Anyone else here addicted to zombie film?

[Dominus]

Watching netflix Kingdom now. It's intense. Highly recommend. It is better than most American made zombie film.

 

[Cormac135]

I'll need to give it a go though i'm pretty much over the genre.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Never seen one. Closest I came was the episode in the 70's done by The Night Stalker. I enjoyed the mixture of comedy that was inherent in the ramshackle reporter being the reluctant hero.

The genre is just too obvious to me, much like Stephen King's exploitation of clowns. I'm also against the manipulation of many people's fear of death and therefore the dead. It's natural and death shouldn't be turned into a sideshow.

 

[rareboy]

The genre has been done to death. All the movies and shows about zombies are literally just zombie movies and shows.

 

[EddMarkStarr]

Never seen one. Closest I came was the episode in the 70's done by The Night Stalker. I enjoyed the mixture of comedy that was inherent in the ramshackle reporter being the reluctant hero.

The genre is just too obvious to me, much like Stephen King's exploitation of clowns. I'm also against the manipulation of many people's fear of death and therefore the dead. It's natural and death shouldn't be turned into a sideshow.

What you're talking about is one of the great moments of television in the 1970's.

Kolchak: The Night Stalker, was so amazing that the movie launched the TV series, by design. For Darin McGavin this was the role of a lifetime!
Even after 47 years this film gets me. What an amazing example of talent, writing and directing. The 20th century is a tough act to follow.

 

[Charon]

I'm over the zombie genre tbh.

 

[Dominus]

The genre has been done to death. All the movies and shows about zombies are literally just zombie movies and shows.

You're certainly right that there's been tons made of this genre. It doesn't help that there are lots of B films made about this genre.

This is why the new Netflix show Kingdom feels more like a fresh reboot. They have done a very good job at incorporating an outbreak into a very interesting storyline that's other than just zombies.

Just try it. You'll like it.

 

[Cormac135]

I'll need to give it a go though i'm pretty much over the genre.

Well it turns out i have watched it already, it was rather good, in a Shogun/Monkey kind of way.

 

[NotHardUp1]

What you're talking about is one of the great moments of television in the 1970's.

Kolchak: The Night Stalker, was so amazing that the movie launched the TV series, by design. For Darin McGavin this was the role of a lifetime!
Even after 47 years this film gets me. What an amazing example of talent, writing and directing. The 20th century is a tough act to follow.

He was worse than The Perils of Pauline when it came to getting out of close scrapes. Every single episode.

 

[EddMarkStarr]

I remember "28 Days Later", it's a sort of zombie movie.

 

[Telstra]

what was the first zombie film ?
I want to watch that one first.

 

[NotHardUp1]

I may have lied. I did used to watch CSPAN late at night when I couldn't fall asleep any other way.

It originally was "The Zombie Channel" before it became a government tool.

 

[Dominus]

Watched certain episodes for a third time last night and caught some stuff that I didn't notice before. It really is good story-telling.

I know the market is saturated with zombie themed films and shows. Most are B quality and only care about the zombie and gore. This series Kingdom actually does much more. It has a really good plot point that incorporates zombies into it. The story-telling is amazing. The acting is done by grade A actors. And it also looks pretty expensive to make.

Edit.

The season finale of season 1 ended with a huge Cliff hanger. I swear, if Netflix cancels season 2, I will cancel Netflix.

 

[MusicMan321]

I remember "28 Days Later", it's a sort of zombie movie.

That was a good movie too plus Dawn Of The Dead is good movie too as well

 

[HoodedRat]

I'm old. I only really like the classic reanimated-corpse voodoo-based zombie films set in Haiti pre-1960s. The modern-day, brain-eating, post-apocalypse zombie genre holds no interest for me.

I have similar feeling towards vampire films: the 1960/70s Bram-Stoker-derived tales are great; the reinvented post-Buffy stuff is utter shite.