Category Archives: Science Fiction

What Lurks Beneath the Bleak Sea?

Posted on Sunday, May 9, 2010 by Robert Hood

One thing’s for sure — answering that question is going to be an exciting ride. Anything that uses Friedrich Nietzsche’s scarily evocation quotation as its tagline certainly gets my stamp of approval! Bleak Sea is an in-development undersea monster film … Continue reading →

Posted in Cryptozoology, Giant Monsters, Independent film, Science Fiction, Teaser, Trailers | 9 Comments

Brainspasm Updates

Posted on Saturday, April 24, 2010 by Robert Hood

Things have been a bit hectic for the Backbrain, hence the slowness of new material appearing here. However, I have been adding some image-heavy updates to our sister site, Undead Brainspasm. News on a new low-budget superhero flick from independent … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick Festival: Post-Apocalypse

Posted on Sunday, April 18, 2010 by Robert Hood

Whereas disaster films such as Roland Emmerich’s ADD exercise in visual frenzy, 2012, are about immediate survival and in-progress destruction (with thrills coming from the destruction itself), post-apocalypse tales tend to explore in a more reflective manner the aftermath of … Continue reading →

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Max Neptune to the Rescue!

Posted on Sunday, April 11, 2010 by Robert Hood

If ever there was a retro film that captures the gaudy, innocent sci-fi thrills of space serials from the 1940s and 1950s, Max Neptune and the Menacing Squid (US-2010; dir. John Garside and Colin Fleming) looks like it’s the one.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Flying Saucers, Giant Monsters, Independent film, Posters, Retro, Science Fiction, Trailers | Tagged , , | 8 Comments

Is That A Monster, Holmes?

Posted on Saturday, April 3, 2010 by Robert Hood

Sherlock Holmes (US-2010; dir. Rachel Goldenberg) [Note: This review involves some spoilers.] In the Asylum’s latest monster mash (preceding the upcoming Mega Piranha), Sherlock Holmes pits his deductive skills against a slew of monsters, mostly large ones. There is, of … Continue reading →

Posted in Dinosaurs, Fantasy, Giant Monsters, Giant Squids, Monsters in general, Review, Robots, Science Fiction | 8 Comments

Aussiecon 4 and Shaun Tan

Posted on Monday, March 1, 2010 by Robert Hood

This typically whimsical sketch by great Australian artist and illustrator Shaun Tan adorns the cover of Aussiecon 4 Progress Report #2, celebrating the fact that Shaun is one of three Guests of Honour at this year’s 68th World Science Fiction … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: Robots Rampant

Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2010 by Robert Hood

We haven’t had a Weekend Fright Flick lately, but the first of 2010 is a beaut. The main feature is Hanger No. 5 (US-2008; short [11:10 min]; dir. Nathan Matsuda). It’s rather like a minor scifi action blockbuster. Philip Klein, … Continue reading →

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Bizarre Life Institute: The Trilogy — Part 1

Posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 by Robert Hood

Scottish-born Peter Montgomery is a man with an obsession. He is engaged in a cinematic project that’s been in the making for 8 years — though its origins go back much further. The project is called B.L.I. (Bizarre Life Institute) … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Independent film, Monsters in general, Science Fiction | 10 Comments

Cuttings from the BBC’s new Triffids

Posted on Thursday, December 24, 2009 by Robert Hood

With the BBC’s new two-part series of John Wyndham’s classic 1951 scifi novel, The Day of the Triffids, to air in Britain over Christmas (28 and 29 December), three clips from the show have been released: Clip One: Clip Two: … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocalypse, Film, Science Fiction, Update | 2 Comments

Triffids: The Next Generation

Posted on Saturday, December 12, 2009 by Robert Hood

With the BBC’s new updating of John Wyndham’s classic 1951 scifi novel, The Day of the Triffids — one of my favourites, I might add — about to be aired in the UK on 28 and 29 December, we have … Continue reading →

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