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EDIT: Thread title changed to include all zombie and related movies.

'Flight of the Living Dead'

I admit, the recent comic book advertisements for it hooked me.

I staked out Blockbuster until it was available.

It definitely falls in the "so bad it's good" category.

Nothing like a stewardess repeatedly telling panicked zombie-attacked passengers to "take your seats"! Heh heh!

I've been in full-blown zombie mode lately. Also rented PLANET TERROR (haven't watched yet), am up to the 5th tpb of THE WALKING DEAD (it's SO addicitive!!), and got MARVEL ZOMBIES 2 # 1.

Per the instructions of THE WALKING DEAD's writer, I bought Romero's DAY OF THE DEAD on DVD a couple weeks ago. It was okay, once I got past the whole claustrophobic feel of it. I was really wanting to wait and see the re-make, which I had heard was in the works.

So yesterday I went to Blockbuster and found out not only is the DAY OF THE DEAD remake *already* out (and apparently follows Romero's original plan for the film) but there is ANOTHER in the series-- DIARY OF THE DEAD. I rented "Diary of..." and will watch it tonight. Anyone seen the "DAY OF..." remake?

I *really* like the Dawn of the Dead remake, hopefully these are that good.

I'd heard of the remake plans for Day but didn't know it was out. I wonder if its on iTunes. Diary I knew was out but it never hit a theater here. Guess its time to update my zombie video collection.

Both Night and Dawn remakes were ok, Dawn definitely much better. But I still love the originals.

My favorite is still Shawn of the Dead. Never really got into the zombie movies, though. Saw planet terror and it was pretty good. My wife likes the resident evil movies.

I don't really like the horror movies because i tend to ruin them for other people, lol. I laughed my ass off at nightmare on elm street instead of being terrified. People in the audience don't tend to like that.

And five minutes into the zombie movies, or the "'orror noir" like scream, i just want everyone dead. Something else else original and unique, kill them all off in the first twenty minutes and have the rest of the movie run like the Andy Griffith show. Horror on top of horror, lol.

Scott, have you seen Zombi: Dawn of the Dead, the recut of the original Dawn of the Dead for the European market? It moves like a bullet train and has a kick-ass score by Goblin. Not to be confused with Lucio Fulci's unrelated but equally brilliant Zombi 2, or Zombie to us Americans.

I haven't seen the recut. Ok, add that to my growing list of zombie disks to find. Thanks! As for Zombi 2, all I can say is shark vs. zombie.

Easily my favourite zombie movie. Followed by Resident Evil - it had zombie dogs! I did catch Diary of the Dead, and for a brief moment I was sure I would get a zombie chicken, alas...

Zombi 2 holds promise, but beyond that, I get my fill from The Walking Dead.

Now penguins...

I watched "Diary of..." last night and it was good, a bit different than the rest of Romero's zombie offerings.

i watched Diary of the Dead and i really enjoyed, better then land of the dead. I also downloaded the remake of day of the dead and that was awful.
i also downloaded a movie that looked like it was going to be a killer zombie movie but was not, DAY X

QUARANTINE...

I haven't gone to the theatre for a scary movie in years but I'm planning to go Sunday to see this.

Looks like, based on the commercial, that the zombie/disease outbreak happens within a highrise and then is contained there by the Center for Disease Control. If you try to get out of the highrise, you are shot or whatever.

There goes my rationale for living in a highrise in case a zombie outbreak occures!

Love the actress from Dexter. Movie looks very scary and claustrophobic, so I definitely want to take Lady Cobalt out to see it (she looks like horror, including b-grade horror, as well).

I'll have to wait until its been out a few weeks though so those damn loud and horny teenagers aren't in the theater with me

There were definitely a few scary and make-you-jump moments. The clautrophobia was definitely there.

I do have 2 complaints... it takes just a smidge too long to get moving. They could maybe have made the opening scenes about 5 minutes or more shorter and gotten to the action sooner. People were starting to lose interest by the time the action started. The DAWN remake would have been a good example to follow here.

Also, it's filmed in that whole "Blair Witch" style, by an actual cameraman in the movie. While in some places, this is highly effective, in some it's highly annoying.

I find Woody Harrelson to be a hoot in general. Match him with zombies and you have me at the afternoon opening of ZOMBIELAND on Oct. 2!!

Zombieland looks good. Seens to have the right touches of horror and humor.

