The Zombie Thread

Did any of you see Tarantino and Rodriguez's movies Death Proof and Planet Terror? I haven't seen them yet, but seem to remember at least one of them involves zombies. Worth renting???

 

 

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As a pittsburgh native I grew up with zombies Romero style. Pittsburgh is the home of the zombie walk. Last year over 200 zombies descended upon the south side and staggered through the streets, leering through the windows at the fresh meat in the restaurants, coffee shops, and bars. There were old zombies, young zombies, even a few zombie babies, zombie dogs, zombie hunters, etc. The next morning all the plate glass fronts were smeared with zombie blood. Monroeville Mall, site of the original Dawn of the Dead, set the world record for biggest zombie walk. If you ever get the chance to attend one of these, go. And remember, in a zombie situation short hair and tight clothes are your friend. Some good B films are Dead Alive and The Necrofiles. Gotta love a priest doing a flying kung fu kick and screaming "I kick ass for the Lord!" Here's a song from my band, more about making a frankenstein than zombies but still fun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHLuKPmBZOI

As for the cultural impact, I think there probably is one. I'm curious as to the history of the burial of the dead in the West. You could make the hypothetical case that the casket is designed to keep some potential something inside, as opposed to any preservative effect it might be imagined to have. It seems like other societies may have viewed death somewhat differently than we do, from lighting the dead on fire on a raft on the water, to leaving the dead out in the open for nature to take care of, to mummification. Cremation is another option that's becoming more prevalent in our society now, which would seem to be a complete destruction of the dead body. I think there's some fear of the dead that's built into us as a society, and that part of that fear is that That Thing That Shouldn't Move suddenly will and what then? And how many "that"s can I fit into one sentence, huh? That's an award-winner, that is....

28 Days is on the ol' satellite at the mo, and I've been listening to Zombie Survival Guide at work. Max Brooks' Zombie work is interesting because he creates this world infested with zombies, inserts a historical perspective, and then draws you into it. Its like listening to a World War II documentary gone horribly wrong for humanity. So here's a question to run up your collective flagpole: Which do find creepier, the George Romero slow-movin' variety or the more modern MTV-style herky-jerky runnin' kind? Or for that matter, the old Universal voodoo-style zombie? I'm a sucker for the Night-of-the-Living-Dead, They're-Coming-To-Get-You-Barbara, but-they're-comin'-kinda-slow, so-just-take-your-time sort. They always seem to catch up, don't they? ...maybe there's some kinda moral there...or not....

Jonathan Coulton has a really funny zombie related song named "Re: Your Brains". It was used in Patrick McLean's podcast novel How to Succeed in Evil. Its a pretty amusing take on zombie logic. * If you want to hear it click here to go to Jonathan's website. * Look under the heading of 4 Most Popular * Click on the play button next to the song titled Re: Your Brains Enjoy!

Die you zombie bastards. Has anyone else seen that one. I liked it, was super cheesy, but hillarious. the two 28 ... later movies are my favs, but I havn't seen the Resident evils, and I have the original Romero films in Queue, I know I really liked the original Night of the living dead. the Return of the living deads got too silly for me. Kinda the way Nightmare on elmstreet went. The seriously trying to be scary ones are funny enough on there own, they need to add intentional funny. I don't find Zombies scary at all, though I did walk a little faster from the car to the house when I got home 3 in the morning from watching 28 days later. I like that they make killing humans justified cause if you don't they kill you. That is the fun of zombies. I also love the Zombie survival guide. I love how they made it all real like. good stuff. I liked the ones in passenger cause they were zombie like but still maintained intelegent thought, that made them more dangerous. they could trac you and use weapons. which i have heard happens in the land of the dead, which i am looking foward to seeing.

zombies rock woooooooooooo

Passenger. Thats all I have to say. By the way,

I love 'em as long as there's a good story to float the film! No point in simply rehashing what's already been done. 28 Days Later, Resident Evil series and Shaun of the Dead are my current faves in the genre. A college buddy of mine is involved with the screenplay on the remake of Day of the Dead. I hope to see it out in theatres this Spring rather than the direct to DVD release that's being considered by the studio... ------------ KnitWitch http://www.knitwitchzone.com

Don't like zombies, too much like my out-of-their-minds drunk & ill parents. Booze + psychotic mental illness is a drag to live with. But NOCTURNAL totally ROCKS! s13cybergal, an OJ with a walker. You can't forget that Scott!

Who doesn't luv Teh zombies? Check out the novel The Rising, City of the dead and Dead sea by Brian Keene WHEN IS THE ETERNAL OVERLORD SIGLER(High One be praised!) gonna write a living dead apocalypse novel?

"The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles."

but mostly  that;s the only zombie flick i liked.. i think they are sooo scary- my husband was msacking his lips during passenger- and i almost peed myself... 

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I think the zombie thing has been pretty well played out in the movies. The only recent zombie movie that I have enjoyed was Shaun of the Dead. I may go pick up World War Z, though. I've heard good things about it in several different places. Maybe I can get interested in zombies again through books.

If you enjoy zombies check out the book by Max Brooks entitled "World War Z". Basic premise is the near annihliation of humans on Earth by a fast spreading zombie virus. Less frightening in the "jump-out-and-scare-you" kind of way and more of a cautionary story of what could go seriously wrong in a situation like this. Very well thought out and creepy.

There was a two day long zombie festival in town this weekend, but, unfortunately, I couldn't go. I do love me some zombies.