Whoa! I just saw Dawn Of The Dead (2004).

I remember when I was a young teen and pay TV was new(At least up here in Quebec),I saw the original

Zombie Dawn of the Dead (1978) and I loved that movie,one of the best and most disgusting

horror movie I ever saw.The remake is pretty good but like most remakes it's not as

good as the original.

If you've seen it or if you like Zombie movies please post your opinion.

One of the best Zombie movie in recent years is 28 Days Later.

Is the sequel: 28 Weeks Later any good ?

Thanks for your comments DUers. :)

It was good, but the 1978 original is still the best out there. I liked "28 Day Later" as well, though if you want to be fair, it's not really "zombies" - just an infection that makes people act like zombies. Still a damned fun movie though.

If you've seen "Shawn of the Dead," what are your thoughts? I think that might be one of the best zombie movies made in the last 20 years. It's intense at times, and it's downright hilarious.

I really never heard about it.Is it that good ?

you will really like Shawn of the dead.

Thanks for the tip chimpsrsmarter!

It's a comedy zombie movie... Perhaps the first truly intentional one. Do yourself a favor and check it out!

I know what you mean by "the first truly intentional one" lol.It sounds very good.I'll trust you on

this and I'll give it a try.Thanks.

28 Weeks Later is sufficient as a sequel.

I just needed some positive feedback.:)

Sarah Polley. You've probably seen this move but it's really good and she is excellent in it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120255/

I think that Sarah Polley is really cute.:)

something fun to watch after that finishes.

Oh,I'm sure I would like it.

As long as a movie have a good story to tell I'm in.

Same thing about books.

I still need to read the book, though...

Zombies = Undead. The folks in 28... are just infected, not undead. Once they die, they are dead.

I love all those "Horrible infection Spreading" movies as well. :)

For an interesting take on the genre, check out Lars Von Trier's Epidemic.

OK,I'll take a look.Thanks for the info badass.

Thanks again.:)

... you would be chiming in to set them straight.

:toast: :toast:

:P

about an explosion in LA that contaminates this guy's wife and he won't let her back into the house?

Did you see it? Did you like it?

... I did think that Dawn of the Dead 2004 was a well made movie. I thought the opening sequence was especially great.

And, while it isn't a movie, I cannot suggest the book World War Z enough. I think anyone that is even remotely interested in zombies will LOVE that book.

Yeah that's one thing I didn't like about that movie.ZOOMbies? Lol!

I've heard and read about World War Z.All positive critics.Never been translated in French but

where I live the public library have English books.

(I'm French-Canadian)


I'll take a look and if they don't have it I will ask them to get it.Suggestions are very welcome.

Thanks for reminding me about World War Z.:)

It's almost a shame that it's considered sci-fi horror, because I think it would get a lot more respect if it wasn't in that genre. It's really a very expansive, well thought out book. I've read it 4 times and each time I'm amazed at how brilliant Max Brooks must be to have written it. I just wish there was a sequel.

They're making it into a movie, by the way.

I honestly don't know how it can be done. What possibly could they cut out? Almost needs (shudder) a mini-series.

They're making it into a movie? Mm,I think I'll manage to read the book first.

"It's almost a shame that it's considered sci-fi horror" Yes,from what I've read about it

the book is way beyond that category.Lots of sociological and political references.(I'm typing this

out off my crappy memory,no Google, because I'm watching another movie right now,so please correct

me if I'm wrong).Very informative replies from you LostInAnomie.And excuse my crappy English too.:)

both really good books.

If you want to talk about Hillary,post in GDpee!

Oops!Well that's me.Always jumping at conclusions too fast.:hi:

Someone has it in their sig.

I saw that pic a couple of times too.I think Swamp Rat made it.I'll PM him to be sure.

I've PM Swamp Rat and he responded.

I'm not sure if it's the pic you were talking about but Swamp told me

this was the closest match:



Is it it?

Her eyes are bugged out and her mouth is wide open and twisted. And she's looking like she's about to attack some poor woman.

Actually her expression in the pic reminds me more of Don Sutherland in Invasion of the Body Snatchers than Zombies.

For the record, the "Hill Have Eyes" remake and its sequel are also rather good, though once again inferior to the 70's version.

