Blog of the Living dead: December 2011

NEW NETFLIX ZOMBIE INSTANT LISTING

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LIST -- Sunday Feb. 12, 2012

The following listing is a complete list of Movies available Instantly on Netflix in the US. Some of these are available in Canada.  On Saturday, Feb 11, we will identify which are available in Canada. We are also in the process of adding the movie jacket covers to each description.

If you find any of the information below to be incorrect, please post a note below in the comments section.

A very special THANK YOU to Erika Anderson for help with the US listing!

Rating System

*****   -   A Must See!
**** -   Truly entertaining movie (above average)
*** -   Good Movie (average)
** -   Definitely not a must see (below average-- the title will likely say it all)
* -   Don't say we didn't warn you!

Our comments are in Bold and Italic.

NEW NETFLIX ZOMBIE INSTANT LISTING
LIST -- Sunday Feb. 12, 2012

Aaah! Zombies!! (2007) **
	Finally, a film emerges with the courage to tell a zombie story from the perspective of the undead themselves. Wasting Away focuses sympathetically on a group of zombies just beginning to grasp the implications of their horrific new existence. Writer-director Matthew Kohnen's comedic nightmare combines wit and absurdity in its novel approach to the zombie genre, revealing the suffering of a neglected monster minority. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? That they called it "Aaaah Zombies" so that they would get to the top of a list.

American Zombie (2007) ***
	As the walking dead fill the streets of Los Angeles, filmmakers John Solomon and Grace Lee turn their cameras on the misunderstood flesh-eaters, their fierce proponents, and their staunch opponents to offer a glimpse of just how society has changed in the wake of the zombie uprising.

Autumn (2009) **
	A horrible virus kills billions within minutes. The few survivors that are left have to deal with the shock of the apocalypse, and they have no idea that things are about to get much worse.

Awaken the Dead (2007) **
	Worlds collide when a murderer turned priest and a former prostitute find themselves trapped in a safe house while those outside succumb to a virus that's transforming the city's inhabitants into the living dead. Drawn to the house by a mysterious letter, the priest must now solve the missive's riddle if he and his companion are to survive. Gary Kohn, Lindsey Morris, Nate Witty and Michael Robert Nyman co-star.

Beast Within (2008) **
	A loving homage to Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, Virus Undead combines our fear of nature with our dread of disease to tell the story of a terrible zombie plague. An infection transmitted by diseased birds is causing corpses to reanimate in search of human flesh. As the army of the undead grows, a medical student and his friends find themselves surrounded by zombies, with nowhere to run.

Black Death ***
	Sean Bean stars in this historically rooted horror-thriller as Ulric, a church-appointed knight in the age of the Bubonic Plague's first wave who's tasked with investigating rumors of a woman (Carice van Houten) who can bring the dead back to life. A young monk (Eddie Redmayne) named Osmund is aiding Ulric on his quest to root out the necromancer -- and to determine whether or not she has ties to Satan.

Black Sheep (2006) ***	*(Canada Only)*
	On a quiet New Zealand ranch, a genetic experiment has gone horribly wrong, transforming a calm flock of sheep into killers hungry for human blood in this outrageous comic gore-fest. Those bitten become ravenous were-sheep. As the body count rises, a desperate handful of outnumbered survivors take a last stand against the ovine onslaught. Who will live, and who will be the next victim of the vicious killer sheep? *Read Blog of the Living Dead's Review of Black Sheep HERE!*

Blubberella (2011) **
	In this gleefully low-rent action-comedy, hefty half-vampire Blubberella sets her always-ravenous sights on a Nazi leader who's concocting a diabolical plan: to create an army of undead soldiers to help his Führer conquer the globe.

Brain Dead (aka Monkey Island, aka Brain Dead) ****
	(Another classic!) A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors. *The gore and gross-out factor is thru the roof with this one! Directed by Peter Jackson (Pre - Lord of the Rings).*

Cabin Fever (2002) ****	*(Canada Only)*
	Five college friends head off to the woods for a weekend of drinking, partying and fooling around. But as they sit at their campfire the first night, a blood-soaked hermit with a flesh-eating virus approaches them. They shoo him away, but the hapless kids start to catch the bug, and paranoia and hostility run rampant. Meanwhile, the locals slowly learn that they've got the bug, too. Eli Roth (Hostel) directs. *As I've said, a flesh eater is a flesh eater. Try duking that out with a vegan!*

Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009) **
	It's back: The flesh-eating virus that decimated a cabin full of coeds is on the loose again. This time around, a high school prom is ground zero for the epidemic in this horror sequel directed by Ti West. Thanks to a local stream being contaminated during the first outbreak, the bottled water being distributed at the high school dance is causing the unwitting students to break out in ghastly blisters and sores.

Cheezy Horror Trailers: Vol. 1 (2006) ***
	Want something a little lighter, but not lighter on the gore? Buckets of blood and legions of undead are found in this collection of over-the-top trailers for some of the cheesiest horror flicks ever made. Among the low-budget (lowbrow) gems in the collection are trailers for Curse of the Undead, Doctor Jekyll and Sister Hyde, Inn of the Damned, Abby and Eaten Alive. Also included are Horrors of the Black Museum, Seizure, The Sinful Dead, The House on Haunted Hill, Dr. Phibes, The Children and more.

