Topic: ZOMBIES! (Read 26396 times)

LiterSize · « **on:** 10 Aug 2005, 11:49 »

Ok, how were we invaded but did not have a zombie movie topic up?

Shaun of the Dead was by far the best zombie movie outside of George Romero's work. I refuse to watch the remake of Dawn of the Dead and I missed Land of the Dead though. Did anyone watch "House of the Dead" that movie based on the shooter? How was it?

maxusy3k · « **Reply #1 on:** 10 Aug 2005, 11:57 »

Shaun of the Dead > all

From what I heard House of the Dead was utter crap... directed by Uwe Boll, which seems to be a fairly good indication of what you can expect from a movie. I haven't seen it though, so my opinion is therefore void.

The Dawn of the Dead remake, I thought, was actually pretty good... it's fairly fresh and it's more of a homage than an actual remake, I mean, the plot is pretty much the same (zombies attack, people hide in a mall etc etc) but it's pretty much a new film.

I don't even know if Land of the Dead has come out over here yet. I hope I didn't miss it.

5thWheel · « **Reply #2 on:** 10 Aug 2005, 12:02 »

I Walked with a Zombie is IMO v good. We are off to see the new Romero on the 26th, *woot*

Tedd · « **Reply #3 on:** 10 Aug 2005, 14:25 »

House of the Dead was a pathetic excuse for a zombie movie; the weapons were hardly realistic and the zombies were pathetic.

Trollstormur · « **Reply #4 on:** 10 Aug 2005, 14:44 »

Dawn of the Dead remake was quite good, it was nice to see a Zoombie take on a romero classic. (zoombie = fast zombies, a-la 28 days later, DotD remake)

Land of the Dead was a nice end to the series, but he breaks a couple of his own rules, here and there.

Anyone seen Lucio Fulce's zombie flick, Zombie 2? (just Zombie in america)

ace!sodapop · « **Reply #5 on:** 10 Aug 2005, 16:19 »

28 Days Later was very good, I think! The idea of Olympic runner zombies succeeded in TERRIFYING ME. Even though they weren't really, uh, zombies.

Gryff · « **Reply #6 on:** 10 Aug 2005, 17:22 »

I dug 28 Days Later and the Dawn of the Dead re-make. Love those speedy zombies!

IndieFark · « **Reply #7 on:** 10 Aug 2005, 22:37 »

zombies make the sound "booargh!"

LiterSize · « **Reply #8 on:** 11 Aug 2005, 11:02 »

I thought it was MRONF MRONF MRONF.

Man, I need to rent shaun of the dead again, that was some pretty sweet zombie-killing.

Inlander · « **Reply #9 on:** 11 Aug 2005, 22:35 »

Seriously people, nobody's mentioned Peter Jackson's Braindead, a.k.a. Dead Alive, yet? W.T.F.??

Going berserk with a rotary lawnmower is the only way to kill zombies.

Inlander · « **Reply #10 on:** 11 Aug 2005, 22:45 »

Pfft, just barely!

heretic · « **Reply #11 on:** 12 Aug 2005, 07:00 »

for a reaction like that it was probably supposed to be heroin, cause coke won't do that...

heretic · « **Reply #12 on:** 12 Aug 2005, 07:08 »

oh, i figured you'd seen it. i looks the same anyhow.

trolley · « **Reply #13 on:** 12 Aug 2005, 08:10 »

Shaun of the dead was so great because it was a for the film geeks, by the film geeks movie, with enough appeal that it was enjoyable for everyone. Simon Pegg is a lege.

LiterSize · « **Reply #14 on:** 12 Aug 2005, 08:54 »

Dead Alive, was that the movie with Treat Williams and Joe Piscopo as zombie cops?

EDIT: WAIT! I do remember that movie! One night late before cinemax became skinemax... awesome

shrimp · « **Reply #15 on:** 12 Aug 2005, 10:26 »

The Zombie cops was Dead Heat, I loved that movie!

I have seen EVERY zombie movie in existance.. well most of them, the fiance is a HUGE horror buff. He has so many horror movies.

Sean of the Dead- RULES!! The new DOTD was pretty damn good.

Anyone know when Bloodrayne is out?

shrimp · « **Reply #16 on:** 12 Aug 2005, 10:27 »

UH oh... Billions of posts!

soap · « **Reply #17 on:** 12 Aug 2005, 12:19 »

george romeo zombie movies
shaun of the dead
zombie flesh eaters - come on one of them fights a shark ! a shark damn it !!

28days later was quite good but seens as the director has said it quite often ill say it too - its not really a zombie movie. could've been better though.

shrimp · « **Reply #18 on:** 12 Aug 2005, 14:53 »

That Vamps Vs Zombies.. is so bad.. and not in the Soooo bad its good way either.

Spike · « **Reply #19 on:** 12 Aug 2005, 16:37 »

Pardon me for nagging but am I the only one who thinks it's kind of awkward to have the vampire under the word zombie and the zombie under the word vampire?

EDIT: Hmm, I get it. Irony strikes again.

