Attacks come fast and furious now, setting a frenzied pace that
later zombie films like Evil Dead II and Dead Alive will utilize to infinitely more comic effect.
Not exact matches
State - of - the - art
zombie films — most notably 28 Days
Later from 2002 and its sequel 28 Weeks
Later — now use the undead to explore today's hazier ethical climate.
Racial conflicts among the
film's living characters end up costing them valuable time and resources; against the backdrop of attacking
zombies, the racial tension of the
late 1960s seems positively ludicrous.
Fans may not like the CGI
zombies, but unlike the video game creatures in I am Legend (2007), these are more
filmed actor - CGI tweaked hybrids; their believability is really dependent on how much viewers will accept the virus as a fast - moving bug which immediately transforms a host into a rabid sprinter with super-strength (not unlike 28 Days
Later).
Whilst
filming their
latest horror masterpiece, a group of young filmmakers unwittingly open a portal to an alternative dimension that happens to be occupied by hordes of angry, and very hungry,
zombies
Here's the
latest movie still featuring The Hall of Asgard in 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.
The third
film in what is being called The Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy, a sly nod to the
late auteur Krzysztof Kieślowski and a popular brand of ice cream cone, «The World's End» might lack
zombies and buckets of blood, but it's easily the darkest of the three
films.
This
film seems to be following the
latest games more closely where the
zombies have been replaced by monsters and allot more action is thrown in.
While I agree that 28 Days
Later and 28 Weeks
Later are good
films I have never considered them
zombie films because they aren't
zombies.
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.
28 Days
Later, because it wasn't your grandfather
zombie film.
More trouble has befallen the production of Seth Grahame - Smith's twist on the Jane Austen classic PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND
ZOMBIES with FRIGHT NIGHT helmer Craig Gillespie now the
latest director to leave the
film.
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.
The
zombie baddies that are labeled «crazies» by the military are the result of biological warfare, and we've seen this in
films like 28 Days
Later.
REVIEW: CARGO is another one of those
zombie films, like 28 DAYS
LATER, where the «Z - word» is never mentioned.
His best
film is his first, Dawn of the Dead, but even that pales in comparison to the
zombie film that came two years before it: 28 Days
Later.
Danny Boyle is one of the more underrated mainstream directors working today; he's been able to spin
films as different as pitch - black comedy (Trainspotting) to apocalyptic
zombie thriller (28 Days
Later) with genuinely good results (let us not speak of The Beach).
In the
latest episode of our VODcast, Scott Weinberg looks at the best
zombie films available to stream or buy athttp: / / www.TheHorrorShow.TV
You have Infected, which are high speed adrenaline fueled
zombies much like the ones from the «28 Days
Later»
films, and you have Screamers, who incapacitate your character with ear piercing shrieks.
Hoult, 23, an English actor who starred in
zombie rom - com «Warm Bodies,» met Lawrence while they were
filming 2011's «X-Men: First Class,» and she
later gushed about him in the December 2012 issue of Elle magazine.
With their critically - acclaimed 28 Days
Later, British writer Alex Garland and director Danny Boyle proved both that the
zombie film was ripe for a new twist and that they could make a really good horror movie in their first try.
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.
Easily the best thing to happen to the undead since 28 Days
Later, this unusually thoughtful
zombie film peps up tired blood with fresh ideas.
The artificial - intelligence
film — the directorial debut of Alex Garland, writer of cult
zombie game - changer 28 Days
Later — features a minimalist, highly tense mix of beauty and discomfort: dark synth work, manipulated brass samples, optical - disc keyboard, celeste and the PaulStretch software that helped propel the «800 % Slower» Justin Bieber to ambient meme fame.
Pride And Prejudice And
Zombies, which is an adaptation of the Seth Grahame - Smith novel, begins
filming later this month.
Director Edgar Wright has previously delivered is parody of
Zombies (Shaun of the Dead), his parody of buddy - cop - action
films (Hot Fuzz), and now takes on Sci - Fi in this
latest... a worthy conclusion with the trademark quick cuts and rapid fire witty / silly dialogue.
MADE IN HOLLYWOOD sits down with Lily James and Bella Heathcote to discuss their
latest film, «Pride and Prejudice and
Zombies.»
(One of the many ways «Shaun of the Dead» rewards repeat viewings is that virtually all of the background extras in and around Shaun's neighborhood return as
zombies later in the
film.)
Unlike most
zombie films that either push social reform («Dawn of the Dead» and «28 Days
Later») or exploit teenage male hormones («Resident Evil: Apocalypse»), «Shaun of the Dead» is delightfully simple.
A second edition of the first, but with a new director and cast — the
film continues where the first left off, now 28 weeks
later from the
zombie epidemic.
Shortly thereafter, Garland teamed with Boyle again to greater effect; producing what was to become one of the greatest
zombie features of all time in 28 Days
Later..., a
film that really set the stage for the success of a cultural phenomenon like The Walking Dead.
With T.V shows and major
films such as The Walking Dead, World War Z, Dead Set, 28 Days
Later and the creation of
zombie related apps and games.
Ranging from the slow shamblers of classic horror
films to the seriously powerful speed - rushers of 28 Days
Later, even bumping into a
zombie once can put a serious dent in your health.
You have Infected, which are high speed adrenaline fueled
zombies much like the ones from the «28 Days
Later»
films, and you have Screamers, who incapacitate your character with ear piercing shrieks.
Okay, they're not actually
zombies - these Freakers have more akin with the rage monsters from 28 Days
Later and swamp you in swarms like the World War Z
film.
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Zombies looks set to bring faster «Left 4 Dead» pacing to the co-op mode, providing no - nonsense hoards of the undead, akin to those found in the
film 28 Days
Later, or even the more recent Brad Pitt flick, World War Z.