EZMM 2021 Day 9: Blood Quantum (2019) Paul Brian McCoy April 6, 2021 Zombies 101 Blood Quantum satisfies all my zombie film cravings and is one of the strongest genre entries in years.
EZMM 2021 Day 8.2: [Rec] 4: Apocalypse (2014) Paul Brian McCoy April 5, 2021 Zombies 101 Anyway, [Rec] 4: Apocalypse is a perfectly fine zombie movie set on a boat.
EZMM 2021 Day 8.1: [Rec] 3: Genesis (2012) Paul Brian McCoy April 5, 2021 Zombies 101 Granted, [Rec] 3: Genesis doesn’t really break new ground, but it is solid at what it does.
EZMM 2021 Day 7.2: [Rec]2 (2009) Paul Brian McCoy April 4, 2021 Zombies 101 [Rec] 2 opens with the final shot of the previous film before shifting our focus to a new set of cameras.
EZMM 2021 Day 7.1: [Rec] (2007) Paul Brian McCoy April 4, 2021 Zombies 101 [Rec] is a film that puts people in peril and then steps on the gas, refusing to let up until the shocking final moments.
EZMM 2021 Day 6: Dead Shack (2017) Paul Brian McCoy April 3, 2021 Zombies 101 Dead Shack is not heavy on scares and the zombies are practically an afterthought, but if you like juvenile humor there’s a dark streak to this film that delivers in the end.
EZMM 2021 Day 5: Night of the Seagulls (1975) Paul Brian McCoy April 2, 2021 Zombies 101 While the ending of Night of the Seagulls isn’t a bombastic action-packed finale, I wasn’t as dissatisfied as many other reviewers.
EZMM 2021 Day 4: The Ghost Galleon (1974) Paul Brian McCoy April 1, 2021 Zombies 101 The Ghost Galleon is essentially another reboot/reimagining of the basic concept of undead, blood-drinking, flesh eating Templar knights with little to no relation to the previous two films.
EZMM 2021 Day 2: Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972) Paul Brian McCoy March 30, 2021 Zombies 101 Tombs of the Blind Dead is an artful and well-paced film that looks great but leans a bit too heavily into misogyny to reach its climax.
EZMM 2021 Day 1: Train to Busan Presents – Peninsula (2020) Paul Brian McCoy March 29, 2021 Zombies 101 Peninsula is bigger, a little dumb, but has a great Escape from New York/John Wick/Fury Road vibe that really resonated with me.
EZMM 2022 Day 7: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) Paul Brian McCoy April 17, 2022 Zombies 101 While I really didn’t like Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City very much, I want to give it a fair shake.
EZMM 2022 Day 6: Kingdom: Ashin of the North (2021) Paul Brian McCoy April 16, 2022 Zombies 101 Vengeance. That’s what Ashin is doing. That’s what she’s been doing from behind the scenes all along.
EZMM 2022 Day 9: All of Us Are Dead S1 E7-12 Paul Brian McCoy April 19, 2022 Zombies 101 There are enough plot threads left dangling to give us a good launching point for a future second season, but if that doesn’t happen, All of Us Are Dead can stand as a solid one-and-done.
EZMM 2022 Day 8: Return of the Living Dead III (1993) Paul Brian McCoy April 18, 2022 Zombies 101 Return of the Living Dead III is, quite simply, one of the best examples of the genre.
EZMM 2022 Day 5: Wyrmwood: Apocalypse (2022) Paul Brian McCoy April 15, 2022 Zombies 101 Wyrmwood: Apocalypse is definitely a more mature film from definitely more experienced filmmakers.
EZMM 2022 Day 4: All of Us Are Dead S1 E1-6 Paul Brian McCoy April 14, 2022 Zombies 101 All of Us Are Dead proves that even though some audiences might be tired of zombies, with enough creative talent there are always opportunities to tell compelling and entertaining stories.
EZMM 2022 Day 3: The House by the Cemetery (1981) Paul Brian McCoy April 13, 2022 Zombies 101 The House by the Cemetery fails on just about every level as a continuation of the Gates of Hell series.
EZMM 2022 Day 2: The Beyond (1981) Paul Brian McCoy April 12, 2022 Zombies 101 There’s a sense of inevitability to the surreal stream of grotesque, violent imagery in The Beyond.
EZMM 2022 Day 1: City of the Living Dead, or Gates of Hell (1980) Paul Brian McCoy April 11, 2022 Zombies 101 The undead in City of the Living Dead are from Hell. Literally.
Cahiers du Horror 09: Director Roundup July 2021 Fred L. Taulbee Jr. July 28, 2021 Cahiers du Horror We at Psycho Drive-In loved Busanhaeng/Train to Busan.
