Zombie movies
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thatdarncat
Overlord of Chat
I'll take my zombies any way I can get them. MMMMMMmmmmmmmmm brains.
*wanders off to snack on some coworkers*
*wanders off to snack on some coworkers*
Psychic Warrior
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Rotting with a mix of fresh 'kills'. Slow and methodical - that's the zombie way! (although I loved 28 Days Later, haven't seen Day of the Dead (2004) yet). I liked Shaun of the Dead except for
Shaun leaving his best friend as a zombie rather than just killing him. I didn't realize that Shaun hated the guy so much. Remember there was ample evidence throughout the movie that the zombie retained a portion of themselves after being zombiefied - that was just inhuman of Shaun and out of character
Narfellus
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Favorite scenes in --
Return of the Living Dead: Nude graveyard dancing, "Send more cops," "Send more paramedics."
Night of the Living Dead: Initial graveyard scene, girl kills mother
Dawn of the Dead: : Zombie walks into helicoptor blades, blocking off the exits with trucks and Roger(?) gets bit, living the high life in the shopping mall.
Day of the Dead:: The Big Finale
Shaun of the Dead: "She's so drunk!", planning to kill Shaun's stepdad.
Evil Dead 1: first time girl is possessed, the icky finale
Evil Dead 2: Chase thru the woods/house, chainsawing the hand.
Evil Dead 3: "This is my BOOMSTICK!", The Windmill scene.
Zombie: Zombie fighting the shark.
Dead Alive/Braindead:: "I kick ass for the Lord!", Big Finale
2004 Dawn of the Dead: ...didn't like it...
Return of the Living Dead: Nude graveyard dancing, "Send more cops," "Send more paramedics."
Night of the Living Dead: Initial graveyard scene, girl kills mother
Dawn of the Dead: : Zombie walks into helicoptor blades, blocking off the exits with trucks and Roger(?) gets bit, living the high life in the shopping mall.
Day of the Dead:: The Big Finale
Shaun of the Dead: "She's so drunk!", planning to kill Shaun's stepdad.
Evil Dead 1: first time girl is possessed, the icky finale
Evil Dead 2: Chase thru the woods/house, chainsawing the hand.
Evil Dead 3: "This is my BOOMSTICK!", The Windmill scene.
Zombie: Zombie fighting the shark.
Dead Alive/Braindead:: "I kick ass for the Lord!", Big Finale
2004 Dawn of the Dead: ...didn't like it...
Elrik_DarkFury
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Shaun of the dead had some really funny parts and the faces of the main actors were hilarius 
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I generally prefer them slow, so i order them not to run all over the place destroying my garden
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but i ve got to admit that the fast ones from "dawn of the dead" are really tough and scary.
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.I generally prefer them slow, so i order them not to run all over the place destroying my garden
, but i ve got to admit that the fast ones from "dawn of the dead" are really tough and scary.
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barsoomcore
Unattainable Ideal
No love for NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD? What is this world coming to?
Yeah, yeah, slow, unstoppable, and HUNGRY. That's how I like them.
Thought 28 Days Later and the recent Dawn of the Dead were both total crap. Gimme Romero, man, and keep your trendy pretty-boy zombie action to yourselves...
But Shaun of the Dead was maybe the BEST film last year.
Yeah, yeah, slow, unstoppable, and HUNGRY. That's how I like them.
Thought 28 Days Later and the recent Dawn of the Dead were both total crap. Gimme Romero, man, and keep your trendy pretty-boy zombie action to yourselves...
But Shaun of the Dead was maybe the BEST film last year.
Gomez
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For some classic Zombie fun I would suggest.
White Zombie (1932) with Bela Lugosi.
and
Ghost Breakers (1940) with Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. Great fun, a haunted castle, and a zombie to boot! One of my favorite Hope movies! Hard to find though. It is said to be the inspiration for Ghostbusters.
