Category Archives: Update

Incidental Demonic Zombie Update

Posted on Sunday, April 3, 2011 by Robert Hood

Director Mariano Cattaneo has sent the Backbrain an update on, and some extremely evocative images from, his demon/zombie film Incidente (Argentina-2011; dir. Mariano Cattaneo), which we reported on 13 February. Cattaneo says: Facts about Incidente: We’re three independent production companies … Continue reading →

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“Sector 7” Creature Revealed! Sort of…

Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2011 by Robert Hood

Under development by the company responsible for the rather excellent disaster film Haeundae (South Korea-2009; dir. Je-gyun Yun), Sector 7 has been long promised (see this previous Backbrain article), but now appears to be in production. At any rate, Kaiju … Continue reading →

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Update: Vampire in the Hole

Posted on Friday, March 25, 2011 by Robert Hood

Check out this fascinating “long trailer” for $1 film The Vampire in the Hole, written and directed by Sadrac González and Sonia Escolano for Lasoga Films, which Undead Backbrain featured last month. [youtube tqScjGWyEak] I continue to be amazed at … Continue reading →

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The Age of Dragons is Here!

Posted on Friday, March 18, 2011 by Robert Hood

Once upon a time, when we first reported on it, Age of Dragons was called Dragon Fire (see previous Backbrain article). Based on Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick, it translates the 19th Century setting of the novel into a land-based … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: The Flock

Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 by Robert Hood

The Flock has moved into a landing pattern. Back in 2009 we reported on Undead Brainspasm that Don Murphy, producer of Transformers, Natural Born Killers and From Hell, was led to James Robert Smith’s novel The Flock in reaction to … Continue reading →

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Ghost Shark Due to Materialise

Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2011 by Robert Hood

Remember the excellent-sounding New Zealand flick, Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws, a non-sequel sequel that was in development back in August last year, directed by Andrew Todd and Johnny Hall? If not, catch up here. Well, apparently the guys have … Continue reading →

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Trailer for The Man Who Summons Kaiju

Posted on Monday, December 6, 2010 by Robert Hood

Here’s a teaser trailer for The Man Who Summons Kaiju [aka Kaijû wo yobu otoko] (Japan-2010; dir. Daisuke Andô), which we introduced on Undead Backbrain last week. It lacks subtitles, so the Japanese literate among you will have a better … Continue reading →

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Mega Shark vs Crocosaurus Trailer

Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2010 by Robert Hood

Here it is, the biggest [Asylum] battle since… well, Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus: Synopsis: The massive prehistoric shark has survived the last battle, and the world is again threatened when a new, more dangerous foe is discovered in the … Continue reading →

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Millennium Bug In Post-production

Posted on Sunday, November 21, 2010 by Robert Hood

The hillbilly/giant monster/alien bug movie The Millennium Bug (US-2010; dir. Kenneth Cran) is close to being ready for submitting to the Cleveland Film Festival, the deadline of which is this coming Tuesday. The final sound mix is done and colour … Continue reading →

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From the Asylum: Moby Dick Trailer

Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 by Robert Hood

Let it not be said that the Asylum haven’t been enthusiastically throwing their controversial creative efforts into the world of giant monsters. Just recently we saw images from the sequel to their mega-successful Big Things flick Mega Shark vs Giant … Continue reading →

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