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post #51 of 77
8/8/06 at 8:14pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8
Can anybody recommend the flick, Vampires vs Zombies?
Absolutely not...
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post #52 of 77
8/8/06 at 8:25pm
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Originally Posted by Greg Hansen
Absolutely not...
Thanks for the warning. I will avoid, I guess.
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post #53 of 77
8/9/06 at 11:55am
Some good choices here. I really liked Hide & Creep as well - though it wasn't quite as energetic or gory as the less savvy Dead & Breakfast.

Bob Clark's Dead Of Night has a really neat, Romero-esque twist on what it is to be a zombie, something Andrew Parkinson tried and failed to achieve with the rather blandly put together I Zombie and which Larry Coehn and Bill Lustig dumbed down a little for zombie-centric slasher (well, the villain is one) Uncle Sam.

Hammer's Plague Of The Zombies is a wonderfully creaky old Victorian tale set in a small Cornish town harbouring a grave secret.

Mike Mendez's The Convent is a strikingly made, if quite cheap, riot of quickfire humour and neon soked, gore-spouting reanimates.

George Hickenlooper's The Killing Box is a nifty little Civil War tale of the undead with a bizarrely eclectic cast.

If we're being specific, and some of us are, then the Blind Dead are NOT zombies either. Amando de Ossorio goes to more lengths than Lenzi or Danny Boyle to stress his creatures aren't undead flesh gobblers, but blood loving (though not vampires, strangley) mummies. Even though the US retitled the third picture Ship Of Zombies.
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post #54 of 77
8/9/06 at 12:11pm
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Originally Posted by Straxboy - An Anthony Hickox Film

Bob Clark's Dead Of Night has a really neat, Romero-esque twist on what it is to be a zombie,
Known here in the colonies as Deathdream. It's got a fine DVD.

I alos recommend The Convent. Saw it on the big screen before it hit video and had a ball. I remember thinking the goth chick was plenty hawtt.
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post #55 of 77
8/10/06 at 7:38am
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Originally Posted by Giant Baba
THE BLIND DEAD were indeed dead, which at least puts them on even ground with the fast-and-loose "zombie" criteria, unlike 28 DAYS LATER; where the dead never came back to life, and the infected were not clinically dead. Stretching things further just to put a bullet in the head of the implicaiton that 28 DAYS LATER was a zombie film: they weren't even under a voodoo spell.



HORROR OF THE ZOMBIES was its recognized title. I have the original press kit, radio promo spot .45rpm, lobby cards, etc. "SHip of" never appeared.

Unless some regional (read:a circuit of theaters in a state, or two, or three) drive-in circuit slapped on a bogus title to make the film seem fresh on the marquee; I never saw evidence of it ever being billed as the "Ship of Zombies" in the U. S., back in the day.

Don't trust the imdb.
I never trust imdb, I refer you instead to Nigel Burrell's The Knights Of Terror, the definitve text on all thing Blind Dead from 1995, which includes a lot of material from Ossorio himself.

They're still not zombies, which Ossorio makes explicitly clear.
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post #56 of 77
8/10/06 at 2:48pm
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Originally Posted by Giant Baba
I beg to differ on UNDEAD. Part of the problem was that it was hyped to hell by the old CC crew (now the current DC crew), who billed it as if it was the second comnig of zombie films.

It wasn't. Not by a long shot.

The film started off alright and has a few interesting bits within it, but the acting was atrocious and by allowing scenes to drag on well beyond their basic plot exposition (the argument in the bomb shelter type of thing went on a good 5-8 minutes too long, and its convoluted tippy-toeing around the alien factor for so long that by the time it's revealed it makes no sense and is a let down) it disappoints.

It's been a while, but I seem to recall the moment they (literally) hit the wall it went on and on and on and ON and ultimately went nowhere for a long period of time before the final reveal.

If the film was cut down to an hour it would have worked better on a NEKROPOLIS AWAKENED level.

It's not all that action packed, despite trailers highlighting the one big action sequence (mysterious outback farmer dudewith the 'suped up shot gun).

UNDEAD definitely feels like a "first" big movie for its creators, but it also has the flaws that come with it; and for me, the flaws outweighed the positives. This was amplified by the, "did these guys get an Ain't It Cool studio blowjob to hype this thing to the moon" hyperbolic praise the old CC crew gave it.

It doesn't even come close to holding a candle to BRAINDEAD (DEAD-ALIVE). BRAINDEAD has all of its ducks in a row and everything clicks. It moves at a good pace, behaves by its own logic without any loopholes, and trims itself of the meandering fat that bogs down films like UNDEAD.

UNDEAD could have been the PHANTASM of zombie films (its imagination was in the right place, though its execution was not), especially with its unique twist on the genre, but it ends up being the RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD PART 2 of post nineties era zombie films.
Ouch Baba! I forgot about the "running into the wall" segment. in "Undead" and you are correct at about that point it got a little "dead" in the story line, must have hit the fridge for beer at that point. There were some good action scenes thou and a nice bit of gore. Taking that into consideration its still a good, "watchable" newer zombie flick.
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post #57 of 77
8/10/06 at 3:35pm
Whoops! wrong forum.

Carry on.
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post #58 of 77
8/11/06 at 12:41am
The movie where my quote is from.

Undead.

I freaking love that movie.
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post #59 of 77
8/11/06 at 12:44am
Oh.. and I can telly ou one to avoid. Dead and Breakfast. Horrid piece of shite that was.
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post #60 of 77
8/11/06 at 1:31am
I rented both Undead and Dead & Breakfast on the same evening...what a let- down.

Undead had potential but got bogged down in all of it's mysticism tripe. It sorta reminded me of a novel I read a few years ago called The Doomsday Watch or some shit. Lots of granola crunching alien mumbo jumbo.

