Category Archives: Update

A New Wave of Korean Cinema

Posted on Thursday, September 3, 2009 by Robert Hood

South Korea has definitely become a key player in certain film genres. It has succeeded big-time in producing excellent, claustrophobic ghost films such as Sorum [aka Goosebumps] (South Korea-2001, dir. Jong-Chan Yun), Phone [aka Pon] (South Korea-2002; dir. Byeong-ki Ahn), … Continue reading →

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First Ripple from the Depths of Sector 7

Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 by Robert Hood

Back in July 2008 Undead Backbrain reported on the work being done by Polygon Entertainment (a film production company based in Marin County, California). Polygon was set up by founders Hans H. Uhlig and Doo Jin Kim specifically to work … Continue reading →

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Update: Return to Yucca Flats

Posted on Saturday, August 22, 2009 by Robert Hood

Remember Leon Cowan’s remake of The Beast of Yucca Flats — Return to Yucca Flats: Desert Man-Beast — which David C. Hayes bravely wrote and is producing, and in which he even more bravely plays the titular Man-Beast? No, well, … Continue reading →

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War of the Worlds: Goliath of a Trailer

Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 by Robert Hood

War of the Worlds: Goliath (US-[in production for 2010]; dir. Joe Pearson) is “a 90-minute, animated, steampunk epic of war, comradeship and courage under fire”, based on H.G. Wells’ iconic Martian invasion novel, War of the Worlds. (See Robot War … Continue reading →

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Update: Survival of the Dead

Posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 by Robert Hood

Fast turn-over for an update, I know, but George A. Romero has released a bunch of images from his latest zombie film, Survival of the Dead — a follow-up (rather than a sequel) to his Diary of the Dead (2007). … Continue reading →

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Lake Van Monster: Video Addendum

Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

As an addendum to the recent Undead Backbrain article about Van Gölü Canavarı [aka Lake Van Monster] (Turkey-2009; dir. Bünyamin Yaşar), which is currently in production, here are a number of videos on the subject. News Report: This one appears … Continue reading →

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Metallic Attraction: Kung Fu Cyborg is Imminent

Posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 by Robert Hood

Jeffrey Lau’s robotic love story, Metallic Attraction: Kung Fu Cyborg, is soon to be released in China. Begun as an oriental answer to the success of Michael Bay’s Transformers, it in fact appears to share only some moments of transformational … Continue reading →

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Survival of the Dead

Posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 by Robert Hood

George A. Romero’s follow-up to Diary of the Dead (US-2007; dir. George A. Romero) has for some time been called by the in-production title of “… of the Dead”. Now (even though Romero has previously — and ironically — suggested … Continue reading →

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Images from ICFBTS… Again

Posted on Thursday, August 6, 2009 by Robert Hood

As we’ve discussed before, kaiju artist supremo Todd Tennant is currently working on several issues in the Ray Harryhausen Presents It Came From Beneath the Sea… Again series for Bluewater Comics. Being the generous chap he is, Todd has sent … Continue reading →

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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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