Category Archives: Horror

Spectres of the Past: James Doig

Posted on Sunday, June 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

James Doig has recently published two excellent anthologies of early Australian supernatural horror fiction: Australian Gothic: An Anthology of Australian Supernatural Fiction 1867-1939, edited by James Doig (Equilibrium Books, 2007) and Australian Nightmares: More Australian Tales of Terror and the … Continue reading →

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The Passing of a Monster Maker

Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 by Robert Hood

As you would have heard by now, one of the greatest cinematic monster makers of all time died on 16 June, succumbing to multiple myeloma, which he’d been fighting for seven years. Stanley Winston, who was 62, will be missed … Continue reading →

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Black Magazine: The Colour Out of Inner Space

Posted on Saturday, June 14, 2008 by Robert Hood

Brimstone Press today announced the launching of a new, glossy, horror-related magazine, Black: Australian Dark Culture. This will be a major national magazine with wide distribution and, hopefully, wide appeal. It will focus on all things dark: from movies, music, … Continue reading →

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Hiram Grange

Posted on Friday, June 13, 2008 by Robert Hood

Artist Malcolm McClinton has sent Backbrain a sneak preview of his cover art for the first in a graphic novel series featuring Hiram Grange, who is an agent for the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs — a secret organisation run by … Continue reading →

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New: Killdroid

Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 by Robert Hood

“He turned her on. Now she had to switch him off.” Like Universal Soldier (1992), this Filipino exploitation flick features a dead soldier reconstructed and reanimated as an ultimate fighting machine, hence is a zombie tale of sorts. Unlike Universal … Continue reading →

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Night of the Living Dead Homage

Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

Joe Barbarisi’s short film Flowers for the Dead — first lensed back in 2006, according to Quiet Earth — is nearing completion, with the latest round of footage being developed even as we speak. The 30-45 minute film is apparently … Continue reading →

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Coming soon! Ret Romanne

Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008 by Robert Hood

This is by way of an introduction to what comic artist and writer Alan Brooks considers to be his magnum opus, Ret Romanne. Ret Romanne is a Time Dignitary who lives and works on the Off World “Cloud City” of … Continue reading →

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Gallowwalker

Posted on Friday, May 2, 2008 by Robert Hood

There’s a lot that’s attractive about films that attempt to combine zombies and an “Old West” setting, though to date no one has succeeded in capturing the essence of an undead western mythos as well as Joe Lansdale in his … Continue reading →

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New: Guardians

Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

This film — Guardians (US-2006; dir. Drew Maxwell) — could be interesting. Decent-looking mutants, at least, which may squeeze into the giant-monster category, at the bottom end of the size scale. The film was a Finalist for Best Science Fiction … Continue reading →

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Horror and Humour: Chew Chew Baby

Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2008 by Robert Hood

Check out this cartoon from 1958. With its theme of a monstrous little cannibal loose in Cincinnati, it’s definitely a horror story… but who exactly was the audience? It looks like it’s for kids, but that would surely be the … Continue reading →

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