Though ostensibly a family film about ghosts, seeing as how the title character communicates with those beyond the grave who have unfinished business, the second entry in Laika’s oeuvre (after the equally impressive “Coraline”) also contains a zombie plot that is simultaneously terrifying and touching. “ParaNorman” (Sam Fell and Chris Butler, 2012) And so what you end up with is an unusual horror-romantic comedy mashup that juices up both genres. “Little Monsters” also stars Josh Gad, who plays an obnoxious, famous child entertainer, and Alexander England, as an effete, has-been musician escorting his nephew on a field trip, who also happens to be in love (or maybe lust) with) Nyong’o. As the official press notes describe it, it’s a film “dedicated to all the kindergarten teachers who motivate children to learn, instill them with confidence, and stop them from being devoured by zombies.” Yes, that just about sums it up. The 2019 film was the actress’ second, although lesser known, effort in the horror genre that year (Jordan Peele’s “Us” being the high-profile other one). But it looks like she’s having a ton of fun as a teacher of a kindergarten class that encounters a zombie outbreak during a field trip. Here’s an unexpected flick from an actress who typically excels in dramatic roles: Lupita Nyong’o. And it’s a corner he’s set to revisit in 2021 with Netflix’s “Army of the Dead.” -LAG It should be noted that remaking a masterpiece was a recipe for disaster (“disaster” being something that Snyder would again court when tackling the work of Alan Moore and the entire DC universe), but by eschewing Romero’s social commentary, Snyder was able to carve out his own corner of the cinematic zombie universe. The rest of “Dawn of the Dead” never really rises to the level of these opening moments, but the script from future “Guardians of the Galaxy” director James Gunn keeps things interesting throughout. This intro serves as an excellent kinetic counter to the film “Dawn of the Dead” is often compared to: Danny Boyle’s “28 Days Later,” predominantly due the inclusion of so-called “fast” zombies. The opening 12 minutes serve as an opening salvo for his career, including one of the best opening title sequences in the genre’s history. It’s somewhat difficult to reconcile the Zack Snyder of the “Justice League” #SnyderCut, the far-too-faithful “Watchmen” adaptation, and the style over substance duo of “300” and “Sucker Punch” with the director at the helm of “Dawn of the Dead.” Which is not to say that Snyder’s 2004 remake of George Romero’s 1978 film of the same name lacks style. Its sequel “Zombieland: Double Tap” catches up with the road warriors some years later, exploring their evolving relationships in a still zombie-ravaged landscape.
Ranking among IndieWire’s selection of the best horror comedies of the 21 century, the 2009 original film follows an underdog outcast (Jesse Eisenberg), an unpredictable cowboy (Woody Harrelson), a snarky gunslinger (Emma Stone), and her whip-smart younger sister (Abigail Bresline) on a road trip looking for lost loved ones and snack food that’s sweet but fleetingly sincere and consistently funny. Image Credit: Courtesy Columbia Pictures/Everett Collectionįour travelers get the zombie apocalypse down to a science in Ruben Fleischer’s “Zombieland” duology. With editorial contributions by Christian Blauvelt, Tambay Obenson, Eric Kohn, Ryan Lattanzio, Leonardo Adrian Garcia. How’s that for an endorsement of cremation?īefore you suddenly rush to make your funeral plans, give a close read to this: IndieWire’s ranked picks for the greatest zombie films ever made. Sometimes, zombies can bear larger metaphors on their disintegrating shoulders - for our increasingly wired yet increasingly isolated post-internet world, say, as in “Shaun of the Dead.” But sometimes zombies are just zombies: walking corpses who shuffle around and remind us that, even if we’re never somehow reanimated, we’re actually going to look like this when we’re in the ground someday. Or rather, death confronts us, looking to scoop out our brains and have us join its ranks. So the intrigue of zombie movies is that this genre forces us to confront death face-to-face. “Go long” is the mantra of our youth-obsessed culture. We believe if we follow the right workout regimen, eat enough kale, and take the right expensive supplements we may just live forever. But it should: North Americans and Europeans are chronically averse to facing death. When you’re putting together a list of the biggest taboos in Western culture, death itself might not make the cut.
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