Nov
29
2004
“City of the Living Dead” (1980) directed by Lucio Fulci.
(MF Title: “Small hamlet of a few living dead”)
Starring: Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Fabrizio Jovine, Antonella Interlenghi and Carlo DeMejo.
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Overview: The suicide of a small town priest sets an ancient prophecy into motion, and spells the end of the world. Its up to a reporter, a psychic and some of the local psychiatric professionals to stop the evil undead priest, throw a wrench in the works and save humanity before “all saints day” when all hell will break loose, literally.
Summary: We open with a priest wandering through a graveyard, in what seems to be a step away from traditional clerical duties the priest hangs himself in from a tree. The event witnessed only by those taking part in a seance some distance away in New York. Sadly the medium who sees the event is killed when she attempts to break “contact” with the holy suicide, her companions however seem to take her expiration in stride, and call for the police.
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Nov
19
2004
“Day of the Dead” (1985) directed by George Romero.
Starring: Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato, Jarlath Conroy and Richard Liberty.
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Overview: A group of scientists and soldiers are thrown together in the final days of the zombie outbreak in a desperate effort to find an answer or cure to the problem. Their numbers dwindling, communications with their superiors severed they begin to turn on each other, and one can only wonder if it’s the undead or the living that are a greater threat.
Summary: The movie opens with a small group arriving by helicopter in what appears to be an abandoned city. They try to contact survivors by bullhorn, but as zombies begin appearing from every nook and cranny they quickly depart, and return to their base (an underground storage facility that has been pressed into hurried service as a shelter and research facility).
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Nov
14
2004
Biohazardous (2001) directed by Michael J. Hein.
(MF Title: “Tie a yellow ribbon round the old zombie”)
Starring: Thomas Cahill, Sprague Grayden, Jon Avner, Al Thompson and Will Dunham.
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Overview: Hillsdale is a busy little town these days, they’ve just had corporate giant Gentech open a research facility in their burb, and everyone wants to check the place out.
The trouble is it’s full of zombies, and getting into the facility is the easy part. Getting out is going to be a right proper nuisance.
Summary: The town of Hillsdale is playing host to a new research facility constructed by Gentech. Right off the mark we are introduced to a number of characters (the religious right, curious cops and trouble making teens), and soon they all converge on the Gentech facility at the same time.
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