When I was a teen I had a poster of the original movie in my bedroom.

Is it good?

It was Wes Craven's second film after the appallingly effective "Last House on the Left," which is a difficult film to watch even for me, and while "THHV" certainly has endurance-testing moments of its own, it doesn't inspire the same urge to turn away from the screen that "LHOTL" does. If you're reasonably well-versed in horror films, you should be able to handle it just fine.

Gee,I'm ashamed too admit it but I've never seen Last House on the Left either, despite the fact

that I've read tons of articles in horror magazines about it.Have you seen a movie called

Phantasm ?

I saw that when I was about 12 years old and it terrified me!Gee after seeing it I couldn't

sleep with the lights out for a month! Lol! Don't forget,I was 12 (and it was one of the first

horror movie I ever saw).For years I tried to find it to see if it would still scare me(I

doubt it)but it would be great to see that movie again after all that time.I saw Phantasm 3 a

couple of years ago but it wasn't very impressive.

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I like that there was some treading new ground, or what I like to call, "zombie research", going on, but not nearly as good as the original, which is one of the best zombie movies ever.

I do like 28 days later, and I do consider it to be a zombie movie - don't believe these punks who tell you that it isn't. 28 weeks later was also quite good.

Have you seen "Diary of the Dead" yet? It was out for one day here (I think it was release here - UK - first, with the exception of film festivals) before I left for a month, and when I came back it was gone. I really liked "Land of the Dead", but I've heard that this new one is better.

It was a bit of a let down in that the first 10 minutes of the film were so off the charts excellent and engrossing that the rest of the film had a hard time measuring up. The first ten minutes were fantastic.

I'd nominate that for the Most Horrific Ten Minutes of Film that's been shot in a long, long time.

It was the scariest part of the movie.Go figure.

Punk zombies rock!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czAeWAWXdbA


It hurts to be dead, the paaaaiiiiin....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPc7c4W6btY

Zombie has a bad "acid" trip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shxBiLuOdn4

"stupid asshole!"
"watch your mouth boy, if you like this job..."
"LIKE THIS JOB?!?!?!?"

"tina, i love you, and you have to let me eat your BRAIN!"


"live BRAINS!"

Whenever I'm in a mall, I get a major earworm with that goofy mall Muzak played at the end of the movie. Kind of an odd polka tune.

Starts around 6:15 on this clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcobgWCK2bI&feature=related

Kind of lost Romero's original critique on consumerism, but still very well crafted. That opening sequence is a masterpiece. I pop the DVD in once in awhile, just to watch the ten minutes or so before the opening credits. It's that good.

BTW, avoid the so-called remake of Day of the Dead, just out on DVD. Crap. Hot buttered crap. There's two hours of my life I'll never get back, Mena Suvari or no.

28 Weeks Later was excellent, if you liked the original. After the success of the first film, they had a big budget with high expectations for the sequel, so I was pretty leery. But they didn't deliver a big-budget, cliche-ridden horror film. And that's a good thing. Still very intimate, still alternatively quietly chilling and chaotically terrifying, still a terrific story. I'd pay to see 28 Months Later, if they can keep this up.

I absolutely HAVE to see that movie!

28 Days Later was so great.Reading your post makes me slobber whit envy.

28 Months Later? Hey,good tittle for a sequel.:)

Then it could be 28 Years Later,why not? What would it be like years after

that ?

But for now,I'm convinced:The next movie I rent is 28 Weeks Later!

Oh,and about Romero's original critique on consumerism,I was a bit disappointed

when I saw that the Zombies were not trying to shop.It was a good part of what made the

original movie so great.

...and I'm a tough sell when it comes to horror. Enjoy!!!

I don't know if the crew that made DoD '04 just ignored the whole point of being in the mall, or they figured it had been played out, or what. But the whole appeal of the setting of the mall really made that original movie; a palace of consumption becomes a fortress of survival. Romero said his inspiration came easy: he saw a societal problem, then made a monster movie out of it. I found it fascinating that somehow, somewhere deep in the living dead's psyche, there was still that spark of humanity. And since we're creatures of consumption, it made sense that "shopping" would be a common thread between the living and the dead. I can't remember the character who said it, but as they stood on the roof of the mall in the original, looking out over the crowd of shuffling moaning undead, and said forlornly, "they know they want to be here", that made the whole collapse of civilization even more poignant, to me.

