Radiation fears in the new Chernobyl Diaries make for just another worn -
out zombie flick.
Not exact matches
Sundance 2012 no longer has a corner on the acquisitions news market as it's being reported
out of the Miami International Film Festival that director Alejandro Brugues» (Personal Belongings) Cuban
zombie flick, Juan of the Dead has been picked up...
He knew there would be creatures involved, but didn't want to churn
out another vampire or
zombie flick.
The second person on the list to play a character named Bilbo, Freeman is currently A-Listing like a mofo, but before he went of to slay a dragon or hang
out with Sherlock, he was popping up in Wright's
zombie and cop
flicks.
It might be as good as you can make one of these «ridiculous to sublime»
zombie flicks, but that's just not good enough; its appeal is mostly to an audience that can appreciate its gross -
out camp humor and can overlook that it's a pointless exercise — totally falling apart when it tries in an existential way to explore the moral boundaries between the present and the beyond, but thankfully for only a brief period.
Why it's great: Dead & Buried starts
out like a slasher
flick and quickly transforms into a
zombie / mad scientist / crazy town combination platter.
It is recommended for fans of post-apocalyptic science fiction,
zombie flicks, and those who have been disillusioned with the paltry amounts of intelligent horror films to come
out in recent years.
How about coming
out for a killer
zombie flick, and walking
out with a pass to a free screening of EVIL DEAD two days before its release?
Like Happy Death Day, many of the year's highlights, which toyed with or injected life into often - tired subgenres, came in smaller packages, such as the home - invasion thrillers Better Watch
Out, The Babysitter (another Netflix original), and Jackals; the clever
zombie - in - the - desert
flick It Stains the Sands Red (much better than the silly cannibal - in - the - desert -
flick The Bad Batch); the flesh - eating family drama Raw; the blood - sucking confused - teen drama The Transfiguration; the sci - fi / fantasy / horror hybrids The Void, The Untamed, and The Lure, which also had elements of the musical; and the ultra-disturbing tale of youth Super Dark Times, about the unraveling of a group of friends after the accidental killing of a classmate, which offers a significantly more satisfying experience than It.
(Some additional shout -
outs to: Frederick Wiseman's extraordinary Ex Libris; Scott Cooper's Searchers - throwback Western Hostiles; Agnes Varda's late - act collaborative documentary Faces / Places; the last half of Brawl on Cell Block 99; the epic look at Parisian ACT UP activists B.P.M. (Beats Per Minute); the Canadian
zombie flick Les Affames; The Florida Project and Molly's Game, both coming to a theater near you very soon); the sheer balls on Darren Aronofsky for making mother!
MOVIE: THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS STARRING: GEMMA ARTERTON; SENNIA NANUA; GLEN CLOSE; PADDY CONSIDINE DIRECTED BY: COLM MCCARTHY AMovieGuy.com's RATING: 3 STARS (
Out of 4) These days, with The Walking Dead at the end of it's pop culture boom and
zombie movies being standard genre
flicks that are a part of the cinematic norm, a movie needs to be very precise in getting the flesh eating creatures right.