The Children (2008) ***	*(Canada Only)*
	It's a classic English Christmas in the countryside -- snow on the ground, turkey in the oven, the laughter of frolicking children -- until the fun and games take a dark and deadly turn. Is something in the woods spurring the kids to murder? And why are grown-ups always the last to notice when things go horribly awry? There are no easy answers in this nasty little horror flick, but you'll never see Christmas the same way again. *You brought them into this world-- they're gonna take you out. They're pasty-faced, dead-eyed creatures that just want a dead-time story...*

Colin (2008) ***
	Our hero Colin is bitten by a Zombie; he dies and returns from the dead. We follow him as he wanders through suburbia during the throes of a cadaverous apocalypse. *Read our review of "Colin" here! The story of it's creation is entertainment in itself!*

The Crazies (2010) ****
	About the inhabitants of a small Iowa town suddenly plagued by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply. *A truly entertaining film!!!*

Dance of the Dead ****
	On the night of the big High-School Prom, the dead rise to eat the living, and the only people who can stop them are the losers who couldn't get dates to the dance. *Another flick that turned out to be much more entertaining than expected!* Read our review here!

Dawn of the Dead (2004) ****	*(Canada Only)*
	Based on the 1978 George Romero gore classic, (and directed by Zack Snyder -- "300", "Sucker Punch", "The Watchmen") this horror remake takes place in the wake of a plague as the United States is overrun by millions of corpses who walk the earth as cannibalistic zombies. A small group of survivors, including a nurse (Sarah Polley) and a police officer (Ving Rhames), try to find shelter within a massive shopping mall. But the zombies have a kind of sense memory and start arriving -- in droves -- for a shopping (chomping) spree. *(Awesome Remake!!! -- Read OUR review of this film here!)*

Day of the Dead (2008) **
	When a small Colorado town is overrun by the flesh hungry dead a small group of survivors try to escape in a last ditch effort to stay alive.

Days of Darkness (2007) **
	The world watches as a comet looms over the earth for days. The masses were told there is nothing to worry about. It was a lie! An eclectic group of survivors huddle together and battle for their only chance to survive against the uprising of the undead while trying to save the fate of mankind.

Dead and Buried (1980) ***
	When a small Colorado town is overrun by the flesh hungry dead a small group of survivors try to escape in a last ditch effort.

Dead and Deader ***
	After he's bitten by a scorpion carrying a zombie virus, a tough soldier survives the infection, becoming only half zombie. Once back in the US, he finds himself fighting his former comrades in arms, all of whom are turning into zombies!

The Dead Hate the Living! **
	When a renegade band of young filmmakers break into an abandoned hospital to make their horror epic, they stumble upon a real dead body and decide to use it in their movie. They accidentally bring it back to life, open a portal to a dead world that releases dozens of other zombies, then struggle for their lives in a desperate attempt to flee from the creatures who apparently have them hopelessly trapped in the hospital.

Dead Heat (aka Dead Heist) (2007) ***
	Roger Mortis and Doug Bigelow are cops that are chasing crooks that are dead serious about crime. Or should I say they are chasing dead crooks perpetrating serious crimes? Seems some nutcase has learned how to bring back the dead and is sending them on crime sprees. Now these indestructable goons are in the way of officers Mortis and Bigelow. To even things up, when Mortis is killed (in the line of duty, of course) he gets a jump start from the Resurrection machine and takes the fight to the zombie bad guys.
The Dead Outside (2008) ***
	A neurological pandemic has consumed the population. Drug-resistance has mutated the virus into a ravaging psychological plague, rendering the 'the dying' desperate, paranoid and violent. Two survivors come together on an isolated farmhouse in desperate circumstances- April, a young mysterious girl with a dark past has survived alone for months, and Daniel, a man desperate and bereaved, clings desperately onto hope in the outside world. When a mysterious stranger turns up, they are confronted with a new enemy even deadlier than the one beyond the perimeter.

Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill (2004) *

	When a group of college kids stumble upon a small abandoned town of Sunset Valley, they must fight a band of Zombies led by a soldier seeking retribution for his grisly execution.
Deathdream aka (Dead of Night) (1974) ***

	A young Soldier is killed in the line of duty in Vietnam. That same night, the soldier returns home, brought back by his Mother's wishes that he "Don't Die"! Upon his Return, Andy sits in his room, refusing to see his friends or family, venturing out only at night. The Vampiric/Zombie horror is secondary to the terror that comes from the disintegration of a typical American family.

The Devil's Rejects (2005) **	*(Canada Only)*
	Rob zombie's followup to "House of a Thousand Corpses." Does not have the grit of the first film-- but it does have Sid Haig. He would really be your worst nightmare if you're lost on an old country road, and he's your only help. Enlisting the aid of two vigilante brothers, Texas sheriff John Wydell (William Forsythe) seeks vengeance against his brother's creepy murderers in this Western-flavored sequel to writer-director Rob Zombie's bloody House of 1,000 Corpses. With payback in mind, the posse heads out to the Firefly homestead to take down Otis (Bill Moseley), Baby (Sheri Moon Zombie), Tiny (Matthew McGrorey) and Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig) once and for all.

