Zombie Coming of Age
Films from the zombie's perspective or, at a push, where they are a sympathetic, leading protagonist who is fighting their baser urges. It is time to stick up for the rights of undead Americans and their decaying brethren worldwide. There were a few precursors to this type of film but it really seems to have taken off from 2004 onwards, possibly because of the glut of recent zombie movies which has caused film-makers to cast around for another angle of attack. Drawing the line is always going to be tricky here - Bud from Day of the Dead might count as could Big Daddy from Land of the Dead, but this seems to be part of Romero's exploration of the evolution of the zombie, re-learning lost tasks but, to my mind anyway, there seems to be a line lying between them and Fido. However, I'm open to being persuaded on this point. See also: The vengeful dead, where the dead are returned with one thing on their mind (and it isn't cannibalism - the clues in the title) and they tend to be more compos mentis, where in this list they can often find themselves struggling with diminishing mental abilities and an increasing taste for human flesh. Also contagious violence films sometimes have a similar angle to this as they are infected, rather than being reanimated, so may try and hold off the effects of the virus as long as possible or try and cope with it (as in, for example, The Defiled). Further reading: 12 Zombie Movies that Root for the Zombies: http://io9.com/5943647/12-zombie-movies-that-root-for-the-zombies
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- DirectorGrace LeeStarsAustin BasisJane Edith WilsonAl VicentePic documents the daily lives of a small community of the living deceased who make their home in Los Angeles.
- DirectorNick PoppyStarsEd HelmsAnne HarrisAnne HarrisMeet Glen. Glen (Ed Helms of The Daily Show) likes to read, do crosswords, and play basketball. He's on the lookout for a girlfriend. Oh, and one other thing-Glen is a Zombie-American. This educational documentary will help audiences understand the challenges zombies face in our society. As a plea for tolerance, it aims to clear up many of the terrible stereotypes and misconceptions we have about zombies. It is the filmmaker's hope that this film will help people understand that zombies are just like everybody else...if everybody else is a walking, talking, rotting corpse.Available to watch online:
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/2907/zombieamerican-chapter-one-from-ed-helms
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3730/zombie-american-chapter-2-from-ed-helms
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4424/zombie-american-chapter-3-from-ed-helms - DirectorBrett PierceDrew T. PierceStarsMichael McKiddyRoss KidderMarkus TaylorTwo inexplicably coherent zombies awake amidst a zombie attack, and decide to take a road trip to find the one's lost love, unaware they are being chased by the agents of a ruthless company with its own agenda.There is a zombie apocalypse, but two of the zombies still have their senses and set off to solve the mystery of how one of them died. Decent comedy, with some nice winks to zombie cinema.
- DirectorMatthew KohnenStarsMatthew DavisJulianna RobinsonMichael Grant TerryTurning the zombie film on its head, this film is an oddball comedy from the perspective of the brain munching monsters themselves.A nice twist, as the zombies imagine they are actually super-soldiers while everyone else are the infected, so a bit of a nod to the contagious violence films too, with their fast "zombies".
- DirectorD. Kerry PriorStarsDavid AndersChris WyldeLouise GriffithsIn Los Angeles, a fallen soldier who has joined the ranks of the living dead reunites with his best friend in order to deal with the city's drug dealers and killers - a perfect way to collect the blood that one of them so desperately needs.Excellent film, drawing more on the creature from European folklore, showing the disastrous (and humorous) consequences of being undead.
- DirectorBrian YuznaStarsJ. Trevor EdmondMelinda ClarkeKent McCordHaving recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught youth performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident.
- DirectorBob BalabanStarsAndrew LoweryTraci LindDanny ZornA teenage boy comes back from the dead because he is determined to win the most beautiful girl in school.
- DirectorMarc PriceStarsAlastair KirtonDaisy AitkensLeanne PammenOur 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.
- DirectorMarc FrattoStarsJenny GreemanJoseph DeVitoYarusha JimenezMeet Angela. She is the perfect neighbor. She is quiet, young, pretty and keeps to herself. But Angela is different. Very different... She is dead.aka Zombies Anonymous
A competent enough attempt at a serious take on the subject (a lot of the other films are comedies) but the crude hackjob that passed off as editing[1] resulted in the last 15-20 minutes of the film making no sense at all. If you track down a version that is longer than 91 minutes then you might want to consider giving this a spin, otherwise don't bother.
[1] http://www.schnittberichte.com/report.php?ID=895131 - DirectorMatthias DinterStarsTino MewesManuel CortezThomas SchmiederThree not-so-cool school friends decide to try a old voodoo ritual. Later, they die in a car accident, but live on as zombies. But being a zombie has advantages, too...aka Night of the Living Dorks
- DirectorStephen BradleyStarsSamantha MumbaDavid LeonTadhg MurphyA boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother as a flesh-craving zombie, who sires more teen undead while trying to control his, er, appetite for his beloved.Similar to My Boyfriend's Back.
- DirectorDavid GebroeStarsTracy CooganGraham SibleyTonya CornelisseZombie Honeymoon is a gore-soaked exploration of how far the boundaries of true love can be pushed without reaching a breaking point.
