Zombie Command

If you liked Shaun of the Dead and aren’t looking for shocks, screams or explicit violence then this is a good was to get your daily zombie intake.

The Crazies (Breck Eisner, 2010) takes place in an Iowan farming town called Ogden Marsh. Everything is very “small town, USA”, until the population begin to get a little homicidal. The town’s water has been contaminated by an unknown chemical and as “the crazy” spreads the military arrive to lock the town down. The Sheriff (Timothy Olyphant, Scream 2), his Doctor wife (Radha Mitchell, Pitch Black and Silent Hill) and Deputy (Joe Anderson, The Ruins and Creep) must survive and escape.

Despite having hated Land of the Dead and Diary of the Dead, ZC Barry got the opportunity to see Survival of the Dead at the recent London Frightfest all nighter.

With reviews in from the Toronto International Film Festival giving SotD some less than favourable comments, was there any hope that he’d like this latest George A. Romero zombie flick?

All you need is love…and schoolgirl zombies. [ZC - Same thing, no?]

A mysterious, worldwide phenomenon is afoot that is causing teenage girls to inexplicably drop dead and, almost instantly, reanimate as zombies with a hunger for human flesh. These zombies are known as ‘Stacies’.

KGLucas gives a lengthy and insightful review of this provocative zombie story and it’s interesting take the zombie film genre. Not your typical zombie movie and not just because it’s French.

Zombieland is a Hollywood take on the Zom-Com (zombie comedy) in the same vein as Shaun of the Dead and directed by newcomer Ruben Fleischer. Starring Woody ‘In His Element’ Harrelson, Jesse ‘Stop Comparing Me To Michael Cera’ Eisenberg, Emma ‘On A Roll Since Superbad’ Stone and child star Abigail ‘Expect To See Me In Everything’ Breslin, it’s the comic tale of surviving in a post-zombocalyptic America and if you’ve not heard of it you’re probably in the wrong place!

Yeahhh, Rat Fans! Sorry, had to get it out of my system – on with the review.

Something peculiar is happening on the streets and subways of Manhattan. Rats are attacking and biting people, infecting them with a mysterious virus that is quickly spreading throughout the city. Clutch (the films co-writer, Nick Damici) and the residents of his run-down, Mulberry Street apartment block must stick together to survive in this indie horror thriller.

Set in Tokyo (duh), we follow the antics of protagonists Mitsuo and the afro-sporting Fujio as they escape the city from the recently reanimated dead.

Read the full review after the jump.

Taking place after the zombie walk and zombie olympics at Frightfest; Zombie Women of Satan is the first film from male burlesque performer/actor/director Warren Speed, along with more experienced director Steve O’Brien. ZWOS is a remarkable project if for no other reason than the people responsible for writing, acting, directing or producing the film had not met each other 6 months before it’s premiere at Frightfest ‘09!

With the moratorium on La Horde now lifted following it’s official premiere at the Venice Film Festival, ZC Barry continues his write up of the zombies movies at 2009’s London Frightfest with this French cop/gangster/zombie mash-up.

Read his review after the jump.