Inlander · « **Reply #20 on:** 12 Aug 2005, 17:15 »

I was just thinking that m'self!

KharBevNor · « **Reply #21 on:** 12 Aug 2005, 18:24 »

Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town
Resident Evil
(Evil Dead?)

Thus ends the list of zombie movies that I have seen. It's a somewhat curious deficiency. Especially given the almost soul-destroyingly punishing amount of vampire movies I've seen. (Vampyros Lesbos ftw)

AbsolootGeek · « **Reply #22 on:** 13 Aug 2005, 23:32 »

Shaun of the Dead is one my favorite movies ever. What made it great for me was that it was simultaneously a zombie movie and spoof of zombie movies. I loved how, during the most intense parts of the movie, they could insert a single line that had nothing to do with what was going on during that particular scene but would crack me the hell up nonetheless. It was that flawless combination of comedy and horror/suspense that made Shaun of the Dead a movie that I can watch over and over and over again.

Kai · « **Reply #23 on:** 14 Aug 2005, 09:07 »

Quote from: KharBevNor

Thus ends the list of zombie movies that I have seen. It's a somewhat curious deficiency. Especially given the almost soul-destroyingly punishing amount of vampire movies I've seen. (Vampyros Lesbos ftw)

Is there such thing as a vampire movie without any lesbians in it? Is there such thing as a female fampire that isn't a lesbian?

LiterSize · « **Reply #24 on:** 14 Aug 2005, 11:30 »

Ann Coulter doesn't count?

ANYWAY. Was anyone else creeped out by the original night of the living dead in black and white?

KharBevNor · « **Reply #25 on:** 14 Aug 2005, 13:34 »

Quote from: Kai

Is there such thing as a vampire movie without any lesbians in it? Is there such thing as a female fampire that isn't a lesbian?

Not on planet Khar there certainly isn't.

shrimp · « **Reply #26 on:** 14 Aug 2005, 16:02 »

Dracula 2000, Salem's Lot, The Fearless Vampire Killers and Interview with a Vampire had no lesbianism. so there....:p

KharBevNor · « **Reply #27 on:** 14 Aug 2005, 17:05 »

But all of Anne Rices vampires swing both ways. It's just because she's a dirty lady that pretty much all her characters are male.

shrimp · « **Reply #28 on:** 14 Aug 2005, 17:18 »

That's cause she writes porno under another name, but interview had NO lesbainism, just some man love inferences.

LiterSize · « **Reply #29 on:** 14 Aug 2005, 21:09 »

Whoa, whoa, ZOMBIES guys.

Hmmm..... which movie set it that zombies had to be shot in the brain? Has that always been Romero's doing?

5thWheel · « **Reply #30 on:** 15 Aug 2005, 03:09 »

Quote from: LiterSize

ANYWAY. Was anyone else creeped out by the original night of the living dead in black and white?

It is 1 of only 4 films (Lost Highway is the creepiest film I've ever seen, we were getting ready to leave the cinema about half way thru) me & the wifeunit find creepy, much better than the 2 (/3) sequels (although we enjoyed those too).
I can't think of a pre-romero zombie movie where an issue was made of kill-technique (all the ones I can google are voodoo zombies).. IMDB says "This film has been the standard for almost every zombie film made ever since its release (zombies eating human flesh, destroying zombies by destroying the brain, etc.)"
Carnival of Souls is also creepy (but no shambling brain-eating zombies).

Ozymandias · « **Reply #31 on:** 15 Aug 2005, 03:23 »

Night of the Living Dead is the only horror movie to ever scare me in my entire life.

I watched it once. When I was 14. I've yet to go bac and watch it again. In my mind, it is the single best horror movie ever made. It doesn't rely on the zombies to be scary. It doesn't require excessive gore to shock the audience. It just plays on pure paranoid fear of what the hell is going to happen next. There are so few good horror movies that do that.

That also why Silent Hill is the only video game to ever actually scare me.

heretic · « **Reply #32 on:** 15 Aug 2005, 06:49 »

i just saw Evil Dead for the first time. it rocked. rocked really hard. like Diamond hard.

ASturge · « **Reply #33 on:** 15 Aug 2005, 12:14 »

Evil Dead 2 is bestest.

Groooooooooovey

shrimp · « **Reply #34 on:** 15 Aug 2005, 12:38 »

Evil Dead 2 is great for the PERFECT mix of horror and comedy... but Army of Darkness is just the funniest!

i LOVE Army of Darkness, remember kids Shop smart Shop S-Mart.

ASturge · « **Reply #35 on:** 15 Aug 2005, 13:41 »

Hahah.

Second'd

I is Grammar · « **Reply #36 on:** 15 Aug 2005, 15:16 »

Third'd.

Gryff · « **Reply #37 on:** 15 Aug 2005, 17:17 »

I saw Evil Dead the other day and it wasn't really what I was expecting. I thought it was going to be a horror/comedy thing but it ended up as more of a straight b-grade horror. I still thought it was cool, but there was no chainsaw hand thing or "hail to the king" line!

