I friggin LOVE zombies.
I do.
I love almost anything in modern pop culture that has anything to do with zombies.
I think it began in 1986, when I first saw "Friday the 13th: Jason Lives", and marvelled at the fact that Mr. Voorhees was nothing more than an unstoppable zombie. (Even more so, in Part VII).
Then I watched the (crappy) remake of "Night of the Living Dead" in the early 90s, starring none other than horror vet Tony "CandyMan" Todd...the zombies were damn cool, even if the movie wasn't.
1993 I was introduced to WHite Zombie. The name alone is damned cool. (Good thing they rock large).
1998- I buy a PlayStation, and one of the first games I get is "Resident Evil".
Scared the PISS out of me. I loved that game. Set in a mansion, horror lurking around every corner...brilliant.
Flash forward to 2004. The remake of "Dawn of the Dead" turned the zombie mythos on its ear, and introduced a new generation to the wonderful world of the undead.
Instead of the slow-aimless-walking zombies, we get zombies that can run. And FAST.
(Made things SO much scarier, if you ask me).
Since the early 2000s, there's been a SLEW of zombie stuff: Resident Evil video games, RE films (starring the UBER-hot Milla Jovovich), The Walking Dead comic (which I hate to admit, I was late getting on the bandwagon for this one, but making up for it in spades, by buying the trades....highly recommended!!)
Then there was the amazing little film "Shaun of the Dead".
Dubbed as a "rom-zom-com" movie ("romantic-zombie-comedy"), it KILLED at the box office, and is a cult favourite the world over. Great zombie effects, too!
Check out "What Doesn't Die" by Anthrax on YouTube. Another zombie vid, while the boys thrash out doin' their thing.
Check your local papers for the aptly-named "Zombie walk", where regular Joes don some zombie make up, and walk slowly through the town, pretending to be a herd of zombies.
AM I missing anything? I'll bet I am. Fire me off some suggestions, recommendations!
Zombies rule, plain and simple.
4 comments:
I don't dig fast walking Zombie's; it doesn't make any sense...if they are undead, they arent going to be fast---there's no energy. If they do..they're not zombies. However, Dawn of the Dead WAS a good remake. Land of the Dead was a terrible film....just pointless.
Agreed.
"Land of the Dead" was terrible.
From the "sentient" zombie to Dennis Hopper chewing so much scenery that I'm surprised he didnt crap Kodak....
Best part of "LotD" was Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as zombies.
I concur, Shaun of the Dead rocked hard!
Hopper may not have crapped Kodak but he farted and flash bulbs went off. Weird! *said in Rick Moranis' George Carlin impression voice* haha
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