Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!

[Kantarii]

I had a vampire thread that spawned a little interest. I suppose after vampires, zombies are pretty close to the top on my interest right after ghosts stories. Night of the living dead, dawn of the dead, Serpent and the rainbow, Resident Evil, The Walking Dead, Nazi Zombies ( from world at war) Army of Darkness all caught my interest over the course of my lifetime. I'm sure I've forgotten more than I can remember..... any zombie fans out there? Fuck, I'll go as far as mentioning white/ rob zombie, too Kant

 

[Bramblethorn]

I had a vampire thread that spawned a little interest. I suppose after vampires, zombies are pretty close to the top on my interest right after ghosts stories. Night of the living dead, dawn of the dead, Serpent and the rainbow, Resident Evil, The Walking Dead, Nazi Zombies ( from world at war) Army of Darkness all caught my interest over the course of my lifetime. I'm sure I've forgotten more than I can remember..... any zombie fans out there? Fuck, I'll go as far as mentioning white/ rob zombie, too Kant

Dead Snow, Shaun of the Dead. Re-Animator and sequels (I assume; I've only seen the third.) 28 Days Later (a.k.a. "Day of the Triffids" without the triffids). World War Z.

And that depressing Cranberries song.

 

[KayceeCharles]

Wasn't there a movie or novel where the guy died and became a zombie, but he came back and will NOT eat his girlfriend and kept his urges pretty... simple?

 

[Blind_Justice]

Maybe someone can help me name the movie. It was a Canadian flick, rather low-budget, late '80s, early '90s, about the initial stages of a zombie outbreak. The only two things I know for certain were these: Artificial skin transplants for burn victims had been the trigger for zombification and the whole movie was terrifying as fuck, despite the low-budget aesthetics.

A friend of mine got me to read the Walking Dead comics. Really good stuff. I've tried the TV series, but it didn't quite click with me. Strange, since the first few episodes stuck pretty close to the source.

 

[Areala-chan]

Maybe someone can help me name the movie. It was a Canadian flick, rather low-budget, late '80s, early '90s, about the initial stages of a zombie outbreak. The only two things I know for certain were these: Artificial skin transplants for burn victims had been the trigger for zombification and the whole movie was terrifying as fuck, despite the low-budget aesthetics.

A friend of mine got me to read the Walking Dead comics. Really good stuff. I've tried the TV series, but it didn't quite click with me. Strange, since the first few episodes stuck pretty close to the source.

It sounds like the movie you're describing is David Cronenberg's "Rabid", which should perfectly explain why it was terrifying as fuck. David Cronenberg's ANYTHING is terrifying as fuck.

 

[Areala-chan]

Wasn't there a movie or novel where the guy died and became a zombie, but he came back and will NOT eat his girlfriend and kept his urges pretty... simple?

This sounds like "My Boyfriend's Back".

 

[Blind_Justice]

It sounds like the movie you're describing is David Cronenberg's "Rabid", which should perfectly explain why it was terrifying as fuck. David Cronenberg's ANYTHING is terrifying as fuck.

I was off by a few years, but god damn, that's the movie. There were enough points in the (long) synopsis to rattle my brain.

Arigato gozaimas, Areala-chan!

 

[Bramblethorn]

oh, there's a Canadian film, "Graveyard Alive/A Zombie Nurse In Love". Shy nurse gets bitten by a zombie, zombie virus gives her the confidence to go for the guy she's always loved, but also an inconvenient appetite. Sort of makeover/romantic comedy/horror.

 

[Areala-chan]

I was off by a few years, but god damn, that's the movie. There were enough points in the (long) synopsis to rattle my brain.

Arigato gozaimas, Areala-chan!

どう致しまして.

 

[OliviaM]

This sounds like "My Boyfriend's Back".

There's also Warm Bodies, which is very funny, sweet zombie movie.

 

[lovecraft68]

Best

The original Dawn of the Dead(although the remake was pretty good)there were a couple of genuinely creepy scenes at the start of it.

Worst...there's been so many bad ones that I'd get carpel tunnel listing them, but I'm going with the Fangoria produced "I Zombie"

In RI they have Zombie paintball where you ride around in a truck and shoot at a bunch of people who wear padded Zombie costumes and Masks....in one sense its a good concept, in another its as my daughter would say, really?

 

[Areala-chan]

No one can claim to be a zombie film connoisseur unless (s)he has seen:

The Dead Hate The Living!

Which is either embarrassingly bad or hilariously awesome, depending on one's tastes.

