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Being more familiar with spaceship films than zombie ones, Sunshine did more for me than Days.

Not exact matches

But all varieties of horror flick are easily identifiable at this point, whether they're spooky, low - budget films (numerous); viscera - stained slasher movies (more numerous); quick - cut zombie flicks (even more numerous); macabre sci - fi, floating - in - space efforts (somewhat less numerous than they should be); sexualized vampiric tales (I trip over one of these whenever I get the newspaper); films of the more critically favored retro - mashup variety (Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's Death Proof plus Planet Terror feature Grindhouse); or foreign entries of the psychological horror variety (the works of Dario Argento, of course; Alexandre Aja's films, which have their defenders; and Juan Antonio Bayona's El Orfanato, which only someone who truly dislikes cinema can dismiss).

Characters in zombie films are willing to do terrible things to each other because of the fear of zombies and the urge for self preservation, while, in the real world, things like the use of torture (or «advanced interrogation»), preemptive war and drone strikes were being debated as options to fight a threat even scarier than zombies: terrorism.

On the other hand, I really enjoyed seeing the odd, feral - looking beauty Mireille Enos (of TV's «The Killing») as Pitt's on - screen wife; I wish she had more to do in the film than hunker onboard an aircraft carrier with their kids, hoping the zombies won't learn how to swim.

«World War Z» isn't your typical zombie movie, but rather a globe - trotting socio - political thriller that treats the zombies more like a viral disease than something out of a horror film.

The direction by Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace, Stranger Than Fiction) delivers a fast - paced zombie thriller, and with Brad Pitt front and center, there is a grounding of the film in seeming more intelligent and plausible than your typical scare flThan Fiction) delivers a fast - paced zombie thriller, and with Brad Pitt front and center, there is a grounding of the film in seeming more intelligent and plausible than your typical scare flthan your typical scare flick.

More an action blockbuster than a horror squelcher, it contains spectacular crowd scenes that have an Hieronymus Bosch quality, but the film lacks strong meat — of the emotional and bloody zombie - cannibal sort.

You quickly get the sense that Williams is trying to do more of a zombie action film, rather than a straight - up loveletter to the videogames.

Evidently the victims - turned - zombies in this film hew closer to a sci - fi - like transformation rather than supernatural resurrection.

mmm... a protagonist who complete dominates a long film to the detriment of context and the other players in the story (though the abolitionist, limping senator with the black lover does gets close to stealing the show, and is rather more interesting than the hammily - acted Lincoln); Day - Lewis acts like he's focused on getting an Oscar rather than bringing a human being to life - Lincoln as portrayed is a strangely zombie character, an intelligent, articulate zombie, but still a zombie; I greatly appreciate Spielberg's attempt to deal with political process and I appreciate the lack of «action» but somehow the context is missing and after seeing the film I know some more facts but very little about what makes these politicians tick; and the lighting is way too stylised, beautiful but unremittingly unreal, so the film falls between the stools of docufiction and costume drama, with costume drama winning out; and the second subject of the film - slavery - is almost complete absent (unlike Django Unchained) except as a verbal abstraction

The trailer seemed very different than the source material, but over-proliferation of zombie - related content obscures how much of anomaly this picture really is: zombies have always roamed through low - budget settings, but what if someone had some serious dime to throw down on a zombie film?

Tarantino's film, «Death Proof,» is a rip - roaring slasher flick where the killer pursues his victims with a car rather than a knife, while Rodriguez's film «Planet Terror» shows us a view of the world in the midst of a zombie outbreak Read the rest of this entry»

In a voice - over that is present throughout much of the film, we listen to R analyzes his surroundings and questions why he is different than the non-thinking, unfeeling zombies he's surrounded by.

The film needs more than just to references other zombie movies and spoofs.

