Sentences with phrase «for zombie films»

While he borrowed some elements from earlier films, Romero created certain behaviors and rules that would render his living dead the model for zombie films for the next three decades.

Zombies make for strange characters in a film about love, or maybe love is just a strange subject for a zombie film.

Their past work has, after all, depicted the art exhibition as an empty classroom and the art public as the zombie audience for a zombie film.

Not exact matches

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.

Like the hilarious but unironically fashioned book The Zombie Survival Guide (2003), here's a zombie tale for the 9/11 era, when fantasies of urban chaos and duct - tape - sealed apartment windows are no longer relegated to horror films; these paranoid scenarios became regular fare on CNN.

The film's African American hero survives the night but is mistaken for a zombie and shot dead the next morning.

It is widely understood that zombie films and TV shows set the industry standard for hygiene.

Those zombies are, for this zombie purist anyway, perhaps the film's biggest problem.

In fact, enough for an entire second Blu - ray disc: On disc one, there's a commentary track with star Ian McCulloch and zombie film expert Jay Slater, as well as trailers, TV and radio spots, and a poster and still gallery.

There's nothing that scary here, but there's some good tension built up and the zombie kids, while you can probably take one at a time, when they swarm you then they become viable threats, at least for what the film is trying to accomplish.

Director Colm McCarthy's The Girl With All the Gifts is one of the best zombie films ever made, and this Blu - ray release from Lionsgate is a solid treatment for this relatively low - budget marvel.

Allegedly inspired by the true story of a Mexican man named Gojo Cardinas who killed dozens of women under the apparent influence of his mother before being incarcerated and rehabilitated, Santa Sangre is in many ways a novel retelling of Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), with that film's psychosexual subtext here put on full display with overt symbolism (e.g. Concha, the castrating mother's name, is slang for «vagina») and mixed with elements of The Hands of Orlac (Robert Wiene, 1924), The Invisible Man and George Romero's zombie films.

Check out some brand new concept art for the upcoming film «Thor» by director Kenneth Branagh (Frankenstein) and starring Natalie Portman (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), Anthony Hopkins (The Wolfman), Chris Hemsworth (Star Trek), Samuel L. Jackson (The Avengers, Iron Man 2) and Kat Dennings.

Romero of course gave us the Dead series of films starting in 1968 where he envisioned zombies not in the traditional Haitian, plantation sense, but as the end of the world, and as a (possibly accidental) metaphor for racism and the 1960s.

28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead and the remake of Dawn of the Dead were the best zombie films we'd seen in years, and I think everyone else should leave it alone for now.

This is a film with so much potential, but instead of fully committing to the moments where it seems to be challenging the representation of women in many indi films, it opts for a montage of Calvin and Ruby seeing zombie movies, going to a fun fair and then going to a dance party where she tells him she's taken her underwear off.

This award - winning film features the voice talents of Sarah Silverman, Dermot Mulroney, David Carradine, Martha Plimpton, and Justin Long in an outrageous romantic zombie comedy that tells the story of a teenage couple murdered on prom night, who return for revenge.

Also, «It's the time of the season for loving» is a poignant lyric from The Zombies — «Time of the Season», which features in the film that assists the juxtaposition.

Assuming Stone accepts the offer to portray Miss Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the next big move for the horror / romantic literature mashup would be to fill the role of the infamously stuck - up Mr. Darcy in the film.

The total for the film now stands at $ 44 million, showing that there's life left in this zombie franchise.

While the film quality isn't the greatest due to the use of digital film, the lack of stars and its classic throwback to the early zombie movies creates a great genre film for both horror fans and those looking for something different.

It's incredible to think that in the short 10 years since the release of «Shaun of the Dead,» the zombie comedy has practically become its own subgenre, even spawning several «rom - zom - coms» (romantic zombie comedies, a term coined during the marketing for that film) in the process.

Drinking Rules for World War Z: 1) Drink whenever you see zombies running in a massive group 2) Drink every time the film cuts back to Brad Pitt's wife and children 3) Drink anytime the actual «zombie» word is used Finish Your Drink When: Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) says, «This is not the end.

In a real sense, it's a film about perceptual reality, and as the plague inevitably breaks out again in an American - run, Ellis Island-esque NATO outpost, Fresnadillo's escalation of the events from an observation room to a subway tunnel to an open air carnival (with a brief stop in - between for an American helicopter to one - up Robert Rodriguez amidst a horde of zombies) demonstrates a firm handle on how to intersperse God's - eye perspective with impossible - to - assimilate ground - level chaos.

