Category Archives: News

A Princess of Mars

Posted on Sunday, September 20, 2009 by Robert Hood

Early images from a cinematic version of one of Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs’ most notoriously unfilmed series have just be released. The Barsoom series  — which began with A Princess of Mars (1917), originally serialised under the title Under … Continue reading →

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The Men Who Stare At Goats

Posted on Sunday, September 13, 2009 by Robert Hood

In his bizarre non-fiction book The Men Who Stare At Goats, Jon Ronson details official US Government projects to develop the use of psychic abilities as part of the military’s Intelligence arsenal. He reveals the significant budgets allocated to research … Continue reading →

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The Moleman Cometh!

Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 by Robert Hood

Beats me why Americans have basements. There’s always something nasty living down there and you just know there’s gonna be trouble sooner or later. The basement — as the “underground” area of a house or building — becomes a metaphorical … Continue reading →

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Plan 9 is launched — Again!

Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 by Robert Hood

A while back, director John Johnson announced that he would be remaking “one of the worst films ever made”, Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space (US-1959; dir. Edward D. Wood Jr.), in which invading aliens resurrect the dead to … Continue reading →

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Recon 2023: The Gauda Prime Conspiracy

Posted on Saturday, September 5, 2009 by Robert Hood

I haven’t heard of this one before, but it has a giant monster in it — a giant monster with large chicken feet. Could it be the Giant Space Chicken himself? Um, no …. probably not. Recon 2023: The Gauda … Continue reading →

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First Ripple from the Depths of Sector 7

Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 by Robert Hood

Back in July 2008 Undead Backbrain reported on the work being done by Polygon Entertainment (a film production company based in Marin County, California). Polygon was set up by founders Hans H. Uhlig and Doo Jin Kim specifically to work … Continue reading →

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Rob Zombie vs The Blob

Posted on Saturday, August 29, 2009 by Robert Hood

The big news at the moment is that hard-rocker and exploitation filmmaker Rob Zombie has decided to make a move from his iconic serial-killer trailer trash flicks into the realms of scifi horror, having signed on to do a modern … Continue reading →

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Chihuahuas With Very Sharp Teeth

Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 by Robert Hood

So in the scramble to come up with a new cinematic monster, there are many possibilities. How about a prehistoric mammoth that is brought back from the dead as a rotting, rampaging menace? No, that’s been done! In Mammoth (US-2006; … Continue reading →

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Bollywood’s First “Creature” Film

Posted on Sunday, August 23, 2009 by Robert Hood

Bollywood auteur Vikram Bhatt describes the impetus behind his filmmaking: Every filmmaker has a genre he’s comfortable with and every filmmaker is a peddler. Karan Johar peddles emotions. Yashraj peddles romance. Priyadrshan and David Dhawan peddle comedy. I peddle fear! … Continue reading →

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New: Dog

Posted on Saturday, August 22, 2009 by Robert Hood

Dog (US-2009; dir. Tim Gates) This upcoming horror film from Tim Gates offers a very promising approach to the animal/human interface. Definitely not your average lycanthrope. Synopsis: A vast salvage yard lies nestled in the woods, on the edge of … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Horror, Independent film, Monsters in general, News | 5 Comments