Diary of the Dead (2007) ****	*(Canada Only)*
	George A. Romero While filming a low-budget horror film, Jason (Joshua Close) and his film school friends hear news reports of zombie sightings. As the living dead close in on the film crew, Jason seizes the opportunity to add real blood and guts to his movie. Meanwhile the American government promises to stop the violent uprising, but the relentless zombies gain an advantage by wiping out all forms of communication with the outside world. *Read George Romero's interview regarding "Diary of the Dead" HERE!* *Read OUR review of "Diary of the Dead" HERE!*

DIEner (20101) **
	Slaying strangers in a lonesome country diner becomes hazardous duty for a roving serial killer after his first victims come back to life as zombies who are eager to make a meal of him and his next intended targets. Josh Grote plays the friendly and engaging murderer, Ken, in a well-crafted indie gore fest that extracts new laughs from classic genre stereotypes -- including a bumbling country sheriff (Larry Purtrell) who wanders into the mayhem.

Doctor Blood’s Coffin (1961) **
	People are mysteriously disappearing near a remote Cornish village, where a scientist is experimenting with reviving the dead.

Doghouse (2009) ***
	Six guys hell-bent on having a raucous weekend away from wives and lovers arrive in the town of Moodley. But something's odd about this quaint hamlet. Where are the men? And why do all the women look like they're thirsting for blood? The poor blokes soon discover that half the population has been wiped out by the same virus-infected, man-hating cannibals terrorizing them. Stephen Graham, Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke and Lee Ingleby star.

Doomsday (2008) ***	*(Canada Only)*
	When a deadly viral epidemic breaks out in present-day Britain, killing hundreds of thousands of people, the government quarantines the infected behind a walled city -- only to be confronted with a resurgence of the disease 30 years in the future. In the vein of Mad Max and 28 Days Later, this morality tale veiled as a sci-fi hypothetical features enough action, combat and suspense to keep audiences wondering, "What if?"

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011) ***
	The adventures of supernatural private eye, Dylan Dog, who seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket, and blue jeans.

Edges of Darkness (2008) **
	Three interconnected tales of terror set against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse.
The Evil Dead (1981) ****
	Early Sam Raimi film that finds five friends traveling to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons. *A classic!*

Flight of the Living Dead (2007) ****	*(Canada Only)*
	During a transatlanic flight, a corpse emerges from the cargo hold and lays waste to the passengers, turning them into zombies. A handful of travelers try to stop the ghoulish horde, but how do you fight the undead at 30,000 feet above the ocean? The living passengers get wildly creative in this wickedly funny, fabulously bloody gore fest written and directed by Scott Thomas and starring David Chisum, Kristen Kerr, Dale Midkiff and Sarah Laine. *We watched this, and loved it!!! A couple of stumbles (especially the ending), all in all-- a good time was had.* *Read our review of the film: Flight of the Living Dead.*

House of the Dead (2003) **
	On an island off the coast of Florida, a college rave party is in full swing. But the kids' X-laced escapades are soon interrupted by zombies and monsters that attack them on the ground, from the air and in the sea. Seems the freaks are ruled by an ancient ghoul named Castillo, who once upon a time searched for a fountain of youth and eventually found it -- but at a hideous price.

House of 1,000 Corpses (2003) ***	*(Canada Only)*
	A group of couples stops for a gas fill-up when they happen upon Spaulding's Museum of Monsters and Madmen. Initially intrigued to hear about Dr. Satan, the unsuspecting kids soon become a sick family's source of torturous and murderous fun. Set in 1977 as a gory throwback to the blood-fests of the 1970s, writer-director Rob Zombie's over-the-top horror flick stars Sid Haig. This movie, by Rob Zombie, was a cult classic for years before it was even released-- with no studio willing to release. My zombie friends and I waited those years to see it. Did it live up to our expectations? Well, let's just say-- it lived up to the gore factor. There were a number of awesome photographed scenes, showing Zombie's flair for the dramatic, including an assassination that just goes on and on-- awesome!

Horror Planet (1981) *
	Investigating a distant planet, a group of interstellar explorers stumbles across a bizarre alien with breeding on its mind. To that end, it assaults team member Sandy (Judy Geeson), leaving her pregnant. Now, driven by the voracious needs of her unborn "child," Sandy develops an insatiable craving for her colleagues' flesh. With a ferocity only a mother protecting her young could muster, Sandy cannibalizes her crew with bloody abandon.
Iron Man (1994) Seasons 1-2 ***
	Iron Man is back in this animated series that aired from 1994 to 1996 as part of the "Marvel Action Hour." There's action right out of the gate when Iron Man goes up against the Mandarin and a deadly zombie army.

Infection (The Invasion Begins) (2010) *
	When convicted killer Deke Evans (Bryan Brewer) returns home after serving his sentence, he discovers that his once-peaceful town is now the epicenter of a plague that's morphing everyday citizens into flesh-hungry zombies. As Deke becomes a reluctant hero in the fight against the undead, a reporter sniffs out the truth that cryptic government agencies will do anything to hide. Howard Wexler directs this sci-fi thriller.

