Category Archives: Update

Hunting Trolls

Posted on Sunday, October 3, 2010 by Robert Hood

No, the trolls we’re talking about here aren’t internet sociopaths who get their thrills from lurking in the dark corners of cyberspace, provoking trouble on blogs and forums — though the modern digital incarnation gets his/her name by analogy from … Continue reading →

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Do the Troll Stomp!

Posted on Saturday, September 18, 2010 by Robert Hood

This is just an 18 second clip, but it’s so cool I had to run it here on the main site. It’s from the upcoming “camera verité”, fake doco monster flick from Norway Trolljegeren [aka The Troll Hunter] (Norway-2010; dir. … Continue reading →

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Sharktopus Trailer

Posted on Friday, September 17, 2010 by Robert Hood

Be part of the ongoing collision between shark, octopus and the human quest for novelty monsters by celebrating Undead Backbrain’s 1001st post with the new extended trailer for the Roger Corman produced SyFy monster flick Sharktopus (US-2010; dir. Declan O’Brien). … Continue reading →

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First Trailer: Age of the Dragons

Posted on Monday, August 16, 2010 by Robert Hood

In the previous Backbrain post, we revealed the Asylum’s modernised take on Herman Melville’s iconic novel, Moby Dick. Now we get the first trailer for Ryan Little’s draconic remix of the same story, starring Danny Glover as the medieval dragon-hunting … Continue reading →

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Trailer for Gareth Edwards’ Monsters

Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2010 by Robert Hood

Monsters (UK-2010; dir. Gareth Edwards) — with its District 9, pseudo-realistic approach to a notoriously unrealistic genre — has been greeted with huge enthusiasm among those who have been lucky enough to see it. If you don’t know what we’re … Continue reading →

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Update: House of the Wolf Man

Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by Robert Hood

The retro-horror flick, House of the Wolf Man (US-2009; dir. Eben McGarr) — a logical modern addition to Universal’s monster mashes, House of Frankenstein (US-1944; dir. Erle C. Kenton) and House of Dracula (US-1945; dir. Erle C. Kenton) — picked … Continue reading →

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Update On The Giant Monsters Attacking Hawaii

Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by Robert Hood

Undead Backbrain has obtained some images from Dane Neves, whose project Giant Monsters Attack Hawaii — featuring a group of monster puppets doing their best to stomp all over the Hawaiian islands — looks like it will be a total … Continue reading →

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What Up with Lake Okanagan?

Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 by Robert Hood

The Beast of Bottomless Lake is what’s up with Lake Okanagan. Known as Ogopogo, the Beast is a classic lake monster that dwells in the darkest depths, rising every now and then to scare visitors, annoy rationalists and foster local … Continue reading →

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Crawler: Exclusive Images

Posted on Friday, July 9, 2010 by Robert Hood

Independent horror filmmaker Sv Bell and Black Flag Pictures is going great guns in the production of impressive-looking low-budget genre films, the latest being Crawler — a film about a monstrous bulldozer that goes several steps beyond Jerry London’s 1974 … Continue reading →

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The Millennium Bug Has Finally Arrived!

Posted on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 by Robert Hood

But don’t panic! We’re talking about the horror thriller by director Kenneth Cran and his brother James rather than the fanciful computer scare that led us into the new millennium. The Cran Brothers’ millennium bug isn’t a programming glitch and … Continue reading →

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