Zombieholics-Anything and Everything Zombies!
 

I give you the zombie thread!

I don't know about you guys but I am a fan of the shambling undead. I have watched a shit ton of movies(not all of them of course) relating to zombies. My faves are

Dawn of the Dead(original and remake)
Night of the Living Dead(original and 1980's remake with Tony Todd)
Land of the Dead(say what you will but I think it was awesome)
Diary of the Dead(see above comment)
Whatever the name of that British one was where the journalists were running around in the woods.
Shaun of the Dead
Resident Evil: Degeneration

I won't mention the other Resident Evil titles because Paul Anderson fucked those up royally. Seriously. Alice? Nemesis was a creation whose sole purpose was to get physical with Milla Jovovich? The first was okay as it could have explained how the T-Virus got loose but after the first one, it completely went to shit and barely even followed the plot of the games.

I have the Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z books from Max Brooks and the graphic novel The Walking Dead. All three are excellent books to read. I read the Star Wars book Death Troopers where the Empire was experimenting with BioWeapons and creates a zombie virus. All in all it was so-so.




And for those who have read World War Z, here is an artists depiction of The Battle of Yonkers! It reeks of sheer awesomeness!

I love Zombie films , here are more good ones ....
1. Shadow Dead Riot ( w/ Tony Todd)
2. Feeding the Masses
3. Return of the Living Dead 1-3
4. The Dead Next Door
5. Cemetary Man
6. Re-Animator
7. Dead Alive
8. Undead
9. Dead and Breakfast
10. 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later (Ok not zombies but infected humans)
11. House of the Dead 2 ( still a b-movie but better than pt 1 )
12. Zombie Honeymoon
13. Fido
14. Evil Dead series
15. Zombie

I always like to take a look from another point of view, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=137B-IH-_8Q

i love dawn of the dead night of the living dead
28 days later.
i wonder what would happen if that would happen for real!
i would probably have the shits!.

And i forgot ....
Flight of the Living Dead. It's like Snakes on a Plane but w/ Zombies!

I don't think there is anyone who could fill the shoes of Bruce Campbell.:no: If he lost some weight, the ol' Bruce could pull it off.I just hope that it won't be a special effects oriented movie though. That is how the newest Star Wars crapped out. Too much focus on the graphics.



Has anyone ever played the games, Evil Dead: A Fistfull of Boomstick and Evil Dead: Regeneration? I hope the movie will be something like the games. They are one of the few games I can play over and over again.:yes:

The Evil Dead series is just full of awesomeness!


Hail to the King baby!

Ok You zombie fanatics!
 

Has anyone ever made a zombie movie that is based more on the true zombie types - that is people who are put into the zombie state through the use of drugs? Many years ago I read a book which I think was called "The Serpant and the Rainbow" which was a scholar's investigation into Voodoo and the making of Zombies. If I remember right - zombies were made by using zombie powder which was some kind of poison like extract from frogs? or fish??? Anyway... has anyone seen a movie along these lines that is differant from the old bite ya - poof - your'e a zombie too now.????

Actually they made The Serpent and The Rainbow into a movie. It starred a very young Bill Pullman. The toxins supposedly used to make zombie powder are poison from the pufferfish(in less than lethal amounts of course) and some kind of powder that has the effect of making you very succeptible to suggestion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ser..._Rainbow_(film)

Alot of White Zombie and Rob Zombies music is based after the old pre-Romero version of hypnotized/voodoo zombies. Hell, even the groups name comes from an old B-rated horror film called "White Zombie".

Hold up wait a minute Mr. Postman ..... i noticed you forgot the original Day of the Dead. Forget the Day of the Dead remake , i had hoped it would follow in the footsteps of the Dawn remake .... but nope. It even had Ving Rhames as an Army Officer ... i'd hoped he would've played the twin brother of his " Dawn " character.

I think "I am legend" is also a good movie about "zombies". Not the classical kind of zombies, human-made zombies.

They were vampires in the original story.

The Walking Dead is a literary masterpiece. I own the entire collection so far, and it is one of my favourite titles to read. Some of the twists are so strong, it feels like a punch to the gut.

Has anyone read Marvel Zombies? The first series was the best of the bunch, but the lastest series was pretty kick-ass too. Seeing a zombie Peter Parker lamenting how he had eaten Aunt May and Mary Jane, but that they were also quite tasty is quite interesting!