I Sell the Dead (2008) ***
	A grave robber reflects on his life of crime.

It's Alive (2008) ***
	While not exactly a zombie movie, it is a film about a baby that eats people. A zombie in training? A zombie-wanna-be? For new mom Lenore (Bijou Phillips), maternal bliss soon turns to horror when she discovers her little bundle of joy is a natural born killer who leaves a trail of dead in his tiny wake. As the death toll mounts, the doting mom can stay in denial for only so long. James Murray co-stars as the proud papa in director Josef Rusnak's chilling remake of Larry Cohen's 1974 cult horror hit.

Jennifer's Body (2009) ***	*(Canada Only)*
	Once again, this movie walks on the fringe of zombie-dom. Starring ultra-hot Megan Fox as Jennifer, we see the gradual transformation of her into a real man-eater. Is that zombie-ism, cannibalism, demon-ism...? After a supernatural romp with a satanic emo band, hot cheerleader Jennifer (Megan Fox) is transformed into a demon with an insatiable appetite for high school boys. Now, it's up to Jennifer's BFF, Needy (Amanda Seyfried), to protect the guys from the bloodthirsty man-eater. Penned by Diablo Cody (Juno), this one-of-a-kind horror comedy co-stars Adam Brody as the devil-worshipping band's lead singer. *This is technically a "demon movie"-- but the visceral experience is all zombie .*

Johnny Sunshine (2008) **
	In a world overrun by zombies, drugs and violence, entertainment is hard to come by. Enter Johnny Sunshine (Shey Bland), the beautiful yet cold-blooded assassin whose zombie-killing exploits are the basis for the world's most popular reality television show. When she discovers that her double-crossing producer has arranged to have her taken out, Johnny decides it's time to take her world-famous murdering skills behind the scenes.


Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) **
	An alien band of killer clowns descends from the cosmos to harvest scores of small-town victims, cocooning their prey in cotton candy to eat later. With the extraterrestrials disguised as simple circus workers, the authorities don't suspect a thing. But the joke is on the clowns when two streetwise teens (Grant Cramer and Suzanne Snyder), armed with an ice cream truck, do battle to save their friends in this cult favorite. These are not your friendly neighborhood walking dead-- they are clowns. From outer space. Who want to eat you. We have decided that eating people is a prerequisite for a zombie flick. Not a cannibal. Any other-worldly, government created, supernatural people-eating-thing. *And beside, Clowns (especially those spelled with the letter "K") scare the bejesus outta us!*

King of the Zombies (1941) **
	During World War 2, a small plane off the south coast of America is low on fuel and blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crashland on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The easily-spooked manservant soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies and ghosts. Exploring, the 3 find a voodoo ritual in the cellar, where the doctor is trying to acquire war intelligence by transferring personalities into his zombies. But the interruption causes the zombies to turn on their creator.

Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974) Seasons 1 ***
	Independent News Service reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) investigates the supernatural in this 1970s series. Kolchak has his work cut out for him as he tracks down Jack the Ripper, aliens, zombies, werewolves, vengeful spooks, Satanic dogs and a boogeyman from the Louisiana bogs. Guest stars include Richard Kiel, Phil Silvers, Keenan Wynn, Jamie Farr, Bernie Kopell, Tom Skerritt, Scatman Crothers, Dick Van Patten and Erik Estrada.

Lifeforce (1985) ***	*(Canada Only)*
	In director Tobe Hooper's stylized sci-fi horror flick, American and British astronauts on a joint mission exploring an alien spacecraft (concealed in Halley's Comet gaseous tail) discover that the vessel contains several seemingly human bodies. But after they're brought back to Earth, they come alive and start turning Londoners into zombies -- leaving only surviving astronaut Tom Carlsen (Steve Railsback) to save the planet. *Not your standard zombie flick. Want something different? This will do it.*

Make-Out with Violence (2008) ***
	A genre-bending tale of a boy trying to fulfill his unrequited love for a girl who has risen from the dead. It tells the story of twin brothers Patrick and Carol Darling, newly graduated from high school and struggling to come to terms with the mysterious disappearance of their friend, the bright and beautiful Wendy Hearst. When a drive through the countryside surrounding their suburban community leads to the discovery of Wendy's mysteriously animated corpse, the boys secretly transport the un-dead Wendy to an empty house in hopes of somehow bringing her back to life. As the sweltering summer pushes on, they must maintain the appearance of normalcy for their friends and family as they search for ways to revive the Wendy they once knew, or, failing that, to satisfy their own quests for love amongst the living and the dead.

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993) **
	Officer Matt Cordell's third ride from beyond the grave has him looking for a girlfriend. His ideal date should be nice, tender, and dead. He soon finds one in the person of a female officer killed by shop robbers. This gets him in trouble with some living officers, though...

Night of the Demons ***
	When she set out to throw the ultimate Halloween party, Angela Feld (Shannon Elizabeth) picked the spookiest site she could find: the rumored-to-be-cursed Broussard Mansion. But by "ultimate," she didn't mean for it to be her last. Still, thanks to gates that have inexplicably locked, Angela and her friends (Edward Furlong, Monica Keena, Bobbi Sue Luther, John F. Beach, Michael Copon and Diora Baird) are now trapped inside with no way out. (Night of the Demons says it is only streaming through Feb. 16, so it may not be worth listing.)

