Category Archives: Trailers

New: Reel Zombies

Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 by Robert Hood

Reel Zombies (Canada-2008; dir. David J. Francis and Mike Masters) In a rather neat confusing of real life and fiction, directors Mike Masters and David Francis play themselves in this innovative Canadian take on the flesh-eating zombie apocalypse genre. So … Continue reading →

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Update: Attack of the Giant Leeches (2009)

Posted on Friday, March 20, 2009 by Robert Hood

To celebrate the April 7 release of busy independent director Brett Kelly’s remake of the 1959 Attack of the Giant Leeches (which was executive produced by Roger Corman, but not directed by the low-budget maestro), Kaiju Search-Robot Avery has put … 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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More Rat Scratching

Posted on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 by Robert Hood

New trailers for Jeff Leroy’s giant alien rat opus, Rat Scratch Fever, have appeared. Lots of great giant monster action! Note the “old school” kaiju SFX. Brief Synopsis: A mission to a uncharted planet returns with unwelcome guests: an army … Continue reading →

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New: Pontypool

Posted on Sunday, March 1, 2009 by Robert Hood

Though I argue rather rabidly that “pure-bred” zombie apocalypse films — you know, those in the “end-of-the-world by viral cannibalistic corpses” sub-genre initiated by George A. Romero in Night of the Living Dead (1969) — must by definition feature ambulatory … Continue reading →

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Got the Pesticide Handy?

Posted on Thursday, February 26, 2009 by Robert Hood

Backbrain started tracking this giant insect film early on, picked up via a casting call notice. Pesticide (US-2009; dir. Pat Cerrato) Well, the film’s on the way now, and to prove it director Cerrato has just put a teaser trailer … Continue reading →

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Snake Curse

Posted on Sunday, February 15, 2009 by Robert Hood

Snake Curse [aka She Zhou] (HK-2004; dir. Cheung Kwok-Kuen) Among Asian filmmakers, the Japanese do Weird S**t well and the result is often rather extreme. Moreover, their version of Weird tends toward the seriously disturbing. For outright cheesy-fun Weirdness, though, … Continue reading →

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Review: Big Man Japan

Posted on Sunday, February 8, 2009 by Robert Hood

Big Man Japan (2007) Dir: Hitoshi Matsumoto [aka Dai-Nipponjin] Even straight-down-the-line daikaiju eiga, or Japanese giant monster films, are imaginatively left-field – but they don’t get much weirder than this. In Big Man Japan an unseen interviewer follows the mundane … Continue reading →

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[Man-]Beastly Remake

Posted on Sunday, February 8, 2009 by Robert Hood

“30 Corpses… 1 Man Beast… 0 Plot.” So what’s the least likely film to get a remake? No doubt a plethora of z-grade and just-plain-awful mainstream flicks spring to mind — and really, the one I’m about to tell you … Continue reading →

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Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro Goes Beyond the Grave

Posted on Monday, February 2, 2009 by Robert Hood

There is a synchronicity between art, detectives and the restless dead and Brazilian director Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro has set out to explore the boundaries. In post-production is Beyond the Grave [aka Porto Dos Mortos] (Spain-2009; dir. Davi de Oliveira … Continue reading →

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