Category Archives: Independent film

Metamorphosis Undergoes a Metamorphosis

Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2016 by Robert Hood

“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself metamorphosed in his bed into an insect-like vermin of grotesque proportions.” Thanks to a message from director Chris Swanton, the Backbrain has discovered that Swanton’s excellent feature film … Continue reading →

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Who Says the Space Monsters Must Die?

Posted on Monday, September 14, 2015 by Robert Hood

So what do you get when you toss a gaggle of giant monsters into the one film? Pacific Rim? Well, yeah, but not this time. Destroy All Monsters? That’s more like it, at least according to the director of a … Continue reading →

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It’s Never Gonna Be Safe To Go Back In The Water…

Posted on Sunday, August 23, 2015 by Robert Hood

Just when you thought the assorted permutations of cinematic Selachimorpha [aka sharks], post-Jaws, must come to an end, some mad filmmaker always seems to release another one into the wild. Do We Really Think The Possibilities Are Exhausted? Okay, no … Continue reading →

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Rise of the Vorehemoth and the Reign of the Vore King

Posted on Thursday, June 4, 2015 by Robert Hood

Fancy getting eaten by a giant monster? A new feature-length micro-budget giant monster movie going by the title Vorehemoth is to be directed by the so-named Godfather of Vore and creator of La Vore Girls, Raymond P. Whalen (R.P. Whalen … Continue reading →

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Space Monster Numagirasu is Coming

Posted on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 by Robert Hood

Space Monster Numagirasu is clomping into view, though only the vibrations of his coming are being heard so far. Charming chap, isn’t he? Space Monster Numagirasu (a title which can also be transposed from the Japanese as “Space Monster Numaguirus”) … Continue reading →

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Throwing Some Light on the Dark Earth

Posted on Monday, December 1, 2014 by Robert Hood

Scottish-born director, screenwriter and old-school FX monster obsessive Peter A. Montgomery is nothing if not determined. His latest project — his most ambitious yet — is a feature film called Dark Earth that offers up monsters, period-set science fiction/fantasy adventure … Continue reading →

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It Grows! … on Steroids!

Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 by Robert Hood

So Nick Stathopoulos and Ryan Cauchi’s fantastic short nasty-plant-from-outer-space film, It Grows! (see these Undead Backbrain articles) has shambled off with a slew of awards at Zed Fest. Director Ryan Cauchi reports: I’m speechless right now. It Grows! has just … Continue reading →

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Hellyfish Slouches Towards Us?

Posted on Saturday, August 9, 2014 by Robert Hood

As the poet Yeats asked: “And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?” Well, folks, it’s a giant jellyfish. It may not be slouching towards Bethlehem, but it is heading towards a … Continue reading →

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Update: Meateaters Is Ready To Chew the Scenery

Posted on Saturday, March 29, 2014 by Robert Hood

Meateaters is the latest B-monster flick from the Polonia Bros. Entertainment. It was highlighted during January by Undead Backbrain in an article that explored the world of Monsters vs The Mafia on film. Synopsis: An excavation blast unleashes prehistoric terror … Continue reading →

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What Happened to the Expedition?

Posted on Monday, February 24, 2014 by Robert Hood

The Lost World concept has a long and successful history in fiction and on film. From Jules Verne’s Journey to the Centre of the Earth) and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World) through to Merian Cooper’s 1933 King Kong … Continue reading →

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