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100 Word Review – Braindead (1992)

May 6, 2015March 6, 2016Posted in 100 Words..., ComedyTagged Braindead, Comedy, Dead Alive, gore, Horror, Peter Jackson, rat monkey, zombiesLeave a comment

Also known as Dead Alive, this is one of Peter Jackson’s first feature films. But don’t expect hobbits.

I don’t know what to say about the plot. There is definitely a leading man. And something about monkeys raped by rats to create killer rat-monkeys.

To be honest the whole thing is a visceral blur of severed … everything. And just when you think they must have run out of fake blood, there will be more.

I have a strong stomach when it comes to onscreen gore, but this is something else.

Equal parts hilarious, ridiculous and disgusting. You have been warned.

100 Word Review – Zombieland (2009)

April 17, 2015March 6, 2016Posted in 100 Words..., ComedyTagged Abigail Breslin, Comedy, dead, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, zombies3 Comments

Although recently the U.S. have spawned (or summoned) many zombie films, this one stands severed head and shoulders above the rest.

The dead have risen and a reclusive student (Jesse Eisenberg) has survived by following a strict set of rules. But when he meets Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), a man on a mission to find Twinkies, he learns that even an apocalypse can be fun.

The film is made with style and a sense of humour and Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin are excellent as a pair of con artists they meet along the way. Watch out for the wonderful cameo.