Category Archives: Independent film

Faster, Monstro! Kill! Kill!: An Interview with Stuart Simpson

Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 by Robert Hood

A new Australian film that pits four gorgeous but deadly women against a weird tentacled monster from the deeps, El Monstro del Mar (Aust-2010; dir. Stuart Simpson) has been causing much excited talk around the internet (see the earlier article … Continue reading →

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Visions of Mold: An Interview with Neil Meschino

Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 by Robert Hood

Avery Guerra talks with Neil Meschino, director of the new blood, muck, and tears horror flick, Mold! (US-2010; dir. Neil Meschino). Film Synopsis: Set in 1984, when the war on drugs was at its height, the story concerns a strain … Continue reading →

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What Lurks Beneath the Bleak Sea?

Posted on Sunday, May 9, 2010 by Robert Hood

One thing’s for sure — answering that question is going to be an exciting ride. Anything that uses Friedrich Nietzsche’s scarily evocation quotation as its tagline certainly gets my stamp of approval! Bleak Sea is an in-development undersea monster film … Continue reading →

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Resurrection, Yes, But What is Being Resurrected?

Posted on Saturday, May 8, 2010 by Robert Hood

Resurrection is a new independent sci-fi/horror film from Jeff Burr — exploitation director of films such as The Offspring (1987), Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990), Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy (2007, with Chip Gubera) and Puppet Master 4 … Continue reading →

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Inspiring Giant Monsters To Attack Hawaii!

Posted on Thursday, May 6, 2010 by Robert Hood

It seems I’ve encouraged a group of giant monsters to go on a rampage… This intriguing concept poster (click on the image to see it larger) illustrates an in-production short independent film called Giant Monsters Attack Hawaii! The film is … Continue reading →

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King Crab Attack!: The Full Version

Posted on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 by Robert Hood

And now, Undead Backbrain presents the complete 1950s giant monster spoof film, King Crab Attack! (France-2010; short [6:38 min.]; dir. Gregoire Sivan). The Backbrain first introduced you to the film via trailers, poster and assorted pictures in September last year … Continue reading →

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What’s For Breakfast? Ask the Oatmeal Man

Posted on Friday, April 30, 2010 by Robert Hood

Is there a horror film tradition of monstrous food? Let’s see, offhand (and ignoring cannibal movies and movies about poisoned edibles) I can think of The Stuff (US-1985; dir. Larry Cohen) [sentient killer yoghurt], The Gingerdead Man (US-2005; dir. Charles … Continue reading →

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Wolf Man vs Dracula? Way Too Passé!

Posted on Thursday, April 29, 2010 by Robert Hood

Now that pitting monsters of different species against each other has become the norm, no one feels obliged to stick to traditional match-making. Aliens, Predators, Jason, Freddy, Vikings, ninjas, mega sharks, giant octopi, Sharktopus, Dinoshark, giant komodo lizards, vixen assassins … Continue reading →

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Update: Even Muckier

Posted on Monday, April 26, 2010 by Robert Hood

Muckman (US-2010; dir Brett Piper) A quick addition to the Backbrain’s growing accumulation of muck on the old-school independent monster flick, Muckman. Synopsis: Deep in the Blackwoods Forest, a sexy TV host, Asia Buchanan, and her crew of Producer, Cameraman … Continue reading →

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First Cloverfield, Now Brookfield?

Posted on Monday, April 26, 2010 by Robert Hood

At the bottom of Lake Michigan a sleeping terror waits. Lying dormant for centuries, now it has come ashore… In late 2009, something huge rose from the waters of Lake Michigan and attacked the City of Milwaukee, leaving a trail … Continue reading →

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