02-05-2008, 02:01 PM
Quote:I don't know what it is, but for some reason I love zombie movies. Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead is probably my favorite zombie movie ever, but I really enjoyed 28 Days Later and the Resident Evil series (although I have not seen the third one). Obviously Romero's movies are the cornerstone, but I hated Land of the Dead with a passion - mostly since it contained two of my least favorite actors ever, Dennis Hopper and John Leguizamo.
Peter Jackson's Braindead is another great zombie movie if you're looking for humor in addition to horror.
After seeing so many zombie movies I really feel as though I am very, very prepared for a zombie invasion. Bring that sh*t on. I am ready to pwn some undead. Is it weird that I have gone out of my way to find out where the armory is for the local police in case there is a zombie invasion? Shotguns and M-15s and grenades - oh my!
I haven't watched Zynder's Dawn since my initial viewing a few years back, but I have been trying to find time to re-watch it as part of Zombie Movie Nights with friends. Likewise I've not yet gotten to Braindead or 28 Weeks Later, though I do own the former.
I think Romero's Dawn is pretty much my favorite at the moment (even the mall music is classic -- and so many people don't recognize it at the end of Robot Chicken!), with the original Night a close second. And one way I found to make Night even more terrifying is the option on my disc to watch a colorized version instead of the classic B&W. The colorized version of the house is just something that has to be experienced. It's painfully '60s. I'd be scared to be in that place even without zombies outside.
For odd and quirky zombie flicks, I'd recommend Dead & Breakfast and Undead. But if you want a true zombie movie, something faithful to the origins of zombi, you've gotta go with Weekend at Bernie's 2.
-Lem