Oh well, enough of my blathering. Enjoy a good "flesh-eating ghoul from beyond the grave" movie today!

I didn't remember the 1st one so I couldn't compare it until later.

28 Days Later was my second favorite (in the zombie addiction time-line) and I LOVE that one, but it wasn't as much fun for me as 2004 Dawn was.

28 Weeks Later is good and I'd like to see it again soon but it's not as good. A great part of zombie movies is the beginning of the problem, when people figure what's happening and zombies are still mixed up with everyone else. I'm a purest about the simple zombie plot :headbang:

I totally agree! When everything is normal and then the evil thing is beginning to spread(Zombies

,Aliens or whatever)is the best part.

Wait a minute!They made a REMAKE of an 1985 movie?(I'll post about it down there.I just found about it while Giglegoogling.:)

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I really liked "Silent Hill" which I'd consider a zombie movie.

And "I Am Legend" was freaky.

O.K maybe I am a fan of the genre. :think:

I hope it's better than the video games.The ambiance was great but it was a bit boring(still

talking about the games).

I never heard about I Am Legend.Is it good?

"O.K maybe I am a fan of the genre" Lol!

he's a virologist working on a "zombie plague" cure.

He has to stay inside at night. I won't say anymore, so's not to spoil it. It's pretty good.

I'll put it on my "must see" list.And thanks for the suggestion and for not spoiling the story.:)

Back in '85 it was already a lousy movie.

Why did they made a damn remake of a (fairly)recent movie ?

No inspiration ?

Ok,I won't judge whiteout proof.

Anybody seen this ?

Is it better than the first one ?

Worst ?

Come on peoples I wanna know !

From Socialist Canuckistan with love:

-Jeff :)

I'll come to your house, trash the place, put my dirty feet up on the table, drink all your booze, and you'll feel the exact same relief when I leave as I felt when this movie was finally over.

Terrible, terrible, terrible. If I had been an actor in this stinker, I'd have sued to have it buried deep in a swamp somewhere. Can't think of a single redeeming feature of the movie, and I love the genre.

Go rent "30 Days of Night" instead; being from the Great White North, you'll love it.

You can come to my apartment, trash the place as you will but don't bring the DVD of that crap with

you,please!:)

...at least technically. I was raised for some years in Laval.

I liked the 2004 version a lot with one exception, which I can't get out of my mind when thinking about this movie: that unbelievably stupid girl who chased after her dog.

I thought the rooftop communication scenes were great, I especially loved the impact of the point where "our" heroes realized the poor sap on the other roof was done for. Not quite genius, but close.

Overall, for the genre, I'd give it an 8.5/10. I'd have given it a 9 had that dumb little girl not chased after the dog. I'm not one of those who is capable of being THAT attached to pets, so even though I have two cats I just couldn't buy it.

Hey fellow Quebecer,how is it in Maryland ? Believe it or not but yesterday we had about a feet of

SNOW!!! In May! Well I live in Saguenay but it's not an excuse isn't it? :)

I would rather have the snow. I loathe warm weather and would live in Canada or Alaska year round if I could find a job and take my girlfriend with me. Given the guy-to-girl ratio in Alaska, I can't go there without her :)

if you dig survival horror.

On a movie board I've read positive and negative reviews but it was useless because

most peoples on that board are,let's say,not...well I'll pass on this part but it was 50/50:

It sucks!,it's great! No more elaborated comments than this.So is it worth watching ?

It starts out bad, and just gets worse, and worse and worse for the people dealing with their new surroundings.

(And I usually like bleak endings.)

Very informative post.It's far better than saying:"It sucks,or it's great."

Thanks,I'll give it a try.

:hi:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_the_Dead


People doing homages to themselves need turning into zombies and put in zoos.

his eyebrows, i can't get past them.

All saw all fo the return of the dead movies (the first was the best and the funniest). Saw 28, but not the sequel. I don't know what it is about these movies, but they have some sort of attraction. I just enjoy watching them.

The original is much better. The undead shamble and grope. They don't run like Barry Sanders.

28 Weeks later is pretty funny. Lots of over the top gore and brutality.