Friday Night Flick

Tis the season for zombies... Unfortunately, our time together is nearly at an end and so i thought we would go back to the beginning. Tonight, for the Friday Night Flick, we are going to watch the original 1968 version of George A Romero's  Night of the Living Dead. If you've been reading, you have heard me preach the praises of Romero and his visionary dead movies and this first movie is an exemplary example. Check out the twitter feed for comments. I'll be watching this one a little earlier-probably around 4.

Friday Night Flick: SARS Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis

This week's Friday Night Flick is another foreign one AND its one I personally have never seen before. Originally entitled, Khun krabii hiiroh, SARS wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis follows Khun as he attempts to find a kidnapped girl in a building infested with zombies before the government sterilizes the area. Honestly, I haven't really been a fan of the movies that I have seen from Thailand, but this one has been hanging out in my DVD queue for more than a year. I'm hoping it will satisfy the itch I'm needing to scratch.

Since I haven't see this one yet, the only thing I have to go on is a semi broken description off of IMDB.com- but I hope you will share it with me via twitter feed tonight @ 8:30PM EST tonight!

Friday Night Flick: Dead Snow

So this week, as promised, something a little farther off of the radar. Tonight's movie is a film from Norway entitled Dead Snow (2009) or Død snø in the original Norwegian. Not only is this movie foreign to begin with, but it also involves the sometime taboo subject of Nazis. In this case, Nazi zombies on a killing rampage in search of their stolen treasure.
As plots go this movie is pretty standard- a group of high school/ college aged kids take a trip to a secluded cabin where their teenaged hijinks get them into trouble. Despite the run of the mill plot, this movie distinguishes itself with some amazing scenes (as well as some disgustingly fun ones involving bathroom humor). Even if you don't speak Norwegian, this movie is a really good time.

Check it out and let me know what you think.

Friday Night Flick

For my first Friday Night Flick, I decided to test the waters with something a little more mainstream. So tonight, I am watching Resident Evil.

This movie is based on the popular video game of the same name. It was made in 2002 and stars Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez (who I love). It is also the very first in a long and successful string of franchise movies- with a new on slated to come out in 2012.

As far as mainstream movies based on video games go, this one is pretty good. It speaks to the geek of many on a very successful level by faithfully presenting favorite aspects from the game alongside some pretty good zombie mayhem. Of course, this was the near the beginning of the CGI revolution and so some of the effects actually LOOK like they came straight out of the video game; but that’s the good thing about zombie movies- they are constantly evolving.

Anyway, this movie is a good time and fun for all ages (almost) and if you are looking for something to watch tonight it is defiantly something to check out – if you haven’t already seen it. And don’t worry, next week we will slide a bit farther off the radar and check out something a little more obscure.

In the meantime, let me know what you think…

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