Comparisons to Metal Slug and Contra are pretty much inevitable, but mixing it up with the mobster and
zombie genres really makes for a great, unique experience.
Not exact matches
«It's an inconsistent work overall, but there's enough to like here for fans of the
genre (of which I am certainly one) and it's refreshing to see someone work in a register the
zombie movies haven't
really utilized lately,» observes Brian Tallerico at RogerEbert.com.
It's also hard to call this a
zombie film because the monsters in this movie aren't
really zombies, but Doyle truly reinvents the horror
genre with this intellectually political and intensely horrifying film.
With the
zombie genre, I imagine you get the diehard fans that get
really upset when a
zombie movie is less than what they have in their mind.
«That was around the time that The Walking Dead was in its zenith, and we were just
really interested in dabbling in the
zombie genre and seeing if there was something a little bit fresh that we could bring to that,» Ramke said, sitting down at Deadline's Tribeca Studio with Howling, producer Kristina Ceyton and star Martin Freeman.
Similar to «Hot Fuzz» and «Shaun of the Dead,» each of which works as a
genre film (buddy cop for «Hot Fuzz» and
zombie movie for «Shaun of the Dead») and a send - up of the
genre itself, «You're Next» is a smartly devised horror movie masquerading as a
really dumb one.
One of the best things about the
zombie genre is that it
really gives us some great character pieces.
We've done three films in three different
genres — the
zombie film, the cop film and the sci - fi film — but they're
really all Trojan horses for relationship comedies.»
I saw this film at a
genre festival in Berlin last year and
really enjoyed it, one of the most refreshingly original updates to the
zombie genre I've seen in a while.
It's an inconsistent work overall, but there's enough to like here for fans of the
genre (of which I am certainly one) and it's refreshing to see someone work in a register the
zombie movies haven't
really utilized lately.
It seems that games based on the
zombie genre are a dime - a-dozen so if you want your game to stand out, it
really has to bring something new to the table and Trapped Dead: Lockdown just doesn't do enough.
It's an incredible developer with a deep understanding of the community and the first - person
genre, but also a real proven track record of innovation, including
Zombies and multiple multiplayer innovations that have
really transformed the industry.»