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Showing posts with label Zombies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zombies. Show all posts
Monday, January 17, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Game Review: Zombies!!! The Director's Cut
Twilight Creations
http://www.twilightcreationsinc.com/
Tile Based Strategy Board Game
2-6 Players
Zombies!!! is a fun fast past (once you get the rules down, it's only four pages) tile based boardgame. You basically have to get to the helipad and escape the zombie apocalypse, or if you can't put the helipad in play get 25 zombie kills. Sounds simple right. Wrong. The other players are constantly screwing you over by attacking you with zombies or surrounding you with zombies. If that wasn't bad enough they also take away your bullets, you get three to start, and take away zombie kills. Not to mention the taking away of weapons and items in play. On the bright side there are lots of bullets and hearts in buildings and such. Play goes as follows: draw an event card if you have less than three, three is a reoccurring theme in this game, and draw and lay down a tile. Move. Fighting zombies along the way. Then zombie movement, kill the other players. Discard event cards if you want. Next players turn. Now you use bullets to modify attack rolls, you must get a 4 or better. Your hearts represent damage, when you can't modify a roll or don't want to you take away hearts. So go on out and get this game. You'll have lots of fun. Just watch out for the zombies!!! By the way, if you get bored you can get expansions for the game that add new types of zombies (including zombie dogs), more tiles, and add on or alternate scenarios.
Verdict: * * * * *
John (B)D
http://www.twilightcreationsinc.com/
Tile Based Strategy Board Game
2-6 Players
Zombies!!! is a fun fast past (once you get the rules down, it's only four pages) tile based boardgame. You basically have to get to the helipad and escape the zombie apocalypse, or if you can't put the helipad in play get 25 zombie kills. Sounds simple right. Wrong. The other players are constantly screwing you over by attacking you with zombies or surrounding you with zombies. If that wasn't bad enough they also take away your bullets, you get three to start, and take away zombie kills. Not to mention the taking away of weapons and items in play. On the bright side there are lots of bullets and hearts in buildings and such. Play goes as follows: draw an event card if you have less than three, three is a reoccurring theme in this game, and draw and lay down a tile. Move. Fighting zombies along the way. Then zombie movement, kill the other players. Discard event cards if you want. Next players turn. Now you use bullets to modify attack rolls, you must get a 4 or better. Your hearts represent damage, when you can't modify a roll or don't want to you take away hearts. So go on out and get this game. You'll have lots of fun. Just watch out for the zombies!!! By the way, if you get bored you can get expansions for the game that add new types of zombies (including zombie dogs), more tiles, and add on or alternate scenarios.
Verdict: * * * * *
John (B)D
Marvel Zombies - TPB - Angled Doors Review
Taking place in an alternate universe, a zombie plague has hit the planet earth infecting everyone, even our mightiest heroes. After being turned into zombies our heroes ravaged the earth eating everyone. This takes place when our zombie heroes are searching the earth any remaining life... to eat. The hunt down Magneto, then devour the Silver Surfer and in the process gain some of his powers... then take on the mighty Galactus. This series is very tongue in cheek. Some great artwork and a humorous storyline. As a bonus all the covers are included in here, which are zombie versions of some of Marvel's classic covers like Amazing Fantasy #15 & Fantastic Four #1, just to name a couple.
- Xtoph
- Xtoph
Boy Eats Girl - DVD - Angled Doors Review
When I first saw this video cover at the store I was completely turned off. Not another crappy zombie horror/comedy flick. I finally gave in and watched it and was pleasantly surprised. Although they did not stray from familiar territory it was actually a good film. It looked nice and professional. The actors were believable when they delivered their lines. There was a bit of substance to the plot. I've just been forced a lot of crap lately, especially in the zombie sub-genre. All in all this is a good movie though. One I'd watch again.
- Xtoph
- Xtoph
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Zombiethon ( 1986 ) Netflix Review
Zombiethon [VHS]
Starring: Karrene Janyl Caudle, Tracy Burton, Paula Singleton, Janelle Lewis, & Janessa Lester
Directed By Ken Dixon
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246345/
Ugh. I will keep this one simple and short. Unless you are entirely too bored ( like me ) then watch this with caution. This is nothing more than a clip compilation. Stringing together 1 decent zombie film ( Zombie ) with others that were at best a D rating. What happens is this... Some woman gets chased by a zombie into a theater and then you get to see about 20 minutes of clips from a zombie move. Then repeat the action and then cue up another zombie movie with 20 minutes of clips from that. Every now and then, we get brought back to the theater with the zombie crowd growing restless at the projectionist's constant screw ups.