White Zombie (1932) with Bela Lugosi.
and
Ghost Breakers (1940) with Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. Great fun, a haunted castle, and a zombie to boot! One of my favorite Hope movies! Hard to find though. It is said to be the inspiration for Ghostbusters.
TheAuldGrump
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Hmmmm... zombie quotes other than 'Braaaiiinnnsss'.
'You can't kill us Roger, we're already dead...'
'It's my birthday Bedilia, and I want my ****ing cake!'
'You're gonna die, you're gonna die, you're gonna die' sung over and over until you want to scream.
And possibly strangest, with a framing quote -
Narrator: '...and rises from the grave looking for revenge!'
Zombie: 'No, actually it was the caliope, I've never been to a carnival...' Zombie wanders off and has a great time at the carnival, not a bit of blood or brains in sight...
The Auld Grump
'You can't kill us Roger, we're already dead...'
'It's my birthday Bedilia, and I want my ****ing cake!'
'You're gonna die, you're gonna die, you're gonna die' sung over and over until you want to scream.
And possibly strangest, with a framing quote -
Narrator: '...and rises from the grave looking for revenge!'
Zombie: 'No, actually it was the caliope, I've never been to a carnival...' Zombie wanders off and has a great time at the carnival, not a bit of blood or brains in sight...
The Auld Grump
Cthulhudrew
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To me, zombies are the ultimate horror monster because they are such a metaphor for the inevitability of death. It is slow in coming (relatively speaking); it can't be stopped, only slowed down; and it is indiscriminate- it doesn't care who or what you are, it doesn't even consciously seek to destroy you for any reason other than that's what its purpose is.
For those reasons, I like my zombies "classic" style- slow moving, ignorant of any damage suffered short of complete destruction, and mindless. None of that fast-moving stuff for me.
Serious is cool, but a lot of the best zombie movies don't take themselves too seriously either. Night of the Living Dead is a classic "serious' zombie flick, as is Day of the Dead. Like Romero's less serious Day of the Dead, though, both also manage to convey social commentary, which is cool. Shaun of the Dead, for all its tongue-in-cheekness, still manages (early on in particular) to have some of the most creepy zombie scenes (the scene in the grocery store was pretty cool- he's slipping on something, and you don't even have to see what it is to know what it is, not after seeing everything else going on around him. Sweet.)
For those reasons, I like my zombies "classic" style- slow moving, ignorant of any damage suffered short of complete destruction, and mindless. None of that fast-moving stuff for me.
Serious is cool, but a lot of the best zombie movies don't take themselves too seriously either. Night of the Living Dead is a classic "serious' zombie flick, as is Day of the Dead. Like Romero's less serious Day of the Dead, though, both also manage to convey social commentary, which is cool. Shaun of the Dead, for all its tongue-in-cheekness, still manages (early on in particular) to have some of the most creepy zombie scenes (the scene in the grocery store was pretty cool- he's slipping on something, and you don't even have to see what it is to know what it is, not after seeing everything else going on around him. Sweet.)
Narfellus
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Shaun of the Dead was genius. Oddly enough though, i enjoyed the first half of the movie more than the second. The scenes at the Winchester weren't quite as funny or original, and the scene where they break bottles and have a "stand off" when Shaun's mother is discovered as bit, was sort of awkward. Only in my opinion of course. Can't argue that Shaun was one of the best movies of last year. We showed it to a girl who hates zombies AND horror movies and she put it in her Netflix queue to watch it again.
Romero's Land of the Dead is available online if you do a search for it (not sure which version, i'm sure the shooting script has changed several times). Nevertheless, i am VERY impressed with what the old fella's pulled off. The script is tight, fun, gory, and feels like the original trilogy, but a logical extension of it. I can't wait to see out it pans out.
Romero's Land of the Dead is available online if you do a search for it (not sure which version, i'm sure the shooting script has changed several times). Nevertheless, i am VERY impressed with what the old fella's pulled off. The script is tight, fun, gory, and feels like the original trilogy, but a logical extension of it. I can't wait to see out it pans out.
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