Night of the Living Dead–Remakes Aplenty.
When I heard that Night of the Living Dead, that great horror classic, had slipped into the realm of public domain I confessed to mixed emotions. I do believe in the right of an artist to hold his copyright for life…but at the same time, there’s something clean, and downright noble, about arguably the greatest horror movie of the 1900s going public domain.
If it can’t be in George Romero’s hands…then it’s well that it should go into OUR hands.
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The Brits had one monster hit on their hands with 28 Days Later, and this spurred them on to try all sorts of movies for release in the states, including the spectacular career that spawned Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. But now, the term “successor” is being bandied around, and I hope we’re not taking it lightly, but 
The fact that Troma still exists is a fact that has me somewhat confused. Oh, sure, Troma’s been putting out over-the-top direct to video movies since there was a top to go over, and Lloyd Kaufman is pretty much recognized as the king of low-budget movie making. So much so that he’s actually got a how-to-make-movies guide out there called “Make Your Own Damn Movie”, and that speaks to a whole lot of experience.
Okay, granted, the overall quality of the zombie film has been something of a mixed bag. It’s still my personal favorite genre because it uses all the best tenets of the great subgenre known as survival horror. I loves me some survival horror. And, for better or for worse, zombie movies are the place to get it. But it hasn’t often been very interesting, and let’s be honest, many zombie films are crap. But there’s a new one—yes, another new one—coming out that looks to break the streak.
Eli Roth’s Trailer Trash may be at least temporarily dead, but there’s a new film arising from the ashes to take its place in the trailer related movies segment. It’s called 
Zombies have been 
Let’s all pause for a moment in silent appreciation of 
There’s one particular substrata of the great horror universe that has given me more “huh??” moments than any other. One sub-genre that has left me baffled, left me scratching my head like mutant chiggers had taken up permanent residence in my scalp. It’s not sci-fi horror or survival horror or even indie horror–it’s horror from a particular place. That place is Japan.
There are those who claim that the zombie movie genre is slowing down. Obviously, they’ve chosen to ignore the fact that the Grand Old Man of zombie fare himself, 