The Boneyard (1991)

The Boneyard (1991) was quite awful. 🤣 It starts off incredibly slow and takes forever to pick up, and the dialogue (filled with gratuitous confessional-style oversharing) is ridiculous. Notttt quality cinema. Despite all that, the sfx makeup was awesome. Well, in some scenes it was crap, but the zombie children were really freaky and awesome looking!! In many horror movies, the creatures sort of lurk in the shadows, so you are always more afraid of your imagination than of whatever's on the screen. Not so here, the undead kiddos hold up to scrutiny in full view. (Perhaps unsurprising, considering James Cummins started his career in special effects and only later dabbled in directing.) This movie maybe gets some points for pure absurdity, but this is surely one to drunkenly heckle with your mates.

Dellamorte Dellamore (1994)

Dellamorte Dellamore (lit. "of the death of love," English title Cemetery Man) was amazing!! Creative plot, very funny dark humor, smart dialogue, great practical effects, and plenty of sex appeal (starring hotties Rupert Everett and Anna Falchi) -- the whole package. 

Also, I was struck while watching this film by the similarities to my boy Dario Argento... come to find out, Michele Soavi was his protégé! Definitely worth a watch.

One Cut of the Dead (2017)

Mark and I watched Kamera o Tomeru na! (lit., don't stop the camera!), English title "One Cut of the Dead." It was great! 😁 And fun meta take on zombie movie production. Altho solidly on the side of comedy, rather than horror.

I Am Legend (2007)

Thanks Megan for braving I Am Legend (2007) with me! I'd heard mixed reviews about this film and after watching I guess that makes sense. It's an interesting concept, but with really inconsistent attention to detail, terrible CGI zombies, and a ludicrous ending. Mark says the book is way better and [[insert book plot spoilers]] which sounds way more interesting and was apparently just totally omitted from this movie?? So that's lame. I guess there's an alternate ending to this movie which hews a little more closely to the book, anyone seen it? Thoughts? Also, Megan discovered this cool website: http://paintingsinmovies.com/m/view/id/127 gotta bookmark that for future reference! :)

Train to Busan (2016)

Watched Train to Busan (2016) with Sarah and Mark. A fresh take on the zombie story, focusing more on the relational elements and the horror of man's treatment of man, rather than the (still awesomely scary) fast zombies. In this way, it was reminiscent of (but much less horrific and cruel than) Sabu's revelatory Miss Zombie (2013).

Ravenous (2017)

Ravenous (2017) was pretty good! :) I like slow burn. It's hard to do original zombie stories, and at first this felt like a Quebecois "The Walking Dead," but with less sensationalism and actors who look more like real people, but it definitely had its own unique and interesting elements. I always enjoy watching French language films (studied for 7 years), but Canadian French is a whole 'nother animal haha, it sounds to me like gargling. 🤣

I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

I Walked with a Zombie (1943) was super racially cringey and uncomfortable. As a horror film, it was understated and evocative, but hard to enjoy, given exchanges like this one. 😵

28 Days Later (2002)

Forgot how amazing 28 Days Later is! Thanks for reminding me, Sarah! 🙈🙉🙊

Miss Zombie (2013)

Mark and I watched Miss Zombie. Really dark and brutal... an ugly vision of humanity, and grotesque in ways I did not expect. Still, a pretty badass movie with lots of unexpected cinematography. Would recommend.