Yet another zombiethon!
28 Days Later - Revisited Danny Boyle's apocalyptic thriller that has England devastated by a virus that turns its victims into raging zombies. Is there any hope for the few survivors? Yeah I know the ghouls here aren't technically dead, so file this under quasi-zombie movie.
*** out of ****
Splatometer rating: **1/2 out of ****
Winter of the Dead - Finland enters the zombie arena with this short about three survivors of WWIII who find their isolated retreat under attack by an ever-increasing horde of zombies.
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*** out of ****
Splatometer rating: **1/2 out of ****
Resident Evil: Apocalypse - Bigger in scope sequel to
Resident Evil is basically more of the same as Alice and another band of survivors try to make their way out of a zombie-beseiged Raccon City. Not bad, but bombastic and overly silly at times.
** out of ****
Splatometer rating: ** out of ****
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis - Fourth in the series only obliquely alludes to the events in the first three films. Here a group of teens try to rescue an injured friend from the clutches of Hybra-Tech, an evil corporation (no way!) experimenting with the zombiefying Trioxin gas. Not as bad as I'd feared; actually it's fun enough to overcome its shortcomings and features lots of undead action (though the zombies here are a lot easier to kill).
*** out of ****
Splatometer rating: *** out of ****
Erotic Nights of the Living Dead - Joe D'Amato's infamous porn/zombie hybrid. An architect and his girlfriend hire the skpper of a yacht to take them to a desert island where they plan to build a resort. Unfortunately the dead islanders (conveniently wiped out by a plague) aren't so keen on the idea! Typical Italian zombie shenanigans ensue. Except for the plentiful sex scenes that is! Yep, this is the real deal (though only one lengthy scene could be considered hardcore, the other sequences fall more into the softcore category). The zombie storyline and the sex scenes are, taken on their own, decent enough but never quite gel and really just get in each other's way. Worth a look for the curious.
** out of ****
Splatometer rating: *** out of ****
Pornometer rating: *** out of ****