Dawn of the Dead rejects all of those genre norms and anarchistically embraces the collapse of Consumer Culture despite having nothing to prop up in its place
And even beyond his Living Dead series, George Romero was always a maverick independent filmmaker taking imaginative chances every time he stepped behind the camera.
I can honestly say that there’s not a single film in ten years of Easter Zombie Movies that creates as much tension and tangible anxiety in me like Pontypool.
They wanted Night of the Living Dead in color, but what they got was a fable of ecological disaster, the collapse of authority, and gore that set a new standard in realism.
The real horror of They Came Back is that despite the dead’s mysterious return, they never come back fully, and they are constantly preoccupied with leaving.
Despite this, del Toro continues to be an inspiration visually and imaginatively, creating films that are distinctly original and visually stunning, every time the lights go down and the screen lights up.
Comics in Focus: Chris Claremont’s X-Men is a documentary about a seismic shift in comics storytelling that laid the groundwork for the Marvel Comics of today.
