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NEW!Return of the Evil Dead - posted 5.7.08Although this is the 2nd in the series it is as much of a sequel to 'Tombs..' as Evil Dead 2 is to it's predecessor. i.e. not a sequel at all, but more version 1.5. - Take the 'zombies' from the 1st film, keep the setting more-or-less the same but totally ignore everything that happened in the original and just redo everything from scratch using old footage from version 1 where appropriate. Click here to read the full review |  |
NEW!The Dead Pit - posted 5.1.08The Dead Pit doesn't really start off particularly impressively, or with much originality. A crazed doctor in a mental hospital is murdering patients and performing bizarre brain experiments on them in the hospital basement. What he's trying to achieve isn't fully explained, except that 'The Brain is a Parasite' and is a barrier to freeing the mind, apparently. Ah, so filling dead peoples heads with formaldehyde and dumping the bodies in a pit is the way to go then. Click here to read the full review |
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NEW!The Video Dead- posted 4.22.08The Video Dead is a relatively obscure little film nowadays, and one that I still don't think has had a full DVD release. This is a pity as it's considerably better than many zombie films that followed it. Well, that is assuming that decent scripting, acting, editing and direction are not required as a measure of quality. What is of class here though is the story, which is thoroughly enjoyable and pretty original by zombie standards, although still utter nonsense. Click here to read the full review | |
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NEW!Planet Terror - posted 4.16.08Planet Terror is pretty much the type of movie I would make if
I were a reasonably famous Hollywood director with free reign to
film whatever I choose. Take a bare bones nonsense zombie plot,
borrow several well known actors, chuck in liberal and stupendously
O.T.T. CGI special effects, not to mention various lovely ladies
and you've more-or-less got the ideal film for lovers of pure cinematic
guff. There are no morals to this story, no dippy romances, no character
development, just a bunch of ridiculous people and some chemically
poisoned zombies shooting the bejeezus out of each other. What more
could you want? Click here to read the full review | |
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Night of the Living Dorks - posted 4.08.08The 'Horror Comedy' genre is not a particular favourite of mine,
I suspect because I find plenty of comedy in the terrible over-the-top
blood & gore special effects that are present in the majority
of genuine horror films from my collection. Heck, I even laughed
at the head explosions of the Burmese villagers in the latest Rambo
film, (and was the only person in the whole cinema to do so I might
add). I think my sense of humour is being warped due to the deluge
of guts and gore images that I pour into it on a near daily basis. click here to read the full review | |
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'2' - posted 2.23.08‘2’ is the story of David and Sarah, two survivors of an epidemic that turns people into flesh-crazed ghouls. Before I go any further, I have to say that ‘2’ is most definitely one of the best indie zombie films I have seen in a long time. David awakes to find himself in what appears to be a car accident.
When he comes to, he scrambles out of the car and into a somewhat
serene setting. As he explores, David encounters a horde of infected
ghouls. As he flees, he hears the screams of Sarah who he helps
to rescue from a group of ghouls. click here to read the full review | |
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Diary of the Dead - posted 2.18.08In his first independently financed film since he gave birth to the modern zombie film 40 years ago with Night of the Living Dead, George Romero returns to put an even more modern spin on the zombie movie genre. In the opening sequence of the film, we see a news lady reporting in front of an apartment complex where a man has just murdered his family and then himself. As the news lady reports, the bodies rise from their gurney’s and attack paramedics and police. The infection has begun. We then see a montage of clips from various sources as this video hits various media and trickles down the technological grapevine. click here to read the full review | |
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The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue (Blue Underground 2-disc Special Edition)- posted 2.5.08The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue is a classic film of the zombie subgenre. A beautifully shot film depicting zombies roaming the English countryside, it is not only brilliant visually but as most zombie films out of this time period do, it had a lot to convey socially as well. click here to read the full review |  |
White Zombie - posted 2.5.08"White Zombie is one of the great unheralded horror classics of the 1930's and unfortunately, it is almost forgotten today, overrun by the modern flesh eating creatures that cloud the true history of zombie lore. In fact, White Zombie may be the first and oldest surviving zombie movie ever made. Unlike the modern movies of the genre that we grew up on, or can see today, these traditional zombie characters are not evil in themselves craving brains and devouring everything in their path. Instead, they are mindless wanderers, controlled by an evil shaman, who must be destroyed to save the zombies from their helpless slumber." click here to read the full review |
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Colonel Kill Motherfuckers- posted 2.5.08"Colonel Kill Motherfuckers, is the story of Jack Scabtree, a psychotic Army Colonel veteran who is discharged from the Army only to be accidentally killed by a giant lollipop. The colonel’s evil mother uses her powers of witchcraft to resurrect her son and bring him back from the dead so he can kill those motherfuckers that killed him!" click here to read the full review | |
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American Zombie - posted 1.30.08""American Zombie is the brainchild of acclaimed documentary film maker Grace Lee whose 2005 documentary The Grace Lee Project was well received. The Grace Lee project chronicled Grace Lee’s quest to contact women all across the country with the same name as her in an effort to bring to light societal prejudices towards Asian American women. American Zombie is quite a departure from her previous works and finds Lee teamed with John Solomon, who both play themselves in the film to document the lives of an undead community in Los Angeles. The two quickly find that a virus, brought on by a violent death, is turning members of the community into zombies." click here to read the full review | |
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Days Of Darkness - posted 1.27.08"While not a complete failure of a film, Jake Kennedy’s
Days of Darkness suffers on multiple key elements. The beginning
of the movie seems quite rushed as we see a comet barreling towards
Earth which we later learn spreads an infectious, parasitic alien