It gives the idea of consumerism run wild the short shrift that it deserves (and the cynicism that an intervening quarter - century demands), touching on the original's explanation of the zombies» affinity for the shopping mall and the human heroes» delight at their newfound material wealth before becoming a bracing action film that, like Marcus Nispel's reworking of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the source of which didn't need updating as much as Dawn arguably did), is more firmly entrenched in the James Cameron Aliens tradition than the Seventies institution of disconcerting personal horror film.

It's nice to see someone utilizing creatures other than vampires, werewolves and zombies for once, and the concept behind the gargoyles is admittedly clever, but the film has absolutely no soul... or a decent story or performances, for that matter.

Director Steven Spielberg and director J.J. Abram's nostalgic, monster - mash homage to their own movie - obsessed childhoods, «Super 8» tells the story of a gaggle of»70s kids who accidentally capture something much more unnerving — and deadly — on their Super 8 film than the homegrown zombie movie they've set out to shoot.

Although it works better as a romantic comedy than as a horror movie, this film is cute and breezy with a likable cast that might help zombie fans overlook the glaring lack of gore.

There are plenty of cheesy TV movies that have cornered that market, and more than a handful of films that feature a meteor shower as the catalyst for disaster: NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984) brings about zombies, THE BLOB (1958, with the remake out in 1988) hitches a ride on a meteorite, THE MONOLITH MONSTERS (1957) delivers killer crystals, and a rogue comet in Stephen King's MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986) prompts machines to come alive and attack us.

The film similarly concocts a terrifying new subset of zombies that are sleeker, faster, and more ferociously primal than their often lumbering ancestors.

I realize it's problematic to review a film on the basis of what it might have been, but when that same film substitutes a vision that's vastly less intriguing and original than the one offered by its source, it's a fair tactic, and what's onscreen here is just another zombie picture, gigantic but otherwise unremarkable.

That's Keiji Inafune, creator of Capcom's Dead Rising series, and none other than Bruce Campbell, the iconic actor of The Evil Dead and other pillars of the zombie - film genre.

The «Evil Dead» series at times had more in common with the Three Stooges and Warner Bros. cartoons than it did with other zombie films like «Night of the Living Dead» and «Dawn of the Dead.»

Clearly that won't be the case with a four - time Oscar - nominated actor and that lack of suspense kills the film faster than any zombie army.

While the film does have blood and scares, The Cured is ultimately much more smarter than the average zombie film.

Any zombie flick clearly owes its existence to George Romero, but this movie with updated effects and a more modern feel is even more fun to watch than Romero's efforts, as those films show their age a bit too often.

Better (certainly classier) than most films directed by the late Wes Craven, this zombie flick («inspired» by the factual book by Wade Davis) still registers as an also - ran in the horror sweepstakes.

And so we come to the end of our list and what better way to finish off than with Marc Forster's WORLD WAR Z. Now, I will admit that at first I was not the biggest fan of the film due to its lack of blood, lack of traditional zombie characteristics and its over-commercialization, however I have come to warm to it for a number of reasons that even I can't overlook.

Indeed, The Dead is the first zombie film in a long while where the titular undead provide a greater threat than the living.

That film is way more out there than «Life After Beth,» but at least it has clear direction and jokes that work, instead of just wandering around like a mindless zombie hoping to skate by on its clever title.

That film is way more out there than this one, but at least it has clear direction and jokes that work, instead of just wandering around like a mindless zombie hoping to skate by on its clever title.

Zombies are more popular than ever, which is perhaps why it's perfect timing for a documentary that looks back on one of the most influential zombie films of all time — George A. Romero's «Night of the Living Dead.»

In fact, despite the addition of «zombies» to the title, the film works better as an adaptation of «Pride and Prejudice» than the action comedy it strives to be.

Inside jokes permeate the bulk of the scenes, and savvy film buffs will love this movie on a level even higher than the casual viewer, especially those who've seen the classic zombie flicks like Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead (of course!)

Staged more like a socio - political thriller than a typical zombie film, even the creatures themselves are unique compared to the classic variety.

Based on the film rather than the books, World War Z will be one of many zombie games out in 2018 / early 2019 but promises four - player co-op in the third - person shooter style.