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[lazy]

I know I am in the minority when I say this but mine is Day of the Dead. I love the Claustrophobic feeling that it had, plus BUB was the coolest Zombie ever.

It is getting remade and I can only hope that it will be as good as the Dawn remake.

What are some of you guys favorites?

[Bret Jordan]

Dawn of the Dead. The original version (Unfortunately I haven't seen the new version yet - but I will soon correct that).

[GothicScrybe]

I know I am in the minority when I say this but mine is Day of the Dead. I love the Claustrophobic feeling that it had, plus BUB was the coolest Zombie ever.

It is getting remade and I can only hope that it will be as good as the Dawn remake.

What are some of you guys favorites?

Bub was absolutely awesome. However I hated Day of The Dead with a passion that boils. I have watched it three times in an effort to try and find something redeemable about it and unfortunately, the only thing I find at all pleasing about it is Bub.

I know I am in the minority because I have had people cuss me out, telling me how crazy I am. 

[GothicScrybe]

Dawn of the Dead. The original version (Unfortunately I haven't seen the new version yet - but I will soon correct that).

Honestly Bret I would not waste my time if you like movies that A. Have a believable plotline that isn't filled with obvious holes and B. The characters aren't juvenile.

That's just me, but I wrote a scathing review of that movie for the IMDB (I even had people e-mail me and tell me that thought they liked the movie, my review and every single thing I nitpicked about the movie was right on target) and still wish there was some way I could get my wasted money back.

In my opinion it was that awful. 

[Bret Jordan]

Honestly Bret I would not waste my time if you like movies that A. Have a believable plotline that isn't filled with obvious holes and B. The characters aren't juvenile.

It's been a while since I saw that old flick. I guess I need to see it again.

I watched Cyborg a while back (I loved it in high school). It was stupid - so oppinions change.

How was the remake of Dawn of the Dead?

[GothicScrybe]

Honestly Bret I would not waste my time if you like movies that A. Have a believable plotline that isn't filled with obvious holes and B. The characters aren't juvenile.

It's been a while since I saw that old flick. I guess I need to see it again.

I watched Cyborg a while back (I loved it in high school). It was stupid - so oppinions change.

How was the remake of Dawn of the Dead?

I'm sorry Bret (can I blame my lack of elaboration on too much in my brain?) it was the re-make of Dawn I was referring to. The original Dawn of The Dead is one of my all time favorite horror movies.

[ZombieDiva]

I too love Dawn '78. Viewing it today, I feel like there are a lot of obvious mistakes in the makeup FX. But that particular movie really isn't about the FX, now is it? I remember seeing it as a young teen for the first time when it premiered, and I gotta say, I had nightmares and couldn't get my mind off from it. Every time I found myself alone in the dark after that, a sneaking feeling of dread and a fantasy of what it would be like if there really were zombies would enter my mind. It's followed me ever since. I used to be afraid of the dark as a little girl, but you know what? Seeing Dawn of the Dead '78 spawned an interest in me that brought me to other zombie movies, and with each one I watched, I got over my fear and developed a true love for the genre.

[GothicScrybe]

I too love Dawn '78. Viewing it today, I feel like there are a lot of obvious mistakes in the makeup FX. But that particular movie really isn't about the FX, now is it? I remember seeing it as a young teen for the first time when it premiered, and I gotta say, I had nightmares and couldn't get my mind off from it. Every time I found myself alone in the dark after that, a sneaking feeling of dread and a fantasy of what it would be like if there really were zombies would enter my mind. It's followed me ever since. I used to be afraid of the dark as a little girl, but you know what? Seeing Dawn of the Dead '78 spawned an interest in me that brought me to other zombie movies, and with each one I watched, I got over my fear and developed a true love for the genre.

That's cool. I love the hokey makeup in the original (that's because I love campy stuff anyway) and think that some of it (like the guts the zombies pull out of the biker) were rather cool with what they had to use, which were pig guts, if memory serves.

It's the newer movies (like the re-make of Dawn) that have much bigger budgets and such and still lack, that make me angry.

That's why I am a huge fan of Indie movies, much more so over large budget movies. I have many friends who are Indie movie actors (and I do a cameo or small role in Indie movies too now and then) and I can tell you, someone who can take little to no budget and still make a good movie, they get my utmost respect.

It's not as easy as people think it is. I used to think how difficult can it be? You get a video camera and film.

Yeah...after spending from 9 PM until 4:30 AM on a movie set and then having to be back at 1 PM the following day, I found out firsthand that being a full time actress is not for me!
 

[ZombieDiva]

YES! Definitely agree with you. It's more than the FX alone that will make or break a film. LAND had tons of CG and spent a huge amount of money on the FX, but it bombed in my book. I still like the movie, but had a much higher expectation for it. After seeing it, being excited by it, and then allowing it to digest, I have to say it just wasn't as good as I had first thought. In fact, some of the zombies had an obvious puppet quality to them. As articulated as those were, they just didn't seem convincing. Oh well...

[GothicScrybe]

YES! Definitely agree with you. It's more than the FX alone that will make or break a film. LAND had tons of CG and spent a huge amount of money on the FX, but it bombed in my book. I still like the movie, but had a much higher expectation for it. After seeing it, being excited by it, and then allowing it to digest, I have to say it just wasn't as good as I had first thought. In fact, some of the zombies had an obvious puppet quality to them. As articulated as those were, they just didn't seem convincing. Oh well...

I loved land, but that goes back to me liking the hokey stuff. 

[Stephen Blundell]

Gulp ... I like nearly all of the Dead series (yes even the remake of Dawn ... there were a ton of problems).  Day of the Dead got a bit annoying, I found the script in the scenes like the tension between "The millitary VS Scientist/civilian" thing really poorly written.  But as a whole very enjoyable.

I used to take movies too serious due to having this massive hunger to learn how it was done, but I had to start to look at movies in a less serious light due to not being able to enjoying anything I watch. 

I wish any movie that attempts a zombie film good luck, as its so easy to pull apart.  I guess the campy days are gone (like our childhoods!).  CGI in twenty years will look campy as much as films did in the 70's.

[GothicScrybe]

CGI in twenty years will look campy as much as films did in the 70's.

Very good point.

[David Charles Flynn]

Does SHAUN OF THE DEAD count? The brilliant Brit comedy of a couple of years ago. Rent it---it's an absolute blast.

[Bret Jordan]

Does SHAUN OF THE DEAD count? The brilliant Brit comedy of a couple of years ago. Rent it---it's an absolute blast.

Yea, in my book it counts - though not as a horror, but it was hilariously funny.

[PatM]

I enjoyed most of the dead flicks as well. The one that scared the holy s**t out of me when I first saw it was 'NOTLD,' which not only stands for Night of the Living Dead, but NOT Liking Death. The remake was every bit as good. I thought Tom Sevini did a great job at directing. I wasn't too sure of the remake of Dawn... I couldn't get used to the quickness of the undead. After a while It did sink in and I was able to put it on my 'I liked it' list.

I did enjoy Resident Evil 1, but the second did nothing for me. Too much 'good guy / bad guy' bull.

PJM