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MarlonB1212 · Grip Joined: 21 Jan 2004 Posts: 6

Has anyone else seen it? I was so surprised how funn y it was.

HoRRoRFaN · Cinematographer Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 128

Never even heard of it... What's it about?
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Michael Scrutchin · Posted: 07.30.2004 5:48 pm Post subject:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/

Tagline: A romantic comedy. With zombies.

I'm dying to see it. It's a British romantic comedy heavily inspired by Romero's Dead trilogy, and it's been getting extremely positive word-of-mouth. Even Romero loves it. From a recent interview:

HoRRoRFaN · Cinematographer Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 128

Interesting! It sounds like it can be really fun...
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the night watchman · Posted: 07.30.2004 7:40 pm Post subject:

I looking forward to seeing it too. Lots of good word of mouth, and the trailer is damn funny.
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HoRRoRFaN · Cinematographer Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 128

Yeah, the trailer kicks ass! I watched it earlier...
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beltmann · Posted: 08.04.2004 3:26 am Post subject:

I've been interested ever since reading Kim Newman's rather affectionate review in Sight & Sound back in May. Although she described it as "ramshackle in tone and effect, with running jokes that run into the ground," she also called it endearing: "Like Young Frankenstein, it pokes fun at its inspirations but plays by their rules."

One last quote: "An obvious way of parodying the genre is to make the creatures comical, but for the most part the dead here are generic bloody-mouthed fumblers and the laughs come from the binds their presence puts the living characters into... Only in the epilogue are there jokes at the expense of zombies and even those are in line with the satiric jabs of the later Romero films."

Sounds like fun.

Eric
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the night watchman · Posted: 08.04.2004 3:32 am Post subject:

beltmann · Posted: 08.04.2004 3:50 am Post subject:

I've never been sure. I guessed.

Eric
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Michael Scrutchin · Posted: 08.04.2004 4:03 am Post subject:

Yeah, I thought Kim Newman was a dude. Not sure, though.
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the night watchman · Posted: 08.04.2004 4:31 am Post subject:

Ah, Newman is a dude. Here's a pic of him. (Apparently, "Kim Newman" is a psuedonym anyway. Who knew.)
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Michael Scrutchin · Posted: 08.04.2004 4:42 am Post subject:

Has anyone here read Newman's Nightmare Movies? I've been meaning to track down a copy for years.
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the night watchman · Posted: 08.04.2004 5:47 am Post subject:

Yes, I have a copy and highly recommend it. Probably the best book on the horror film I've read. Newman's probably forgotten about more horror movies than I've seen. Nightmare Movies was a conscious effort to pick up where Everson's Classics of the Horror Film left off. It spans from Night of the Living Dead all the way to the early 90s with Re-Animator, and places that era of horror in a post-Vietnam context. It's as much social commentary as film commentary.
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beltmann · Posted: 08.04.2004 1:36 pm Post subject:

beltmann · Posted: 08.04.2004 1:41 pm Post subject: