Evil Dead

The film Evil Dead was very much tongue in cheek. The problem in those days was the Campaign for the Moral Minority, led by Mary Whitehouse, tried to impose their views on the rest of society, and deny us the chance to make up our own minds.

An equally funny horror film from the same era is George Romero's zombie film from 1979, "Dawn of the Dead". Hell's Angels with pump-action shotguns versus zombies, in a shopping mall; funny as ... :D

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I liked the new version but it didnt't have that cool 70's vibe that the original has going on.
 
rockrabbit said:
the new version is better well the directors cut . shawn of the dead is class as well
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SACRELIDGE!
Shawn of the Dead was a fantastic movie, but I really didn't think too much of the remake of Dawn of the Dead. A bit too over the top for its own good and it threw away the cynical pphilosophy of Romero's movies in favour of making a quick gore movie. Not that any movie with zombies in it can ever really be a bad movie, but I can't see how it's better than the original.
 
If you want a real gory film then you should watch Braindead. Its totally over the top and funny but extremely gory too. :s_sick:
 
janet said:
Have not heard of that one g78.
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It's either from Australia or New Zealand. It was released in the early 90's I think. Its about this guy who lives with his mum and she gets bit by a rabid monkey creature and turns into a zombie sort of thing, then the people who visit get bit and they turn into zombies too. So he keeps them in the basement. Lets say it ends up with a house full of zombies and him using a lawnmower on them. Very gory :D
 
p_headless_g said:
SACRELIDGE!
Shawn of the Dead was a fantastic movie, but I really didn't think too much of the remake of Dawn of the Dead. A bit too over the top for its own good and it threw away the cynical pphilosophy of Romero's movies in favour of making a quick gore movie. Not that any movie with zombies in it can ever really be a bad movie, but I can't see how it's better than the original.
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surely with the special effects it adds to the quality of the film
 
g78 said:
It's either from Australia or New Zealand. It was released in the early 90's I think. Its about this guy who lives with his mum and she gets bit by a rabid monkey creature and turns into a zombie sort of thing, then the people who visit get bit and they turn into zombies too. So he keeps them in the basement. Lets say it ends up with a house full of zombies and him using a lawnmower on them. Very gory :D
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New Zealand. For those who don't know, Braindead was one of Peter 'Lord of the Rings' Jackson's first movies. He keeps going on about how at some point he's going to go back and do a cheap gore movie again...
 
rockrabbit said:
surely with the special effects it adds to the quality of the film
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Better special effects never really help improve the quality of a movie below the surface level.
Didn't help either of those new Star Wars movies, did it?
 
p_headless_g said:
Better special effects never really help improve the quality of a movie below the surface level.
Didn't help either of those new Star Wars movies, did it?
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the new star wars are a whole new story though and not a remake as im sure war of the worlds when its released will be an improvement, fair enough evil dead wont be unless they have bruce in it again
 
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