Sentences with phrase «zombie flicks»

But in a new, grand triptych, events take on a cinematic scope and scale, with a crowd of extras cast from Dutch genre painting and zombie flicks.

Having misspent my teenage years watching zombie flicks I decided to have a go of Dead Rising first.

The problem being that Fleischer and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick don't have much of a grasp on what it is about teen romances and zombie flicks that are interesting in the first place.

It has to be one of my favourite modern day zombie flicks.

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!)

It wasn't very good, but it still motivated more people to shamble to the cinema than most other zombie flicks you could mention.

Co-written by director Edgar Wright and star Simon Pegg, this gory zombie satire is filled to the brim with charming English wit, but even though the comedic duo (best known for the hit Brit TV show «Spaced») tirelessly pokes fun at their favorite zombie flicks, they still respect and follow every one of the genre's rules.

The soul of Romero's flicks — of all good zombie flicks — lies in their social awareness and in the ultimate feeling that whatever chills and thrills enjoyed along the way, it was all a metaphor for something more interesting than an end - of - days high concept.

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.

With the last decade being jammed packed with overdone, blood - soaked zombie flicks Train to Busan is a thrilling breath of fresh air in the realm of the undead.

And the women in the new generation of zombie flicks are strong and capable, unlike their limp - dishrag sisters from the seventies who merely screamed and waited to be rescued by the man folk.

Like most zombie flicks the conflict is only partially with zombies with the other people still alive posing as the real threat.

Playing up the humor in an effort to differentiate this from George Romero's zombie flicks, O'Bannon and his fellow scribes (including John Russo, who also co-wrote Romero's original Night of the Living Dead) have Frank (James Karen) and Freddy (Thom Matthews), two employees at the Uneeda medical supply warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, accidentally release not only a zombie from a misplaced military canister but also the attendant gas that soon turns the corpses at nearby Resurrection Cemetery into the walking dead.

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.

The series continues to loosely tie itself together with a bizarre cannon that registers closely to the weirdness of George A. Romero's original zombie flicks.

Still, and despite the failure of Land of the Dead, there's Night of, Day of, and Diary of to confirm that Romero's zombie flicks are worthy genre pieces alight with insight into social issues.

Aside from self - rising hair and a devotion to schlock zombie flicks, this introspective 11 - year - old can also see the dead.

Hugely enjoyable, and one of the best, post-apocalyptic, zombie flicks.

One of the most beloved and entertaining zombie flicks from the last decade has got to be director Ruben Fleischer «s classic 2009 horror - comedy Zombieland, and next year...

After all, aren't all «intelligent» zombie flicks based on the infected nowadays?

by George Wolf After successful romps thru zombie flicks (Shaun of the Dead) and cop dramas (Hot Fuzz), Simon Pegg and company finish up their «Cornetto Trilogy» with The... read more →

This is partially because of the very graphic subject matter, and partially because zombie flicks are traditionally elimination movies: to be an effective threat, zombies have to kill a cast member now and then.

Just because they do them well, though, doesn't make the movie less reliant on shock value than any other zombie flicks.

Admittedly I like his remake of Dawn of the Dead quite a bit, but even I recognize that that is partly due to my positive bias towards zombie flicks.

Sooner or later, the general public's good will towards zombie flicks is going to run dry.

I like sci - fi movies like zombie flicks and comic themed movies.

I feel the same way about zombie flicks, even finding blood - spattered pleasure in Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies.

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).

The first of a pair of quality South Korean flicks this year, Train to Busan not only manages to be a solid zombie flick, it also stands as a great commentary on parenting and priorities.

After seeing «World War Z,» I walked through Times Square, and, as I made my way to the subway, I wondered why the movie — which is, after all, just a very expensive zombie flick — had excited and disturbed me so much.

There are a number of smart moments and reversals that hint at the defining zombie flick it could have been.

Some good special effects saves this zombie flick.

But he doesn't get that the 2013 «Contracted» was special because it was much more than a zombie flick.

A good zombie movie but also more notably a good political allegory,»28 Days Later» works off its» innovative director, even if it is not as quick paced as one might hope from a zombie flick.

As for the grindhouse of it all... while the effects were certainly sloppy and more accustomed to a 1970's or 1980's zombie flick, the brutality of it all was on full display.

It's only been a day since we shared the official trailer for director Hèctor Hernández Vicens» Day of the Dead: Bloodline, a reimagining of the late George A. Romero's 1985 cult classic zombie flick.

That's right: in a Titanic reference in the middle of a zombie flick — one that made me laugh longer and harder than I have at anything in months.

An interesting premise quickly degenerates into a bad zombie flick that doesn't follow its own rules.

Since then, the zombie movie has been a staple at the cinema and at home, with offerings ranging from the totally»80s classic Night of the Comet to the biggest box office zombie flick yet, World War Z. Because there are only so many ways to serve up brains, and with TV's The Walking Dead doing an excellent job of that on a regular basis, filmmakers are taking unique approaches to zombies and treating them as characters, not just mindless threats.

★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ Audiences can not live on metaphor alone, even when the metaphor is as smart and all - consuming as the one that informs the narrative, characters and themes of this seemingly familiar zombie flick.

This scary picture, a remake of a 2003 Korean horror film by British brothers Charles and Thomas Guard, is three movies in one: a psychological thriller, a murder mystery and a zombie flick.

Recent zombie flick «The Cured» proved there's undead life in a very well worn genre, and just like you think you've seen...

Fright - Rags has just released a ton of awesome new merchandise featuring George A. Romero's classic horror zombie flick Dawn of the Dead, Hellraiser «s Pinhead, and the Evil Dead franchise's Necronomicon.

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...

The good folks over at Arrow in the Head scored a brand new clip today from director Hèctor Hernández Vicens» Day of the Dead: Bloodline, a reimagining of the late George A. Romero's 1985 cult classic zombie flick.

His first real brush with international acclaim came with «Dead Alive» in 1992 (also known as «Braindead»), which was a gory zombie flick that included some of the most gruesome, outlandish and hilarious effects seen on film since Sam Raimi's «Evil Dead 2.»

Radiation fears in the new Chernobyl Diaries make for just another worn - out zombie flick.

You're in a family - oriented R - rated zombie flick!

I love their indie zombie flick Undead, not to mention their sci - fi vamp pic Daybreakers, as well as their paradox thriller Predestination, both starring Ethan Hawke.

I love their indie zombie flick Undead, not to mention their sci - fi vamp pic...