Monday, January 15, 2007
apples and oranges
just in case you are a horror buff, and you watched "night of the living dead", one of the best horrors ever, and thought to watch "return of the living dead", let me warn you right now, not the same thing.
one is a classic for a reason. the other, wow. i can't even explain.
there were two types of 80's horrors. the good because its bad, and then the bad because its aweful (but i'll still watch it because it has to be watched). this is definately the latter. so campy and cheezy, and plotted. there is not one good thing about this movie. its right up there with the worst horror movie i've ever seen "truth or dare" (and not the madonna movie, those it could be).
the zombie's jirate around with no sense of "deadism" (trust me, there is an art to being a zombie). one of the zombies actually says "ah, brain", because he eats brains. ridiculous. and, even though its dead, so it should only have basic movements and desires to feed, it has the sense to try to get to a girl hiding behind some metal doors by wrapping a chain around the handles and then cranking lift so that the doors will be forced open. nonsense.
honestly, there is a certain science and etiquette and common sense to horror movies. things that make a horror movie a good one. and this movie has none of that. it has the classic recipe of plot and elements of an 80's horror, but nothing that actually makes it a true horror classic. shame.
one is a classic for a reason. the other, wow. i can't even explain.
there were two types of 80's horrors. the good because its bad, and then the bad because its aweful (but i'll still watch it because it has to be watched). this is definately the latter. so campy and cheezy, and plotted. there is not one good thing about this movie. its right up there with the worst horror movie i've ever seen "truth or dare" (and not the madonna movie, those it could be).
the zombie's jirate around with no sense of "deadism" (trust me, there is an art to being a zombie). one of the zombies actually says "ah, brain", because he eats brains. ridiculous. and, even though its dead, so it should only have basic movements and desires to feed, it has the sense to try to get to a girl hiding behind some metal doors by wrapping a chain around the handles and then cranking lift so that the doors will be forced open. nonsense.
honestly, there is a certain science and etiquette and common sense to horror movies. things that make a horror movie a good one. and this movie has none of that. it has the classic recipe of plot and elements of an 80's horror, but nothing that actually makes it a true horror classic. shame.
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