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 Trailer Park of Terror, if you can believe that, and it’s one of several films making some serious waves at Slamdance.

The plot would be somewhat familiar if it weren’t for its sheer outlandishness–somewhere in the middle of mountainous nowhere, six at-risk high school kids and the optimistic youth minister riding temporary herd over them is on its merry way home from one of those outdoor character building retreats. Their bus crashes on the return trip, leaving them stranded in the midst of the so-called Trucker’s Triangle, which is like the Bermuda Triangle, only for trucks.

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After seeing Mitt Romney bite the metaphorical big one on the campaign trail, it got me to thinking. How much of Mitt’s loss is related to the public perception of Mormonism? This is, admittedly, something of a bigger topic than I normally intro with, but it’s really getting me to wonder…especially after I found this.

It’s called The Book of Zombie, and while the official sites and such are somewhat short on details I did find one rather interesting quote that gives me insight on the plot of the movie…not to mention possible motivations behind the title, and even just a smidge into the American political landscape.

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Zombies have been George Romero’s stock in trade since, roughly, the sixties. When you hear that grand old name, you don’t think about his vampire movies–though he had one–and you don’t think about his work with Dario Argento. You generally don’t think about Monkey Shines–though you should; that was one of the single best monkey-driven horror movies ever made. One of the only ones, true, but that’s splitting hairs. You don’t think about Knightriders or The Dark Half or even Bruiser. You think zombies.

So it’s no surprise that Romero’s upcoming Diamond Dead sticks to his strengths, but in that grand style that Romero himself has become famous for. Diamond Dead, you see, isn’t just about zombies…no sir. Diamond Dead is about rock star zombies.

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Let’s all pause for a moment in silent appreciation of George Romero’s work. There was a lot to like in there, and not all of it zombie related. There was his modern-day vampire flick, Martin. How about his monkey movie, Monkey Shines? Or the movie about the…guy with no face…called Bruiser? Okay, let’s just forget about Bruiser.

A movie of his not too many people remember, however, is The Crazies, a very Romero zombie-style movie involving a virus that drove people insane. Looking back on it now, I find myself wondering if he could sue the guys who did 28 Days Later.

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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.

These Guys Are Completely Nuts Vol. One.

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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, George Romero, has one slated to come out within the next like couple weeks.

But out of nowhere, like the walking dead themselves, comes a new zombie movie–and guess who’s directing? Corbin Bernsen! Yeah, Corbin Bernsen! Corbin Bernsen, can you believe it? The guy’s directing a zombie movie and the role that made him famous was as a TV lawyer! Now, I agree that lawyers have their scary sides but does this qualify him to direct a zombie film? His horror chops seem to be somewhat lacking–though he has an appearance in several suspense / thriller titles–including the The Dentist series–as well as a role in lackluster Season Two Masters of Horror in the show Right to Die–and that causes me to question his capability. Looking at the plot, however, gives me some hope.

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