Zombies

ZOMBIES – Dawn of the Dead

Published on: 21st September, 2009

Few true classics are able to produce a sequel worthy of its name. Exorcist II: The Heretic, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, mediocre in comparison to the original. So when news that George A. Romero was intending to make a follow up to his 1968 masterpiece Night of the Living Dead was announced, [...]

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VIDEO NASTIES – Zombie Flesh Eaters

Published on: 2nd September, 2009

Of all the filmmakers to grace the ‘Video Nasty’ list, the most common name to appear was Lucio Fulci. Throughout the existence of the DPP’s list of obscene feature films, three would belong to the Italian director, whilst a fourth (Lo squartatore di New York/The New York Ripper) would be cause equal controversy whilst [...]

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VIDEO NASTIES – The Evil Dead

Published on: 31st August, 2009

Of all the seventy-two films that would at one point or another grace the DPP (Director of Public Prosecutions)’s ‘Video Nasties’ lost, arguable the most controversial was The Evil Dead, an extremely low budget splatter film that had been shot by a nineteen-year-old filmmaker with no recognizable stars and a ludicrous premise. Dubbed the [...]

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ZOMBIES – Return of the Living Dead 3

Published on: 24th August, 2009

One of the most important aspects of making a successful horror movie is emotion. It is crucial that the viewer somehow connects with the protagonists and generates sympathy, thus making the danger that they face all the more involving. Unfortunately, the genre has built a reputation as being shallow and lacking heart. Whilst this is [...]

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VIDEO NASTIES – Zombie Creeping Flesh

Published on: 23rd August, 2009

Whilst Italian cinema of the late 1970’s and early 1980’s had shamelessly plagiarized more successful productions, perhaps none could be considered as guilty as Bruno Mattei 1980 zombie flick Virus, more commonly known under many of its alternative titles, such as Night Of The Zombies, Hell of the Living Dead and, most infamously, Zombie Creeping [...]

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ZOMBIES – The Dead Pit

Published on: 22nd August, 2009

By the late 1980’s zombies had become so commonplace that every wannabe filmmaker was attempting to shoot their own low budget effort. Whilst the decade had begun with the slasher film being the genre of choice for struggling directors, the success of Re-animator, The Return of the Living Dead and Day of the Dead [...]

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ZOMBIES – Night of the Living Dead

Published on: 18th August, 2009

By 1968, zombies had become a prominent fixture of the horror genre. From Victor Halperin’s 1932 classic White Zombie (thought by many to be the first true example), through cult favourites such as I Walked With a Zombie to such ridiculous efforts as Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, the dead returning to life and [...]

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ZOMBIES – White Zombie

Published on: 16th August, 2009

It is difficult to imagine a time without zombie movies. Throughout the first three decades of the twentieth century, filmmakers were still yet to embrace the fascination with the undead, despite a relatively healthy interest in horror. The word ‘zombie’ had first entered the western consciousness through the writings of American occultist and explorer William [...]

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ZOMBIES – Plague of the Zombies

Published on: 16th August, 2009

Whilst the early years of zombie cinema had been largely American produced and set in such remote and ‘alien’ locations as Haiti and various other un-westernized Caribbean islands, the 1960’s saw Britain developing an interest in the undead. Alongside Sidney J. Furie’s 1961 effort Doctor Blood’s Coffin and 1965’s The Earth Dies Screaming (directed by [...]

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ZOMBIES – The Return of the Living Dead

Published on: 16th August, 2009

Few zombie movies have gained the mass cult appeal that Dan O’Bannon’s horror comedy The Return of the Living Dead received when it was released back in 1985. Claiming to be a semi-official sequel to George A. Romero’s classic Night of the Living Dead, his mix of splatter and punk sensibilities struck a note with [...]

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