There was also a Ash vs Marvel Zombies(I picked it up in Trade Paperback). Highly recommended to any fans of Evil Dead and/or Bruce Campbell. It reads exactly like the movies did. Freaking awesome!!:cool:

They were supposed to make The Walking Dead into a movie , and i had hoped for a Marvel Zombies animated dvd ..... but now that Disney owns Marvel that seems unlikely. But now we get Marvel Super Squad a game w/ super deformed Marvel heroes in the magical kingdom!! OH JOY!!! :D

But yeah Marvel Zombies was cool. Maybe they will do movies based on Dead Rising and Left 4 Dead.

There's a reason why I did not include it in my list. IMHO, Day of the Dead was the worst of the Romero films. Remember, that's just me speaking; I'm sure other people like it.:respect:

They have the entire collection at B&N for $50. I'm gonna get it for my buddy this Christmas since he is a fellow zombieholic.:yes:

Day of the Dead was the bleekest of his films. Fact was the Zombies won and the humans just needed to accept it , and live out the rest of their days in peace. Land of the Dead showed how humanity survived by isolating themselves , but they became worse than the zombies. Day of the Dead suffered from a crappy budget and zombie films were on the way out. Again the " Day " remake sucks and i hope they make a follow-up to the Dawn of the Dead remake.

Can't be a collection without the GAMES! :)
 

I forgot to include the games in my list of zombie memorabilia.

My faves:

Resident Evil(has horrible voice acting but it spawned the series. Who wants a Jill sandwich?)
RE2: City of the Dead
RE3: Nemesis
RE: Code Veronica
RE: Dead Aim(A RE FPS)
RE: Outbreak Files #1 and #2
RE: 4(semi FPS with a new enemy, a parasite known as Las Plagas)
RE: 5
RE: Zero(enemy is leeches with the Progenitor Virus, predecessor to the T-Virus)
Land of the Dead:The Search For Fiddlers Green(kinda lackluster compared to the other big names but very well written and involved if a bit linear)

I haven't played Left for Dead, Dead Rising or Stubbs The Zombie so I can't rate them.:(

I also forgot to include the Resident Evil titles by S.D. Perry in my list of books. I own them all and they are very well written if you can overlook some of the discrepancies between the books and the games. I am waiting for her to write the RE:4 and RE:5 versions!:yes::yes::yes:

Yes! The "Day" remake sucked! Zombies that crawl like spiders? C'mon!

I also hope they follow up on the "Dawn" remake. Did they or did they not get eaten? That is the question that has plagued mankind for centuries...

I love the RE games , They also did " The Umbrella Chronicles " and it's sequel on the Wii , they are rail shooters.

Dead Rising is the closest you will get to a Dawn of the Dead game ... trapped in a mall full of Zombies is cool and lots of random objects as weapons , pt 2 coming soon.

Left 4 Dead and pt 2 are great , if the witch spots you RUN!!!!!

Stubbs the Zombie is funny and great to play , you are the zombie and attack the retro future city of Punchbowl PA. :D

I love Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, and especially Shaun of the Dead. The latter was really hilarious.

I think that by making the zombies fast it re-invigorated the Zombie genre. With the og zombies it was a numbers game , you could outrun them or just walk around them. But w/ fast zombies you needed to be more aware of your surroundings and ammo. One of the most tense moments in a movie is in 28 Days Later when they have to change their tire and you can hear the infected getting closer and closer. Here's hoping that 28 Months Later wraps up the story , the rage virus made it's way to Paris now what?

The frogs will actually get some protein in their diet. Meat is healthier than snails and moldy cheese.:yes:

If you guys like Zombies, here's a new project you can look forward to.

A short film called THE SOLDIER, made in 2007, is being turned into a feature film.
Here's the quick description for it...

A cross between 'Saving Private Ryan' and '28 Days Later'. Set 13 days after the D-day landings, this film explores the horror of the Third Reich's disease testing experiments and the consequences. Made in 46 hours for a few hundred pounds.

If you're curious, here's the link to watch it on YouTube.
It only runs about 10 minutes, and it's fun to see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuPgdTXxWgI


The movie version is tentatively titled The 4th Reich.
Here is a description for it...

June 1944, after the glorious victory on D-day, the armies of the combined allied forces begin their long push to Berlin with the aim of bringing down Hitler and the despised Nazi regime of the Third Reich.

But buried deep in secret files German Reichstag, is the chilling reality of Hitler's plan to create an eternal living hell, The 4th Reich.

Dr. Joseph Mengele, Hitler's chief scientist, was charged with creating a new super army of invincible soldiers. A force that would never be beaten. His experiments and research at the death camps of Auschwitz, Belsen and Birkenau would create unspeakable evil.

