NETFLIX: Night of the Mini Dead

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Night of the Mini Dead 

Part of Love, Death & Robots Season 3 

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Today is George Romero's Birthday ♡

I barely into my teens when I saw Night of the Living Dead (1990). The film was disturbing, I saw a dead guy that was dressed in a hospital gown with autopsy incisions. That made it real.

The humans behaved poorly.  Everybody. This wasn't your typical horror where it was a united "us" vs "them".

I recall my childish frustration of how the survivors turned on each other. "Why are they acting so stupid? They should be helping each other!" I exclaimed more than a few times.

Check out the superb article where I got this photo over at: afilmaday blog

That scene where the hillbillies seemed to have waay too much fun shooting at the strung up zeds really stayed with me.

In the end my favorite guy got zombiefied, some people made it, but the ending wasn't necessarily a happy one.

Lots of stuff went over my head, but it was clear to me that those people and all the other jerks with their petty frailties managed to bother me more than the supposed monsters.

I didn't enjoy the film the first time and dismissed it in favor of seemingly flashier offerings of fangoria.

Freddy Krueger was cool and so were the protagonists who took him on. The Amityville Horror, Friday the 13th, and Hellraiser were staples of my mid teens. I never got into Clive Barker but my friends loved him to bits.

I got older and saw the original 60s version. The little differences between it and the later films helped me appreciate the nuances a little better.

This was when I began to understand what George was trying to tell us.

So here we are today. Prepping and getting my family squared away against the coming storm.

All of this thanks to George Romero. My appreciation for our favorite kind of horror and social commentary begin with him.

Thank you dear sir.

                  Photo from Wikipedia


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Danny Trejo: Zombie Hunter

I'll just put this here...

MACHETE KILLS... ZOMBIES! 

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ZOMBIELAND 2: DOUBLE TAP

Saddle up boys and girls, its been 10 years and we're back for more. Like the name suggests, I'm seeing bizzarro.

Woody Harrelson's an old fave, and this Statue in Budapest meme always leaves me in stitches.

Someone from my family needs to see it for a selfie someday. 

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Day of the Dead: Bloodline Red-Band Trailer (2018)

A trailer!  A remake! Are we going back to our roots?

My thoughts on the footage: 

• Two words of doom: 1. Fast 2. Zombies  (we're screwed!)

• No big name actors in the trailer

• cliché "car won't start" and zombie slams into the glass scene. we've done this a bazilion times with every movie monster out there. I mean come on!

• Military base with scientists looking for a cure

• Sexytime scenes. Guess this really ain't for kids

• Not so decayed looking zombies

• Old school gore. Didn't see so many CG scenes. That's cool. 

• A zombie in the air duct? That's new

• Fences. I hate scenes with fences. Reminds me of TWD's Prison

• The usual fast-paced chase scenes and a claustrophobic horror thing to mix it up. Two kinds of scares? I'm okay with that. 

• Budget seems lowish, but production levels seem decent

• Here's a biggie: The dude has an ACOG but no back up irons. If this was SHTF, I'd be obsessed about contingencies!

Zombies were so '60s but we're still here. I'm still here. 

This better not suck. I want it to be cool. 





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"Cargo", Tropfest Australia 2013 Finalist

I found this little gem of a short film. Dig it. 

Stranded in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, a man sets in motion an unlikely plan to protect the precious cargo he carries: his infant daughter. 

"CARGO"

Directed by Ben Howling & Yolanda Ramke

Tropfest Australia 2013 Finalist (TSI "Baloon")

How far will you go?

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World War Z Poster!

We have a release date! June 21, 2013. Yes, finally. Again, I'm a huge fan of the book. However we all know Hollywood, they'll do what they think will do the film right. I'll just toss away any expectations and will just go to the party.

So Mr. Brooks, you must be pleased. You kinda started this craze, and although you're entering the hallowed ground of the immortal George Romero, your film seems to be meant to happen in a big guns-blazing blockbuster way. So I guess this is gonna be the Star Wars of this generation. If it doesn't suck! 

Looks like its got everything: action, drama, guns, millions of computer-generated and "real" zeds, and a little something for the ladies: Bradd freakin Pitt in a dashing family guy role. Yay, everyone's happy.

What is it with Pitt & Damon and their gained-a-few-pounds but handsomer-than-thou "daddy" roles anyway?

