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Weekend Fright Flicks: A Daniel Lee Film Festival

Posted on Saturday, July 17, 2010 by Robert Hood

Daniel Lee is an independent filmmaker and actor who harks from Tupelo, Mississippi via Ohio and Alabama. He makes films because he loves them. You can read an interview with Daniel on Undead Backbrain, in which he talks about himself … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: The Smog

Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 by Robert Hood

Firmly ensconced in that “Nearly Dead” (that is, Not Quite Zombie) category of zombie movies, today’s Weekend Fright Flick features a toxic green smog bank that turns victims into ravenous, drooling, demon-toothed maniacs, rather like the titular creatures in Lamberto … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: MANT!

Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 by Robert Hood

Matinee is an intelligent, moving and under-appreciated comedy directed by Joe Dante in 1993. Set in Key West (just the other side of water from Cuba) at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis (October 1962), it features John Goodman … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: Frantic Undead

Posted on Saturday, May 29, 2010 by Robert Hood

This weekend’s journey into monstrosity comes from artist Maxwell Perry, whom we featured earlier in the week for his upcoming giant squid animated short called, not inappropriately, Giant Squid. In that article I promised you a look at his previous … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: The Legend of Ol’ Goldie

Posted on Saturday, May 22, 2010 by Robert Hood

This weekend’s short flick is a giant monster film about an unlikely monster. It’s called The Legend of Ol’ Goldie (UK-2008; short [7.31 min.]; dir. Matthew Snyman], a poignant tale of a lonely boy and his problematic pet, made with … Continue reading →

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Bugs Born From a Book!

Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 by Robert Hood

Daffy Duck might have run amuck in the classic Looney Tunes cartoon “Duck Amuck”, but when a bunch of creatures from the depths of an evil book, Necronomicon-style, run amok [amock] in this short French film they certainly do it … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: The Invisible Atomic Monsters From Mars

Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2010 by Robert Hood

Yes, it’s a zombie film, of sorts — and was made in the 28 Days of February 2010 (according to the makers). Here’s the trailer: The Invisible Atomic Monsters From Mars (UK-2010; dir. Tim Hunt and Adrian Pinsent) And here’s … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick Festival: Post-Apocalypse

Posted on Sunday, April 18, 2010 by Robert Hood

Whereas disaster films such as Roland Emmerich’s ADD exercise in visual frenzy, 2012, are about immediate survival and in-progress destruction (with thrills coming from the destruction itself), post-apocalypse tales tend to explore in a more reflective manner the aftermath of … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: Catzilla

Posted on Saturday, April 3, 2010 by Robert Hood

It might be brief, but it’s cute… Thanks, Avery!

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Weekend (Not-So-Frightful) Fright Flick: Logorama

Posted on Saturday, March 13, 2010 by Robert Hood

This week Undead Backbrain offers you the Oscar-winning Best Short Film, Animated: Logorama (France-2009; dir. François Alaux, Herve de Crecy and Ludovic Houplain). No zombies, ghosts, spaceships or giant things (well, almost none), but lots of weirdness. It’s an LA … Continue reading →

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