- DirectorAndrew CurrieStarsKesun LoderBilly ConnollyCarrie-Anne MossIn an Earthly world resembling the 1950s, a cloud of space radiation has shrouded the planet, resulting in the dead becoming zombies that desire live human flesh. A company called Zomcon has been able to control the zombie population. Zombies can be temporarily neutralized by being shot, but can only be permanently neutralized by their brain being destroyed. Their ultimate disposal is through cremation, or burial, the latter which requires decapitation with the head being buried separately from the body. Conversely, Zomcon has created the domestication collar, when activated and placed on a zombie makes the zombie controllable, and thus an eternally productive creature within society. Because all dead initially become zombies, the elderly are viewed negatively and suspectly. And all people, adult or child, learn to shoot to kill to protect society. Zomcon is the go to organization for all things zombie. In the town of Willard, the Robinsons - father Bill (Dylan Baker), mother Helen (Carrie-Anne Moss), and adolescent son Timmy (Kesun Loder) - are one family who don't own a zombie as a domestic, since Bill is afraid of zombies, as, when he was a child, he had to shoot his own zombie father, who tried to eat him. Bill has thus become fascinated with funerals to see zombies put away permanently. But Helen feels pressured to get a zombie when Zomcon's new head of security in Willard, the officious Jonathan Bottoms (Henry Czerny), moves into the neighborhood with his family. Never having had to deal with a zombie directly, Timmy is initially wary of their zombie. But as a lonely child who has no friends and is often bullied, Timmy eventually befriends their zombie, who he names Fido (Sir Billy Connolly), as he treats the zombie much like a faithful pet dog. Timmy protects Fido at all cost, even after Fido, due to no fault of its own, is implicated in some deaths, which creates a mini-wave of loose zombies unknown to Zomcon. But Fido may play a larger role within the family as a companion for Helen, who is largely neglected by Bill, since he sees human affection as ultimately resulting in such difficult issues as what happened between him and his own father. With Timmy and Helen treating Fido with kindness, Fido, in turn, may prove that not all zombies, even when without their domestication collar, are out to kill anyone and everyone in their path.In which the zombie "Fido" (played by Billy Connolly in one of his best big screen performances) is one of the main characters who, whilst essentially brain dead and cannibalistic, manages to perform the role of Lassie, Skippy or Flipper.
- DirectorRyan GrahamStarsSteve ThomasMichelle TroutScott GrahamAn 80's rock star, a corporate lackey, and an evil mother-in-law all die bizarre deaths. But when the dead suddenly start coming back to life, these three zombies find that picking up where they left off isn't as easy as they'd hoped.
- DirectorBlake ReigleStarsKurt FinneyTiffany FoxAndy FreemanTruth is a virtue one cannot cover up. Set behind the idyllic neighborhoods of Orange County, Ethan spends his days drawing comic books and dreaming of a happy life with his childhood love Kahlah. However, wedged fatally between them lies Kahlah's boyfriend Shane and his gang of corrupt goons. Threatened by Ethan, Shane's insidious plot to exact revenge comes at the cost of Kahlah and her innocence. Fortunately for Ethan, his archaeologist neighbor Angelica opens his eyes to a world beyond his wildest imagination. Immersed among archaeological materials, Ethan makes a discovery that leads him beyond the realm of living and into a forgotten past. Now he must walk a fine line to prevent all hell from breaking loose. To find out if Kahlah can bring her culprit to justice, if relationships beyond the grave can survive, and what will become of an exposed community, you must go Beneath the Surface. If you want to find the truth, all you have to do is dig.
- DirectorFred VogelStarsCamille KeatonDamien A. MaruscakHarvey DanielsA paralyzed soldier returns from war to his family in worse shape than anyone at home could imagine.
- DirectorRen BloodStarsWilliam CuttingKelly PeteringMyles McLaneLoser Ed has a lame job, a crappy apartment and no hope of a girlfriend. None of this mattered to Ed until he woke up one morning to find he had "gone zombie". Being a human loser is bad, but is being a Zombie worse? How does Ed become the Zombie he was always meant to be?
- DirectorPatrice DinhutStarsJohn BillingsleyDean CainColleen CampAfter 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!
- DirectorJoe DanteStarsThea GillJon TenneyTerry David MulliganA hotshot White House speech writer deals with the publicity nightmare of his life when recently deceased soldiers return from beyond the grave.
- DirectorDaniel KnightStarsCassie DartDaniel KnightA documentary crew follows a socially inept zombie around for a day providing intimate insight into the heart-wrenching world of the walking dead.Watch on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7Zhn234jQY - DirectorRobin CampilloStarsGéraldine PailhasJonathan ZaccaïFrédéric PierrotThe 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.
- DirectorAkihiko ShiotaStarsTsuyoshi KusanagiYûko TakeuchiYuriko IshidaWhen the dead come back to life, an inspector is sent to the town of Aso.
- DirectorJ.T. SeatonStarsPeter SticklesMichelle TomlinsonLynn LowryAddiction can ruin lives, especially when you're a zombie like George. After he eats one too many people, George's concerned friends decide it's their job to support him on a journey to recovery.
- DirectorNicholas HumphriesStarsAlex DafoeClaire LindsayJuan RiedingerAl, a nine to five working class zombie, has to overcome social misnomers in an attempt to be accepted among his peers.Watch on Vimeo:
http://vimeo.com/20474926