Category Archives: News

After the Dragon Wars

Posted on Saturday, July 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

Having finally seen Shim Hyung-rae’s D-War — otherwise known as Dragon Wars in the West — and having discovered it to be an entertaining giant monster lark, albeit flawed by some dodgy acting and a poorly structured script, I now … Continue reading →

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A Monstrous Conversion?

Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 by Robert Hood

Apparently Eli Roth, director of “torture porn” horror movies such as Hostel, has decided to turn his attention to the giant monster subgenre — and a PG-13 rating. Yahoo! Movies reported that he was “shooting for a family crowd” with … Continue reading →

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The Passing of a Monster Maker

Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 by Robert Hood

As you would have heard by now, one of the greatest cinematic monster makers of all time died on 16 June, succumbing to multiple myeloma, which he’d been fighting for seven years. Stanley Winston, who was 62, will be missed … Continue reading →

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Doctor Grordbort’s Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory (Catalogue Edition)

Posted on Monday, June 16, 2008 by Robert Hood

A catalogue of wondtabulous merchandise has just become available. Produced by the good folk at WETA studios (SFX creators for such films as Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong), in conjunction with Dark Horse Books, it … Continue reading →

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Black Magazine: The Colour Out of Inner Space

Posted on Saturday, June 14, 2008 by Robert Hood

Brimstone Press today announced the launching of a new, glossy, horror-related magazine, Black: Australian Dark Culture. This will be a major national magazine with wide distribution and, hopefully, wide appeal. It will focus on all things dark: from movies, music, … Continue reading →

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Godzilla Zero Hour

Posted on Friday, June 13, 2008 by Robert Hood

The latest images from Franz Vorenkamp’s fan-based film project, Godzilla Zero Hour, reveal a level of spectacle and understanding of the mythos of the Big G that has been lacking in mainstream Hollywood productions (okay, there has only ever been … Continue reading →

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Hiram Grange

Posted on Friday, June 13, 2008 by Robert Hood

Artist Malcolm McClinton has sent Backbrain a sneak preview of his cover art for the first in a graphic novel series featuring Hiram Grange, who is an agent for the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs — a secret organisation run by … Continue reading →

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Zombies Diversify!

Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

Two new (at least to me) bizarre zombie entertainments in this, the Renaissance time of zombiedom! Real Zombies First up is a TV series, a satire of reality TV called America’s Next Top Zombie Idol, written and directed by Blair … Continue reading →

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Take That, Zombie… um, Vampire Shakespeare!

Posted on Monday, June 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

It had to happen! As soon as someone thought of it, the result was inevitable. Tom Stoppard did his postmodern take on Hamlet in an absurdist tragicomedy called Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead back in 1966, by re-viewing the events … Continue reading →

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And Plan 10 is … Plan 9!

Posted on Monday, June 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

Edward D. Wood’s 1959 film Plan 9 From Outer Space is a “classic”. It’s badly made, amateurish, and outright embarrassing for all concerned, but it’s a “classic”. That “classic” stature comes from the very qualities that make it such a … Continue reading →

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