The Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse

A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… Bookmark the home page or add the feed to your RSS reader for your daily dose of walking dead. Got news tips? E-mail me at cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com.

Are you ready for even more Resident Evil movie action? Well, get ready, because the wheels are in motion. Shock Till You Drop broke the news, then Bloody Disgusting claims the title will be Resident Evil: Afterlife and linked in a Hollywood TV video with star Milla Jovovich claiming shooting will start before the end of the year.

One of the finest zombie movies of recent years, REC, is coming to DVD July 14. If you still are unaware of the awesomeness of this movie, there’s a DVD trailer after the break and a couple of clips at Bloody Disgusting. (Bloody Disgusting)

If your particular brand of geekiness extends to pen-and-paper RPGs, you might be interested in the zombie RPG Cannibal Contagion. Geek in the City has details. (If you’re curious, yes, my brand does extend that way, but with no similarly inclined friends, I haven’t had a chance to indulge that geek pastime in many years). (Geek in the City)

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A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… Bookmark the home page or add the feed to your RSS reader for your daily dose of walking dead. Got news tips? E-mail me at cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com.

The zombie zeitgeist is in full swing, and NPR has offered its thoughts. Next comes the zombie backlash. You heard it here first. (NPR)

So, supposedly a “leaked” copy of the latest Deadgirl trailer is floating around. Bloody Disgusting has it, they swear it could come down any minute. I don’t know, “leak” is more and more often a euphemism for “viral” meaning the studio thinks you’ll be more excited about it if you think you are doing something naughty. In any case, it’s embedded after the break, and may disappear soon. Possibly. (Bloody Disgusting)

Megan Fox is starring in Jennifer’s Body, and it has been rated R for blood, gore and sexuality (but apparently no nudity). It’s a possibly-zombie movie about a girl killed as part of a Satanic ritual, only to come back possessed by a demon and hungering for human flesh. Why have I decided to lean toward zombie finally (it’s been pinging my radar for a few days now)? Can you say “slow news day”? (Bloody Disgusting)

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The second annual Zombie Movie Marathon month is history, folks. It wrapped up with the 1974 blaxploitation-meets-zombie film Sugar Hill. At its heart, this is a very basic revenge story. A guy gets murdered by gangsters, his girlfriend goes after the gangsters for revenge. With zombies. In an interesting and rarely used twist, this movie really played up the voodoo angle, utilizing not just zombies but voodoo dolls and rituals, a voodoo-drum heavy soundtrack and a starring role for voodoo god/spirit Baron Samedi. Pretty sweet stuff.

I really enjoyed this depsite the corny overacting and simplistic plot. A big part of that enjoyment was due to the design and look of the zombies. They were covered in cobwebs, with weird, silver eyes and unwavering expressions. They were mostly silent, but a few of them let out a growl or hiss here and there if I recall correctly. I’m actually somewhat surprised no one has used that look since.

Apart from the great zombies it was pretty fun, and the lead actress Marki Bey, as Diana Hill/Sugar Hill, looked hot in her sweet ’70s jumpsuit. This was very much a ’70s film, especially in the dialogue and wardrobe. Overall the movie just screamed “period piece.” But a fun, if somewhat embarrassing, period to revisit. Oh, and it had a death by being dumped into a bunch of hungry pigs, a good fifteen years or so before Hannibal did the same thing.

So that is that! Over the coming days and weeks some more traditional reviews of some of these movies will trickle out, plus other non-ZMMM posts for a change of pace. Oh, and I will be doing some kind of wrap up post or posts soonish, as well. Hope you enjoyed the marathon as much as I did!