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.
Comics And Film
Michel Gondry To Direct GREEN HORNET
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry has been tapped to direct the upcoming Green Hornet film according to Production Weekly. Recently, Hong Kong action director Stephen Chow walked away from the project [click for more]
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Whedon Assembling AVENGERS
If this happens, it could make a lot of people really happy and have a lot of people complaining. Deadline New York, the East Coast version of Deadline Hollywood gossip blog, is reporting that Joss [click for more]
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Lohman Goes To HELL For Page
Last week we reported that Ellen Page had dropped out of Sam Raimi’s upcoming horror thriller Drag Me To Hell because of scheduling conflicts, she didn’t like the script or whatever. Well, Raimi has found [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. … […]