The Cannes Film Festival has proven a fertile space for the release of the best the country has on offer to Western markets, and following the success of Yeon - Sang - ho's extraordinary zombie film Train to Busan in 2016, Cannes» Midnight Screenings this year featured Jung Byung - gil's high - octane female - centred action movie The Villainess.

Lily James poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film «Pride and Prejudice and Zombies» in London, Monday, Feb. 1, 2016.

It's also a shame that the Coopers» daughter is no longer a toddler but a teen; that the zombies apparently know how to use tools in the prologue (a brick to break a window) but lose that ability for the rest of the film; and that moments of real pathos, especially during the epilogue, are narrated into homily.

The original film focused on a young woman who «develops a taste for human blood after undergoing experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into rabid, blood - thirsty zombies who proceed to infect others, which turns into a city - wide epidemic.»

Why it's worth a watch: Based on a 2013 short film by directors Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling that went viral, this is pure genre fun for fans of the zombie ouevre who've grown tired of it being so darn predictable.

Fans of zombies, Christmas and musicals rejoice — Anna and the Apocalypse is just the film for you, and it's hitting theaters this year.

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.

«Entertainment Tonight» will premiere the first trailer for Paramount's epic zombie film «World War Z» on Thursday, but they've already posted up the first footage of the Marc Forster - directed project.From the single protagonist in Pitt to the very CG...

For a while, as they proceed west towards a theme park rumoured to be zombie - free, it even looks as if the film wants you to take it seriously.

The film promises even more Nazi zombies as the survivor from the first film prepares himself for another zombie attack, but this time is aided by a group of professional zombie killers from America known as «The Zombie Squad».

Many of you are probably familiar with Tommy Wirkola's latest film Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters which found surprising success at the box - office, but what he was mostly known for before this years hit was the blood soaked Nazi zombie horror flick Dead Snow.

Not much unlike it's domestic predecessor, here's a brand new foreign movie poster for the upcoming film «Thor» by director Kenneth Branagh (Frankenstein) and starring Natalie Portman (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), Anthony Hopkins (The Wolfman), Chris Hemsworth (Star Trek), Samuel L. Jackson (The Avengers, Iron Man 2) and Kat Dennings.

Opening in September: Kirsten Dunst and Isla Fisher take a turn in the comic bridesmaid well in «Bachelorette» (Friday); Bradley Cooper is an author whose stolen work becomes a hit in «The Words» (Friday), a thriller co-starring Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid (see story on Page 17); Pixar adds another dimension to one of its most popular films in «Finding Nemo 3 - D» (Sept. 14); Milla Jovovich returns for one more zombie slaughter in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28).

Kicking off with a Grindhouse style clip of a zombie film with a synth soundscape that would make filmmaker John Carpenter proud, it's clear that «Paranorman» is made by people with a love for the macabre side of movies.

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.

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 fan of the «Shaun of the Dead» film felt like a zombie during those moments, which led him to produce a script for upcoming comedy film «Zombiepura», set to begin filming in January 2018.

But for the first time in a long time, not only does Schwarzenegger star in a film worthy of his name, but one that's way out of his comfort zone, lending considerable emotional depth to the deadly serious zombie drama, «Maggie.»

2015 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: Zombies have been all the craze for quite sometime with shows like «The Walking Dead» and films like «World War Z» dominating the box office.

Now that the cast has been announced for the forthcoming Dead Rising movie, we're starting to get some more details about what the film will entail, above and beyond, y» know, zombies and violence.

The film features winks to other zombie titles whilst remaining thoroughly original amongst the subgenre of films (it's certainly no horror film, that's for sure) plus multiple Twin Peaks references and one particularly wonderful nod to St Elmo's Fire.

Jeff Baena had the difficult task of uglying up the wonderful Aubrey Plaza for his zombie - comedy Life After Beth, a charming indie film that stars Dane DeHaan as Zach, who finds out that his deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead.

For one, it saw the release of Night of the Living Dead, George Romero's low - budget, immensely influential zombie thriller, which essentially birthed an entire subgenre of horror films.

But there's no found - footage conceit here: The film recounts the tale of three scouts preparing for their last campout, who instead find themselves battling to save their town from zombies.

But that's so forgivable considering all great material here, and if you're looking for a fresh funny take on the zombie genre, I highly recommend you watch this film.

Check out a really awesome French movie poster for the upcoming film «Thor» by director Kenneth Branagh (Frankenstein) and starring Natalie Portman (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), Anthony Hopkins (The Wolfman), Chris Hemsworth (Star Trek), Samuel L. Jackson (The Avengers, Iron Man 2) and Kat Dennings.