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Boy Eats Girl - posted 1.27.08"Boy Eats Girl comes to us from Ireland which seems to be having a zombie outbreak (of films) of their own over the past few years. Boy Eats girl is a teeny-zombie film that borrows from films like Night of the Living Dorks and Shaun of the Dead. It does however have some of its own entertaining moments." click here to read the full review |
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Zombiemania Documentary - posted 1.27.08"Director Donna Davies and Producer Kimberlee McTaggart of Sorcery Films have created the documentary ‘Zombiemania’, a splendid romp through the sordid history of the dead. A Canadian produced made for TV documentary, Zombiemania originally aired on the Space Channel. One of the most well-done documentaries of its kind, Zombiemania features commentary from some of the subgenres finest professional and celebrity experts on the undead." click here to read the full review |
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City Of The Living Dead - posted 1.7.08"When Lucio Fulci decided to follow up his 1979 classic Zombie Flesh Eaters, with the 1980 release of City of the Living Dead, little did people realize that the Italian horror master would lead them on an unparalleled masterpiece of violent imagery, atmosphere and climate. Complete with some tremendous visual effects, Fulci definitely transports the viewer into a dark realm of the undead. While the movie does lack some story, the medical, religious and occult overtones add to the landscape of the film. Not to mention the strange and creepy looking zombies that the crew developed for this film. " Click here to read the full review |
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Sabbath - posted 10/20/07"Completed in 2005, but slated for release by Brain Damage
Films in 2008, Click here to read the full review |
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Revolt of the Zombies - posted 10/20/07"Revolt of the Zombies" shows that lightning rarely strikes
twice in the Click here to read the full review |
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The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue- posted 5/3/07"This 1974 Spanish/Italian production predates both Dawn and Day of the Dead (being released in 1978 and 1985 respectively) and can almost be seen as a re-imagining (or, if you’re less diplomatically minded, a rip off) of Night of the Living Dead set in rural England."
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Awaken the Dead - posted 11/14/06“Awaken the Dead” is the debut directorial effort from
screenwriter Jeffery McMichael Brookshire. The movie tells the story
of two total strangers directed to a fortified safe house through
a serious of mysterious letters, purportedly written by a mutual
acquaintance; a shadowy government operative named Jeremiah (Michael
Robert Nyman). Click here to read the full review |
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To Kako "EVIL" - posted 12/7/06 Upon first hearing of this film what instantly grabbed my attention was the notion of Greek zombies. For a region not at all known for it's output of horror films, I had to delve deeper and give it a look. Boy was I surprised by what I saw. Director Yorgos Nousias along with collaborators Petros Noussias and Claudio Bolivar took the bold leap of crafting what is being called Greece's first serious attempt at a horror genre film. The action-packed,energetic, gore-filled film has been making the rounds at various festivals and has been well received. The biggest highlight of the film's festival circuit being it's inclusion into the "Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now!" section of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Click here to read the full review |
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Archived Reviews
28 Days Later Danny Boyle’s 2002 directorial follow up to Leonardo DiCaprio
vehicle The Beach (not a patch on the book, apparently) took many
people by surprise. Shot entirely on DV, 28 Days Later deals with
a pandemic outbreak triggered when a group of Animal Rights activists
free a number of infected chimpanzees from a London laboratory.
Twenty-eight days later, Jim (a bicycle courier played by Cillian
Murphy) wakes from a coma only to find, first the hospital and then
the city seemingly deserted. After some brief exploration accompanied
by some truly eerie shots of the forsaken capital, Jim wanders into
a church and comes face to face with some of the “infected”. Click here to read the full review |
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Brain Dead (Dead Alive)In the early nineties Peter Jackson certainly wasn’t the family friendly, household name he is nowadays. Having directed and produced cult classics Bad Taste (in which he also played two of the leading characters, built many of the costumes and props from scratch, and oversaw the special effects) and Meet The Feebles (a kind of grimly realistic Muppet Show on crack) Jackson decided to turn his more than ample talents towards the zombie genre. The result was 1992’s Braindead (released as Dead Alive in the US) which, for my money, is still the ultimate laugh out loud gorefest. Click here to read the full review |
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Dawn of the Dead (2004) Dawn of the Dead 2004 is a great film by novice feature director Zack Snyder that combines the gore and horror elements of typical zombie movies with diverse characters and intense action. A great cast and aggressive zombies bind together to create a thrilling fast-paced experience that is sure to satisfy.
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The Evil Dead Trilogy ( I, II and Army of Darkness)In the spring of 1979 three young filmmakers, Bruce Campbell, Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert, made a short super-eight horror movie called Within The Woods. The film cost $1,600 to make and was shot over six days on the Tapert family’s farm in Michigan. Within The Woods was made as a show reel, designed to pique the interest of potential investors for the trio’s planned “big budget” movie The Book Of The Dead. Three years later, Raimi, Campbell and Tapert’s first “real” film was in the can. They had formed a company called Renaissance Pictures and were looking for someone (anyone) to distribute the movie. Everybody they showed the film to absolutely hated it. Everybody that is, except for the legendary Irvin Shapiro. He didn’t like the title though, explaining that he felt that any literary reference might prove off putting to some of the film’s target audience. Shapiro suggested a different title: The Evil Dead. Click here to read the full review |
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Shaun of the DeadWhen fans of Channel Four’s Spaced first heard that series director Edgar Wright and co writer Simon Pegg were working on a zombie film together, expectations were naturally high. However, no one (Pegg and co included) could have anticipated the world wide success of Shaun Of The Dead; the self proclaimed first rom-zom-com. click here to read the full review
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