Archive for June, 2004

Jun 30 2004

Movie: “Zombie 4 - After Death” (1988)

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Zombie 4 - After Death (1988) - Directed by Claudio Fragasso.
Starring Jeff Stryker, Candice Daly, Massimo Vanni, Jim Gaines and Don Wilson.
Zombie Film Rating:1 skullno skullno skullno skullno skull

Scientists armed to the teeth...not really a good thing!Summary: According to the narration at the beginning of the movie;

“There was once a group of men that believed that they could solve the mystery of mysteries. They were scientists, experts in chemistry, biology and physics. Students of alchemy and of the arcane principles which governed the very equilibrium of our universe.

They then established a small research centre on a remote tropical island, where they proceeded with their humanitarian mission. A task linked with the fundamental principles of our very existence. Their aim was to conquer mankinds first, oldest and greatest enemy.

Death itself…

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Jun 28 2004

Movie: “The dead hate the living” (2000)

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“The Dead Hate the Living” (2000), directed by Dave Parker.
Starring Eric Clawson, Jamie Donahue, Brett Beardslee and Wendy Speake.
Zombie Film Rating:1 skull1 skull1 skullno skullno skull

Just a film set? Come on now!Summary:The movie starts with an odd little bearded man ranting at a camera, he is babbling about discovering the secret to life after death, as he babbles we notice zombies trying to force their way in through a glass wall and door. Eventually the strange little bearded man is attacked, and we next find ourselves in a morgue.

A female coroner is conducting a post-mortem, the victim seems to have suffered bite marks and chainsaw wounds, and (as is to be expected) during the examination the body disappears from the examination table.

Sure enough, the zombie attacks the coroner and cuts her throat, then the zombie starts making out with the newly deceased coroner who soon returns to life, resulting in a bizarre zombie orgie….

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Jun 08 2004

Movie: “Night of the Living Dead” (1990)

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“Night of the Living Dead” (1990) - Directed by Tom Savini.
Starring Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, McKee Anderson, William Butler, Katie Finneran, Bill Moseley and Heather Mazur.
Zombie Film Rating:1 skull1 skull1 skull1 skullno skull

zombies?Summary: Staying (for the most part) true to the original story line. This movie follows the same basic plot as the ‘68 version. We follow Johnny and Barbara on a visit to their mothers grave, while Johnny mocks Barbaras fear of the graveyard they are accosted by a man shambling towards them. Unlike the original, this man is an injured human, immediately following him is the zombie.

Johnny is knocked down (and presumably killed), and Barbara flees to a nearby farmhouse, where she makes an effort to understand what is going on, her reflections on the afterlife are cut short by a zombie trying to gain entry to the house, and she dispatches him with gusto (actually it’s a bit of a struggle, but in the end we’re short one zombie, and she’s still standing).

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Jun 06 2004

Movie: “Night of the Living Dead” (1968)

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“Night of the Living Dead” (1968) directed by George Romero.
Starring Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley and Kyra Schon.
Zombie Film Rating:1 skull1 skull1 skull1 skull1 skull

Zombies?Summary: A brother and sister a visiting the Grave of their mother when they notice a man shambling towards them. Johnny (the brother) taunts Barbara that they’re “Coming to get you!” and before Barbara has a chance to fret too much about offending the stranger, he suddenly attacks the pair.

Johnny is knocked down, and Barbara flees to a nearby farmhouse. Rapidly loosing whatever composure she had she encounters Ben who has just driven up to the house. Ben shakes some sense into her and they begin barricading themselves in. At this time the news is somewhat confused, with Ben telling Barbara about his experiences with the Living dead at a restaurant, adding to the sense of general confusion.

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