Zombie comedy

UNIT 6669 presents as a contained horror film. The concept is familiar in which a group of young adults are trapped inside a building with a masked killer, who stalks them one-by-one and kills them. This type of premise is considered tried and true, but because there have been so many films with the same concept, to be successful the story and/or the characters needs to offer the genre something new and refreshing. Thus, the script needs to find a more unique hook to stand out from other similar

Horror and Comedy have both been genres that stray very far from one another. In the last few years, many movies have starting appearing that combine the two, into a subgenre called comedy-horror. Two films in particular that use this subgenre are Zombieland and Shaun of the Dead. Zombieland is a film focusing on a young guy called Columbus who is in search for his family, and meets a few people along the way through the zombie apocalypse. Shaun of the Dead focuses on a middle-aged man called Shaun

In “The Movies that Rose From the Grave”, Max Brooks shows that over the years Zombies have long since evolved and throughout those years has become a very popular genre for audiences’ viewing. As it reaches peoples top interest it is unpredictable when its existence may cease. From its West African roots, Zombies have evolved and till this day still continue to become more modern. As stated in this article, Zombies come from a legend told in West Africa, but many other myths have been told in

I have determined that there are three different types of zombie movie. First, the movies that showcase the slow, but still startling zombies, like Night of the Living Dead. Night’s “zombies are slow, the humans just get themselves into trouble by reacting stupidly, or not paying enough attention to the problem.” (G.A. Romero) Next, films like Shaun of the Dead, which portray the sometimes amusing but still creepy zombies. And finally, movies like Day of the Dead (2008) which introduce the completely

1. Introduction Zombie movies have haunted movie theater screens since the 1930s. Yet, the definition of 'the zombie' has changed since the beginning of the new millennium. While a few decades ago, zombies were described as dead people who escaped their graves and started walking the earth again, new movies have altered that definition and now “[...] include still-living characters infected with an incurable disease that extinguishes their personalities and turns them into bloodthirsty killers”

with a bang; which alerts everyone that they might have perhaps stumbled upon not just any other zombie flick after all. From the twisted beginning to the soft-hearted end, Zombieland brings plenty of action and gore to go around. It also manages to stay incredibly witty and comedic throughout without losing focus on the main objective - zombies. Which that factor alone is easily appreciated by any zombie-fanatic around. However, those particular people are not the only ones that can draw

ANNOTATIONS​​2 The Annotated Bibliography Fido. (2006). Canada. Fido is a comedy and a horror movie at the same time. It was produced in 2006, and it depicts the zombies are portrayed as some old school living dead who shamble their feet in an uncertain gait. Their movement is slow, and they seem to be lost in between death and life. Their hunger for human flesh is enormous but in this town; the zombies are servants to the people. The director presents them as subjects to the humans. They are seen

continued to produce notable zombie films through the years, example like Dawn of the Dead (1978) which even had a remake in 2004 (Bishop 2006, pp. 196,199). Within the same year, saw two other major theatrical releases as well, namely Resident Evil: Apocalypse, a sequel to a movie based on the original video game and Shaun of the Dead, a comedy horror which attempts to poke fun at the genre’s clichés (Bishop 2006, p. 196). Off the big screen, saw the surge of zombie narratives being produced using

drama? Or action? Or maybe comedy? How about Zombie? Some people are interested in this movies genre. Maybe for some people this genre is creepy. But for people that interested in this genre, Zombie genre has it own adventage. And talking about Zombie genre, have you ever watched iZombie or Resident Evil: Apocalypse? If you are one of the people that like Zombie movies, you must ever watched at least one of these 2 zombie movies. So what the advantages between these two zombie movies? These two movies

In reading, the articles by Phillip Simpson and Christine Heckman, the routine story of blood and gore is interpreted as a reaction to our interest in the post-apocalyptic world. Simpsons article, “The Zombie Apocalypse is Upon Us!: Homeland Insecurity” was featured in a collection of texts regarding the Walking Dead. Following, Simpson directed the essay for the intended audience to be American citizens who watch or are wanting to learn more about The Walking Dead. Simpsons essay is a factual, persuasion