Zombie Movies

[Legna Lee]

3nodding  

[Legna Lee]

2nd page!  

[Legna Lee]

burning_eyes  

[GilAskan]

Legna Lee

I saw Outpost some hours ago, GilAskan. It's a good movie, but it's not really a zombie movie.

It's closer to a zombie film than the "28" series, and those get listed as zombie films all the time. In my mind, there are two qualifying factors of zombies-

1) They're a reanimated corpse.
2) They eat flesh.

On this front-

Outpost -
1) Yes, they're reanimated corpses.
2) No, they just kill people.

28 Days/Weeks Later -
1) No, they're still alive.
2) No, they just kill people.  

[Legna Lee]

Nice argument you have, GilAskan. But in Outpost they are more like ghosts trapped into some kind of magnetic field form and to that place. That guy that hires the mercenaries explains that. Even though his explanation sucks and is a little confusing.
And I'm not really sure of this, but I think that in the 28 series the virus kills the host then reanimates it.  

[GilAskan]

Legna Lee

Nice argument you have, GilAskan. But in Outpost they are more like ghost trapped into some kind of magnetic field form and to that place. That guy that hires the mercenaries explains that. Even though his explanation sucks and is a little confusing.

He describes ghosts as being afterimages in magnetic fields. While the soldiers are afterimages, they aren't incorporeal. They HAVE bodies, and they can freely move their mass within the magnetic fields. That's why they can be shot. Or at least, that's how I interpretted it.

The professor seemed to suggest that ghosts are the "idea" of a person "echoed" within a magnetic field. The soldiers are physically sustained, though trapped, by the field.

Legna Lee

And I'm not really sure of this, but I think that in the 28 series the virus kills the host then reanimate it.

I thought that was the case for a while as well, but a rewatch or two a year ago made me realize it wasn't the case. There isn't any line in the film to confirm it, but it's just logical- the virus attacts the nervous system. The reason the infected people continue to function is that they're alive, just altered by the virus. They can starve to death as well, suggesting that their bodily function continue, and the fact that they bleed confirms this further.

Rage really is just rabies- it makes you go mad and makes you insanely violent, but it won't kill you.  

[Sir_David_of_Fairborn]

Fido is the best  

[The Dark Archer]

Dawn of the dead.  

[froggy the hobo]

My favorite Zombie movie, although its not scary in the slightest is Land of the Dead.

But one of the Freakiest scenes in ANY horror movie I've seen is the Begining of 28 Days Later. That was just amazing

Other Fav's are
Sean Of the Dead
Pet Semetary
_____ of the dead  

[ymPsiegetanK]

firgie

My favorite Zombie movie, although its not scary in the slightest is Land of the Dead.

But one of the Freakiest scenes in ANY horror movie I've seen is the Begining of 28 Days Later. That was just amazing

Other Fav's are
Sean Of the Dead
Pet Semetary
_____ of the dead

Yes, many ______ of the dead movies are good. Except Diary of the Dead.
It was plain crap.  

[The Dark Archer]

ymp5565

firgie

My favorite Zombie movie, although its not scary in the slightest is Land of the Dead.

But one of the Freakiest scenes in ANY horror movie I've seen is the Begining of 28 Days Later. That was just amazing

Other Fav's are
Sean Of the Dead
Pet Semetary
_____ of the dead

Yes, many ______ of the dead movies are good. Except Diary of the Dead.
It was plain crap.

Just read the plot for that sounds pretty lame.  

[GilAskan]

ymp5565

Yes, many ______ of the dead movies are good. Except Diary of the Dead.
It was plain crap.

Diary of the Dead will be looked upon more favorably in the coming years, I'm sure. Everyone always hates Romero's newest zombie movie until a few years later, when people start to realize it's better than they thought. Happened with Land, happened with Day.

Same thing happens with Legend of Zelda video-games too.  

[Tobias Mule]

Right now, I'd have to say that my three favorite zombie movies are Resident Evil 2, Shaun of the Dead, and Quarantine. I know some people may not classify the last one as a zombie film, but I think it does. It also scared the crap out of me when I watched it in theaters over the weekend. *shivers*

Actually, I think Day of the Dead is still crap although it had some good moments. In comparison to the rest of the series, it doesn't have the same punch as the rest and it's lacking a lot in plot and character development. I wasn't moved to care about any of them.  

[morbid_beauty]

Shaun of the Dead...only zombie i've seen...or ever want to see! lol  

[GilAskan]

Mika Relie

Actually, I think Day of the Dead is still crap although it had some good moments. In comparison to the rest of the series, it doesn't have the same punch as the rest and it's lacking a lot in plot and character development. I wasn't moved to care about any of them.

I think it's a weak film UNLESS viewed alongside the rest of the series. As a standalone zombie film, it's a decent but shallow look into nihilism. When you view it as part of a trilogy (Night, Dawn, Day) it's actually the perfect complement to the other films. The color scheme, themes, pacing, and characters are all in line with the whole series progression.