Category Archives: Horror

End of Week Zombie Flick: Necropolis Reborn

Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

Necropolis Reborn (US-2008; short [9:55 min]; dir. hudsonpro) This short zombie flick won 2nd place in The Alamo Drafthouse’s Dismember The Alamo zombie film festival which took place in Austin Texas earlier this year. It is a sequel of sorts … Continue reading →

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New: Book of Blood

Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

Clive Barker’s short story collection, The Books of Blood, which was published from 1984-1986, was genuinely a revelation, rocketing him to the top of the horror heap — and with good reason. Visceral, bloody, outrageously inventive and undeniably powerful, these … Continue reading →

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Dawn of a New Day [of the Triffids]

Posted on Saturday, November 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

John Wyndham’s The Day of the Triffids has always been one of my favourite SF novels. It’s up there among the great “apocalypse” stories, with a well-thought-out scenario, good writing and character drama, not to mention superb “monsters”. The concept … Continue reading →

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Update: Pesticide

Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 by Robert Hood

Remember the open call for people to get eaten by giant bugs that was posted on the Backbrain a while back? The film was Pesticide (US-2008; dir. Pat Cerrato) and it appears that considerable giant insect mayhem took place on … Continue reading →

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Thunder Downunder?

Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

Tremors (US-1990; dir. Ron Underwood) remains one of my favourite monster movies. With perfect casting, a beautifully structured and often witty script, great physical SFX, likeable characters and a general air of affable terror, it captures the essence of a … Continue reading →

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Creature Paparazzi

Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Creature from The Creature From the Black Lagoon (US-1954; dir. Jack Arnold) is one of US cinema’s most iconic monsters. I remember watching it in the early 1960s on our then-newish black-and-white TV set, when it was screened as … Continue reading →

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Attack of the Found Footage

Posted on Sunday, November 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

Here’s a clever and very funny faux trailer for a non-existent schlock-horror B-film, Attack of the Killer Parasites. Inspired by real life parasitic monsters and using public domain footage, mentalfloss.com has added to the ambiant level of paranoia currently terrorising … Continue reading →

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Elias’ Vampiric Existentialism

Posted on Friday, November 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

Ever wondered about all those smug self-satisfied vampires that seem to be out there now,  well-groomed and sexy, leading the lives of romantic heroes despite being living deficient? Well, the latest feature film from Elias and BiFF JUGGERNAUT Productions blows … Continue reading →

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The Monsters of Doctor Who: Morbius

Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 by Robert Hood

I am still here. I can see nothing, feel nothing. You have locked me into hell for eternity. If this is all there is, I would rather die now… Trapped like this, like a sponge beneath the sea. Yet even … Continue reading →

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Rock ‘n’ Reels

Posted on Sunday, October 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

Okay, before we get down to it, watch this: What you’ve just experienced is a trailer for a documentary about one of the most infamous indie filmmakers you’ve never heard of, David “The Rock” Nelson. Nelson has produced over 30 … Continue reading →

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