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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 »
Filed under: Humor, Movies (offline and online)
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 »
Filed under: Games (Video Games and Board Games), Humor, Movies (offline and online)
Women Role Models in Zombie Films?
Does anyone still go to Gawker sites these days since they employed their post-apocalyptic redesign (i.e. they want to see what life looks like without any people around). I used to go to io9 daily, but these days, I can’t visit the site without my browser having a seizure. Every once and awhile, I’ll fire up Kotaku, if my browser survives the initial page load, I find that I’m unable to focus on any of the content because of the annoying ads that occasionally block the first story. So it’s no surprise that I missed this interesting rant. I’d found out about it by cruising the headlines over at The Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse. If you ever want breaking zombie news, that’s the site to visit. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Movies (offline and online)
Movie Review: Survival of the Dead
Here’s an old movie review I wrote before my extended vacation. If you are interested in seeing Survival of the Dead, it’s currently streaming on Netflix with plenty of clips available on Hulu. Some time ago in the quaint state of Pennsylvania, a group of young filmmakers had the idea of creating a new type of horror movie. They all pitched in five hundred bucks and formed a company called Latent Image. Their idea centered around flesh eating corpses. A young filmmaker named George Romero was tasked with writing and directing it. They shot the film in a little farmhouse and called it Night of the Flesh Eaters which was later named to Night of the Living Dead by the distributor. Little did … Read entire article »
Filed under: George Romero, Movie Reviews, Movies (offline and online)
Japanese Children Versus a Zombie
In what can be described as an awesome way to introduce children to therapy, this bizarre Japanese show puts three unfortunate kids in the position of repelling a zombie attack. Granted, the kids aren’t taking on an entire horde of flesheasters but when you can just barely tie your shoes, one zombie is more than enough for them. The whole gag is tongue and cheek with the children at one point receiving a letter from the zombie saying that he is coming to get them. The show host seems to be having a pretty good time, doing his best to amp up the tension. And yes, for the kids, this is the real deal. There are moments in the clip where children pass through moments of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Humor, Movies (offline and online)
Netflix’s List of Zombie Flicks
If you don’t have a Netflix account, now might be an awesome excuse to look into setting one up. A few years ago, you could not find a single zombie film in the Netflix vault of streaming movies. Or if you did, it was some movie made on a weekend bender with five bucks to the production’s credit. No joke. I sat through the first half of an hour of such a film that tried to convince me of a zombie apocalypse in downtown St. Louis. I forget the name of the film but let’s just say it was composed almost exclusively of tight shots when filmed outside. Thankfully, Netflix has expanded its zombie collection with a wide range of zombie movies. From … Read entire article »
Filed under: Movies (offline and online)
George Romero and Tom Savani – Together Again
In a world whereby everything is a remake, reboot, or re-imaging – a world where if it’s not in 3D, it’s not worth the screen time – a world where most Hollywood powerbrokers appear to get their creative visions from their dog’s late night bowel movements – there’s actually some interesting fun news coming down the pipe. Apparently George Romero and Tom Savani – the dynamic duo behind the legendary Dawn of the Dead – are batting their eyes at each other over the prospect of remaking Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things. Normally, I’d scoff at the thought of a remake but this actually sounds interesting. For the record, each time I hear of another re-something, I want to stick my head in … Read entire article »
Filed under: George Romero, Movies (offline and online)
Survival of the Dead Comes to Netflix
Here’s some pretty cool news for those of you who have a Netflix subscription. George Romero’s latest zombie epic – Survival of the Dead - is now available to watch on their streaming service. I would love to say that this is a kick ass film and that if you don’t have Netflix subscription, you should go and get yourself one, but truth be told, I have yet to see this movie. In fact, from what I heard from some of my close zombie friends, you should probably skip this movie if you want to still be thinking good things about Romero. Again, I can’t really say since I haven’t seen it yet, but I have noticed a definite downward arc from Land of the Dead. … Read entire article »
Filed under: George Romero, Movies (offline and online)
The Walking Dead Season 2? Not So Much (For Now)