Night of the Living Dead (1968) ****
	Classic "zombie movie that started it all" about a young lady visiting a graveyard who seeks refuge in a nearby home with an assortment of various other passersby who find strange creatures attacking them from outside the house. Extremely low-budget and occasionally laughable in terms of flaws, George A. Romero's classic movie is riveting, horrifying and, quite simply, a classic of the genre.

Nightmare Alley (2010) ***
	A ghoulish host relates seven macabre stories. Zombie cowboys rampage across the prairie in "A Fistful of Innards." An evil satanic rat forces a man to do its murderous bidding in "Rebellion." A scummy loser inadvertently sets himself up on a date over the Internet with a vengeful ax-wielding ghost in "Death Chat." A slim gal bumps off her jerky husband and feeds him to a gross fat slob in "Meat." A homophobic punk dude butchers a gay guy in "Closet Case." A fey and pompous artist bumps off his shrewish spouse and uses her corpse for his artwork in "The Great Damone." A Jack the Ripper-style killer embarks on a lethal spree in "Slash of the Blade."

Oasis of the Zombies (aka Treasure of the Living Dead) (1981) *
	An expedition searching for treasure supposedly buried by the German army in the African desert during WW II comes up against an army of Nazi zombies guarding the fortune.

Otto; or, Up with Dead People (2008) **
	A young zombie named Otto appears on a remote highway. He has no idea where he came from or where he is going. After hitching a ride to Berlin and nesting in an abandoned amusement park, he begins to explore the city. Soon he is discovered by underground filmmaker Medea Yarn, who begins to make a documentary about him with the support of her girlfriend, Hella Bent, and her brother Adolf, who operates the camera. Meanwhile, Medea is still trying to finish Up with Dead People, the epic political-porno-zombie movie that she has been working on for years. She convinces its star, Fritz Fritze, to allow the vulnerable Otto to stay in his guest bedroom. When Otto discovers that he has a wallet that contains information about his past, before he was dead, he begins to remember details about his ex-boyfriend, Rudolf. He arranges to meet him at the schoolyard where they met, with devastating results. *Warning: Hardore sexuality.*

The People Under the Stairs (1991) ***	*(Canada Only)*
	Master of horror Wes Craven brings an urban twist to the classic fairy tale in the story of Fool, a 13-year-old lad who succumbs to ghetto pressures to steal from a local house. Fool's instant karma comes in the gruesome form of the house's residents -- an insane, deformed family of murderers. The perils of latchkey kids and warnings about absentee parents are the subtle social subtext as Fool and other victims try to escape the deadly home. *Yep-- there are flesh-eating zombies in that house. A whole mess of 'em in one house!*

Phantasm II (1988) ***
	In this 1980s sequel to a '70s cult classic, Mike (James LeGros) -- the teen hero of the earlier film -- has just been released from a mental hospital and is determined to resume his quest to destroy grave-robbing mortician, the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm). Enlisting the aid of his old pal, Reggie (Reggie Bannister), Mike must destroy the silver sphere-wielding menace before he harms the mysterious girl who's been appearing in Mike's dreams.

Pleasures of the Damned (1979 - 2005) **
	When a group of Satan worshiping bikers seek out a book holding the secrets of eternal life, they accidentally resurrect an ancient evil in the woods, that manifests itself in the zombified forms of cult members that killed themselves in the same woods some 200 years ago. Private Investigator, Jack Steele, while on a mission to help rescue Evelyn Crane's brother Tommy from the hands of the bikers, gets entangled in the situation, and may be the only one that can lay the curse to rest for good.

Pontypool (2008) ****
	A psychological thriller in which a deadly virus infects a small Ontario town.

Prince of Darkness (1987) ***
	A cylinder of mysterious, green liquid is found in an abandoned church. It may contain the ultimate evil: an ancient iniquity that longs to escape. Several physicists try to comprehend what's happening and race to save the world, even as they're being turned into zombies one by one. Director John Carpenter fills Prince of Darkness with his trademark mix of horror and humor.

Quarantine 2: Terminal (2011) ***
	A plane is taken over by a mysterious virus. When the plane lands it is placed under quarantine. Now a group of survivors must band together to survive the quarantine.

The Quick and the Undead (2006) **
	Eighty-two years ago a viral outbreak turned three quarters of the world population into the walking dead. Now, Bounty Hunters are humanity's only salvation.

Rammbock: Berlin Undead (2010) ***
	Just when Michael arrives in Berlin to visit his ex-girlfriend Gabi, a terrible virus starts spreading across the city at a rapid pace, turning people into mindless homicidal maniacs. Much to Michael's concern, Gabi's not home; instead, he meets Harper, a teenage plumber's apprentice at work in her apartment block. Together, they manage to barricade themselves when raging hordes of infected people swarm the building. Surrounded by these thirsty zombies, Michael and Harper have their hands full to survive - and it will take all of their ingenuity to make their way out to try and find Gabi.