A small brigade of soldiers from 3rd Infantry Division, under the command of the battle hardened Captain Bathurst embark on an ever darkening quest to liberate Europe. Fighting their way through the French countryside, villages and war ravaged towns. Each step discovering progressively strange battles and events until they reach an abandoned research facility where the true horror begins...

And if you're interested, here's the web site for the film as well...

http://4threichmovie.co.uk/home/home.html

Sounds cool , isn't there a Nazi Zombie movie out now? Dead Snow i think it's called.

Yeah, but Disney sees in dollar signs, so a Marvel Zombies movie(animated of course, as the special effects would bankrupt the studio(s).;) could be feasible somewhere down the road. Heck, did you actually think that Marvel themselves would create zombie versions of their characters who were significantly less-than-heroic? I never did.:cool:

Sweet! Get another person addicted to the wonder that is The Walking Dead, Angry Postman.:cool:

The original Alone In The Dark video game had some wonderful zombie moments in it. If you can find it, and make it run on newer computers, I would highly recommend trying it out(for the PC).:cool:

Another game w/ zombie like enemies is " Eternal Darkness " for the Gamecube. Based more on H.P. Lovecraft's work though , it had a great dismemberment game mechanic. Target specific limbs to make the enemies less of a threat , and the game would mess w/ your mind .... you'd be playing and suddenly the screen would go dark or say all your game data was erased. lol
It never sold well but is a great game , a real gem. Get it if you can find a copy.

Video Games?! Don't you mean murder simtlators. Forget all the shooters and GTA and all it's clones. Let me warn you about the most cruel virtual killer ever ..... Mario.

This italian plumber (mafia hitman) has systematically wiped out numerous defenceless turtles and injested halucinagenic mushrooms and destroyed public property. He is a menace and must be stopped , and Link ! who gives a boy a sword and bombs and sends him into the woods? I'll tell you who .... terrorists!

SARCASM - I love games!

Resident Evil 4 was bitchin! My favorite weapon out of them all was the "Red 9" configuration of the Mauser Broomhandle with the holster/buttstock.:yes: Too bad it wasn't the Schnellfeuer version!:(

I went through the whole game with the Broomhandle, the rifle that looked like the M1903 that apparently was chambered in .223, The Chicago Typewriter(Tommy Gun) and the Remington870/Mossberg 500. I did it for the old school feel once I unlocked the Gangster uniform. :D

The chainsaw guy was bad ass. I used the rifle and blew the heads off of 5 zombies (infected w/ plagas) w/ one shot. It was so polite of them to charge at me in single file , the 6th one grabbed his eye and staggered backwards. I have it for the Wii.

I still hear the mantras of the Los Illuminados.
Beside the Las Plagas all mentioned parasites were real and behave like described in the game.
Did you know that 1/3 of all humans are infected by the parasite "Toxoplasma gondii". It is suspected that it change you to a more risk fully behaviour, give you slower reactions and let you find cats (Pantherinae) more inviting and have less fear of them. Cats are their definitive host, and it's good for the parasite that they eat you.

Dr. Salvador. I hate that bastard; especially in the Mercenaries Mode. The dude is all roided out and has a dual blade chainsaw! Plus, when he charges you he covers so much ground in such little time, you can barely pop a shot off at him!:censored:

Morir es Vivir is the mantra. It sounds like they are saying "moldy STD" though...:lol:

Yup! I find it scary that people are infected by the parasites and don't even know it. It makes you wonder if it is possible that those parasites can be controlled through soundwaves. Afterall, there is a sound cannon being pioneered by the US Army that is being used for riot control...

Another couple of video games with zombies(of a sort). There was an old C64 game called 'Chiller'(kind of a ripoff of Thriller, just check the load screen and you'll see;)). It was a tough game!

Also Ghost & Goblins had zombies in it! Or was that just the knight himself since he moved so damned slow?:frown:

LOL at Rockabilly's comments earlier in the thread. Mario also caused massive amounts of property damage due to all the shenanigans him and his brother Luigi caused to various sewer systems.:lol:

Heroes have no sense of collateral damage... Tsk Tsk!

Yes, "to die is to live". But also the monotone:
"Muere, muere, muere..."
"Cogedlo, cogedlo, cogedlo..."
or the more subtle "Cerebros, cerebros, cerebros, cerebros...", a classic if translated.
But don't translate too much of this game.

Anybody see " Zombie Strippers " w/ Jenna Jameson? Or " Dance of the Dead " ?

Would those even be considered movies?:eek:

Dance of the Dead had zombies attacking a prom. And Zombie Strippers .... had strippers. :lol:

There was a graphic novel called i beleive " Pieces for Mom " about kids who feed their Zombie mom and take care of her.

