Category Archives: Independent film

Weekend Fright Flick Festival: Post-Apocalypse

Posted on Sunday, April 18, 2010 by Robert Hood

Whereas disaster films such as Roland Emmerich’s ADD exercise in visual frenzy, 2012, are about immediate survival and in-progress destruction (with thrills coming from the destruction itself), post-apocalypse tales tend to explore in a more reflective manner the aftermath of … Continue reading →

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More From the Bug

Posted on Saturday, April 17, 2010 by Robert Hood

The Cran Brothers’ in-production giant monster flick, The Millennium Bug (US-2010; dir Kenneth Cran) — which the Backbrain highlighted on 4 April — is getting weirder as we learn more about it. Of central interest is the fact that it … Continue reading →

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Primitive: The FX Strike Back

Posted on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 by Robert Hood

Monsters are special effects, right? Well, Primitive — a new film by Thunderhead Entertainment and director Benjamin Cooper (The Conquered: Curse of the Shaman, The Brink) — takes the somewhat post-modern approach of having an “actual” monster arise from the … Continue reading →

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Great Space Monster Darkmatton

Posted on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 by Robert Hood

He’s made of dark matter, he’s really big, he destroys cities with bursts of destructive energy. He’s Darkmatton, a new kaiju created by director Yohei Miyawaki for his short animated film, Great Space Monster Darkmatton. Yohei Miyawaki (pictured below) is … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Independent film, Japanese, Trailers | 4 Comments

Bikini (Monster) Gallery *Update*

Posted on Monday, April 12, 2010 by Robert Hood

Somehow, bikinis and monsters — particularly in conjunction — say “schlock horror” more forcefully than almost any of the other possible components that can contribute to an archetypal exploitation film. This fact alone is bound to get Bikini Monsters (US-2010; … Continue reading →

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Max Neptune to the Rescue!

Posted on Sunday, April 11, 2010 by Robert Hood

If ever there was a retro film that captures the gaudy, innocent sci-fi thrills of space serials from the 1940s and 1950s, Max Neptune and the Menacing Squid (US-2010; dir. John Garside and Colin Fleming) looks like it’s the one.  … Continue reading →

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A Ripping Tale of Zombies, Monsters and Other Mind-spawned Horrors

Posted on Saturday, April 10, 2010 by Robert Hood

Mind Rip is an in-development horror feature film — a project of John David Vincent and Philrose Productions. At present it exists as a number of classic-style grindhouse trailers and a heap of conceptual design work. With one eye on … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Giant Monsters, Independent film, Monsters in general, Zombies | 4 Comments

Update: Alien vs Ninja

Posted on Monday, April 5, 2010 by Robert Hood

Here’s the trailer for Alien vs Ninja (Japan-2010; dir. Seiji Chiba), a must-see exploitation mash-up from the newly formed Sushi Typhoon. Yuji Shimomura (Versus, Aragami, Alive, Death Trance) is handling the fight choreography. Synopsis: Once upon a time in Japan, … Continue reading →

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The Millennium Bug Will Get Us Yet

Posted on Sunday, April 4, 2010 by Robert Hood

Surreptitiously working away in relative obscurity, director Kenneth Cran and his brother James have been developing a new film called The Millennium Bug. Unlike the Year 2000’s Millennium Bug — which was digitally tiny and proved something of a non-event … Continue reading →

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New Bio-Slime Trailer Oozes the Good Stuff

Posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 by Robert Hood

We’ve talked about Bio-Slime (US-2010; dir. John Lechago) before, we’ve seen the pictures and a previous trailer. Now there’s a killer “final” trailer on the loose and the film’s looking good for its imminent release. The director John Lechago has … Continue reading →

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