I don't know if there's anyone out there that will read this and think 'same' when I say that the immediate thought that pops into my mind when the title of this film is mentioned is a song by a finish band called Lordi.
I have to admit that personally i found the song more entertaining and enjoyable than the film that i just spent an hour and half watching.
If you are like me an didn't know what the film was about before watching it then add it to your zombie/undead genre and probably on the pile of overrated and not worth spending the time on. I almost want to say that once you have seen one of these films then you have seen them all. Shaun of the Dead (which is obviously a miki take of Dawn of the Dead) and 28 days later do a remarkable job of showing every aspect of a film about dead people being brought back to life.
This film was made before both of those (1968) and almost kinda shows it. The story is dragged on. You knew what was going to happen about an hour before it did happen. The only thing that I couldn't quite predict was the very end.
Black and White makes it far less scary as you can't see any blood and the really reverb-y echoing screams at the end were just overdone and made me laugh hysterically. Talk about dying dramatically and dragging the death on a bit.
The film was apparently criticised for its explicit gore and in 1968 you can probably see why but in today's world its so out dated and got nothing on the stuff that they are making today. I am happy to see that they remade this film in 1990 but I have not yet watched the remake. This film became a financial success- how did it manage that?
Some of these films i find really hard to review. What did you think?
I have to admit that personally i found the song more entertaining and enjoyable than the film that i just spent an hour and half watching.
If you are like me an didn't know what the film was about before watching it then add it to your zombie/undead genre and probably on the pile of overrated and not worth spending the time on. I almost want to say that once you have seen one of these films then you have seen them all. Shaun of the Dead (which is obviously a miki take of Dawn of the Dead) and 28 days later do a remarkable job of showing every aspect of a film about dead people being brought back to life.
This film was made before both of those (1968) and almost kinda shows it. The story is dragged on. You knew what was going to happen about an hour before it did happen. The only thing that I couldn't quite predict was the very end.
Black and White makes it far less scary as you can't see any blood and the really reverb-y echoing screams at the end were just overdone and made me laugh hysterically. Talk about dying dramatically and dragging the death on a bit.
The film was apparently criticised for its explicit gore and in 1968 you can probably see why but in today's world its so out dated and got nothing on the stuff that they are making today. I am happy to see that they remade this film in 1990 but I have not yet watched the remake. This film became a financial success- how did it manage that?
Some of these films i find really hard to review. What did you think?
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With films like this you have to sit back and imagine the effect it had on the viewers in the era it was originally launched - the reason it was financially successful was because of the shire amount of press it received at the time - churches, family and schools banned there people from seeing it - and we all know that if you ban a "work of art" (said in inverted comers as I don’t think it’s that good either – but then I’m not a horror fan ) then it will be extremely sought after .
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