Pieces for Mom sounds like it would be quite a surreal read.

Has anyone seen Resident Evil: Degeneration?

I have it in my collection. I'd like more CG Resident Evil movies , maybe an adaptation of RE4.

When are they gonna make his Dark Tower series into a movie?

That would be awesome! Live action preferably or bleeding edge CG.

It's gotta be a mini-series(or series!:cool:) rather than a movie.:respect: Way too many things would have to get cut out to make a movie.

And if it is a mini-series, it has to be from HBO or another Cable station as any of the network stations would water it down to pablum levels. Ugh.

Books are always better , but "It" and "The Stand" were pretty good and "The Shining" tv movie was ok.

But it would make a great series of films.

Zombies rock

It and The Stand were both excellent. Rose Red? Not so much.:D

I think that the RE movie titles could be salvaged if they made a live action version of RE2. The producers and director must remember however, that people want to see what it would look like in live action; it must follow the plot pretty close. Obviously there is some stuff that will be cut due to time restraints and such, but people want to see something that stays true, not the directors take on how the plot should go. That means no Alice or any new characters or ripping off of other movies like The Matrix or The Terminator in their action scenes or any stupid plot twists.

If they can remember that one simple rule of game/comic/book adaptations, the movie will be good.




I hope that they make a RE4 and 5 CG movie. I just hope that Ashley won't be as annoying in the movie as she was in the game... ;)

That would be amazing...I think a long miniseries would be best. Or maybe a couple of episodes per book.

I loved the Stand, the whole atmosphere was really good.

One thing we can all take solace in, is that Uwe Bolls has never taken the reins of a Resident Evil movie. He has already butchered Alone In The Dark and Dungeon Siege, so he needs to stay away from RE with his hands of crap!

I don't want a one to one adaptation. I don't think it's possible to catch/reach everyone's game experience/feelings in a movie. Its better they make something like Degeneration or RE movie (1, not the others), that replenish the RE game story.
A movie with the parasites could be nice. Maybe short before RE4 starts.

What would be RE4 without annoying Ashley? :rolleyes::no:



Everything he touches is condemned to going down.

The only good thing about Uwe Boll's House of the Dead was Erica Durance topless , and a topless Kristana Lokken in Bloodrayne.

Read the Dark Tower comics if the books don't appeal to you. And a RE4 prequel would be good , telling of Louis Sera and the rise of the cult and excavation of the parasites. And reveal more about the merchant and lead into Leon getting his ride to the village.

They also have a comic book adaptation for The Stand as well. It kicks serious ass.:cool:

Postman!!

There's a new zombie comic series(well, mini-series actually) called Sherlock Holmes vs Victorian Undead. It is being published by Wildstorm, and since I saw that you were a Sherlock Holmes fan as well as being a zombie fan, I thought it would be right up your alley.:respect:

Interesting... I'll stop by the local shop later and check it out. ;)

A must have for any zombie outbreak:

If you're able to find it, let me know if you enjoyed it. I have two copies of the version with Tony Moore's art(he is the fellow who drew the first seven issues of The Walking Dead) on it. Pretty neat.:cool:

The director of 28 Weeks Later is being touted as the director chosen for the Bioshock movie.

Interesting... When is it supposed to come out?

Bioshock movie? This is the first I've heard about it, but the subject matter would make a great movie. And I am glad that the director will NOT be Uwe Bolls.

The Bioshock movie is on hold until they can reach a suitable budget. Meaning the studio is being cheap and wants to see if the Prince of Persia film makes bank.

As far as i know Danny Boyle want's to write and direct 28 months later and wrap up the rage virus story. Supposedly the virus mutates and spreads worldwide.

I have an awesome idea for a zombie video game. I call it Necrosis: City of The Dead

It would combine both elements of real time strategy with first person shooter action. Think something massive like World in Conflict but instead of being stuck in the 3rd person omnicient view, you can cycle to 2nd person view( think SOCOM or Full Spectrum Warrior where you are in a team and can direct a few guys) or 1st person.

The whole idea would be that there would be a large city where a zombie outbreak would occur and you are pretty much trying to get the hell out of Dodge or wipe out the undead. There would be a Campaign mode and a Solo mode. Campaign would have a story that you follow through but would be a bit more linear. Solo would be alot more open to the player(you can take on a whole city of zombies one bullet, crowbar, or Molotov Cocktail at a time) but you would not collect upgrades until the game is beaten nor do you have to do any of the missions to win the game. The objective would be either leave or cleanse the city.

You could either play as National Guard, police or civilian and each would have their pros and cons. Also, you would be able to choose what gender your character is, facial features etc.

