Category Archives: Zombies

Update: Flowers for the Dead

Posted on Friday, May 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

Joe Barbarisi, the director of the short zombie film, Flowers for the Dead — which we reported on last week — has been in contact with an update on the film’s progress (plus a few pics): Just wanted to let … Continue reading →

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New: Picnic of the Living Dead

Posted on Thursday, May 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

Now, for your entertainment, the Undead Backbrain brings you a complete new zombie film, Picnic of the Living Dead (US-2008; short; dir. Isaac Nejako). It’s a poignant tragedy about zombies, a picnic and a man with a chainsaw. It’s really … Continue reading →

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Knights Undead

Posted on Sunday, May 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

Funny how Knights Templar and zombies go together so well. Amando de Ossorio proved it with his “Blind Dead” films and now Andreas Schnaas’ gore-drenched Don’t Wake the Dead is set to re-enforce the idea. Don’t Wake the Dead (Germany-2008; … Continue reading →

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New: Killdroid

Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 by Robert Hood

“He turned her on. Now she had to switch him off.” Like Universal Soldier (1992), this Filipino exploitation flick features a dead soldier reconstructed and reanimated as an ultimate fighting machine, hence is a zombie tale of sorts. Unlike Universal … Continue reading →

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Night of the Living Dead Homage

Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 by Robert Hood

Joe Barbarisi’s short film Flowers for the Dead — first lensed back in 2006, according to Quiet Earth — is nearing completion, with the latest round of footage being developed even as we speak. The 30-45 minute film is apparently … Continue reading →

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Ted V. Mikels Rises from the Dead!

Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 by Robert Hood

Ted V. Mikels was one of those directors who lurked at the edge of my consciousness a few decades ago thanks to the low-rent notoriety of such genre B-flicks as The Astro-Zombies (1968) and The Corpse Grinders (1972). Well, actually … Continue reading →

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Coming soon! Ret Romanne

Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008 by Robert Hood

This is by way of an introduction to what comic artist and writer Alan Brooks considers to be his magnum opus, Ret Romanne. Ret Romanne is a Time Dignitary who lives and works on the Off World “Cloud City” of … Continue reading →

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Accidental Artwork

Posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

Well, not the art itself. That clearly wasn’t an accident. But my finding it was. Someone had sent this picture: Tin Tin vs the Alien! How cool is that? Well, I wanted to know whose work it was so that … Continue reading →

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Gallowwalker

Posted on Friday, May 2, 2008 by Robert Hood

There’s a lot that’s attractive about films that attempt to combine zombies and an “Old West” setting, though to date no one has succeeded in capturing the essence of an undead western mythos as well as Joe Lansdale in his … Continue reading →

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Update: OneChanbara The Movie

Posted on Saturday, April 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

Does the concept “bikini-clad Japanese cowgirls vs zombies” ring any bells?

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