Category Archives: Short Films

See the Hellyfish for Halloween!

Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2014 by Robert Hood

Remember Hellyfish (US-2014; dir. Patrick Longstreth and Robert McLean)? It’s an  short indie monster flick the Backbrain revealed a while back. Synopsis: America’s only missing nuclear weapon is leaking radioactive material into the ocean just off the coast of Tybee … Continue reading →

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Hellyfish Slouches Towards Us?

Posted on Saturday, August 9, 2014 by Robert Hood

As the poet Yeats asked: “And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?” Well, folks, it’s a giant jellyfish. It may not be slouching towards Bethlehem, but it is heading towards a … Continue reading →

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It Grows! Has Grown Bigger

Posted on Friday, July 25, 2014 by Robert Hood

The film, It Grows!, by Ryan Cauchi (director/editor) and Nick Stathopoulos (writer, producer, director, SFX, art design, star) — first introduced to the world by Undead Backbrain back in February 2012 — was originally made as a 7-minute short. It … Continue reading →

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Coming: Hellyfish

Posted on Monday, August 20, 2012 by Robert Hood

A Squishy Backbrain Exclusive There’s no argument: Godzilla is a giant monster with backbone, metaphorically and literally — and the prominence of his spines is certainly one of his defining characteristics (as illustrated here in cover art by Art Adams … Continue reading →

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Update: It Grows Some More

Posted on Friday, June 22, 2012 by Robert Hood

Sydney artist Nick Stathopoulos has sent along a brief visual update on the film he’s working on with director Ryan Cauchi, It Grows. Undead Backbrain first released news of the film back in February and the boys have been working … Continue reading →

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Mad Gods and Ghibli…

Posted on Sunday, May 20, 2012 by Robert Hood

Here’s an interesting oddity: as part of a museum exhibition running from July 10 to October 8 at Tokyo’s Museum of Contemporary Art titled Hideaki Anno’s Special Effects Museum, Anno is working with Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli to make a short … Continue reading →

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Update: It’s Still Growing

Posted on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 by Robert Hood

After Undead Backbrain released news of the upcoming evil plant film by Sydney artist Nick Stathopoulos and director Ryan Cauchi, It Grows, the associated images went walkabout around the internet and Nick, Ryan and the Backbrain received lots of positive … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick Spider Festival 2: Spider on the Ceiling

Posted on Monday, April 9, 2012 by Robert Hood

Part 2 of our Easter weekend arachnophobic special is a short film from the home of Spiderdom: Australia. Spider on the Ceiling was directed by Anthony O’Neill for Rectangular Films of Australia. It stars Steve Danielsen, Camilla Jackson, and Steve … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick Spider Festival 1: Scratch

Posted on Monday, April 9, 2012 by Robert Hood

Scratch is a short film made by Ethan Snell in 2011, a film that neatly ties in with a theme the Backbrain introduced just yesterday in an article on the upcoming creature feature Mega Spider. The theme? Extreme arachnophobia! Scratch … Continue reading →

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Forward to the Past with George and a Big Squid: Exclusive

Posted on Monday, January 2, 2012 by Robert Hood

As Undead Backbrain heads into the new year, it’s rather appropriate that the first new film on offer is an Australian pseudo-historical comedy-drama featuring a giant squid. George Jones and the Giant Squid was written and directed by Dan Osborn and … Continue reading →

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