| So a lot of you ladies out there are thinking, "Zombie movies? Eww." I know I thought the same thing...but I married a man that was utterly in love with the genre. Bleh. As a dutiful wife, I was subsequently forced me to watch zombie flick after zombie flick with him. Pain of death. For realz. But I found myself secretly enjoying them (wtf, right?) and I thought that the girls of the world definitely needed a little more zombie action. Here is a girly rundown of some hidden zombie gems: 1) DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004) - Because almost all of the movie takes place in a shopping mall. 2) 28 DAYS LATER - Naked Cillian Murphy. In like, the first scene. 3) RESIDENT EVIL - Supermodel Milla Jovovich wears a hot red dress and kicks everyone's butt. 4) RESIDENT EVIL 2 - Skip upon pain of death. Jill Valentine ruins this movie. 5) RESIDENT EVIL 3 - Mmmm, hot dude from the Mummy is in this (Oded Fehr). 6) HOUSE OF THE DEAD - It's a terrible Uwe Boll movie based off of a video game, but how can you hate a film with a campy, star-spangled Asian kickboxing chick named Liberty? 7) SHAUN OF THE DEAD - It's a love story. Really. Shaun is a nerdy dude trying to get his girlfriend back. With zombies. 8) DOOM - Mmm, Karl Urban. Mmm, The Rock. Storyline? What storyline? 9) NIGHT OF THE CREEPS - I enjoyed the hideous 1980s prom fashions in this one. Watch it for giggles. 10) SLITHER - Kinda gross, but mmm, Nathan Fillion. If your husband suggests anything not on this list, just tell him you have a headache. |
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Well, this grrl doesn't go "Zombie movies? Eww." She goes "yeah!" while she munches on chocolates and giggles as people are eaten by zombies on the screen. Fun.
I love Shaun of the Dead, so it's a bit bloody, all's fair in love. I haven't seen Resident Evil 3 but I must mostly because of Oded Fehr.
LOL!
Jill, we have similar tastes in zombie movies. I loved the Dawn of the Dead remake and the first and third Resident Evil movies. (I agree the second Resident Evil movie was just not all it could have been.) Liberty was the best thing about House of the Dead. (Did you ever see the sequel?) And I just don't see how anyone could hate Shaun of the Dead.
And someone else has seen Night of the Creeps! I always thought that was a classic but whenever I mention it, all I get are blank looks. How is that possible?
Have you seen Return of the Living 3? That's the one where the girl tragically dies in a motorcycle accident but her boyfriend can't let her go and brings her back to life. Except she becomes a crazy, flesh-eating zombie.
Shaun of The Dead's hilarious. Also, don't forget Return of the Living Dead. So funny.
Wendy, I am probably more grrl than you, then. Unless it's MY BIG FAT GREEK ZOMBIE WEDDING (there's a title for you Mark), or post apocalyptic, my first inclination is to run far, far away. Husband loves anything with the words 'Zombie' 'Ghoul' or 'Undead'.
Resident Evil 3 was surprisingly excellent, compared to the piece of dookie that was RE2.
Vern: I might have seen that one, but it might be blurring into the morass of zombie flicks in my brain. ;) And I have not seen the second House of the Dead. My husband watched that one and said it was slightly better - how can you be better than HOTD 1, I ask. ;) It had a yellow-clad fisherman and his squinty eyed first mate in a ZOMBIE movie. Win.
Charlene - I luuuurv Shaun of the Dead. I have no idea why more people haven't seen that movie. It's great. :)
The problem with HOTD2 is that while, yes, it might have better in terms of story and plot, it took itself way too seriously and lacked the utterly fabulous camp of the original. I mean, the original had random clips from the videogame and people would freeze in midair Matrix-style! HOTD2 was sadly generic in comparison. Also, there was no pig-tailed Asian kickboxers in star-spangled spandex and glitter makeup. Just a bunch of people with guns. *yawn*
My girlfriend is terrified of zombies (as in, we saw 28 Days Later in the theaters, and she had screaming nightmares for 9 months), so I feel like a prick for even having them in the house. I tend to rely on evenings with my dad, of all people, to get my fix. I'll add the Uwe movie to the list, for a night of drunken fun.
Jill, you grrl you! :-)
Oh.. MY BIG FAT GREEK ZOMBIE WEDDING sounds like it would be a hell of a film! Someone should get on that.
Jill - you are dead on with the antho title. It'd fit write in to the trend.
I've got another zombie chick flick, FIDO. It was so charming and I know that sounds weird in reference to a zombie movie, but it was.