A World On Fire – A Zombie Blog

Popular blood letting blog known as Horror Yearbook posted its top ten horror movies of 2009 and would you be surprised to learn that there were zombies in the midst? Actually, some of you in the room may find this list to be a little controversial especially with Dead Snow making it so high. I have yet to see the movie, but from talking to other zombie lovers out there, it sounds like a high octane ‘meh’ production. The list also includes Zombiegirl and of course, Zombieland. … Read entire article »

If you think a film only seven minutes long wouldn’t be worth your time, then it would be a sure bet that you haven’t seen Chemical 12-D. There is not a moment wasted in this short. Each moment builds upon the next until we discover the true effect of this mysterious chemical. I wrote about this film some time ago, and I was fortunate to be contacted by director Mac Elridge and director of photography, Dave Wagenaar. Both were kind enough to set up a screening of the film and I have to say, it knocked my socks off. It’s one of those films that sticks with you long after the credits have rolled and the theater emptied. The story takes place in the aftermath of some … Read entire article »

Like them or not, zombies are everywhere. They lurk in our literature. They crawl through our movies. They have even stormed our once safe city streets. If an age could be described by a monster, we would be living in the age of the zombie. Zombiemania is a documentary released this year, I believe, that examines our recent fascination with the undead. All the major players make an appearance with George Romero himself giving a pretty lengthy interview. I gotta say, the Romero bits were awesome. He talks how he lost the copyright off Night of the Living Dead, ending the subject with a warm heartfelt laugh. “Hurts now,” some stupid person probably told George back in 1968, “but don’t worry. One day you’ll … Read entire article »

The movie opens with the famed Native America, Geronimo, casting an ancient curse on the white people who have invaded his homeland. Moments later, a kind faced zombie bites the head off a chicken, then follows up the meal by snacking on his wife and daughter. We never find out how this man became “cursed”, but it matters little. It’s all about the zombies and not how they came to be. Welcome to Undead is a zomedy/western released in 2007 starring SNL’s Chris Kattan and Desperate Houswives’ James Denton. Denton plays a guy named Elmer who is on the run from his military unit. He finds a backwater town and within moments of entering the saloon, he gets himself into a fight with an overly sensitive … Read entire article »

Zombieland has been often called the American version of the Shaun of the Dead. This is true insomuch as the movie is quite funny and that it also contains zombies. Otherwise, the movie couldn’t be any more different. And for that, I was very grateful. The movie is about a young man nicknamed Columbus who has managed to survive a zombie apocalypse not through brute strength or cunning marksmanship, but rather, a fanatical devotion to his list of rules. These rules are quite funny, but also, a bit self aware as if Columbus had seen a gazillion zombie movies and was taking notes. It is those rules that save his life over and over again. He teams up with a very skeptical Tallahassee (played by Woody … Read entire article »

Years ago, I remember seeing a thirty second spot on television whereby a large tentacle shot out of the water and wrapped around a screaming little girl. The remainder of the spot showcased screaming crowds of people running from a gigantic fish-like creature as it wreaked havoc. It looked to be the Mount Everest of cheese. I made sure to put it on my Netflix queue, thinking I would need a good laugh sometime in the future. Fast forward to a few weeks ago. Sick and on the couch, I discovered that The Host appeared in my instant watch queue. I pressed play, looking forward to this good laugh that I had squirreled away years before. I got something completely different. The Host is a very … Read entire article »

David Brin, author of the awesome book “The Postman” (terrible terrible terrible movie), once said that he didn’t like post-apocalyptic fiction being it generally boiled down to “wish-fulfillment fantasies for little boys”. This movie would fit his description right down to final shot of the film of a thirteen year old boy taking the hand of a nymphomaniac as they both stare into the, er, zombie-set. The Sink of Flesh was made in 2005, and it is currently available for viewing on Netflix’s streaming service. The movie focuses on Matool. He isn’t your average zombie hunter. For a Mexican, he’s given a bizarre first name which actually references a fictional island in the Caribbean that was overrun by zombies in Lucio Fulci’s superior “Zombie”. … Read entire article »