Originally Posted by Prosthetic

I don't know, yet. I liked the remake tons, but I haven't got around to seeing the original yet, since the local video store only carries the VHS version and I don't even have a VHS player anymore. One way or another, I'm going to figure this out. Maybe I'll be able to check it out today.



This was one aspect that I didn't like about it. Zombies shouldn't be able to run. It just doesn't make sense, and they're terrifying enough even if they have to move slow. Their sheer numbers were supposed to be what makes up for their lack of speed and genius. I actually enjoyed the movie though, despite my qualms about it.

Land of the dead, however, I found to be a God-awful movie, and a disgrace to zombie movies, PERIOD.

Originally Posted by MagicalVacation

Ah well, I disagree, zombies that just move slow aren't scary at all, you can just push them over or walk around them. But zombies that run after you :-D That's terrifying :-D

If I had to choose between being surrounded by a thousand really slow zombies, or ten really fast ones, I'd choose the thousand slow ones :-s

Originally Posted by acid

Alright, you really really have to see the 79 Dawn. Like now.

It's not about how terrifying one zombie is. It's not even about how terrifying the ten that you can see are. It's about how terrifying the idea that you cannot escape them. There is one of you, and there are millions and millions of them. Not matter how much ammo you have, you will not have enough to kill them all. No matter how far you run, they will eventually catch you. No matter how well defended and gaurded you are, they will get to you. The zombies themselves arn't scary. It's the idea of the helplessness and inevitable death at thier hands that is.

Originally Posted by MagicalVacation

Ah well, I disagree, zombies that just move slow aren't scary at all, you can just push them over or walk around them. But zombies that run after you :-D That's terrifying :-D

If I had to choose between being surrounded by a thousand really slow zombies, or ten really fast ones, I'd choose the thousand slow ones :-s

Originally Posted by Freddy Krueger

I liked LOTD, I mean if anyone can change the rules about the zombie genere Romero can since he created the genre. I just thought of it as a cool action/horror movie.

Originally Posted by Prosthetic

Night of the Living Dead was fantastic, even to todays standards

Originally Posted by knkwzrd

I'm a huge Romero fan, and I love Night Of The Living Dead, but you can't seriously hold that film to todays standards. I mean, with all the continuity mistakes and little goofs, not to mention a soundtrack lifted directly from another film and the mildly hokey acting you can hardly make that comparison. It's a very original, enjoyable movie, that's undeniable. But well made? Not really.

Originally Posted by Prosthetic

Sure, a movie that was made almost fourty years ago isn't going to stand up to today's film-making standards, but by God it was an excellent movie nevertheless, especially when compared to junk like Cry_Wolf, and See No Evil (with Kane).

Originally Posted by Foshi

"The Shining" is one of the best. Nicholson's performance was incredible. I also really like "Alien," and "Aliens." The one that scared the shit out of me when I was kid was "The Thing." That is pure freaky for a 12 year old kid and is still pretty good.

Originally Posted by knkwzrd

If anything, I think it's much more comparable to the films you mentioned than anything else that's coming out these days. They're low budget horror movies that very few people like upon release. I'm not saying I like those movies, but somebody must. Who knows what people will think of those films in fourty years. Certainly nobody thought Night Of The Living Dead would have any shelf life in 1968.

And there are movies that old and older that would stand up to todays standards. NOTLD is a very amateurish production, compared to other films released at the same time. Romero's work never did anything for me on an emotional level. I don't identify with the helplessness of the characters.

Originally Posted by kuttlas

I'm suprised no one has mentioned The Thing, considering its massive following. I originally saw it expecting a comic book action movie (because John Carpenter's name was on it) but even though it wasn't I was not disappointed. Plus it inspired (aka provided ripoff material for) Resident Evil 4, which is quite an accomplishment.