.REC *****
	Trapped in a quarantined Barcelona apartment building with residents, firefighters and a growing horde of ravenous zombies, television reporter Angela (Manuela Velasco) and her cameraman, Pablo, record brutal deaths and terrifying events while trying to stay alive. Filmed entirely from unseen Pablo's point of view, this tension-filled Spanish horror film thrills viewers with its aggressive action. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró direct.

Resident Evil (Original) (2002) *****	*(Canada Only)*
	When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak. Alice (Milla Jovovich) and Rain (Michelle Rodriguez) are charged with leading the mission. But they only have three hours before the pathogen becomes airborne and infects the world. *Resident Evil (1) has style, blood, and a super hot kick-ass chick.*

Resident Evil – Degeneration (animated) (2008) ***
	A warrior seeking revenge unleashes a deadly virus in Harvardville. Responding to the threat are former special forces members Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield, who look to bring down a mutated monster before history repeats itself.

Resident Evil - Extinction (2007) ***
	In the final installment of the Resident Evil series, Milla Jovovich returns as zombie-killing soldier Alice, who's left to roam the ruins of Las Vegas with a small band of survivors when a string of viral outbreaks nearly wipes out humankind. Alice has always been obsessed with bringing down the Umbrella Corp. but now must battle the undead -- and her extinction. Oded Fehr, Mike Epps, Ali Larter and rhythm-and-blues singer Ashanti also star.

Retardead (2008) **
	The evil Dr. Stern returns, armed with a lethal intelligence serum that yields horrific results at the Butte County Institute for Special Education.

The Return of the Living Dead (1985) *****	*(Canada Only)*
	The freshly risen undead are ready to party in this horror-comedy that finds two employees of a medical supply company unwittingly releasing several zombies from cylinders in which they've been trapped for years. Soon, the local citizenry is forced to deal with a large-scale zombie epidemic as the nasty, brain-eating creatures go on a rampage -- hungry as ever and eager to make up for lost time! Dan O'Bannon (creator of the Alien franchise) directs. *(Easily one of my personal favorite zombie movies of ALL TIME!!!)*

Return of the Living Dead III (1993) **
	Colonel Reynolds and his group of government scientists continue their work on re-animating the dead for military use. His son Curt and his girlfriend Julie use Dad's security pass to sneak in and watch the proceedings. Later when father and son have a disagreement, Curt and Julie take off on a motorcycle and Julie is killed in an accident. Grief-stricken, Curt takes her body to the lab and brings her back to life. Curt must help Julie deal with her new existence as military agents and local gang members try to find them.

Return of the Living Dead 4-Necropolis (2005) **	*(Canada Only)*
	Life is pretty normal for high schoolers Julian (John Keefe) and Zeke (Elvin Dandel) until Julian's Uncle Charles (Peter Coyote), who conducts experiments for the evil Hybratech Corp. to re-animate the dead, brings a little bit of his work home with him. Things really get out of hand, however, when Julian discovers that his uncle's favorite test subjects are none other than his parents! Plenty of campy zombie zaniness ensues.

Return of Living Dead 5 (2005) **	*(Canada Only)*
	*Yep-- they keep makin' 'em.* Taking the Living Dead franchise another step further, this campy sequel finds the survivors of the Necropolis reviving bad habits and snooping around Uncle Charles's experiments. When they uncover a container filled with a substance called Trioxyn-5, they assume it must be safe and start selling it as a party drug. But when a Halloween rave transforms hundreds of Trioxyn-5 users into flesh-eating zombies, the scene gets way out of hand.

The Serpent and the Rainbow ****
	*Based on a TRUE story!* Anthropologist Dennis Alan (Bill Pullman) goes to Haiti in search of a mysterious voodoo powder that turns the living into semi-conscious zombies. But as Alan comes closer to unlocking the mystical drug, natives turn his life into a nightmare. He enlists the help of a doctor (Cathy Tyson), but their smarts are hardly a match for the black magic they're up against. Horror master Wes Craven directs this creepy tale based on a novel by Wade Davis. *Want to know alot more about how real Zombie culture began-- this is the movie for you.*

Severed (2005) ***
	A multi-national forestry company engages in genetic experimentation to increase logging yield in a remote section of forest. But the experimentation goes disastrously wrong, transforming a disparate group of loggers and environmental activists into the "infected" -- ravenous, zombie-like creatures who prey upon the few terrified survivors while they attempt to understand and control the disaster...

Shaolin vs. Evil Dead (2004) **
	Fan review: Amusingly cartoony tale of Taoist monks fighting demons and Chinese vampires, y'know, those odd hopping ones. An alright rental, but it end on a cliffhanger that leads into a sequel that I unfortunately saw first, so I was a bit blah on this film. Still an alright rental, give it a look.

Shaun of the Dead (2004) *****	*(Canada Only)*
	(A Classic!!!) Thirty-something slacker Shaun (Simon Pegg) has no clue what to do with his life or with his relationship with his girlfriend, Liz (Kate Ashfield). But motivation comes in the form of a freak zombie attack that has once-ordinary citizens terrorizing the streets of London. With support from his well-meaning best mate (Nick Frost), Shaun acts quickly to save Liz and his mother (Penelope Wilton) from danger. But is it simply too late for heroics? *(See how weapons used in this flick stack up with weapons used in other Zombie flicks).*

The Signal (2007) ***
	As glasses are raised for a New Year's Eve toast, the denizens of the city of Terminus fall prey to a mysterious transmission that pulses through all electronic devices and transforms rational, sane people into murderous, rampaging psychopaths. All forms of communication have been jammed, and now the airwaves have been saturated with an ominous signal that preys on fear and deep-rooted desire.

