Zombie Flicks

RodThompson

RodThompson

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Inspired by another thread, and not wanting to butcher it, I made a new post here.

Personally, I am saddened by the horrible use of the zombie. I am! I look at ****-hole movies that prey on the Zombie aspect and I weep with tearful mourning.

The 28 days/weeks/months series is brilliant. Granted, I am a Danny Boyle fan, but this series is a jewel in a ****-hole genre.

Yes, the Dawn remake was good, but when compared to the character depth and rich story of the 28s, it fails. It can be said that 28 Days Later was actually to show the conflict of the soldiers and the lead and the way man-kind can devolve in such a scenario with a zombie backdrop, but personally, I loved it.

The further addage of 28 Weeks was phenomenal. I love the way in which they're attempting to repopulate, and the chaos theory goes into play. The addition of the carrier was awesome, and the swift military response was equally pleasing. Suddenly, your protags weren't only on the run from zombies (ragers) but also from normal people!

Like I said above, I hate that you can't even mention the word Zombie in the same sentence as the word movie without people rolling eyes. **** movies scar people in regards to the genre and screw those of us with gnarly concepts for genre reinvention.

What do you think?
 
So Resident Evil wasn't a good Zombie film?


Kidding.

Dawn Of The Dead (Original was best, Re-make was good as well)
Day Of The Dead
Return Of The Living Dead
Night Of the Living Dead (Original)
28 days later (even though Boyle said they were not Zombies)
28 Weeks Later

These were good films I can't think of any others right now. And I prefer Slow Zombies over the fast ones.
 
Lol. I played RE my freshman year of high school and thought it was SICK!

Had they done it like the game, it would have been a "Frawress Victoly"
 
filthrich said:
So Resident Evil wasn't a good Zombie film?.
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Wasn't it? No, no really...I'm serious.

I didn't (and still don't) know dick about the game(s) that sired it...

But I kinda dug the original film.
However, the sequel sucked good & properly.
And the third one...ehh I can take or leave.
 
Dead Alive, aka Braindead, one of Peter Jackson's early efforts, its inspired in its over the top lunacy. Not for every ones taste, but I had a blast watching it.
 
IMHO, all of the george romero zombie flicks are garbage. The acting, the story, the makeup, EVERYTHING!

Shawn of the dead is a particularly great zombie film because it really brought something fresh to the "zombie" concept. I like how they throw in a lot of subtle jokes about how people can be mindless zombies such as the nick frost and his videogames.

28 days later is one of my favorites too, if only danny boyle had returned to direct the sequel.
 
Batutta said:
Dead Alive, aka Braindead, one of Peter Jackson's early efforts, its inspired in its over the top lunacy. Not for every ones taste, but I had a blast watching it.
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Dead Alive is the Goriest movie I have EVER seen. I love that flick. "I kick ass for the lord!!" The best
 
CallaghanFilms said:
Wasn't it? No, no really...I'm serious.

I didn't (and still don't) know dick about the game(s) that sired it...

But I kinda dug the original film.
However, the sequel sucked good & properly.
And the third one...ehh I can take or leave.
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Believe me Callaghan, if you ever played the original game then saw the film, you would be pissed off like the rest of us...
 
I likes the zombie films [28 Days and 28 Weeks are not zombies BTW] but like vampire movies they have taken on a life of there own.


Both have lore [stake in the heart – shoot 'em in the head etc] but then you'll find someone willing to change it up a bit and although 28 Days / Weeks were not officially zombies they were close enough and I give them credit for helping to bring new “life” to zombie film.


I like Romero for kick starting it all and I thought Diary of the Dead was much better than Land of the Dead plus it stayed true to the “original” zombie in a fresh way.


Night of the Living and the 1990 remake – Good.
Both Dawn of the Dead movies – Good.
Return of the Living Dead – Very funny. Very Good.
Day of the Dead – Underrated and good.
The remake of Day of the Dead – Close to being so bad it's good but – FAIL.
Re-Animator [zombies? Maybe] – Good nevertheless.
28 Days [unofficial zombies] – Good.
28 Weeks [more unofficial zombies] – Better still.
Resident Evil [good PS1 games] – 1 was better than I thought it would be. 2 was unintentionally funny.
3 was okay...


