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Showing posts with label zombie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zombie. Show all posts
Monday, December 02, 2019
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Whoops! - Snow White Zombie Apocalypse #1
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| Snow White Zombie Apocalypse #1 |
I should really spend a few days getting my shit together.
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Monday, September 22, 2014
The Weirding Theater Presents White Zombie
No, not the band! This Saturday night at 9:30pm CST, The Weirding Theater Presents watches the 1932 Bela Lugosi movie White Zombie, from which the band got its name. We're not sure why said zombie's heritage was such an issue but let's face it, black zombies just don't sell tickets - even in 1932. The more things change, huh? Sensitive viewers can be assured that racially-inappropriate jokes will be made throughout the viewing. Sensitive zombies probably shouldn't watch at all.
White Zombie officially kicks-off our October-long month o' slashers (we know we did a Devil Flick last week - we were there!) which replaces the "31 Days of Horror Movie Reviews" we've done (with some success, once or twice) the last several years.
So be sure to join us this weekend for The Weirding Theater Presents White Zombie.
© The Weirding, 2014
Monday, October 29, 2012
On Sugar Hill - A Review
Sugar Hill is a fairly well-known blaxpolitation flick which came out during the height of the blaxploitation era, the 1970s. I looked to see if, but could not confirm that, the Sugar Hill Gang took their name from this movie. At any rate, it features Voodoo and zombies and is, at its heart, just another revenge flick. Revenge flicks were basically all the rage back in the '70s.
Sugar Hill rises above some of the other fare in its category due to the quality of the acting but has little else going for it. The zombies are actually some of the most frightening-looking undead ever filmed, though. Still, the death scenes are sans gore and none too harrowing for viewers. There is one clever scene which features a scarecrow but that's about as creepy as Sugar Hill ever gets.
Recommended just for completeness' sake. It's not a bad show but you aren't likely to get too much out of it.
© C Harris Lynn, 2012
Sugar Hill rises above some of the other fare in its category due to the quality of the acting but has little else going for it. The zombies are actually some of the most frightening-looking undead ever filmed, though. Still, the death scenes are sans gore and none too harrowing for viewers. There is one clever scene which features a scarecrow but that's about as creepy as Sugar Hill ever gets.
Recommended just for completeness' sake. It's not a bad show but you aren't likely to get too much out of it.
© C Harris Lynn, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012
On Deadheads - A Review
Deadheads is not so much a horror movie as a buddy flick and partial rom-com. It is a comedy set in a post-Apocalyptic world in which mindless zombies roam the earth. The leads are among the rare few who maintain a reasonable intellect and one of them is heartbroken over losing his girlfriend, so they set off to find her.
Deadheads is basically on the par of your average TV sit-com and about as enjoyable. Technically speaking, I should watch it again to give it a proper review because I dozed off somewhere in the middle but, to be fair, it isn't like I started watching the movie when I was sleepy. The story is simply uninspired to the point that - as ridiculous as it may seem - I think some young executive somewhere along the line may have suggested the zombie bit as a gimmick because he realized the rom-com script just wasn't strong enough on its own.
The acting, jokes, direction, and overall production is - again - on a par with basic TV shows. There's nothing special here though I seem to remember a minimal level of gore. Certainly not enough to satisfy any gorehounds but maybe just enough to maintain its classification as "horror." And, of course, zombies.
Skip it.
© C Harris Lynn, 2012
Deadheads is basically on the par of your average TV sit-com and about as enjoyable. Technically speaking, I should watch it again to give it a proper review because I dozed off somewhere in the middle but, to be fair, it isn't like I started watching the movie when I was sleepy. The story is simply uninspired to the point that - as ridiculous as it may seem - I think some young executive somewhere along the line may have suggested the zombie bit as a gimmick because he realized the rom-com script just wasn't strong enough on its own.
The acting, jokes, direction, and overall production is - again - on a par with basic TV shows. There's nothing special here though I seem to remember a minimal level of gore. Certainly not enough to satisfy any gorehounds but maybe just enough to maintain its classification as "horror." And, of course, zombies.
