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Cockneys vs. Zombies
As the old saying goes, dying is easy but comedy is hard. Now combine them together – comedy and dying – and you got a little high risk / high reward thing going on. Unfortunately, I have found that most zombie comedies seem to fall short of the mark. I think it’s because zombies themselves are pretty funny and so, a lot of poorly written movies just don’t get beyond them. The great zom-coms truly embrace the genre. Comedy sparks from the intersection of characters and conflict and while a gag is funny from the film’s perspective, it is deadly serious in another perspective. … Read entire article »
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Dead Sushi
Wow … two of my favorite things have been put together to make something that just sounds beyond belief. Yes … Zombie Sushi. I can’t write the title without laughing. It’s one thing to flee from a bunch of slow moving brain eaters but it is quite another thing to threatened by your dinner. It reminds me of an equally ludicrous film about a killer refrigerator aptly titled, The Refrigerator (No survivors. Only leftovers!). In high school, my friends and I consumed terrible movies like oxygen, so when we discovered The Refrigerator, we thought we had found one of the lost cities of gold. To our horror, the film actually turned out to be pretty good which in turn was funnier than it being bad. … Read entire article »
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Left 4 Dead Fan Film & Some Left 4 Dead 2 News
It’s hard to believe it’s been three years since Left 4 Dead 2 was released. I remember calling in sick for the day and pretty much camping out in front of my television. Since then, I’ve probably gunned down at least hundred thousand infected mamba-jambas, and it still doesn’t feel old. Needless to say, there are some other talented people who feel the same but enjoy portraying it in “real life”. Introducing a fan made live adaption of the game. Well, it sports a video game type overlay as well as showcases a typical Left 4 Dead health pack, but that’s pretty much where the similarities end. There are no special infected lurking about, nor do any of the characters match any of the … Read entire article »
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Netflix Zombie List Updated
Just a quick shout out for those who don’t subscribe to the facebook page or my twitter feed (wink, wink). I just updated my list of zombie movies that you can find at Netflix. The list was two years out of date. Go figure. I’ll try and keep it up but check it out if you need an emergency 911 zombie flick. … Read entire article »
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Blast from the Past: Bush Versus Zombies
I’m pretty tired tonight, so it’s time for a stroll into the old archives. Here’s an old youtube clip that I remember a couple years back. It’s a pretty clever interview with President Bush whereby a reporter calls him out on his fifty billion dollar defense spending allotment to combat zombies. It’s a pretty funny watch being how everything is put together. It’s so well done you get the sense that this actually happened and that Bush really did decapitate a couple of tourists. Check it out. Bush Vs. Zombies (youtube.com … Read entire article »
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Pride, Prejudice, and Zombies Moving Forward
For those of you are waiting with baited breath for the forthcoming movie adaption of Pride, Prejudice, and Zombies, you’ll be happy to hear that the project has just confirmed its third director, Craig Gillespie. According to Comic Book Resources, Gillespie recently finished a remake of the eighties schlock vampire film, Fright Night. Whether this guy is a good fit is yet to be seen, but I guess we should be happy that something is happening. I just have this bad feeling in my stomach that this film is going to be pretty terrible. I usually don’t get that stomach turning nausea, but this film seems to be eating people alive (har, har). I remember awhile back that there was great whoops of delight when Natalie Portman … Read entire article »
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Minecraft – The Last Minecart
Let me just state for the record that Minecraft is pretty damn awesome. It’s an indie computer game developed by a dude in Sweden. There is no way to “win” the game. You start in a strange new world where you build things by day and hide from zombies, skeletons, and spiders by night. The world is massive and you can alter it in any way. It’s a virtually lego set with homicidal monsters included. A fan made this pretty awesome trailer you can view over here that gives you a little perspective of the game. Well, in honor of Minecraft, a group of fans created this pretty kick ass video about a zombie apocalypse. I gotta say, besides the funny inside jokes about … Read entire article »
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