Category Archives: News

Spike Makes A Point

Posted on Sunday, August 31, 2008 by Robert Hood

Sometimes fairy tales make excellent (or at least interesting) horror films. Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) [aka El Laberinto del Fauno] is something of an epitomé of the approach, of course; but others, such as Michael Cohn’s Snow White: … Continue reading →

Posted in Faery, Film, Horror, News, Teaser | 7 Comments

J.T. Petty’s The Burrowers

Posted on Saturday, August 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

My awareness of J.T. Petty’s work, as writer and director, is pretty well restricted to Mimic: Sentinel (2003) — the third film in the series that originated with Guillermo Del Toro’s Mimic (1997) and one that hasn’t gained much of … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Horror, News | 3 Comments

In the Post: The Ghosts

Posted on Friday, August 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Ghosts (Australia-2009 [in post-production]; dir. Mathew J. Wilkinson) Tagline: There are 36 claimed haunted locations in Australia. They missed one. Synopsis: A family vacation in the Australian outback turns horribly wrong when the family is taken hostage by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Ghosts, News, Teaser | 1 Comment

B-Flick Invasion

Posted on Thursday, August 28, 2008 by Robert Hood

During a routine close encounter the other day — somewhere between an orgy of cornfield art and the usual anal probing — I got into conversation with my tall, google-eyed captor, whose long, pointy teeth should have been a serious … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, News | 3 Comments

Bob’s Giant Monster Movie

Posted on Monday, August 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

Bob Nelson and Brick Cave Media have just plunged into pre-production for a giant monster movie currently sporting the working title Bob’s Giant Monster Movie. Bob, who describes himself as “a writer, poet and organizer”, will be the Executive Director … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, News | 4 Comments

Birthday of the Living Dead

Posted on Thursday, July 24, 2008 by Robert Hood

First, the Backbrain’s partner, Cat Sparks, greets him with: “Hope the zombie hordes bring you something nice!” Then ORB editor, Sarah Endacott sends this: Then a Clarion South survivor, Chris Green, says: “Have a happy birthday! You’re one year closer … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Zombies | 1 Comment

Watch Me … and Die!

Posted on Thursday, July 24, 2008 by Robert Hood

Australia’s entry in the J-Horror revolution begun with (or at least given its major impetus by) Ring [aka Ringu] (Japan-1998, dir. Hideo Nakata) is a low-budget supernatural horror film called Watch Me. Watch Me (Australia-2006, dir. Melanie Ansley) Starring Frances … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Ghosts, Horror, News | Leave a comment

The Diary Continues

Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 by Robert Hood

Before Diary of the Dead has even appeared in Australia [Come on, guys! Where the hell is it?], news is out that George Romero will direct a sequel. The as-yet-untitled Diary of the Dead 2 is, according to DreadCentral, “99.9% … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, News, Zombies | 2 Comments

New South Korean Giants

Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

With the upsurge in international awareness of Asian genre films, collaboration has become even more desirable and will hopefully inject some originality into such subgenres as the B-schlock “rampaging giant monster” film. Polygon Entertainment (a film production company based in … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, News | 3 Comments

New: Tales From the Dead

Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 by Robert Hood

Horror-based anthology films don’t receive particularly favourable PR, though without a doubt there are several from earlier times that may be considered classics. Dead of Night (1945) is one such — a beautifully made, much-discussed supernatural portmanteau film that works … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Ghosts, News, Posters, Trailers | 1 Comment