Tag Archives: short film

It Grows! … on Steroids!

Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 by Robert Hood

So Nick Stathopoulos and Ryan Cauchi’s fantastic short nasty-plant-from-outer-space film, It Grows! (see these Undead Backbrain articles) has shambled off with a slew of awards at Zed Fest. Director Ryan Cauchi reports: I’m speechless right now. It Grows! has just … Continue reading →

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See the Hellyfish for Halloween!

Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2014 by Robert Hood

Remember Hellyfish (US-2014; dir. Patrick Longstreth and Robert McLean)? It’s an  short indie monster flick the Backbrain revealed a while back. Synopsis: America’s only missing nuclear weapon is leaking radioactive material into the ocean just off the coast of Tybee … Continue reading →

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On Daikaiju Eels and Doctor Who

Posted on Sunday, October 19, 2014 by Robert Hood

Between 2010 and 2014, James Iles was the storyboard artist on 15 episodes of the new Doctor Who and concept artist on five others. He has also worked on the BBC Sherlock Holmes series. Now he and musician Alastair Jenkins … Continue reading →

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The Weed Spreads

Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2014 by Robert Hood

The good news is that Ryan Cauchi and Nick Stathopoulos’ superlative, low-budget, practical FX-driven, monster plant flick, It Grows!, is sending out its tendrils, and taking root in film festivals worldwide. The short film had its world premiere on October … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick Spider Festival 1: Scratch

Posted on Monday, April 9, 2012 by Robert Hood

Scratch is a short film made by Ethan Snell in 2011, a film that neatly ties in with a theme the Backbrain introduced just yesterday in an article on the upcoming creature feature Mega Spider. The theme? Extreme arachnophobia! Scratch … Continue reading →

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A Lovecraft Invasion 6: The Black Goat

Posted on Sunday, December 11, 2011 by Robert Hood

The Black Goat Project sounds like some sort of covert Government operation — a secret-service incursion into an obscure mountainous principality in central Europe perhaps, or a scientific experiment in genetic manipulation focusing on the hybridisation of goats and trainee … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: The Emergence Premieres Tonight

Posted on Friday, December 2, 2011 by Robert Hood

Spotlights are crisscrossing the sky, the red carpet has been rolled out, the celebs are walking the walk, the paparazzi’s cameras are flashing, the crowds go wild! Welcome to the world premiere showing of The Emergence (Canada-2011; short [11.55 min.]), … Continue reading →

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The Curse of the Phantom Shadow

Posted on Friday, October 21, 2011 by Robert Hood

An entirely understandable passion for 1940s pulp adventure/crime fiction culture has inspired filmmaker Mark Ross to undertake the always daunting task of making a movie of his own, intended to capture the style and aesthetic qualities of such influences as: … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: Don’t Try Injecting These Spiders

Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2011 by Robert Hood

From the director and crew of the fantastically monstrous exploitation flick El Monstro del Mar comes a new Australian short (15-minute) film that manages to combine rock chicks, acid and alien spiders. In The Acid Spiders, directed by Stuart Simpson, … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: Oceaniden

Posted on Sunday, March 20, 2011 by Robert Hood

Oceaniden (Denmark-2010; short [8:12 min] dir. Gorm Just) This weekend’s Fright Flick harks from Denmark and features a particular cryptozoological favourite — a hybridisation of Man and Fish. In the past, mummified merfolk have been a standard attraction at traveling … Continue reading →

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