Tag: Zombies

The Zombie Wedding is Nothing to Moan Over When Crazy Feuding Familes Agree

The talents recruited to participate in The Zombie Wedding is nothing but spectacular. They come from all “walks” of the entertainment industry! And The Monkee magic certainly helps.

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Just how much of the undead virus exists in Zack (Donald Chang) depends on who you ask. I wouldn’t know he’s a zombie until it was stated, and when he wants to marry Ashley (Deepti Menon), nobody from their family is going to stop them from having The Zombie Wedding of the year! The media is even having a field day asking, how is it possible?

What I love about this comedy is that it really belongs in the same universe as A Little Bit Zombie. Although this work is over a decade old, I feel there are shared ideas. For this latest, director Micah Khan and writer Greg D’Alessandro crafted a fantastic satire on multiculturalism and how to get along.

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People Have to be Deliberately Slow When Treating, if Not Handling the Undead. As There’s No Advice In How to Do So

When some mysterious sound is loud enough to awaken the recently deceased, just how one deals with Handling the Undead is well explored here.

Handling the Undead Movie PosterPlaying in select theatres beginning June 7th (please check local listings)

I’m not entirely sure if Judgment Day has come in Thea Hvistendahl‘s genuinely creepy film, Handling the Undead. Unlike other zombie films where they’re treated as the villain or just creatures of happenstance, here, they don’t attack the living. Instead, they simply linger. They exist in the last place they knew as peaceful.

John Ajvide Lindqvist‘s 2005 novel may offer some explanation. When considering he wrote Let the Right One In, and I really loved the cinematic adaptation of this work, I had high hopes going in. What’s presented isn’t too different in style, but as for that origin story, we’re left in the dark for why it started. The few people who are asking questions are perplexed and this story doesn’t really dive into it. Shame on me for not reading this book, but after watching this film, I’ll be picking up a copy to get answers to some lingering questions I have.

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Gotta Move On, from Zombie Town

Gotta make a move to a town that’s right for me, not a Zombie Town to prevent me from groovin’ with some energy

Zombie Town Movie PosterAvailable to Stream on Hulu

Even when R.L. Stine had more involvement during the making of Zombie Town, not everyone will find something to appreciate about it. This film has the potential to be like Zombieworld, but instead of offering a tale where the walking dead are a threat, what I see here is Shaun of the Dead minus all the scares. What’s sorely missing is the lack of chemistry between the leads and I wasn’t motivated enough to see this film until now.

When compared to the Goosebumps movies, the danger has no stakes to keep viewers invested. As for the television series of the same name, it’s tonally different. Here, what’s presented is very lighthearted, and the threat isn’t all that seriously dangerous! When Mike (Marlon Kazadi) and Amy (Madi Monroe) decide to view a motion picture once considered out of print, and famed filmmaker Len Carver (Dan Aykroyd) said he shouldn’t have revealed it to the world, they should know better!

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Trust Me, There’s No Such Thing as Zombies if you ask Carlotta

Over the holidays, this oddball black comedy said, “There’s No Such Thing as Zombies!” and I had to see what this work is barking at. Voodoo Zombies are real, but for other types, well….

There’s No Such Thing as Zombies PosterAvailable to stream on Amazon USA

The highly satirical There’s No Such Thing as Zombies fills a niche that’s rarely explored in this subgenre. In this very British style horror comedy, what’s presented is more of a rom com because Carlotta (Luana Ribeira) can’t decide who she loves more. Is it Colin (Rudy Barrow) or Paul (Rami Hilmi)? I won’t say who eventually turns into a zombie, but it’s rather funny to see how this Uncle Fester wannabe shows emotions, despite not having the capacity to express his feelings. To stop him from falling back to baser instincts, he’s tied up.

In between, this presentation includes an investigative television show that tries to look into the pandemic going on. They act like commercials to the actual story going on, and what they establish is more about how London is faring in the midst of this “pandemic.” Unlike those big budget movies where it’s about escaping from the walking dead, here it’s about whether one can live with them. When considering this work feels more like a fan film than something huge, what’s presented feels more like a production meant for live theatre than anything else.

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When Prosjekt Z is More About the Movie Making Process than The Horror

Anyone having the post-Halloween blues may want to check out this hybrid Prosjekt Z as it’s not always about the terror, but the blues.

Prosjekt Z Movie PosterComing to DVD/VOD
Nov 3, 2023

Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken‘s Prosjekt Z is a rather strange hybrid that doesn’t quite know what kind of movie it wants to be. When it’s hitting select theatres after All Hallow’s Eve, just who will be anxious to see this must be for folks craving anything postmortem. Here, the story is about a group of students out to make a zombie film out in the woods. But there’s much more going on, since we also get something akin to Attack of the Killer Tomatoes going on later on.

If that’s not this work’s premise, then the Rocky Horror moments even get curiouser and curiouser–minus the music. That is, there’s a couple who’s out in the woods and after having a bit of a spat, find themselves in front of a lone mansion. They’re just characters to a story within a story where afterwards, a meteorite comes zooming through and crashes! Its radiation is turning the locals into the walking dead.

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Zom 100: Is That Bucket List of the Dead Half Empty or Half Full

Just how many things Akira managed get done in Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is a game in itself, as we couintdown this infinite progression!

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Sometimes it is tough to find a unique zombie film that can take this genre to the next level. Whether that’s with blending it with some other style or just coming up with a unique story idea. I waited for October to roll around before watching Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead. And what it delivers is perfect for those wanting another reason to avoid swimming in the sea. Although that season is over, what’s revealed here is a compressed version of the manga (and perhaps the television show too).

Now that some appetites have been whetted, I doubt anyone wants fish sashimi that’s way past their date of expiry. Instead, what’s presented here isn’t quite like Zombieland. What I find is a hodge-podge mix of George Romero style commentary, an attempt to compress the manga/anime into a singular film and a protagonist who isn’t alwaya 100% there.

Here, Akira Tendo (Eiji Akaso) is pretty much a slave. Although he has a good job at a corporation, life isn’t sweet as his boss pushes him around, and he’s asked to burn the midnight oil. Pretty soon, he just wants to quit. But before he can do that, a pandemic has wiped out most of Japan and those who haven’t been infected by this mysterious virus have to fend for themselves. His skills as a football star don’t really amount to anything in this film.

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