BRAIN BITES

 THE CURSE OF HOBBES HOUSE (2020) UK 1hr 23mins Dir: Juliane Block The curse placed on Hobbes House goes back generations but we are brought into the story in the present day when Alexandria Dormant, a descendant of King Dormant who was the cause of the curse, commits suicide due to high debts surrounding Hobbes House. We meet Jane (Mhairi Calvey) and Jennifer Dormant (Makenna Guyler) her estranged nieces who have been called to Hobbes House by Alex's lawyer Saul (Jo Price) along with the houses grounds keeper Naser (Waleed Elgadi) and Jennifers banker boyfriend Nigel (Kevin Leslie) to find out what has been left to them in Alex's will. Before they discover this though the house's curse turns on them, leaving them to fend off hordes of the undead as the house tries to protect itself.  This British made indie number starts off with a narrative going over the title sequence explaining the beginnings and origin of the curse done very nicely using some great animation then goes

 ARMY OF THE DEAD (2021) USA 2hrs 28m Dir: Zack Snyder When a team of army soldiers lose an experimental undead test subject in the desert surrounding Las Vegas, all hell breaks out as a zombie apocalypse takes over the city. A group of survivors are barricaded on the outskirts of the city. Fast food chef Scott Ward (Dave Bautista) is approached by a wealthy gang leader to get a team together and head into zombie infested Vegas to crack a safe and bring back the billions before the city is nuked. This movie is everywhere right now... wherever you look on any horror group on social media people are talking about it. By the looks of things it has divided alot of people and the ones that hate this movie REALLY hate this movie! I have read many reviews and comments about ARMY OF THE DEAD so I thought it was about sodding time I added my own thoughts to the mix. So, here goes... First off, I don't care what the haters are saying I actually quite liked it. I wasn't expecting much fro

 Salutations Maggots and Fungi! Mash is the name, brain eating is indeed the, er, game. Welcome to another installment of Brain Bites!! I hope you all made the most of Zombie Awareness Month this May. I made sure the inhabitants around my cemetery were certainly aware of me... without causing too much mass hysteria of course. With this pandemic looming over the living it sure has been difficult for people to get together although the local graveyards have sure been filling up. That reminds me, I really must introduce myself to the new neighbours sometime. Do not despair though breathers, it would seem restrictions are lifting and you will soon be able to horde as you once used to. There has been plenty of zombie goings on to keep us all gnashing our teeth and wailing into the night! I'm sure by now you have all watched Zack Synders eagerly antisipated two and a half hour zombie action epic ARMY OF THE DEAD?! What did you think of it? You will find my thoughts on it this month as it