 

[Carnevil9]

I've seen them all. Scary zombies, funny zombies, thought-provoking zombies, social commentary zombies, cheerleader zombies, beaver zombies. But you still can't beat the original for outright terror: George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead." They're coming to get you, Barbra!!!!

 

[Areala-chan]

I've seen them all. Scary zombies, funny zombies, thought-provoking zombies, social commentary zombies, cheerleader zombies, beaver zombies. But you still can't beat the original for outright terror: George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead." They're coming to get you, Barbra!!!!

"They're horny, Barbara...they've been dead a long time."

 

[Hypoxia]

I used to hang out around the Fairfax district of L.A. not long after NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD was released. The Fairfax Theater played NOTLD every Friday and Saturday night at midnight. The same people arrived for every show, every weekend. Creepy-looking people. Almost zombis themselves.

The modern idea of the zombi was invented by... HP Lovecraft, in what he and many consider his absolutely worst story. Whether George Romero took that theme of the vicious dead from HPL, I dunno -- but it's never appealed to me. As a social metaphor, sure. As entertainment, especially erotic... nyet. I read some of the original Robert Kirkman WALKING DEAD comics and I gotta say I like Kirkman's other brilliant work (like INVINCIBLE) rather more.

Mark me as a curmudgeon. Zombis ain't my thang. I like characters whose brains and bodies haven't decayed so much. If they're just naturally stupid, or they've drugged themselves into zombi IQ territory, fine, that's dramatic. But zombi apocalypse shit? Not for me. So sue me.

 

[CoffeeWithMonkeys]

I'm kind of over zombies, just so overplayed these days.
I do love the Resident Evil series of games though.
And I remember when the original Dawn Of The Dead came out. We were at the drive in, not even sure what we saw that night, but they announced there was a bonus movie for free that night, and it was Dawn Of The Dead. Me and my friends loved it and went back to see it a couple more times.

We just started watching TWD a few days ago, it's ok.

I did enjoy Shaun Of The Dead. I told my kids when I am old and crazy they can keep out back in a shed with video games

 

[lovecraft68]

A movie that features Zombie's, but the original voodoo version rather than the flesh eating Romero creation, and was pretty good was Serpent and the Rainbow.

 

[StrangeTamer]

The last zombie movie I've seen is Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727776/. It's kinda cheesy and funny, it's one I'll have to buy so I can watch it whenever I want. I'm losing interest in TWD for some reason, it's turning into a zombie soap opera lol.

 

[Blind_Justice]

Erotic zombies? I've written some crazy shit, but the rotting dead? They'll fall apart halfway through!

 

[Hypoxia]

Erotic zombies? I've written some crazy shit, but the rotting dead? They'll fall apart halfway through!

Yeah, the fun part is when the zombis fuck each other and disintegrate in the process. Then the zombi dog stumbles over and... oooh, don't want to think about it...

[lightbulb]

I've not kept up with zombi.lit for a few decades so I'm not familiar with the latest tropes, but... are/were zombis always human? Are there zombi dogs, cats, horses, goats, unicorns, tentacle creatures? Wouldn't the ultimate horror be tentacles that disintegrate as they penetrate?

 

[Bramblethorn]

Erotic zombies? I've written some crazy shit, but the rotting dead? They'll fall apart halfway through!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DA-Oz3MUAc

 

[Blind_Justice]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DA-Oz3MUAc

That... that lends new meaning to the "hands off" policy. Should I discreetly return any missing pieces once she's done with the lap dance or are they mine to keep? *gulp*

 

[Kantarii]

Anybody remember "From dusk until dawn" and "Grindhouse"? Cheesy B rated movies that had an entertainment factor? Kant

 

[Blind_Justice]

Is that Tarantinos "From Dusk 'til Dawn", Kantarii? If so... *raises hand* One of my favourites. I prefer Tarantino before he went all-out Old West.

How about zombies in video games? Left4Dead vs. Resident Evil vs. Telltale's Walking Dead (TWD Survival Instinct was horrible trash) vs. Organ Trail. FIGHT!

 

[Kantarii]

Is that Tarantinos "From Dusk 'til Dawn", Kantarii? If so... *raises hand* One of my favourites. I prefer Tarantino before he went all-out Old West.

How about zombies in video games? Left4Dead vs. Resident Evil vs. Telltale's Walking Dead (TWD Survival Instinct was horrible trash) vs. Organ Trail. FIGHT!

Yup, it be Tarantinos movie alrightKant