It’s hard to believe that while we wait for the release of the first season of The Walking Dead, there has been some crazy speculation regarding the production of the second one. Rumors have suggested that the next series will begin shooting in February. Well, Frank Darabont splashed some cold water on the theory in a great old man Smithers impression that will certainly depress the hardest of the hardcore. “Shooting in February? As tired as I am right now getting season one through post, I’d rather shoot myself,”. Umm … no gray area there. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Movies (offline and online)
“Monsters” Coming on Demand on September 24
It’s really hard to describe this movie, and looking at the trailer, I can’t help but say it looks pretty awesome. Looking to combine good old fashioned apocalypse with some zombie horde behavior, Monsters appears to be the type of film that got me into zombies in the first place. Note, you can find the trailer by the following the link below. So what are the monsters? I’m not quite sure. The trailer does an excellent job at concealing the hungry beasts, and while some of them looks to be of Godzilla proportions, I’m guessing from the giant “INFECTED AREA” signs means that this parasite crosses over to people as well. Yeah, so what’s it about? Here’s what I managed to dig up: … Read entire article »
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The Walking Dead Trailer Officially Releasd
A few posts back, I found an bootleg copy of a cell phone recorded VHS copied passed around the gutter and lost in a sock drawer copy of The Walking Dead trailer as it was shown at Comic Con. The image quality looked like the movie were projected on someone’s armpit while it sounded like an impassioned debate between Charlie Brown cartoon adults set to a Mariachi band. Thankfully, a much better trailer was released lately in of all its man on horse meets zombie action. … Read entire article »
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Vanishing on 7th Street
Having seen the trailer for this upcoming movie, starring none other than Sith Lord Hayden Christensen, I find myself wondering if zombies should be considered 21st century’s equivalent of bacon. Add some zombies – to whatever the movie – and it’s guaranteed to be awesome. Well, here’s a movie that just begs for our undead friends to make an appearance. The trailer feels like a sandwich with only lettuce and tomato. Now I can see some of you rolling your eyes at the thought of Hayden Christensen being in anything after his performance in the George Lucas sci-fi movie adaption of “Who wants to be a Billionaire?”. His incessant whining in the prequels made Luke Skywalker appear to be a stone faced monk. And yes, it … Read entire article »
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Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide – Dead Heat (and Movie Ratings)
Thumbing through Glenn Kay’s awesome book, Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide I found a relatively obscure zombie film starring none other than Joe Piscopo with Vincent Price being noted as a supporting actor. My god … did I find the white whale of cheese movies? Titled, Dead Heat, this movie sounds about as good as you can imagine it to be. Reading the blurb on it, Kay mentions how the MPAA forced the creators of the film to trim back some of the more obnoxious special effects else the movie would earn itself an X rating. Having recently watched Angels & Demons – a PG-13 film which features an assassin cutting open an investigators throat, a hanging priest being burned alive, and several officers being shot in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Books and Short Stories, Movies (offline and online)
The Walking Dead Trailer
For those of you who like to live under rocks as much as I have been doing these days, you’d be interested to know that sci-fi themed site of io9 has managed to post a trailer for the upcoming AMC series, The Walking Dead. The trailer was actually recorded by a fan with a camcorder so it’s not exactly the best quality. The trailer looks to have been shown in some crowded room and during the moments when the screen cuts to black, you can see the “real” zombie horde, staring at the glass. It’s pretty funny. … Read entire article »
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Cinemassacre Visits Night of the Living Dead Cemetery
In the past few years, Cinemassacre has become a bit of magnet for all types of geeks – video game geeks, film geeks, and yes, even board game geeks. The site is the brainchild of James Rolfe who took his film making skills and love of video games to the internet. He created the hilarious personality – the Angry Video Game Nerd – and reviewed video games that have not been released for twenty years. Filled with f-bombs and lots of frustrated beer swills, James has managed to captivate millions of viewers, channeling the controller smashing rage of anyone who has tried to play a poorly designed video game. While the Angry Video Game Nerd is definitely the most popular part of Cinemassacre, he also reviews movies, video … Read entire article »
Filed under: Movies (offline and online), Projects