The characters would have a realistic loadout of weaponry. None of this ridiculous amount of ammo thing going on or being able to hump a M240B, a shotgun and a rifle and still being able to run as if you were Usain Bolt.

Injuries would be a bit more realistic too. None of this "touch a medkit and now you are Morphine Joe who can survive almost anything" nonsense. You could do field surgery like in Metal Gear Solid 3 but your injuries would take time to heal; a couple of days to a couple weeks depending on the severity. Injuries would hamper your abilities; if you got a broken leg, you would be limping. If you got flak in your arm from an explosion, your accuracy would be degraded if you tried to fire a gun or swing a bat. Medkits would be few and far between and would be found in realistic places like in a car trunk or in a medicine cabinet. No gratuitious amounts of pills like in some games.

Weapons improvisation would be part of your abilities. If you wanted to hijack a car and plow over some dead fucks but it's missing the keys, you could hotwire it. If you wanted to make a Molotov, you can pick up some gas, combine it with a bottle and a rag and poof! You got a Molotov.

Environmental interaction would be more realistic too. If you shoot a wall, the hole would be permanent. If you are tasked with rigging up explosives, when they blow, they would leave a crater and not a black smudge. If you toss a brick of C4 into a house, it would fly to pieces. Grenade wounding radius would be more realistic as well.

I think all of this combined along with some other ideas would go along nicely in a zombie game.:cool:

While that sounds like it could be a very intense zombie game, I think that a lot of players would find that too difficult. Today, the majority of players enjoy the twitch-factor in games. They want to shoot,shoot, SHOOT! A lot of them don't want to limp around and moving slow whilst waiting for their leg injury to heal or to spend a lot of time hiding when they run out of ammo.

I would give the game a shot, though. It sounds like it would be one of the more realistic(well, as realistic as possible given the subject matter;)) zombie-survival games around.:)

Cool idea but that would be a huge undertaking to program.
I don't think there's ever been a zombie rts before , resource management would be important .... ammo , food and maintaining shelter and morale.

But most people prefer to run 'n' gun it Rambo style. lol Left 4 Dead is probably the best Zombie shooter out there now. The Resident Evil series is getting a big overhaul w/ pt 6. Dead Rising 2 comes out soon , I wish they'd do a Stubbs the Zombie sequel.

I think it is very difficult to make a long motivating Zombie simulation.

Postman, you really have to play Left for Dead 1 or 2 in multiplayer. I'm sure you will love it.

The chances of a Stubbs sequel are not too bad, it got good receptions and is still present, but I'm not sure who holds the rights.

i will recomend zombieland excellent film
the george romero stuff is the best, resident evil the movie is ok i like the games more or the anime version. best weapon against a zombie is the pump action shotgun always aim for the head and if u not sure it is brain matter dont forget to double pop with a desert eagle .5

Postman, one more thing about your proposed game. I think that today's systems would not be able to properly translate your ideas into a game. In a few years time, the AI and the graphics would probably be good enough for such a huge endeavor.

the game it self could be possible only it will take donkey years to develop an engine that can substain it so it can run like u want it, if we take the healing factor of injuries and healing out of the question and made it more mgs3 and not as complex we can have our selfs a game, onlline version will be the best option to make it multiplayer or stand alone as you can have an a massive universe like in WoW

Hell yeah!

A Night of the Living Dead mmo would be cool. :D

Then add Dawn , Day and Land of the Dead expansions.

Yeah. I'd also like to have a multiplayer option for the game as well. I don't know a damn thing about programming or what it would take to make this sort of thing.

I hope technology can give us a workable version of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNZCS-coZjY

A zombie game made like this would be so fuckin sweet, I don't think I'd ever leave the room!

A few years time, a developer team, some good graphic engine like the "Frostbite Engine" (used in Battlefield: Bad Company 2) or "Geo-Mod 2.0" engine combined with the "Havok" physics (used in Red Faction: Guerrilla), and most important a few million dollars.

That is cool. That should work with all pc games controlled with mouse, if you have a working version of the wall and the LabVIEW program.

pretty cool, but i think you will need some serious cash for this but it can be done, i can imagine been in a set with this projecting as you move around the house or stage city, now with 3d hologramic imaging and i am not talking about HD or Blueray tec nor that avatar movie i am talking about using a prisim system, where u use 3 points of ligth to project a 3d image, now apply this to a video game a masive mansion or dead stage city and we have our selfs a hell of a game, is pretty much based on the film gamer which take elements from 2nd life, i recomend the movie by the vay so angrypostman watch the movie and just imagen what can be done .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLTPP...eature=related