I could go on but I look at like this: Out of the thousands of vampire movies there are only maybe 10 or 12 that are any good and I think zombie movies are the same.
I'll sift through the trash to find the good.


Good thread by the way!
 
My favorite zombie films are the 28 series and the earlier Romero stuff, although I did enjoy Land of the Dead. They could've done more with it though. As for crazy and silly zombie films you can do no better than the Evil Dead series and of course Peter Jackson's low budget epic Dead Alive (also check out Jackson's earlier effort, Bad Taste).

Unfortunately as cool as zombies are there are a ton of crappy Z-grade zombie films. A promising and upcoming zombie flick I'm interested in is the adaptation of the book World War Z, which is being directed by Marc Forester. I would be willing to bet that anyone who liked 28 days/weeks later would be game for WWZ.

http://www.amazon.com/World-War-Z-H...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233092699&sr=1-1

http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/11/13/marc-foster-to-direct-world-war-z/

And if you guys like comic books there was a pretty good zombie series by Dark Horse about 8 or 9 years ago called Zombieworld. It had several good miniseries, each with their own separate storylines.

The first series Champion of the Worms is written by Mike Mignola. If you like Evil Dead, Hellboy, or Dead Alive this might be right up your alley.
http://www.amazon.com/Zombieworld-C...=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233092239&sr=1-2

The other one that I was able to find was the out of print collection Winter's Dregs, which is great. It also has some other Zombieworld short stories, one of which by Kelley Jones is truly amazing and a must read for any zombie fan. I'd love to make a short film of it someday.
http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-World-...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233092363&sr=1-1

Another good one is the more recent The Walking Dead. You can buy these in collected editions. Most Borders and Barnes and Nobles have them in stock.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walking_Dead

http://www.amazon.com/Walking-Dead-...=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233092605&sr=1-9

As for zombie video games, Resident Evil was awesome. I never got the chance to finish the first one, but Resident Evil 2 was the first game I purchased for my PS One back in the day. One of the best games I've ever played. Scarred the piss out of me.

I still need to get Left 4 Dead, which is a blast (literally). Then there is Resident Evil 5 which is coming out in mid March. I hear there is a demo available on Xbox Live right now.

It is too bad that there haven't been too many great zombie films in the last year or two, of course with the exception of 28 Weeks later which was excellent. So besides that one I say the best zombie stories are currently being told in book and video game formats.
 
dopeyname101 said:
so Rod... are you saying you want to make a zombie film?
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Well, Tom....oh ye stranger in the wilderness...I would LOVE to make a Zombie film. Though it would be more of a psychological journey than a horrific one. That Blair Witch feeling of being hunted, knowing that everyone you loved is dead...never feeling safe. That's the **** that gets into people's minds.
 
I love most of the zombie films people have already listed (with the exception of Resident Evil and 28 Weeks Later) so I'll list some that don't get as much attention, but are classics nonetheless:

Dellamorte Dellamore (aka Cemetery Man) is good. It's zombies meet the art house, without being overly pretentious. It still has the spirit of classic fun zombie movies, but with an artful spin, an original concept, interesting characters, and good cinematography to boot.

Fulci's Zombi 2 (aka Zombie) is a fun, well-shot gore-fest. Another great Fulci zombie flick, The Beyond, is just insane. It doesn't make any sense, but it has some great zombie gore moments, a unique mood/atmosphere, and good cinematography.

I guess I like well-shot zombie films? Romero's Zombie films all have good cinematography as well. The original Dawn of the Dead is probably my all-time favorite zombie movie.
 
Billy Pilgrim said:
Dellamorte Dellamore (aka Cemetery Man) is good. It's zombies meet the art house, without being overly pretentious. It still has the spirit of classic fun zombie movies, but with an artful spin, an original concept, interesting characters, and good cinematography to boot.
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Cemetery Man -- I can't believe I forgot about that one. Great film. I haven't seen it for a while. I need to rent or buy it sometime soon.
 
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Night of the Living Dead (1990)

From my experience, these are the only "zombie" films worth mentioning. It's ridiculous to argue fictitious lore, but most other films people are listing on here, aren't zombie flicks. Zombies don't run.
 
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