When one thinks of the modern zombie film, one has to pay respect to its father, George Romero. It was his low budget, independently produced Night Of The Living Dead (1968), which laid the template for every film that was to follow. Previously, cinematic zombies would be those who fell under the spell of a voodoo practicing witch doctor. But from this film on they would be the animated dead, unstoppable in their single-minded quest to feed on the flesh of the living. Romero would be sincerely flattered by a host of immitators, but his original still retains a powerful hold on audiences today. Romero himself would further explore his zombie epidemic spreading across the globe through a series of sequels which also manage to work in a subtext of social satire.
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SDCC 2008: RED SONJA Teaser Posters (Updated With Second Poster)
Just because I’m on the wrong side on the continent, does not mean I can still report on San Diego COmicCon related stuff. For example, while Con attendees were sitting in a hot, stuffy and cramped [click for more]
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Kenneth Branagh To Direct THOR
Kenneth Branagh, the actor/director best known for adaptating various Shakespeare plays to film in the 1990s, is currently in final negotiations to direct Thor, an adaptation of the Norse god-turned-superhero comic book character, for Marvel Studios. [click for more]
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Roth-less HOSTEL III In The Works
Although not a fan of gore slasher films, I may have been one of the few critics who actually had some positive things to say about Eli Roth’s Hostel II. As oppossed to some other, [click for more]
[…] Rich Drees wrote an interesting post today onHalloween Film Of The Day: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEADHere’s a quick excerptWhen one thinks of the modern zombie film, one has to pay respect to its father, George Romero. It was his low budget, independently produced Night Of The Living Dead (1968), which laid the template for every film that was to follow. … […]