A World On Fire – A Zombie Blog

Zombieland put up a spirited defense, but alas, the flesh eaters from Dawn of the Dead ended up overwhelming the new comedy, and tearing it to pieces. That means, Zombieland has placed fourth just behind 28 Days Later. Now it is time to determine who wins it all and who walks away second best. Night of the Living Dead versus Dawn of the Dead (2004) Here is Night of the Living Dead’s synopsis: Chaos descends upon the world as the brains of the recently deceased become inexplicably reanimated, causing the dead to rise and feed on human flesh. Speculation rests on a radiation-covered NASA satellite returning from Venus, but it only remains a speculation. Anyone who dies during the crisis of causes unrelated to brain trauma will return as a flesh-eating … Read entire article »

I would like to say it was a tough matchup, but Night of the Living Dead came out swinging and earned itself a place in the championship. This next matchup should be an interesting one. Two recent zombie upstarts going head to head. There can be only one victor. The question, who will make it to the championship match. The next question … will it even matter? Here is Zombieland’s synopsis: A cowardly shut-in named Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is forced to join up with a seasoned zombie slayer named Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) in order to survive the zombie apocalypse. As Tallahassee sets out on a mission to find the last Twinkie on Earth, the duo meets up with Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin), … Read entire article »

Poor Fulci just can’t get a break. He wanted to win the tournament, but Zombieland‘s “nut up or shut up” approach just smacked him down hard. Maybe next year, Fulci. Or, maybe not. Well, we’ve finally reached the last matchup of round two. Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive versus Zach Synder’s Dawn of the Dead. Here’s the Dead Alive synopsis: Director Peter Jackson’s second feature cheerfully trumps the gross-out quotient of his splatterfest debut, the appropriately named Bad Taste. The tone is cartoonishly comic, and the premise is simple: The village dweeb (Timothy Balme) is trying to maintain a budding romance with the sweet Paquita (Diana Penalver) while concealing the fact that his overbearing mum (Elizabeth Moody, in an amazing good-sport performance) is a flesh-eating zombie. (She owes her condition … Read entire article »

Another day. Another upset. George Romero’s classic Day of the Dead was put in its place by the spritely remake of its older brother, Dawn of the Dead. Granted, Day of the Dead was the weakest in Romero’s dead trilogy, but I’ll always have a soft spot for it. Nothing will beat that opening scene where the dead stumble out of a derelict town, or when all the arms shoot through the wall. Then again, with its puffy hair and over-the-top acting, I can see why it got trounced. Well … on to the next round of the bracket, and we’re already seeing a match between two heavy hitters. Some might complain that this match is best left for last, but alas, a bracket … Read entire article »

With one matchup down, Night of the Living Dead moves into the next round while Night of the Creeps heads home with its head in its hands. So what’s next? Classic Romero against classic Fulci. Here is synopsis for City of the Living Dead: This gruesome horror film from cult director Lucio Fulci posits a priest’s suicide opening the gateway to Hell, freeing bloodthirsty zombies to roam the town of Dunwich. The main attractions are startlingly explicit special effects by Franco Rufino, including two of the horror genre’s most memorable deaths. One involves perennial victim Giovanni Lombardo Radice (also known as John Morghen) having his head run through with a power-drill, and the second is the notorious scene of a woman vomiting up all of her internal organs in a … Read entire article »