Skip it.
© C Harris Lynn, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
On Return of the Living Dead Pt. 2 - A Review
Return of the Living Dead Part 2 pales in comparison to its prequel, but is still an entertaining film. If you dig intentionally bad movies, this one does it with a unique flair. It is legitimately funny, but lacks the earnestness and fear factor of its predecessor. James Karen and Thom Matthews return for a brief introduction, but are not main characters in the film. Aside from that, it has little to nothing to do with the first Return of the Living Dead.
While it had a higher budget than the first movie, it did not utilize its resources as well. The special effects are still pretty good, but resort to animation at the end. RotLD2 also lacks direction; it leaps between comedy and half-hearted seriousness, never taking either direction too far for too long. It was a hit at the box office, though I do not recall it as vividly from childhood as I do the first installment and it did not hit #1 at the box office during its run (that I'm aware of).
RotLD2 is goofier than it is witty, and sillier than it is funny, but it's a good flick and an enjoyable way to spend an evening. It's also heavy on the special effects but light on the gore, so it's more apt to make you giggle than gross you out. The lead kid will annoy the shit out of you, if you're half-normal anyway, but the movie is definitely worth a view.
Return of the Living Dead Pt. 2 is recommended.
© C Harris Lynn, 2011
While it had a higher budget than the first movie, it did not utilize its resources as well. The special effects are still pretty good, but resort to animation at the end. RotLD2 also lacks direction; it leaps between comedy and half-hearted seriousness, never taking either direction too far for too long. It was a hit at the box office, though I do not recall it as vividly from childhood as I do the first installment and it did not hit #1 at the box office during its run (that I'm aware of).
RotLD2 is goofier than it is witty, and sillier than it is funny, but it's a good flick and an enjoyable way to spend an evening. It's also heavy on the special effects but light on the gore, so it's more apt to make you giggle than gross you out. The lead kid will annoy the shit out of you, if you're half-normal anyway, but the movie is definitely worth a view.
Return of the Living Dead Pt. 2 is recommended.
© C Harris Lynn, 2011
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
On Return of the Living Dead - A Review
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| Return of the Living Dead |
It was written and directed by Dan O'Bannon, who sadly passed away a few years ago, and released in 1985-86. I actually remember seeing the promos for this movie when I was a kid, and it reached #1 at the box office. I own a copy on VHS and caught it late one night on HBO several years ago now. The soundtrack had been changed to exclude at least one song. So there are two versions of this movie, but you get the full movie either way.
Return of the Living Dead holds-up incredibly well today. The special effects in particular are stellar. The concepts are dated, but not as much as you might think, and are completely passable even in today's age. Even the costuming, which is definitely dated, works in tandem with the production and seems right at-home. There is no mistaking this for anything other than an 80s film, but it is earnest in its scares and approach and just keeps coming.
Return of the Living Dead is one of my favorite horror flicks and receives the highest recommendation possible.
© C Harris Lynn, 2011
Monday, February 13, 2012
Thursday, February 09, 2012
The Walking Dead Live on iBooks
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| Days Gone By |
Readers wanting a digital reading experience won’t have to wait to get the whole story.
All fifteen collections of the ongoing comics series are available now in the iBooks store, priced at $9.99 each, except for volume one Days Gone Bye, which is $8.99
The collections of THE WALKING DEAD occupied more than half of the top 25 slots in Diamond Comics’ list of top-selling graphic novels of 2011. The debut of Image Comics’ best-selling title on iBooks is part of the publisher’s overall commitment to releasing their creator-owned properties in a variety of media. Besides being sold in retail stores, individual issues of Image comics are available on multiple electronic platforms.
The publisher expects to release more titles on iBooks in the coming weeks, beginning with John Layman and Rob Guillory’s Eisner-winning, New York Times bestselling series, Chew.
© C Harris Lynn, 2012
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
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