I'm gonna watch the preview tomorrow afternoon, I'm looking forward to it!

Planning on taking the wife to see it.

I really enjoyed this movie, gore and humour all in one!

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Woody Harrelson was FANTASTIC. The Bill Murray cameo is priceless.

I actually wanted MORE zombie action, though I enjoyed how they entertwined a "geek gets the girl" theme with a zombie apocalypse.

My only gripe was the total disregard for common sense that occured once they arrived at the amusement park... suspend your disbelief for that part, and everything is okay.

I saw Eddie Van Halen at the Hollywood Bowl last night
Wow, he's alive?
No he's a zombie

As I've already mentioned in various other places go see this now, it's freaking hilarious!

I finally saw Zombieland last week during my vacation and thoroughly enjoyed it! RIGHTEOUS zombie kills throughout! LOVED "the rules"! One of the very few roles for Woody Harrelson that I enjoyed. Fun cameo, but I saw how it ended coming. The opening sequence and the ending at the amusement park were awesome!

This movie compares very favorably with Shaun of the Dead, especially in how each has its own flavor. Both films should be viewed by any fan of the zombie subgenre and by horror fans that don't take horror too seriously.

While in a zombie mood, I rented, The Zombie Diaries. This movie combined zombies with the handheld camera/documentary horror subgenre. It wasn't horrible but was ultimately pretty disappointing. Not much in the way of gore or mayhem and a pretty slim story. The resolution felt kind of tacked on in a way. I get that zombie films are often used to point out man's own inhumanity to man, but I've seen it done much better elsewhere than how it was here:

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">Okay, so most of the protagonists shown in the movie are done in by sadists/serial killers they happen to encounter. Kind of a big coincedence in a relatively short timeframe (couple of months) post-zombie apocolypse, huh? </span></span>

Later, I pulled out the remake of Dawn of the Dead from my own DVD collection and watched it for the first time in a couple years. Enjoyed it a lot and figure it's the best of the recent crop of zombie flicks (certainly of the "serious" ones). A lot of good character interaction with a good mix of stereotypes and some who rise above stereotypical. A fun, gory thrillride!

Topped everything off by watching the grandaddy of them all, Night of the Living Dead on AMC. Still a classic and still shocking and ahead of its time in many ways!

I enjoyed Diary of the Dead

Different movie. The one you refer to is part of the Romero "Dead" series (haven't seen that one yet). Zombie Diaries is a British low budget thing.

Yes, Romero's DIARY OF THE DEAD was good.

THE ZOMBIE DIARIES I rented a few months back. It was dreadful. Didn't even finish watching it.

'Kay, I know THE CRAZIES, like 28 Days/Weeks Later, isn't really a "zombie" flick, but I'm still gonna go see it.

The original, after all, was directed by George Romero...

Trailer out for Resident Evil: Afterlife. I don't know about anyone else, but I love these movies. I never played the games, so I do not care one bit about them not staying true to anything. They are fun movies, and this one looks to be a hoot as well.

Saw The Crazies....Sucked
I love the Resident Evil movies also, but the third one was awful.

OK, 1 zombie film was enough... time for something a little more lighthearted... oh, look-- King of the Hill Season 10! Instant watch queue!

'Kay, ya'll hold down the fort, this is gonna take awhile to watch!

Now, on to episode 6... (still haven't slept)

is that Day, the movie that has the blonde from American Beauty, covered in rose pedals. If so, i thought that movie was just awful.

ZOMBIE MADNESS on NETFLIX!

The remake of DAY OF THE DEAD was not as good as the remakes of NIGHT OF and DAWN OF, but was still a fun zombie romp, full of action and some very scary moments!

Despite its campy title, BOY EATS GIRL is pretty good. It's also a bit different in that is uses a voodoo zombie and not some myserious plague to start the outbreak.

next: FIDO!

you need to check out Deadgirl too!

will do!

its not for everyone but I think YOU will love it

I'd already read the info about DEADGIRL and was considering watching it. Now I will for sure.

Oh dear... but now I've come across CREATURES FROM THE PINK LAGOON, an all-gay zombie movie.

oh my

And OTTO sounds really good.

DEADGIRL is gone from the instant list! Damn NETFLIX! I hear they do a lot of moving around of movies, taking them off the instant lists at any time. I'll watch for it to show back up.

They also removed the KING OF THE HILL seasons from the instant list and I was having a lot of fun with those.

