I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
This classic voodoo style zombie produced by Val Lewton was one of the greats, right up there with the likes of Cat People and The Body Snatcher.
Though there isn’t a whole lot of action and cheap thrills, the movie does have a nice story and provides an almost eerily quite atmosphere. If I had to pick between this and White Zombie, I take this any day.
Night of the Comet (1984)
When a rare comet fly’s by the earth, the people of the world are turned into red dust leaving a small group of survivors, mainly teenage girls with big hair. The problem with the survivors is that some of them have been turned into zombies, a problematic issue for those who inherit the earth and all it’s shopping malls as their personal playground.
It’s about what one could expect from a cheesy 80s horror movie. It’s like a high school girl version of I am Legend or Omega Man. The movie clearly doesn’t take itself too seriously and is actually amusing in some spots, but overall could probably be compressed into 20 minutes of solid film.
My official rating on this is: Meh…
Zombi 2, aka Zombie, aka Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
This is one of the first Italian Zombie movies by Lucio Fulci and it kind of kick started the whole weird Italian horror genre.
Also, there’s some notable scenes such as the Zombie vs. Shark and the infamous eye gouging scene. Not to mention that the Fulci style zombies are quite gory compared to earlier Romero zombies. Fulci’s heavy use of live worms in the eye sockets of his living dead seem to be one his signature effects.
Overall, the movie is pretty visual and not that scary in a suspenseful kind of way, it’s more in a creepy gross way. It’s solid stuff and definitely worth seeing if you’re a hardcore zombiephile.
[REC] 2007 Movie Review
This shaky-cam style zombie flick, is one of the best I’ve seen and was truly a scary movie. The ending is terrifying especially if your sitting on your couch alone in your darkened apartment.
It’s Spanish and there’s sub titles, but that doesn’t really bother me that much, besides the universal language of sheer horror emitted by the characters pretty much speak for themselves.
The movie is the original to the U.S. remake called Quarantine. If you haven’t seen either of them yet, it’s probably better to watch REC first, as I hear it’s a lot better.
By the way, the ending to my review gets a little scary itself, so this is warning for those with heart conditions… you’ve been warned:)
Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! (2008) Movie Review
I’d say that out of the top two movies in the zombie/stripper sub-genre, this one definitely comes in second.
Which did you like better, Zombie Strippers or Zombies Zombies Zombies?
Orgy of the Dead (1965)
Imagine going to a strip club in 1965 during Halloween and the whole place is decorated with fake cobwebs and plastic vampire bats from your local 99 cent store. This is Orgy of the Dead.
I almost didn’t write a review on this because after watching, I realized that it wasn’t even close to being about zombies. The busty characters are supposedly dead and there is one who they even call a “zombie”, though you would never know had they not said anything. Dancing topless with your arms stretched out in front of you is hardly a qualification for being a zombie.
The plot, if you want to call it that, consists of a young couple driving to a graveyard for the purposes of being inspired to write a good horror story (ohhh the irony). The couple soon find themselves in trouble when the dude crashes his car for no apparent reason. Now, stranded in the cemetery, hiding in the bushes, the couple decide to stick around and watch the emperor of darkness summon naked dead women to dance for his entertainment.
For awhile the couple get several good strip shows, including a chick dressed in a fury cat suit and another that is turned into solid gold, until the worst renditions of the Wolf Man and the Mummy happen to capture them. Yea that’s right, the Wolf Man and the Mummy!! Don’t fret though, as this doesn’t interfere with the emperor of darkness’ plan to bore us with more long dance scenes. He just has the couple loosely tied to two conveniently placed wooden posts and forces them to watch the girls’ jumblies for the rest of the movie.
To say that this is a B horror movie is to massively overate it, as it falls far short of being considered campy, even on an unintentional level. Unlike other bad zombie movies where you can at least have fun by making fun of them, Orgy of the Dead simply makes your eyes want to puke their guts out.
It is an Ed Wood film, so yes, I understand it’s really more about the sexploitation and naked boobies, which I certainly appreciate, however it still falls short even for an Ed Wood film! And the sole redeeming quality of the film, copious amounts of jiggling tits, gets boring after 90 minutes of it. Seriously, that’s the entire movie, naked girls dancing in a shitty graveyard.
That’s it, that’s your zombie movie.
