Category Archives: Review

Review: The Meeksville Ghost

Posted on Saturday, November 17, 2007 by Robert Hood

“A non-horror supernatural comedy-drama (parts of which suggest Back to the Future 3 in setting and tone, though without that film’s budget, dynamism or general panache), The Meeksville Ghost tells a story of past misdeeds, present-day villainy, and the outworkings … Continue reading →

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Review: Flight of the Living Dead

Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 by Robert Hood

It was a pun waiting to happen! Despite its spoofy — and rather clumsy — double-barrel title (which evokes Snakes on a Plane as well as the more relevant influence, Night of the Living Dead), Flight of the Living Dead: … Continue reading →

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Review: Kraa! The Sea Monster

Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 by Robert Hood

Charles Band has a lot to answer for! Desperate to fill every gap on the video rental shelves, Full Moon exploitation filmmaker Charles Band clearly decided that he hadn’t done the kaiju genre yet and really should get his act … Continue reading →

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Review: Yongary, Monster from the Deep

Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 by Robert Hood

It’s 1967 and South Korea leaps in at the shallow end of the daikaiju pool! The Host is a long way off! South Korea’s response to the success of the Japanese kaiju eiga craze, at a time when Daiei’s Gamera … Continue reading →

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Review: Konga

Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 by Robert Hood

Review of the 1961 British mad scientist/giant ape fusion, Konga: This bizarre mix of mad scientist movie and giant ape/King-Kongesque epic starts well enough, full of colourful ’60s clothes, bright photography, stylised English dialogue, rather attractive carnivorous plants and a … Continue reading →

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Review: The Gravedancers

Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 by Robert Hood

Brief review of The Gravedancers — one of the 8 Films To Die For featured in the 2006 After Dark Horrorfest and now on DVD: The initial narrative premise gives this low-budget haunting tale a big boost and luckily the … Continue reading →

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Review: The Dead Will Tell

Posted on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 by Robert Hood

Brief review of the 2004 ghost film The Dead Will Tell, starring Anne Heche.

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Review: Dead and Deader

Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2007 by Robert Hood

“In a ‘making of’ documentary on the Anchor Bay DVD, writer/producer Mark Altman remarks that Dead and Deader is more of a superhero film than a zombie flick. Well, it has all the characteristics of current gut-munching apocalyptic zombie cinema, … Continue reading →

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Review: The Quick and the Undead

Posted on Sunday, October 14, 2007 by Robert Hood

“A decent concept, classy cinematography and splatterings of blood and brain matter do not alone add up to an effective zombie film.” Full review available on the Hoodreviews website.

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Review: Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horror

Posted on Friday, October 12, 2007 by Robert Hood

No puns please! The rapper hasn’t made a biographical film about me. But my review of this new horror anthology film is up at Horrorscope. You can also access it, slightly amended, here.

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