mmmm .. BRAINS...

I Love The husband loves Zombie movies. We have been married for 8 years and he so desperately tries to get me to go to a movie theater to watch whatever new Zombie movie comes out. I DID not see 28 Days Later in the theater (He went by himself) I did NOT see Dawn of the Dead (remake) in the theater. (I made him go with our neighbors. I finally broke down and saw Land of the Dead in the theater.. Since it turned out the previously mentioned moves were awesome..;) and Land of the Dead sucked. Ok, well the story was ok.. but the way the movie was made was more than your average Zombie flick Cheese. The interesting part was that I could pick out of the 12 other people in the theater, who would be the first to be bitten by a Zombie if an attach did occur. I was prepared.
I definitely like the updated Zombie though.. where they are more violent and they are capable of RUNNING. Geesh.. Can you imagine an undead creature.. trying to eat your brain, not only coming after you, but coming after you with such force that you don't have a moment to figure out a plan?

The Classics are still scary as well. "They're coming to get you, Barbara!" We actually had this on our answering machine at one point in time. I don't know why. George Romero did a wonderful job creating these undead creatures. The remake of Night of the Living Dead was done well, even if there were survivors in the end. But the survivors played into the next two three movies that were created. Dawn of the dead, Day of the Dead and most recently Land of the Dead. ( I said the Movie sucked.. not the story..) The first movie shows that they are mindless creatures wandering around looking to eat anyone who is still alive. In Dawn of the Dead, it shows that they are starting to remember some things of their "living" lives, shopping at the mall for instance. In Day of the Dead, they story is showing that the Zombies are starting to think independently, and appear to express some form of emotional attachment. In Land of the Dead, it is clear that the Zombies are evolving. They continue on with "normal" things in life. They form alliances with other Zombies, and they show an ability to survive.

And then of course there are the spoofs. Return of the Living Dead - 1 through 5000.. and Dead Alive, Red Neck Zombies, and Shaun of the Dead. (And of course a half million more.. but I haven't seen ALL of them.. yet) I actually went to see Shaun of the Dead in the theater. I was very proud of myself. These movies are great and always good for a good laugh.

Last but not least are the new ones coming out. Slither - the Husband, of course, wants to go see this. He's trying to convince me that it would be a wonderful Friday night date thing. I don't know. Something about seeing a zombie movie in a theater scares the bejeebees out of me! I think that if I watch it at home .. at least I know I can get up and walk out of the room. But we'll see. It will take some major convincing. And then there is Silent Hill. There is no way. The Playstation game gave me the creeps.. I had to turn it off and walk away because it was scaring me, and from what I've seen of the trailer.. the movie is right along the story line of the game. My hair stands on end when the commercial for the movie comes on. I guess that's the point though.. huh?

Now before I conclude this, I do want to offer some advice. IF by chance our world as we know it was ever taken over by flesh eating Zombie creatures.. remember to aim for the head. Do NOT try to run across a field to see if that car over there has gas.. there will ALWAYS be a Zombie in the back seat. Always. There is no sense in quarantining them hoping to find a cure, this can only be bad. Oh and lastly.. You WILL die, just do your best to prolong your life.

Here are some picture of the Husband and I on Halloween a couple of years ago. We took second place. We were beat out by a group of men dressed as women. Go figure. Our plan is to get a group of like 10 people on some Halloween ( or heck just any night of the week) and dress as a mob of Zombies. I just think the idea would be scary as hell. I had people running from me in the bar when we were dressed like this.