Category Archives: Science Fiction

Update: Galactic Raiders

Posted on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 by Robert Hood

Exclusively from director Larry Arpin comes this portrait of the main Big Bad creature from his film Galactic Raiders (US-[in post-production]; dir. Larry Arpin), named Vorax: Click on the image to view it super-sized! Comments Arpin: The background is not … Continue reading →

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Review: 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Posted on Saturday, June 27, 2009 by Robert Hood

30,000 Leagues Under the Sea (US-2007; dir. Gabriel Bologna) This 2007 offering from low-budget exploitation champions, The Asylum, is a take on Jules Verne’s classic novel. What it isn’t is any sort of retelling of the original, so there’s no … Continue reading →

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Weekend (Not-So-Frightful) Flick: The Alien Invasion

Posted on Sunday, June 7, 2009 by Robert Hood

The Alien Invasion (Singapore-2004; short [17 min.]; dir. Rich Ho) This great little film was made by university students in Singapore. A big success on the Asian film festival circuit, it parodies the 1950s alien invasion genre and is very … Continue reading →

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Star Trek Kaiju

Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 by Robert Hood

There’s lots of good reasons to be interested in the about-to-be-released Star Trek movie, but I’m happy to go with one that fits in nicely with the Backbrain’s obsession with giant monsters. Some conceptual sketches have surfaced as creature-designer Neville … Continue reading →

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Visions of the Future

Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 by Robert Hood

What if we could see the future? That’d be cool, eh? At least we’d have a better idea what exactly we’re in for. Below are some samples. Don’t forget to read the fine-print — and click on image to enlarge. … Continue reading →

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The Week on Undead Brainspasm

Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2009 by Robert Hood

Horror Celebs at the Weekend of Horror (14 March 2009) Fangoria’s Weekend of Horror (with “The Rock” and others) Announced: Journey Sequel (14 March 2009) Sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) New: Brain Dead (8 March … Continue reading →

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The Virtues of Recycling: Resiklo

Posted on Friday, March 13, 2009 by Robert Hood

In Hollywood, considering its current obsession with doing remakes, recycling hasn’t proven an unmitigated success. So a recent film from the Philippines is taking a different tack. Resiklo [aka Recycle] (Philippines-2007; dir. Mark A. Reyes) may be recycling tropes as … Continue reading →

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Private Members Only

Posted on Monday, March 9, 2009 by Robert Hood

What amazes me most is not that someone actually comes up with these concepts, but that when the hangover passes, they decide to go ahead and make the film anyway! On that note, I apologise for exposing your poor battered … Continue reading →

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Max Neptune and the Menacing Squid

Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 by Robert Hood

Retro genre films seem to be on the rise. We’re not talking remakes here, but rather films that deliberately take on the aesthetic and narrative characteristics of past B-film types, usually for humorous effect. One example that springs to mind … Continue reading →

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The UFOs are Coming

Posted on Sunday, February 1, 2009 by Robert Hood

The Backbrain definitely has a deep, dark space in it where classic ’50s flying saucers zoom and zip and zap and materialise in middle-American settings to scare the inhabitants and instigate invasion proceedings. A while back I posted (on our … Continue reading →

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