Comments on: Spooky Month Review: Undead

By: Evan Waters

Evan Waters — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:15:24 +0000

I’d say it’s been going either for 5 years, starting with the DAWN remake, or 6 if we go back to 28 DAYS LATER.

I like zombies well enough as movie monsters, but the cycle’s pretty much run its course for the time being.

By: Luc

Luc — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:45:29 +0000

The problem with claiming zombies as “over-used” is that they weren’t, until very, very recently. I remember when Undead came out, for instance, and there was still novelty in the concept. It was only when Shaun of the Dead (a brilliant movie that I have a hard time watching these days, for reasons stated below) started hitting Comedy Central, and every obnoxious geek and pseudo-geek on Earth decided zombies = teh awesome, that the concept really started to become overdone. Unfortunately, the zombie genre–like the vampire genre before it, and like every annoying ninja-pirate-monkey meme that internet geeks latch onto like a hagfish–has been pretty much driven into the grave. It’s at the point where things like Zombieland–a movie that, 4 years ago, I would’ve been eagerly awaiting–inspires nothing but apathy.

Thank Christ most people still don’t know about Return of the Living Dead, a movie that’s frankly as good, if not better, than Shaun.

By: Tim O'Neil

Tim O'Neil — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:51:37 +0000

I can’t claim to be the first person to make this observation, but it’s kind of weird how the success of Romero’s franchise pretty much redefined the whole idea of zombies for the last forty years. “Zombie” now means “zombie plague.” What about the old-school zombie – not the mindless, tragicomic flesh eater but the spooky, implacable undead revenant? When was the last time anyone did a movie about old-school zombies – last I can remember was Serpent & the Rainbow, but admittedly I’m not as much of a horror buff as some, so I may have missed a film or two.

By: Hal Shipman

Hal Shipman — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:39:23 +0000

“indiscriminately killing zombies is exactly the wrong tactic to take in the long run.”

You mean in this film or in all zombie films?

If the latter, why is that? I’m not following you. If it’s saving yourself, than I see fighting them working, at least in the short term. The actual causes may not be so easy for most folks to fight – for example the virus in the 28 series…