Zombie Command

Day of the Dead 2: Contagium (2005) is an ‘official’ prequel to the 1985 George A. Romero Day of the Dead. I put the official in quotes back there because although it comes from Taurus Entertainment Company, who hold the rights to the original film, nobody from the 1985 classic was involved.

Make the jump to find out why this distinction is important.

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’.