With so many zombie films being made nowadays It's easy to forget how influential this film was.
This film was fun, had talking and running zombies and was the first time they wanted to eat your brains.
The first time I saw this I was blown away and 30 years later it still impresses and apart from some of the 80's outfits, it has aged well.
As with the best zombie comedies, the humour backs up a proper horror film with some genuinely scary moments.
It's fast paced and has some good effects, which thankfully because of when it was made are genuine physical effects rather than CGI or optical effects. No doubt if that had been the case then it would have aged nowhere near as well.
Overall this isn't quite the Grandaddy of Zombie films ( an honour we should leave with George Romeros first 2 Dead films). Rather this is the roguish uncle who doesn't follow the rules yet everyone likes to have round every now and again as they're so entertaining.
It does have it faults as some of the plot is rather holey and the gang of kids don't come across as very likable, but don't worry about that.... Just sit back and relax and watch one of the most influential zombie films ever made,
This film was fun, had talking and running zombies and was the first time they wanted to eat your brains.
The first time I saw this I was blown away and 30 years later it still impresses and apart from some of the 80's outfits, it has aged well.
As with the best zombie comedies, the humour backs up a proper horror film with some genuinely scary moments.
It's fast paced and has some good effects, which thankfully because of when it was made are genuine physical effects rather than CGI or optical effects. No doubt if that had been the case then it would have aged nowhere near as well.
Overall this isn't quite the Grandaddy of Zombie films ( an honour we should leave with George Romeros first 2 Dead films). Rather this is the roguish uncle who doesn't follow the rules yet everyone likes to have round every now and again as they're so entertaining.
It does have it faults as some of the plot is rather holey and the gang of kids don't come across as very likable, but don't worry about that.... Just sit back and relax and watch one of the most influential zombie films ever made,