Dead & Breakfast was just a joke. Some of the gore was Ok, but the random appearance by David Carradine is jarring and comical. "Hey, that's fuckin' Bill! Damn, he's dead..."
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post #61 of 77
8/11/06 at 11:21am
Maaaaaatt.. You gotta admit the part at the end of Undead was funny though.. When the alien bitched about the other one being naked.. Well, alien nudity makes me laugh anyway.
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post #62 of 77
8/11/06 at 6:36pm
I don't know... I just expected more from it. I had heard good things about it but it just didn't seem to mesh well. Where Shaun of the Dead was able to balance comedy and zombie horror Undead just seemed to be unsure of what it was going for.
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post #63 of 77
8/11/06 at 7:33pm
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Originally Posted by ZombieBunny
The movie where my quote is from.

Undead.

I freaking love that movie.
At least someone agrees with me!
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post #64 of 77
8/11/06 at 7:39pm
Undead was funny, for about the first 10 minutes. It got real old, real fast. The best part is when that old lady got taken down by a meteor.

Dead And Breakfast is a much funnier film...
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post #65 of 77
8/11/06 at 9:33pm
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Originally Posted by Dario Delfino

ED & HIS DEAD MOTHER isn't exactly a zombie film, but it features resurrection, plus Steve Buscemi and John Glover. Fun early/mid-90's indy horror/comedy.
I was just about to recommend this as well. As you said, not strictly a zombie film, but there are some really funny moments.
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post #66 of 77
8/12/06 at 1:44pm
DEAD HEAT, anyone? Or perhaps NIGHT OF THE COMET? The often forgotten NIGHT OF THE CREEPS?

"Thrill me."
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post #67 of 77
8/14/06 at 5:07pm
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The often forgotten NIGHT OF THE CREEPS?
Zombies.
Do alien-slug-possessed living dead count? Like Night of the Creeps, The Hidden and Slither? I like these B-flicks alot, just wondering what the definition of "zombie" is?

zom·bie also zom·bi
n. pl. zom·bies, also zom·bis
A snake god of voodoo cults in West Africa, Haiti, and the southern United States.
A supernatural power or spell that according to voodoo belief can enter into and reanimate a corpse.
A corpse revived in this way.
One who looks or behaves like an automaton.
A tall mixed drink made of various rums, liqueur, and fruit juice.


Would the somnambulist from Cabinet of Dr. Caligari count (automaton) or does the body actually gave to be be dead?

mmmm... tall mixed drink... zombie-licious...
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post #68 of 77
8/16/06 at 12:50pm
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Originally Posted by Greg Hansen
DEAD HEAT, anyone?
No thanks.
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post #69 of 77
8/22/06 at 5:59pm
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Originally Posted by Dalyn
I love that "Mommy!' dude in Burial Ground. That last scene with him and his crazy mom totally made the movie for me.

I also dig Shock Waves. Nazi Zombies. Need I say more?
Not just nazi zombies. Underwater Nazi zombies!

I'm so happy this thread exists. I was just thinking today that I haven't seen enough zombie movies and now I know where to start.
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post #70 of 77
8/25/06 at 5:45am
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Originally Posted by Subotai
Some excellent suggestions here. I just wish some of these indie zombie films were more accessible.

Ditto. The video stores in my town are sinfully bad in regards to access to older films leta alone lesser-known horror films as mentioned in this thread. It's becoming commonplace too to sweep out the old films and put as many copies of crappy current ones in their place.

I would love to open a store that would not only carry current titles, but would have all of the above mention and more.
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post #71 of 77
8/25/06 at 5:47am
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Originally Posted by stump
Not just nazi zombies. Underwater Nazi zombies!

I'm so happy this thread exists. I was just thinking today that I haven't seen enough zombie movies and now I know where to start.
The DVD is awesome!

I love the money shot of the zombies rising out of the low tide, dressed in their SS uniforms no less.

I don't dare mention remake, but a re-visiting of this idea, a sequel perhaps, would be interesting.
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post #72 of 77
8/25/06 at 4:49pm
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Originally Posted by General Zod
The DVD is awesome!

I love the money shot of the zombies rising out of the low tide, dressed in their SS uniforms no less.

I don't dare mention remake, but a re-visiting of this idea, a sequel perhaps, would be interesting.
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8
Can't wait to see Worst Case Scenario
http://www.gorehoundinc.com/
http://www.allthingszombie.com/movie...e_scenario.php
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post #73 of 77
8/26/06 at 4:12am
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Originally Posted by Death Surge
And while were on it, if you haven't seen "Return of the Living Dead", a sorta-spoof of NotLD, that's fantastic as well.

"Send More Cops....."

Best pair of tits in any movie----ever!
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post #74 of 77
8/26/06 at 9:31am
I'd say Monique Gabrielle in "Bachelor Party" owns that title, but this certainly got Linnea Quigley more work in horror films.
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post #75 of 77
8/28/06 at 10:31am
Surprised no one has mentioned MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK, which featured appearances by Philip Seymour Hoffman and Lost's Matthew Fox as high school bullies.

Also, it sounds like some of you need THIS
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post #76 of 77
9/4/06 at 7:17pm
Some count Shivers as a zombie film.
If you haven't seen it, it's definitely an essential.

(Returns to irritation at the UK DVD of Re-Animator being deleted/unavalible)
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post #77 of 77
9/5/06 at 2:01pm
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Originally Posted by Dave Davis
Surprised no one has mentioned MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK, which featured appearances by Philip Seymour Hoffman and Lost's Matthew Fox as high school bullies.
For the life of me, I couldn't remember the name of that movie. Thank you, Mr. Davis.
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