Stripperland (2011) **
	A strange virus causes the majority of the female population to turn into lethal carnivorous zombie strippers. A small band of survivors - amiable geek Idaho, laconic macho cowboy Frisco, spunky Virginia, and her scrappy sister West - embark on a dangerous cross country trek to get to Grandma's house in Portland, Oregon.

Sugar Hill (1974) *
	In this blaxploitation horror movie, a young woman enlists the aide of a voodoo priest to help her get revenge upon the gangsters who killed her lover. With a few incantations and magical spells, the priest raises an army of zombies. Later the film was cut and shown on TV as The Zombies of Sugar Hill.

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995) ***	*(Canada Only)*
	Many have argued that this is not a zombie movie. There have been many discussions on this site regarding what constitutes a zombie movie (Read Here!) For all intents and purposes this feels like a zombie movie, hits pretty much all the zombie attributes-- and is creepy as hell! A wanderer who goes by the name of Brayker (William Sadler) holds the last of seven keys that hold the power to eliminate evil and protect the world from darkness in this rousing horror flick. The evil Collector (Billy Zane), however, possesses the other six. Anxious to hold the final key, the Collector assembles a team of walking dead to take out Brayker, Jeryline (Jada Pinkett Smith) and the other residents of a rundown boarding house. *Technically a "demon movie"-- but the visceral experience is all zombie -- something is gonna eat you alive right around the corner.*

Tales of Terror (1962) ***
	Three tales of terror involve a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned; a drunkard and his wife's black cat; and a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death.

They Came Back (2004) ***
	The lives of the residents of a small French town are changed when thousands of the recently dead inexplicably come back to life and try to integrate themselves into society that has changed for them.

Tormented (2009) ***
	Sweet Justine (Tuppence Middleton) starts hanging out with hunky Alexis (Dimitri Leonidas), only to learn that he and his cool pals share a dark secret that led to the suicide of unpopular classmate Darren (Calvin Dean). Now, Darren is back from the grave, and it's his turn to torment his tormentors. Hell hath no fury like an asthmatic nerd scorned in this scary British teen horror, also starring Alex Pettyfer and April Pearson.

Trail of the Screaming Forehead (2007) **	*(Canada Only)*
	An attribute of zombie flicks is the loss of personal control of your body, as it seeks trouble. We're throwing this one in. Goofy, to say the least. Larry Blamire's outrageous parody of 1950s no-budget horror films concerns an army of disembodied alien foreheads that attach to the brows of humans -- and then take control of all their thoughts and actions. The invading foreheads take over the local population, and the bizarre attacks come to the attention of Dr. Bexter (Fay Masterson), a medical expert who's developed a unique compound called "foreheadazine," which just makes matters worse.

Under the Mountain (2009) ***
	Teenage twins Rachel (Sophie McBride) and Theo (Tom Cameron) discover the Wilberforces, ancient shape-shifting zombie-like fiends that live under a ring of extinct volcanoes in Auckland, New Zealand. Now the siblings must revive their special shared powers to destroy the evil creatures. Mysterious Mr. Jones (Sam Neill) and the twins' older cousin Ricky (Leon Wadham) help out in this fantasy adventure directed by Jonathan King. Under The Mountain was an official selection at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival.

Urban Legends - Bloody Mary (2005) **	*(Canada Only)*
	A homecoming-night dare turns into a runaway nightmare for a trio of high-school friends who unleash an evil spirit in this terrifying entry in the Urban Legends series from Pet Sematary director Mary Lambert. Everyone knows the legend of Bloody Mary, but when three high-school friends jokingly recite an ancient incantation for what they believe to be a harmless prank, a vengeful spirit is unleashed and their fate sealed. Later abducted by a group of intimidating high-school jocks, the trio is soon rescued, only to bear witness as their tormentors one by one fall prey to a deadly but unseen menace. Could it be their imagination or could the spirit of Bloody Mary truly have returned from the grave to seek vengeance for her death and make anyone who crosses her path suffer a horrible and agonizing death?

Valley of the Zombies (1946) **
	Dr. Maynard (Charles Trowbridge' ) tells Dr. Terry Evans (Robert Livingston) and his nurse, Susan Drake (Lorna Gray), about the theft of ten pints of blood from his lab. Later, he is visited by Ormand Murks (Ian Keith), a man Maynard had once had committed to an insane asylum and who later died from an operation, and Maynard learns that Murks is an example of living death whose abnormality is counter-acted only by blood. The doctor soon becomes Murk's unwilling blood donor. Murks' brother Fred (Earle Hodgins) threatens to expose him and he too is murdered. Terry and Susan find Maynard's body near an abandoned graveyard and this leads them to an estate where a partially obscured sign reads:"Murks Bros.,Undertakers." Susan is kidnapped.

The Video Dead (1987)
	A family takes delivery of a new TV set, unaware that it is the gateway by which killer zombies enter the world.

