Category Archives: Independent film

Weekend Fright Flick: It Came From Beyond the Mountain

Posted on Saturday, September 18, 2010 by Robert Hood

So you reckon “they don’t make ’em like that any more”? Well, maybe they do. Director Douglas Bankston’s retro-50s giant monster film, It Came From Beyond the Mountain is here presented in its full 10:38 minute version. According to Bankston, … Continue reading →

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Bunyan: The Legend as Monster

Posted on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by Robert Hood

Sometimes it’s fun to re-imagine legendary heroes as bad guys and monsters. I recently did it myself, in a sci-fi horror story about the Assyrian hero Gilgamesh. Sometimes even superheroes become embittered and darken up their act. Superman did it … Continue reading →

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There’s a Creature (or Two) in Lake Michigan

Posted on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by Robert Hood

So it took James Cameron 15 years to make Avatar, eh? Big deal! Maybe he should have spent more time on the script. Jim Hardison worked on his cinematic magnum opus for 21 years, and it’s finally done. The film … Continue reading →

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Jump-Starting the Ghost Shark

Posted on Monday, August 23, 2010 by Robert Hood

Want another mutant shark movie? A good one? Or would you prefer a ghost movie? Can’t decide? Well, we’re here to help. Check out this really cool trailer. Yes, it’s Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws (NZ-[in development]; dir. Andrew Todd … Continue reading →

Posted in Exploitation films, Ghosts, Giant Monsters, Horror, Humour, Independent film, Interviews, Kaiju Search-Robot Avery, News, Trailers | 8 Comments

Thems!

Posted on Friday, August 20, 2010 by Robert Hood

Remember Them (US-1954; dir. Gordon Douglas)? One of the great scifi horror films of the Cold-War era — eerie desert locations, the stink of formic acid and a weird, high-pitched whine, James Arness hunting giant ants through the sewers of … Continue reading →

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Look! Up in the Sky… It’s Super Shark!

Posted on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 by Robert Hood

It’s huge. It’s strong. It uses its fins to walk on the land. It flies through the air, leaping tall buildings with a single swipe of the tail. Yes, in the world of one-upmanship that is independent cinema, it was … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: Space Bugs

Posted on Sunday, August 1, 2010 by Robert Hood

Jesse Blanchard is a self-taught filmmaker who only recently discovered what he describes as “the joys of horror films”. Note: on that subject, John Carpenter says (on the commentary track for his Masters of Horror film Cigarette Burns): “Anyone who’s … Continue reading →

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Update: Future Fighters

Posted on Friday, July 30, 2010 by Robert Hood

Future Fighters is a big live-action mecha epic — full of space battles, giant robots and, as seems inevitable these days, 3D thrills. We featured it on Undead Backbrain last June, and now, in a press release issued for Comic … Continue reading →

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Sinbad Voyages Again in Dynamation!

Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010 by Robert Hood

At least one production studio — aptly named Giant Flick Films  —  is hell-bent on ensuring that their addition to a great cinematic tradition will replicate the sort of mythic monsters that made the originals so enchanting. Sinbad: The Fifth … Continue reading →

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Trailer for Gareth Edwards’ Monsters

Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2010 by Robert Hood

Monsters (UK-2010; dir. Gareth Edwards) — with its District 9, pseudo-realistic approach to a notoriously unrealistic genre — has been greeted with huge enthusiasm among those who have been lucky enough to see it. If you don’t know what we’re … Continue reading →

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