It was that one. I thought it was fun, not great.

I did not get 15 minutes into CREATURES FROM THE PINK LAGOON before turning it off.

The new Day of the Dead was very hard to watch. Didn't make it through...made it to the point where the mom got hit by the car...

Get The Haunted World of El Superbeasto...

It's an animated flick by Rob Zombie, the only movie by him I'll EVER like. It's risque, raunchy, nasty, and gotdang hilarious.

Here's the trailer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onuKSRYBKnA

Anyone seen Romero's latest: Survival of the Dead?

I'm not hearing good things, but it's still part of his series, so I'm stoked.

I *want* to see SotD, but it isn't playing here.

OTTO was a bit to avante-guard and artsy for my taste and the thick accents were extremely difficult for me to understand. I *might* have watched longer if it had captions, but probably not THAT much longer.

ZOMBIES ANONYMOUS: Very low-budget but not BAD low-budget... it actually has great themes that deserve big-budget treatment...

In this movie, once the zombie plague or whatever happens, when you die you come back... not as a monster but as pretty much yourself... only dead. Awesome prejudice themes and ideas presented here... I'm kinda impressed so far.

30 minutes in... it just keeps getting better... ZOMBIES ANONYMOUS might become my favorite zombie flick yet... let's see how this plays out...

renting Undead at the moment. just watched Slither ... was ok, some parts were funny.

Please let me know how you like UNDEAD.

Meanwhile, Zombies Anonymous has taken the pratfall of many low-budget movies... it's taken a great premise no one has thought of before, gone about an hour riding that premise to near-indie-flick-nirvana...

then taken a wrong turn into total ridonkulousness.

Gotta see it through though...

Final Verdict: Despite some overacting and some amatuer acting and a detour into ridonkulousness, ZOMBIES ANONYMOUS does deserve a view from any fan of the zombie genre looking for something different.

Did you ever get to see Deadgirl?

Not yet... but I see that it is back on the instant list section... No time like the present...

turned off undead after about 30 minutes. i'm not sure if it's supposed to be funny.

it's like a really scary movie with a 1950s bugs bunny score to it.

utter failure.

Thanks for the heads-up, Peebs...

Matt, I am watching DEADGIRL now... (took a break to post for a minute)... first impression: JT and Rickey are hot teenage sex.

JT is trying to convince Rickey to return with him... something's about to hit the fan I believe...

ummm.. okay. DEADGIRL. That was very very very disturbing.

um, just watched the trailer to dead girl ....

it looks scary! i hope you're not watching it alone!

is there a scared gremlin???

I was alone but I'm not easily scared.... though I am easily grossed out!

re: DEADGIRL, I'd say give it a watch... but be prepared for ANYthing. And absolutely under no circumstances would I ever let anyone under 18 see it.

I told you. It's not for eveyone. I felt dirty after watching it. LOL

wow
Deadgirl, i saw the box but i dont think i ever picked it up and read the back, thanks for the heads up.
For me, Undead sucked, its talked about in horror forums for years but i couldnt get through it.
There is a zombie i may or maynot have mentioned, Day X, dont worry it sucked beyond belief and especially the ending.

just watched, day of the dead, was pretty funny, liked it.

an 'all star cast' he he

i think it's my fave of the george romeros so far. well see when survival hits rental.

all star cast?
in the original?
i know the remake had Ving Rhames, the dude from ER i think(not the wyle or clooney) and sarah polley

ha! i guess i saw the remake. oops.

it also had mr. mariah carey.

and mena suvari.

I liked the remake too, Peebs!

i believe that would be
Day of the dead- contagion or something
had Ving Rhames and the chick from american beauty mena suvari.
i did not enjoy that movie, and is in no way associated with Romero.
DAWN was the remake where the zombies ran and our heroes were held up in a mall, remake of the original DAWN with the same premise but slow moving zombies.

ah. i saw that one too. the mall one. prefered 'day'. except those were zombie ninjas with super speed and those kids never stood a chance.


uh thanks labradorian, i'm often silly like that.

actually i messed up, i got all the movies right, i just misread your original post where you stated you watched
Day of the dead, i read it as dawn, so we have been carrying on this thread for my silliness.
I believe any movie that sucks just needs zombies in it.

I know, where have I been right? But I just saw RESIDENT EVIL for the first time on HBO.

I thought it was pretty cool.

