October 2nd, Ruben Fleischer’s Zombieland premiers in theatres around the country. I can’t tell you how excited I am for a new zombie flick, and it’s right in time for Halloween! Zombieland is being described as an American post-apocalyptic, zombie comedy—bring it on! I wouldn’t say that I’m obsessed with zombies, but I pretty much think that they’re the bee’s knees. For starters, they are dead-alive, they come in all shapes, sizes, and forms, they eat brains, and they will stop at nothing while moving at a crawling pace. For me, the best part of a Zombie movie is when people take clubs and other blunt instruments to the zombie’s heads. After all, to stop a zombie, you must destroy its brain—which means lots of splattering innards and cool crunchy/mushy noises. I love being part of the theatre experience the audience loudly reacts to such scenes. Oh happy day!

I remember my first zombie movie—my dad rented the original Night of the Living Dead for me and my brother to watch. We were beyond intrigued—we were hooked. We would go around the house calling “Barbara…” in our most spooky voices, always being on the look-out for real zombies. From then on, my brother and I have been watching every zombie movie we can get our grubby hands on. From classic like Dawn of the Dead to spoofs such as Sean of the Dead, and yes, even to the low-production made-for-TV movies (usually on the SciFi Network)—we have to watch them all.

The most recent one I rented was Zombies Anonymous; it takes a different take on my slow-moving brain-eating friends. In this film, when somebody dies, they automatically become a zombie, but not in the traditional fashion. Rather, they still function in society—they speak, think, have jobs, and relationships. Although, they still crave human flesh, and that’s where in the movie, society has a hard time with them. There is a gang of renegade zombie-killers that roam the streets trying to rid the world of zombies because they are different, even though the zombies are trying to just go about their dead-life as they did pre-death. The Zombies Anonymous support group in the movies refers to themselves as “mortally challenged”…you probably see the stretch of a social commentary the director of this film is trying to make. Long story short—the plot was pretty lame, I wasn’t into the idea of zombies thinking and being victimized, but the splattery-mushy parts were awesome. Even though it wasn’t my favorite zombie flick, I give kudos to the director for a new take on zombie-plots, and I look forward to my next zombie-venture—ZOMBIELAND!

If you’re a zombie-junkie like me, or just love horror films and Halloween in general, PCU had tons to offer! Get in the magical spirit of Halloween and check out articles on zombies, vampires, and ghosts! The film studies reference content alone is enough to keep you up all night—check out the articles on splatter films, the urban horror film, and the concept of midnight movies.

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