Saturday 3 November 2012

Zombies

              
Zombies are probably the most disturbing creature in horror.  It will (hopefully) be very difficult for anyone to make them SPARKLE.
From their humble African/Haitian roots of the stumbling voodoo controlled monster the Zombie has evolved over time (which some purists dont like) into a psychotic rampaging brain eating killing machine.

Zombies have always been the B Movie monster of choice, not too demanding for an actor to zombie up. They are now breaking into the big time with TVWalking dead & into the A list with World War Z starring Brad Pitt


Zombies in Movies

Glastonbury on Monday morning
The Original Zombie legend comes from West Africa through Haiti via the Voodoo witch doctors that would resurrect corpses to control & do their bidding. These "living dead" in a documentary on REAL Zombies I watched (An hour I will never get back) would be slaves on farms & protect the land.

In the movies they had a sinister motive As in the original Zombie title  White Zombie (1932) starring Horror legend Bela Lugosi.

These Zombies would no longer be a problem once the "master" was dealt with.  
As the genre has developed these original controlled zombies have been largely left behind in favor of a more feral monsterAs the Zombies were no longer  controlled it opened the door for a Zombie Apocalypse.  Which has gripped the genre ever since. The Godfather of these movies was of course George A. Romero starting with  Night of the Living Dead  (1968) he largely defined the Zombie for the next 40 yearsThese zombies were not controlled, they desperately wanted to eat you, they do not stop unless you shot them in the head, if bitten by a zombie you would become a zombie.  They also moved slowly & were stupid working with just the primeval instinct to eat.  

Romero  Zombies were so good other zombie movie makers never seemed to brake these rules

Zombies still wear hats
The Zombie comedy Return of the Living Dead (1985)  ignored the Romero rules with more animated fast moving zombies but as it was a comedy it wasn't taken seriously & never expanded into the ordinary zombie movies being ignored for another 20 years.


Other movies appeared in which people were infected by viruses or changed by outside influences, demons, aliens or the military but they also did not seem to follow these rules, viruses could put people  in a zombie like killing state but they had the functions of fully fit humans this hit the big time with Danny Boyles 28 Days Later (2002)

So the big change came when these were combined in Zack Snyders remake of  Dawn of the Dead (2004) 
This brought the zombie movie into the next millennium, the opening sequence alone is probably the best in Zombie history
Now with a remake of Romeros own movie his rules were broken & pretty much anything goes.

The world has found anything can be improved if you stick zombies in it from Marvel to Nazis

The futures bright. The futures bloody 

There are just too many Zombie Movies to put on one post





So here are some reviews

Cockney Zombie Movies

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             (2012)                          (2012)                        (2010)                     

Nazi Zombie Movies

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             (2008)                          (2012)                        (2011)                       

Nazi Zombie Movies II

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             (2012)                          (2009)                        (2009)                       

Virus Zombie Movies


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Zombie T Shirts, Comics, Gifts
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 Max Brooks (4/5) Drawing from historical data, lab experiments, field research, and eyewitness accounts, this guide is the only book you'll need to face the greatest challenge mankind has ever encountered - ZOMBIES!!!!!!!! You probably already know that wilderness survival, leadership and basic first aid are important when fighting off hordes of the undead but this book doesn't stop there.£6.74 Click


 Max Brooks (4/5) Set in the same terrifying universe as his million-selling World War Z, Closure, Ltd is among the short stories found within this collection.£3.99 Click



Tired of drinking coffee out of your hand? We have the solution! This shiny black coffee mug holds coffee (hot or cold!), soup, chili, cereal, nuts — anything you can make fit! Plus, it features a handsome zombie proclaiming his love of the gray matter £6.29. Click


Tired of drinking coffee out of your hand? We have the solution! This shiny black coffee mug holds coffee (hot or cold!), soup, chili, cereal, nuts — anything you can make fit! Plus, it features a handsome zombie proclaiming his love of the gray matter £6.29. Click



An extreme injury prosthetic, with torn skin exposing muscle tissue and teeth! Perfect for 'walking dead' style zombie effects or trauma simulation - mouth opens to allow for talking or eating. Comes in unpainted gelatine.Click






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