The Walking Dead (Season 1) *****
	Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to discover the world plagued by zombies and small bands of human survivors forced into small, fiercely protective groups. Falling back on his old job, Rick sets out to lead mankind out of darkness. Absolutely seat of your pants action!!! Easily one of the best shows on TV today!!! Bar none.

White Zombie (1932) ***
	*Considered to be one of the first zombie movies of all time. Yeah-- waaaay before Romero.* A young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiance, but instead turns her into a zombie slave.

Woke Up Dead (2010) ***	*(Canada Only)*
	This Web series recounts the story of loser Drex Greene, who wakes up dead after accepting a pill from a mysterious stranger. With the help of his roommate, Matt, and med student Cassie, Drex aims to discover why he's turning into a zombie.

Zombie Anonymous (aka Last Rites of the Dead) (2006) **
	In a world where the living and the dead coexist, a girl shot dead by her boyfriend struggles to make the transition into her new zombie lifestyle by attending Zombies Anonymous meetings and making new friends amongst the amiable undead. Angela (Gina Ramsden) is dead, the victim of a vicious shooting by her psychotic boyfriend Josh (Joshua Nelson). But despite the fact that Angela's heart may have stopped beating, she still has to go about living like everybody else. As Angela becomes a part of the new zombie society, she is introduced to a rotting subculture where look-alive face creams and all meat dinners help the mortally challenged feel like healthy, functional members of society.

The Zombie Apocalypse (2008) **
	Three ordinary university students are caught up in the chaos of a zombie apocalypse and the struggle to survive.

Zombie Diaries (2006) ****	*(Canada Only)*
	In the not-too-distant future, a mysterious plague has spread to every corner of the planet. Once it kills, the virus reanimates the dead, transforming them into flesh-eating zombies. This film reveals the terror through the eyes of its witnesses. Video cameras from a documentary film crew, a couple fleeing London (ground zero for the virus) and a band of survivors holed up in a barn capture the relentless zombie attack as it happens. *What "Diary of the Dead" (from Romero, listed elsewhere) should have been.*

Zombie Farm (2007) ***
	Hell has been unleashed on the small town of Muerto Verde when inbred cannibal farmers are turned into zombies after Taliban warriors poison the local water supply. The only hope for humanity are two FBI agents and four party-crazed college students.

Zombie High (1987) **
	A woman goes to previously all-male boarding school on a scholarship. She begins to separate herself from her boyfriend in order to devote more time to her new environment. Over a course of time she notices that more and more students have lost their individuality, and approach their activities in a lifeless and automatic manner. Eventually a diabolical plot fostered by the faculty begins to emerge.

Zombie Honeymoon (2005) **	*(Canada Only)*
	Newlyweds Danny (Graham Sibley) and Denise (Tracy Coogan) find their honeymoon cut short when a hideous sea monster kills the recent bridegroom. But, desperately in love with his wife, Danny returns from the grave as a flesh-eating zombie. The couple soon learns that marriage is all about compromises, with Denise trying to adjust to life with an undead husband and Danny trying to control his ghoulish appetite. Until death do us part, indeed.

Zombie Nation (2004) *
	A psycho cop with a weakness for killing his female arrests gets what's coming to him when a pack of zombie women rise from their graves in order to get proper revenge.

Zombie Town (2007) **
	Local mechanic Jake LaFond's life is suddenly disrupted when mysterious parasites transform the law-abiding citizens of his quaint hometown into hoards of cannibalistic zombies. Isolated from the outside world by an accident on the only road out of town, Jake turns to Alex, his ex-girlfriend, for help. Together they try to solve the mystery behind this rapidly spreading infection. As the town grows deadlier by the moment, Jake's gun-toting rival, Randy, becomes the third person in this trio of unlikely heroes and the battle is on. Between blood hungry grandmothers and lethal domestic animals, Jake, Alex and Randy must fight to make it through the night. Can they survive?

Zombie Women of Satan (2009) **
	A travelling group of freaks, headed up by Pervo the Clown, go to a rural farm to take part in a webcast interview to help them gain more followers and make the public aware of their awesome freakishness. Unbeknownest to our little group, however, this same rural farm is also home to a combined cult for women / zombie research laboratory.

ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009) ***
	Life is wonderful for the people in the quiet, island town of Port Gamble....until a zombie virus outbreak!

Zombies Zombies Zombies (2008) **
	When an unorthodox drug experiment conducted by a mad scientist transforms the residents of a small town into flesh-eating zombies, a motley crew of exotic dancers, pimps, hookers and johns are forced to take refuge inside a seedy strip club. Helmed by first-time filmmaker Jason Murphy, this zany, tongue-in-cheek horror-thriller stars FHM model Jessica Barton and Playboy Playmate Hollie Winnard. *You're gonna get what you expect.*

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Happy New Year from AMC's The Walking Dead

Thursday, December 29, 2011

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Calling all Zombie Literature Reviewers!

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Zombie Apocalypse -- Movie / TV Review

Saturday, December 24, 2011

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

"The Walking Dead" Trading Cards -- an UPDATE

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Ladies: Just in time for Christmas -- Zombie Tips!

Sunday, December 11, 2011

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