Category Archives: Independent film

More on Archangel Alpha (But Still No Mecha)

Posted on Thursday, March 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

Archangel Alpha (US-[in production, 2009]; dir. Aaron D. Martin) is an independent scifi film with a post-apocalyptic scenario, a love story, a futuristic war and giant robots. Backbrain has mentioned it on and off (last time here), and while we … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: The Horde

Posted on Sunday, March 1, 2009 by Robert Hood

Here at Undead Backbrain, we like to show an online zombie or ghost film for your weekend viewing pleasure — whenever the opportunity arises, at any rate. So here’s one for today. It’s a bit late… sorry. Upload issues. The … Continue reading →

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More Fever from the Rat Scratches

Posted on Saturday, February 21, 2009 by Robert Hood

We’ve scored another load of pictures from what might be the most talked about giant rat film ever — at least since Damian Lee’s 1989 sequel to Mr B.I.G.’s 1976 Food of the Gods. Rat Scratch Fever (US-2009; dir. Jeff … Continue reading →

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Bio-Slime Drips from the Walls

Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

John Lechago, diirector of the in-production sentient-ooze-themed horror flick Bio-Slime, has kindly offered the Backbrain a bunch of exclusive pictures. The plot involves … well, slime and ooze and tentacles and folk being absorbed into the muck, and features good … Continue reading →

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[Man-]Beastly Remake

Posted on Sunday, February 8, 2009 by Robert Hood

“30 Corpses… 1 Man Beast… 0 Plot.” So what’s the least likely film to get a remake? No doubt a plethora of z-grade and just-plain-awful mainstream flicks spring to mind — and really, the one I’m about to tell you … Continue reading →

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Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro Goes Beyond the Grave

Posted on Monday, February 2, 2009 by Robert Hood

There is a synchronicity between art, detectives and the restless dead and Brazilian director Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro has set out to explore the boundaries. In post-production is Beyond the Grave [aka Porto Dos Mortos] (Spain-2009; dir. Davi de Oliveira … Continue reading →

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Screech of the Fighting Owl

Posted on Sunday, February 1, 2009 by Robert Hood

Undead Backbrain frequently highlights small, independent film producers who are engaged in making exciting and (sometimes) innovative genre films. Fighting Owl is one such. Formed in 2003 as an umbrella company for student films, it is now engaged in the … Continue reading →

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Update: Tuatara

Posted on Sunday, January 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

A while back, we brought up the subject of a fascinating stop-motion scifi project named Tuatara (which you can read about here), wondering whether the long-fomenting ambitions of its creator (“Michael S.”) were likely to be coming to fruition any … Continue reading →

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Colin Theys and his Giant Rabbit

Posted on Friday, January 2, 2009 by Robert Hood

Colin Theys is a young director and visual effects artist currently working for Connecticut-based Synthetic Cinema International, having graduated from Wesleyan University with a dual major in film studies and psychology in 2007. His work is rather spectacular and I … Continue reading →

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