I hear the sequel is better though.

shrimp · « **Reply #38 on:** 15 Aug 2005, 17:52 »

Do Zombies eat brains or flesh, and what possible nutritional value could be seen in eating intestines, seriously, theres poo in them, noone wants to eat poo (except maybe a dung beetle)

5thWheel · « **Reply #39 on:** 16 Aug 2005, 02:06 »

Quote from: shrimp

Do Zombies eat brains or flesh, and what possible nutritional value could be seen in eating intestines, seriously, theres poo in them, noone wants to eat poo (except maybe a dung beetle)

& yet burgers & hotdogs still sell like hot cakes. & haggis, for that matter ( = ick!)

Cpt.Fantastic · « **Reply #40 on:** 16 Aug 2005, 09:25 »

Seems that you can't beat the British for zombies. Shaun Of The Dead and 28 Days Later are two of the best zombie movies in my opinion.

shrimp · « **Reply #41 on:** 16 Aug 2005, 09:49 »

They wash the poo out of those first, but i've never seen a Zombie wash the poo out... I KNOW intestines stink if they are burst, I worked for a summer in a vet clinic and I've done my fair share of dissections... That's just nasty (said like Cleveland from Family Guy)

LiterSize · « **Reply #42 on:** 16 Aug 2005, 10:14 »

I always expected a zombie ate flesh so that the flesh would grow on their own bodies, but since they always got killed before eating a quota that's why we never saw it.

Then again, I do like to make stuff up.

heretic · « **Reply #43 on:** 16 Aug 2005, 10:43 »

when i get bored in a movie i like to make up my own plot.
and i think zombie eat whatever they wanna eat, some just any flesh, some are pickier and want brains. mmmmm braaaaiiiins

Sythe · « **Reply #44 on:** 16 Aug 2005, 11:51 »

Everyone eats brains! Even your savior, Indiana Jones was present at a brain banquet.

Deticui · « **Reply #45 on:** 16 Aug 2005, 15:19 »

To add to the already spotless reputation of Shaun of the Dead with an all-new view of the movie is...oh fuck self introductions.

I basically liked Shaun cuz thats what a Zombie invasion would pretty much be like irl. I mean, in just about every zombie movie (I've seen), the second zombies appear in the streets and a main character grabs a gun, he/she becomes the ultimate sharpshooter, blasting bullet holes in the heads of zombies everywhere! (until its time for him/her to be devoured). In Shaun, he got one headshot (since the second was from an exploding bullet)

The new Dawn of the Dead was cool. The old one has pleasing value purely for the fact that its old, it has its own remake now, and it was great about conveying our dependance on consumerism. Plus the black dude lives at the end. Other than that, though, everyone was insanely stupid, and the zombies were little more than staggering pieces of the scenery, i mean, COME ON! I doubt if you tried to push a REAL zombie out of the way you could come away with your brains intact.

Course, for all you Zombie buffs, grab "The Zombie Survival Guide". It makes THE BESTEST coffee table book/conversation starter. Plus its damn cool.

...holy fuck guys, sorry about the novel-size post.

LiterSize · « **Reply #46 on:** 18 Aug 2005, 10:45 »

Yo det! No worries about the post, it was rather informative! And I've been inspired to hunt down a book.

heretic · « **Reply #47 on:** 18 Aug 2005, 11:17 »

in my dorm last year the RAs were required to make a couple hallway posters a year; uses for duct-tape, how not to get robbed, that sort of thing. one of them was the zombie survival quick tips. it was accompanied by a zombie movie marathon. (they also had to have a few prgrams each, like 12 a semester or something. we just signed the paper when they gave us pizza)

soap · « **Reply #48 on:** 18 Aug 2005, 13:40 »

for me the original black & white night of the living dead sets the laws of the horror zombie.
it is also the scariest/creepiest movie i think i've seen, even the re-coloured version you can buy on video.

1. re-animated corpse
2. eats flesh - not just "brrrainnss"
3. twisted parody of the living
4. slow and relentless*
5. removing the head or destroying the brain

also, i like the way that its any person whose died you can come back, not just the bitten...some how i just think thats a better idea (the satellite radiation idea that shaun of the dead nicked)

*which is scarier than fast because if its fast its over quickly, this is all about the constant creeping ever closer ever nearer not stopping for anything - no matter what you do they will get you.

LiterSize · « **Reply #49 on:** 19 Aug 2005, 08:12 »

THEY'RE COMING TO GET YOU BARBARA!!!!

The ending to Shaun of the Dead is the bestest by far.

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Author Topic: ZOMBIES! (Read 26396 times)

5thWheel

Tedd

ace!sodapop

IndieFark

heretic

heretic

trolley

shrimp

shrimp

soap

shrimp

AbsolootGeek

shrimp

shrimp

5thWheel

heretic

ASturge

shrimp

ASturge

shrimp

5thWheel

Cpt.Fantastic

shrimp

heretic

Deticui

heretic

soap