I love all the Resident Evil movies and am looking forward to the next one. I am not a Resident Evil game player, so I do not have any issue with deviations from the storyline of the games...besides it's a different medium and who constantly wants to see the same exact thing in different mediums. Some things work in print, comics, movies or games...but not in all three.

Just watched SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD On Demand...

There was same really bad acting and a Hatfields/McCoys scenario that was borderline ridiculous, but there also were some interesting ideas presented.

grade: D+/C-

Don't fret if you miss this one.

i figured it would suck, but i've seen all of Romero's zombie movies and i gotta see this one.

OK this came from Netflix today:

AUTUMN

Paraphrased synopsis:

Plague devestates the world... group of survivors soon realize dead are reanimating... Survivors find their wits and limits tested as they try to reconstruct a civilization worth fighting for while eluding the predators who are getting more intelligent every day.

Popping it in now.

review later.

AUTUMN: this was low budget and I grade on a curve for that.

While I really really like the premise of seeing the zombies become more intelligent as the movie goes along, where the filmaker fails is in the inconsistency of the threat.

Even grading on the low budget curve, and with the interesting premise, those awful inconsistencies drop the grade to a D-/D.

If a little bit more thought had been put into how the zombies should be portrayed as they evolved and how dangerous they should be at any given moment, I think this would have pulled in a C+/B- on the low budget curve.

DEAD SET

I enjoyed this when it was broadcast recently on IFC, though it contained an almost unbeleivably stupid move at the end...


SPOILER FOLLOWS HERE!!!!


Dude: Opening a gate by hand that has a thousand high-speed zombies clawing at it? Did you REALLY think you would make it back into your van several feet away? STUPID!

I saw that last year dirrectly from the UK. You have to look at the guy who did it. Yes, it was unbeleivably stupid, but that is how he was played through the whole show so not that surprising. The girl in the confession booth is what got me.

I felt like she had just given up at that point. She couldn't beat 'em so she joined 'em, maybe?

i have jumped ahead, i havent watched Dead Set yet but i do have it to watch, you have convinced me to watch it this week.
LONG LIVE THE DEAD

I have watched a few of the movies mentioned above that I hadn't seen yet...
Deadgirl: Totally freaked me out. I think this one may require I get some really expensive therapy.
Autumn: Not bad. Not spectacular, but not bad.
Zombies Anonymous: The darkly-funniest thing I have seen since 'Gay Zombie' and strangely enough the same basic premous ... they could have even taken place in the same fictional universe (hmmm... wonder which one came out first? Now I'll have to look it up).
Zombie Diaries: What a waste of time. I mean, nutball serial killers? Really?

Gay Zombie? I'll have to look for that one.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054488/

And that answers it. ZA was first, GZ came out a year later.

Yeah, that one really sucked ASS, and I said as much somewhere earlier in the thread. Avoid Zombie Diaries at all costs people!!!

TRUE... As I said earlier in this thread, I couldn't even finish it. Avoid ZOMBIE DIARIES at all costs.

DIARY OF THE DEAD, however, is worth a watch. It's a Romero, and was much better than Survival of the Dead. SotD is on Netflix now... I might give it another try to see if I like it any better... but zombies riding horses... I'm just not sure I can get past that...

CRAP. This is not available through Netflix and it looks so amusing!!

Although I don't normally recommend it, there are *cough* other *cough* avenues through which you can see it.

Just watched Resident Evil" Afterlife.

Not bad, bot great. Fun way to spend 90 minutesthough.

Milla is so freakin hot though...wow.

gonna disagree with you a bit on that one, Dev. She's pretty, but I don't really get that "hot" vibe off her. She's right there with Gweneth Paltrow to me, pretty, but bland... doesn't throw off any sparks for me.

Really? Because even I think she is hot... and I don't do girls.

I watched ZOMBIE STRIPPERS tonight... and you can pretty much judge the quality from the title. I wasn't expecting much and therefore was able to enjoy it. There's some pretty good grossout scenes and LOTS of hooters for the straight boys and lesbians.

One thing I did find interesting is that as the nights passed and the zombie strippers were looking more and more like extras from the EVIL DEAD, the patrons were more into them than ever. Robert Englund's character called it a fad, I could almost see it happening.

Still, I would NOT recommend this for the zombie film elitists... but I thought it was okay, despite the low budget and goofiness.

After that though, I wanted some better-quality zombie stuff so I'm rewatching DEAD SET.