Friends, I'll be the well-dressed dude with the pretty wife waiting in line on the first day. And I won't be coming in some attention-grabbing tactical or zombie costume. I do expect to see a few cosplayers in their usual zombie or sheriff attire. If I see any cool ones, I'll take a photos for your pleasure.

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Big thank you to Comingsoon.net for the heads-up!

World War Z Official Trailer

So it finally happened. Max Brook's film has a trailer. 

So this is it eh? The big kahuna that everybody's been waiting for.

Max Brooks, for better or worse, has come to remind everybody that it all started with that old book of his called World War Z.

The guys behind all other zombie movies, comic books, novels, and blogs from the past 9 years since this craze began are finally gonna see if their work measures up. 


So on to the trailer. What have we seen so far?

1. fast zombies dammit, they ain't no walking dead!

2. a daddy Brad Pitt with family

3. film shown from handsome guy's POV, not the documentary form

4. big budget special effects

5. the sh*t going down all over the world. this part I'm looking forward to

WTH is with Paramount Pictures? Fine! I just hope it won't suck.



I loved the book. I really did. It is a modern classic and a must-read before you die. Perhaps its too big to fit into one movie. If they'll ever make a TV series, they'd better stick to the original material.

OK, it looks like the film really deviates from all of our expectations. I won't throw a fit and will do my best to accept it as it is.

I guess some will argue that "daddy Brad" is not as good as "daddy Matt Damon".  See Contagion, chix dug him there. There was a zombie in that one too, its name was Gwyneth Paltrow.

My wife is gonna say "so this is what you've be bugging me all year to see huh?". Heck yeah. However I'll have her read the book first so we can debate which is better.


Cheers to you Mr. Brooks. You got us into this mess. And your dad, we love him too.



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Coming Soon: World War Z (2012)

November 2012 UPDATE: The trailer's out. View it here. 


A lot of buzz is going about the movie starring Brad Pitt as a United Nations employee who is trying to save the world from the zombie apocalypse.  

 The Battle of Yonkers

By now everybody knows that it will be deviating from the style of the novel. At first I was going to make a big rant of how all of our hopes & dreams for the film will be affected by the changes. I loved the book's style, how the author interviews key personalities some years after  the end of WWZ. Over the years, the  battle scenes, heroes, villains and geo-politics have grown on the book's legion of fans. 

There are even indie videos on YouTube for some of the chapters. A lot of them are pretty well made.

I was on the verge of descending into pessimism until I read Sean Thomas Fisher's article. The gist was "take it easy". OK, I'll be cool. The nice folks posting their comments also convinced me to just let it go and look forward to the movie. Our movie. The one based on the book that got it started. Hey Brad, no pressure!

Who knows, maybe Pitt's story is the "unwritten chapter" or the 5th Beatle to the book. And I'm also sure that he film will still have the different struggles around the world.

That's the main thing. All of the chapters were done really well and showed a local's perspective of how they endured the crisis. I'll bet readers from India, China, South America, and Yonkers, NY enjoyed their respective situations the best.

So I guess we're still in for a treat. And armies of zed heads will be lining up like Star Wars fans to see it.

There, got it outta my chest. I'm cool now.    

As Dr. Kwang Jingshu said "everything's gonna be alright".

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Cuban Cinema: Juan of the Dead (Juan de los Muertos)

Director Alejandro Brugués can wear the title of independent filmmaker with pride. He leads a new generation of Cuban filmmakers who are out to make their mark with or without government subsidies.  So after four years of hard work, we'll finally get to see Cuba's first zombie apocalypse movie!  Its already making a lot of positive noise at the Cannes Film Festival, so it looks like we're in for a treat.

Juan de los Muertos (Juan of the Dead) stars Alexis Diaz de Villegas and tells of the story of Juan, a malingerer turned entrepreneur who puts up a zombie-busting business. They specialize in helping people take care of zombiefied relatives and other loved ones.  He's really trying to make an easy buck since most people have a lot of emotional baggage when trying to eliminate their undead family.  

As the zombie apocalypse spirals out of control, Juan's schemes eventually goes awry. He soon finds himself contemplating his own self-preservation. Will he find his inner hero in time to save us all?

We've heard about how the island nation deals with the crisis in other books and movies, so I'm looking forward to finding out how native Cubanos make a movie about how things go down WTSHTF.  I'm eager to catch the sights & sounds of Havana.  The local color will definitely be a draw for zombie buffs and "regular" moviegoers.

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