert Hood

Dog (US-2009; dir. Tim Gates) This upcoming horror film from Tim Gates offers a very promising approach to the animal/human interface. Definitely not your average lycanthrope. Synopsis: A vast salvage yard lies nestled in the woods, on the edge of … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Horror, Independent film, Monsters in general, News | 5 Comments

New: Parasitic

Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

Parasitic (US-2009; short [14 min.]; dir. C.J. Arellano & Josh Alletto) In Parasitic, a talking tapeworm forms in the stomach of a lonely, snobby high school boy. With a scenario in the tradition of Frank Henenlotter’s 1988 sentient parasite film, … Continue reading →

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

Survival of the Dead

Posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 by Robert Hood

George A. Romero’s follow-up to Diary of the Dead (US-2007; dir. George A. Romero) has for some time been called by the in-production title of “… of the Dead”. Now (even though Romero has previously — and ironically — suggested … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocalypse, Film, Horror, Update, Zombies | 4 Comments

New: Muckman

Posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 by Robert Hood

Prolific B-horror film writer/director Brett Piper has a mission in life: I’ve come to realize that keeping B-movie clichés alive is my mission. After all, we all enjoy old movies like The Blob and I Married a Monster From Outer Space, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Horror, Independent film, News | 7 Comments

A New Hell Comes to Earth: Addendum

Posted on Saturday, August 8, 2009 by Robert Hood

This follow-up to our previous post on Hell on Earth (US-2009; dir. Ted A. Bohus) is made up of pictures. Pictures of what, you may ask? Well, take a look — and remember to click on ’em to see ’em … Continue reading →

Posted in Demons, Film, Horror, News, Zombies | 1 Comment

A New Hell Comes to Earth

Posted on Saturday, August 8, 2009 by Robert Hood

Some of the great films and movements in horror cinema have come from independent filmmakers working with minimal resources.  Herk Harvey’s Carnival of Souls (1962), Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead (1981) are obvious … Continue reading →

Posted in Demons, Film, Horror, Independent film, News, Zombies | 2 Comments

Ub Iwerks’ Balloon Land (1935)

Posted on Monday, July 27, 2009 by Robert Hood

This is one of my favourite cartoons – funny, cute and very sinister all at once. If your download rate can take it, hit the “HQ” button and watch the Pincushion Man do his thing in high quality. Balloon Land … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Cartoon, Horror | 3 Comments

Update: Bikini Monsters

Posted on Sunday, July 26, 2009 by Robert Hood

Bikini Monsters (US-in production; dir. Terence Muncy) Director Terence Muncy has sent Undead Backbrain some images and local newspaper articles relating to his new film, Bikini Monsters, which is currently in production. Newspaper articles (the first from the Tampa Bay … Continue reading →

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Review: Attack of the Slime People

Posted on Sunday, July 26, 2009 by Robert Hood

Attack of the Slime People (US-2008; dir. Martin King) Buddy Flavenoid (Robert Tiffi) is a lot of things — a Ed-Woodesque writer and director of B-horror films in 1950s Hollywood, a delusional auteur, a dab hand with a baseball bat, … Continue reading →

Posted in Horror, Independent film, Review | 8 Comments