Category Archives: News

Brief Discoveries

Posted on Saturday, June 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

• Archangel Alpha (US-[in production, 2008]; dir. Aaron D. Martin) Information is starting to trickle out about this post-apocalyptic film, which is apparently inspired by Japanese anime, especially of the mecha kind. Archangel Alpha is a sci-fi war story of … Continue reading →

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New: Mermaid Island

Posted on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

Just a notice of something interesting in the pipeline, a blockbuster-style US/China co-production fantasy called Mermaid Island, that features a mortal and his mermaid lover. There’s no real information on the film yet, except that the director will be Jean-Christophe … Continue reading →

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New: The Beast With a Billion Backs

Posted on Friday, May 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

It’s the new Futurama movie, complete with sexual innuendo, smartarse robot and endless canny scifi humour.   It’s out on DVD in June, along with a rumoured three-part division for TV broadcast. Here’s the plot: The Planet Express crew must … Continue reading →

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New: Picnic of the Living Dead

Posted on Thursday, May 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

Now, for your entertainment, the Undead Backbrain brings you a complete new zombie film, Picnic of the Living Dead (US-2008; short; dir. Isaac Nejako). It’s a poignant tragedy about zombies, a picnic and a man with a chainsaw. It’s really … Continue reading →

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Where the Sea Serpents Warble…

Posted on Sunday, May 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

I haven’t found out anything specific about this one, including director, but Kaiju Search-Robot Avery — ever on the look-out for sea serpents — came across the website this morning: From all the COMING SOON pages — and the OPPORTUNITY … Continue reading →

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Knights Undead

Posted on Sunday, May 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

Funny how Knights Templar and zombies go together so well. Amando de Ossorio proved it with his “Blind Dead” films and now Andreas Schnaas’ gore-drenched Don’t Wake the Dead is set to re-enforce the idea. Don’t Wake the Dead (Germany-2008; … Continue reading →

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Mummy vs King Ghidorah?

Posted on Sunday, May 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

Obviously I haven’t been paying attention. The trailer for the third Brendan Frazer Mummy movie, Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, has taken me by surprise. Not only does the film have Rob Cohen as director, but it’s also … Continue reading →

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Night of the Living Dead Homage

Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

Joe Barbarisi’s short film Flowers for the Dead — first lensed back in 2006, according to Quiet Earth — is nearing completion, with the latest round of footage being developed even as we speak. The 30-45 minute film is apparently … Continue reading →

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New: Monster Movie

Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 by Robert Hood

More Truth-In-Advertising! A monster movie called Monster Movie. And it will be released to DVD in September this year. Monster Movie (US-2008; dir. Mark and John Polonia) Bigger and badder than CLOVERFIELD… more intense than BLAIR WITCH… it’s America’s most … Continue reading →

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Online Giant Monster

Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 by Robert Hood

Author Steve Niles and artist Nat Jones let loose a comic a while back under the title Giant Monster. Fortunately for us, the title is completely accurate according to Truth-In-Advertising guidelines and you get what you might expect to get … Continue reading →

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