The movies that are featured here are anything but decent. The acting and FX are bad in most, but the lone one here was the film Zombie. After that, everything else was nothing more than an exploitation film with zombies. Boobs, Bush, and Undead people are the center of this semi bore fest. Maybe if the heads would've gotten permission to post more clips, then maybe this would've been more tolerable. The films they decided to use were, like I said D grade at best. Zombie Lake, Oasis of the Zombies, A Virgin Among the Living Dead and The Astro-Zombies were the other ones featured.
As I said before, if you are really bored and want to see some Italian bush underwater fighting a zombie, then I would suggest you check it out.
-Mr. What? ( *)
Starring: Karrene Janyl Caudle, Tracy Burton, Paula Singleton, Janelle Lewis, & Janessa Lester
Directed By Ken Dixon
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246345/
Ugh. I will keep this one simple and short. Unless you are entirely too bored ( like me ) then watch this with caution. This is nothing more than a clip compilation. Stringing together 1 decent zombie film ( Zombie ) with others that were at best a D rating. What happens is this... Some woman gets chased by a zombie into a theater and then you get to see about 20 minutes of clips from a zombie move. Then repeat the action and then cue up another zombie movie with 20 minutes of clips from that. Every now and then, we get brought back to the theater with the zombie crowd growing restless at the projectionist's constant screw ups.
The movies that are featured here are anything but decent. The acting and FX are bad in most, but the lone one here was the film Zombie. After that, everything else was nothing more than an exploitation film with zombies. Boobs, Bush, and Undead people are the center of this semi bore fest. Maybe if the heads would've gotten permission to post more clips, then maybe this would've been more tolerable. The films they decided to use were, like I said D grade at best. Zombie Lake, Oasis of the Zombies, A Virgin Among the Living Dead and The Astro-Zombies were the other ones featured.
As I said before, if you are really bored and want to see some Italian bush underwater fighting a zombie, then I would suggest you check it out.
-Mr. What? ( *)
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Dead Girl ( 2008 ) Netflix Review
Starring: Shiloh Fernandez, Noah Segan, Michael Bowen, Candice Accola, & Andrew DiPalma
Directed By Marcel Sarmiento, Gadi Harel
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0896534/
There must be something in the beer. I've reviewed 3 movies this week alone, that deal with Necrophilia in some way. Not that I'm some freak who gets off on cold unmoving women, but if I wanted that, I would call my ex. I guess now that there are tons of "shocking" movies out there, why not take a whirl at something that is still a big taboo. Necrophilia. I can think of at least 7 people in the business that expressed interest in making a film about Necrophilia, but decided not to at the last minute due to the "graphic nature". To those people I say "eat it". It's just a movie, don't be a total wimp about it.
Dead Girl is a story about 2 high school kids who venture into an old abandoned mental institute, and find an undead girl in the basement. Deciding on impulse, one of the kids encourages that leaving her tied to a mattress for sexual pleasure is a good thing. Of course going back to the bore of HS seems moot compared to doing anything you want to woman without her dying. With that comes some nasty side effects, but I won't give anything away by telling them;)
I really enjoyed this movie for many reasons. One of them was the fact that this wasn't some cash in for the Torture Porn scene going around. I also liked the feel of the movie. It was a little slower paced in spots, but it wasn't enough and too often to really affect my judgment on the movie. It's nice to see films like this that take a second to think about the script despite outside opinions, and stick to the plan.
If you can stomach the idea of kids selling an undead woman to fellow high school classmates for sex, then you gotta see this movie. It doesn't have the same in your face grab as Aftermath or the disgusting heartbreak as Necromantik, but Dead Girl holds it's own weight. Another mention is that if you want to see this movie in it's original state, get the unrated copy. The edited version is cheap and leaves you feeling cheated.
