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Just can't get into this movie like I used too

posted 14 years ago by DjfunkmasterG
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I am a huge zombie film fan, hell I made 2 of my own, but the Fulci stuff just doesn't do it for me like the Romero stuff (older Romero Zombies film, Night DAWN, Day)

I sat down tonight and tried to watch it but had to shut it off. I know people think Night of the Zombies aka Hell of the Living Dead is crap... but i like it more than I like this... however, I did like the fact the film was shot in cinemascope... It felt like the AR was just right for the type of film, but it just meanders along and is really nothing but a showcase for extensive gore.

Maybe I will give it another try down the road but right now I just can't get into it like I did as a kid/teen

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[–] lewisherschell 14 years ago

I know what you mean. I started to rewatch THE BEYOND on Monday but, halfway through, lost interest and ended up doing something else instead. I still like the films, but I don't feel the need to revisit them like I did when I was a teenager. Maybe it's over-familiarity with the films, which I've seen dozens of times, or perhaps I'm at a point in my life when my tastes are changing.

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[–] zombizombizombi 14 years ago

Fulci for life I will always love his movies and zombie is such a classic!!

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[–] geezerbu 14 years ago

Yeah I really liked it when I first saw it(only seen it once), but now I can't really remember why I liked it so much...

[–] projectcyclops 13 years ago

I know where you're coming from. I've had nothing but ambivalence for my old Italian horror films for years, they've just sat unloved since I bought and watched them as a teenager. I'm 27 now though, and since discovering and falling in loved with Argento (quite a discovery!) I've gone back and re-watched this film and a few other of the gorier Italo brand (Demoni 1 & 2 - Ooof!) and I'm finding myself craving old Fulci/Bava/Lamberto movies again. I think these things work in phases, one month I'll be all about French New Wave, then out comes the Fassbinder box-set, then I'll move onto Scorsese, etc.

It's not unlike a craving for a cigarette (note: smoking is bad for you) in that a spark in your head says, "you know what I could really do with today? An over the top, unspeakably violent and unpleasant Italian horror film, with bad dubbing, no characterisation and a poor script." Once that seed is planted the only way to satisfy is to check out Zombie 2, and it's immensely satisfying.

Perhaps your craving will return, it's as good an excuse as any to hold onto your copy of the film.

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[–] balthazar_bee 13 years ago

This must be the thread for me. I've never understood the appeal of Zombie, or any of Fulci's work for that matter.

Now that it's on blu-ray, I'll probably take another run at it, but the first two times were hardly memorable.

EDIT: Well, I checked it out again, and it's better than I remembered. I still think it's over-praised, but it's hardly horrible.

[–] prbronx5 13 years ago

It's an okay movie, nothing more. The makeup on the zombies, especially worm eye, are incredible. Richard Johnson and Olga Karlatos are great. I wish Karlatos was cast as the lead female as Tisa Farrow is awful.

I'm not a fan of the rock music soundtrack in these Italian horror movies, it just ruins the tension for me.

By the way, I've seen this movie several times, but I tend to zone out. Did they ever mention what exactly caused the actual initial zombie infestation? Was it voodoo or was it radiation?

[–] marcag 13 years ago

I like the Fulci stuff better that Romero. More hardcore and pure zombie horror. Romero always has some stupid message to get across.

[–] balthazar_bee 13 years ago

We call that "story", dahling.

In all seriousness, when Romero's on his game, I don't think he's particularly ham-fisted about "messages".

His first three zombie films are perfectly enjoyable without any kind of egghead, pseudonalysis, which is more than I can say for most of Fulci's body of work.