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Category Archives: News
New: Parasitic
Parasitic (US-2009; short [14 min.]; dir. C.J. Arellano & Josh Alletto) In Parasitic, a talking tapeworm forms in the stomach of a lonely, snobby high school boy. With a scenario in the tradition of Frank Henenlotter’s 1988 sentient parasite film, … Continue reading
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New: Muckman
Prolific B-horror film writer/director Brett Piper has a mission in life: I’ve come to realize that keeping B-movie clichés alive is my mission. After all, we all enjoy old movies like The Blob and I Married a Monster From Outer Space, … Continue reading
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Zombies For Christmas
As mentioned in passing in the previous post, Sean Cain’s Silent Night, Zombie Night is coming to town. Synopsis: Zombies paparazzied: Trailer: In regards to the Christmas theme, the director comments: Well, [the film] does take place in Los Angeles … Continue reading
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The Conquered: Curse of the Shaman
This is how director Benjamin Cooper (The Brink, The Omega Diary) describes his new film The Conquered: Curse of the Shaman: In this horror story, a Shaman’s daughter reanimates the mummified corpse of an ancient Indian brave to punish those … Continue reading
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A New Hell Comes to Earth: Addendum
This follow-up to our previous post on Hell on Earth (US-2009; dir. Ted A. Bohus) is made up of pictures. Pictures of what, you may ask? Well, take a look — and remember to click on ’em to see ’em … Continue reading
A New Hell Comes to Earth
Some of the great films and movements in horror cinema have come from independent filmmakers working with minimal resources. Herk Harvey’s Carnival of Souls (1962), Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead (1981) are obvious … Continue reading
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Death Kappa: Another Gojira Contender
Yōkai are a form of traditional Japanese monster spirits, best known to cinephiles from a trilogy of fantasy films from the 1960s: Yokai daisenso [aka Big Ghost War; Spook Warfare] (Japan-1968, dir. Yoshiyuki Kuroda); Yokai Hyaku Monogatari [aka The Hundred … Continue reading
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Kong or Not Kong, That is the Question
Thanks to Variety and a report that Spirit Pictures has picked up the rights to Joe DeVito (artist) and Brad Strickland’s illustrated novel Kong: King of Skull Island, sites across the net are enthusing over the idea that a new … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, King Kong, News, Update, Where's the Film?
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The Coming of the Fire Ants
Except in Them! (and other less prominent giant mutation films), the ant is not really a suitable subject for monster films. They’re too small. But the interesting thing about ants — particularly the ones that gather into vast hordes, like … Continue reading
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Mixing Bikinis and Monsters
In director Terence Muncy’s demented vision of bikini-clad beach babes and summer madness, there are plenty of reasons to stay out of the water — in fact, to run for the hills. Here’s one: An independent film about an ethically … Continue reading
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