-Mr. What?- ( * * * * )
Directed By Marcel Sarmiento, Gadi Harel
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0896534/
There must be something in the beer. I've reviewed 3 movies this week alone, that deal with Necrophilia in some way. Not that I'm some freak who gets off on cold unmoving women, but if I wanted that, I would call my ex. I guess now that there are tons of "shocking" movies out there, why not take a whirl at something that is still a big taboo. Necrophilia. I can think of at least 7 people in the business that expressed interest in making a film about Necrophilia, but decided not to at the last minute due to the "graphic nature". To those people I say "eat it". It's just a movie, don't be a total wimp about it.
Dead Girl is a story about 2 high school kids who venture into an old abandoned mental institute, and find an undead girl in the basement. Deciding on impulse, one of the kids encourages that leaving her tied to a mattress for sexual pleasure is a good thing. Of course going back to the bore of HS seems moot compared to doing anything you want to woman without her dying. With that comes some nasty side effects, but I won't give anything away by telling them;)
I really enjoyed this movie for many reasons. One of them was the fact that this wasn't some cash in for the Torture Porn scene going around. I also liked the feel of the movie. It was a little slower paced in spots, but it wasn't enough and too often to really affect my judgment on the movie. It's nice to see films like this that take a second to think about the script despite outside opinions, and stick to the plan.
If you can stomach the idea of kids selling an undead woman to fellow high school classmates for sex, then you gotta see this movie. It doesn't have the same in your face grab as Aftermath or the disgusting heartbreak as Necromantik, but Dead Girl holds it's own weight. Another mention is that if you want to see this movie in it's original state, get the unrated copy. The edited version is cheap and leaves you feeling cheated.
-Mr. What?- ( * * * * )
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Zombieland (2009)
Zombieland (2009)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1156398/
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone & Abigail Breslin
So, the world has been overrun by zombies. The same old story we've heard a thousand times over. One of the pluses of this film is they decided to skip past how it happened and jump right into the thick of it. It begins with Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) fighting off some zombies in small town Texas while stating his basic rules of survival that he has mapped out. He hits the road hoping to go back home and find his family. Along the way he runs into a hero after my own heart, Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) in the best role he's played since Mickey in Natural Born Killers. The two team up and do some road trip zombie killin' in search of other survivors and twinkies. They run into a couple girls who fuck them over the way that women do time and time again.
This film is awesome. It gives you some good zombie blood and guts, lots of head smashes, full on comedic assault, all the action you need and the best damn cameo ever by Bill Murray. The only thing it lacked was a little more of the horror. Needed just a touch more suspense and thrills and it would have been a 5 * film. Out of all the films this Halloween season this seems the best to blow your bucks on. Hits theaters nationwide October 2nd. Mark your calenders, this is actually worth crawling out of your hole to go see.
Verdict: * * * * 1/2
- Al B. Damned
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1156398/
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone & Abigail Breslin
So, the world has been overrun by zombies. The same old story we've heard a thousand times over. One of the pluses of this film is they decided to skip past how it happened and jump right into the thick of it. It begins with Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) fighting off some zombies in small town Texas while stating his basic rules of survival that he has mapped out. He hits the road hoping to go back home and find his family. Along the way he runs into a hero after my own heart, Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) in the best role he's played since Mickey in Natural Born Killers. The two team up and do some road trip zombie killin' in search of other survivors and twinkies. They run into a couple girls who fuck them over the way that women do time and time again.
This film is awesome. It gives you some good zombie blood and guts, lots of head smashes, full on comedic assault, all the action you need and the best damn cameo ever by Bill Murray. The only thing it lacked was a little more of the horror. Needed just a touch more suspense and thrills and it would have been a 5 * film. Out of all the films this Halloween season this seems the best to blow your bucks on. Hits theaters nationwide October 2nd. Mark your calenders, this is actually worth crawling out of your hole to go see.
Verdict: * * * * 1/2
- Al B. Damned
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Dance Of The Dead (2008) DVD
Director: Gregg Bishop
Starring: Jared Kusnitz, Greyson Chadwick & Chandler Darby
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926063/
Kids are gearing up for prom and the local nuclear power plant's been dumping something awful underneath the town... something that brings us some full-on ass-kickin' Return Of The Living Dead style brain-eaters! Well-written and directed with a nice blend of laughs and scares. This one made me forget how sick I am of the tired out zombie flicks that have been flooding the shelves the past few years.
This DVD also has some kick-ass extras including a making of, deleted and extended scenes, a stunts and effects reel and the short film "Voodoo".
Verdict: * * * *
- Al B. Damned
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