Easter Zombie Movie Marathon 2019 Round-up Paul Brian McCoy April 24, 2019 Zombies 101 Don’t want to go searching through the site for all the Easter Zombie Movie Marathon reviews for this year? You’re in luck!
EZMM 2019 Day 9.1: Cargo (2018) Paul Brian McCoy April 23, 2019 Zombies 101 Cargo helped to elevate the marathon above the standard zombie fare, and that’s really what makes this annual event worth it.
EZMM 2019 Day 8.1: Outpost (2008) Paul Brian McCoy April 22, 2019 Zombies 101 After watching Overlord, I realized that we’d never watched Outpost for an Easter Zombie Movie Marathon.
EZMM 2019 Day 7.2: Overlord (2018) Paul Brian McCoy April 21, 2019 Zombies 101 Overlord is a solid entry in the zombie canon, with strong performances, spectacular effects and more than a few good gore gross-outs.
EZMM 2019 Day 7.1: Black Summer Episodes 1.06, 1.07, 1.08 Paul Brian McCoy April 21, 2019 Zombies 101 I almost don’t want a second season at this point. I’m perfectly happy with Black Summer standing alone as a 4 hour and 40 minute long zombie epic.
EZMM 2019 Day 6.1: Ravenous (Les Affames) 2017 Paul Brian McCoy April 20, 2019 Zombies 101 Ravenous is easily the best film we’ve seen this year so far, and ranks as one of the strongest entries in eleven years of the marathon.
EZMM 2019 Day 5.2: Kingdom Episode 1.06 Paul Brian McCoy April 19, 2019 Zombies 101 The first season finale of Kingdom was pretty much up to the standard of each episode so far.
EZMM 2019 Day 5.1: Locked Away (2006-2017) Paul Brian McCoy April 19, 2019 Zombies 101 Locked Away is a film that aspiring low/no budget horror filmmakers should probably put on their watch list.
EZMM 2019 Day 4.2: Kingdom Episode 1.05 Paul Brian McCoy April 18, 2019 Zombies 101 This episode was a bit of a return to the slow burn of the opening chapters but does a good job maintaining and building tension while also laying out new mysteries to unravel.
EZMM 2019 Day 4.1: The Rezort (2015) Paul Brian McCoy April 18, 2019 Zombies 101 Overall, The Rezort isn’t a horrible way to spend your evening.
EZMM 2019 Day 3.2: Black Summer Episode 1.05 Paul Brian McCoy April 17, 2019 Zombies 101 After three straight low-dialogue episodes, Black Summer slows down a little to let us catch up with everybody.
EZMM 2019 Day 3.1: Kingdom Episodes 1.03 & 1.04 Paul Brian McCoy April 17, 2019 Zombies 101 The way Kingdom leans into the different threats during the days and nights is really one of its main strengths.
EZMM 2019 Day 2.2: Black Summer Episodes 1.03 & 1.04 Paul Brian McCoy April 16, 2019 Zombies 101 Really, this episode perfectly captures what I’m digging most about Black Summer.
EZMM 2019 Day 2.1: Kingdom Episodes 1.01 & 1.02 Paul Brian McCoy April 16, 2019 Zombies 101 The first episode is a bit of a slow burn, but the series director, Kim Seong-hun, has a beautiful eye and every shot of Kingdom is gorgeous.
EZMM 2018 Day 9.2: George A. Romero – Land of the Dead (2005) Paul Brian McCoy April 3, 2018 Zombies 101 Overall, Land of the Dead is a solid entry in the series – the last solid entry, unfortunately.
EZMM 2018 Day 9.1: George A. Romero – Day of the Dead (1985) Paul Brian McCoy April 3, 2018 Zombies 101 Day of the Dead is bleak and nihilistic with an anarchist streak a mile-wide and it’s one of the single best zombie films of the past fifty years.
EZMM 2018 Day 8.2: George A. Romero – Dawn of the Dead (1978) Paul Brian McCoy April 2, 2018 Zombies 101 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
EZMM 2018 Day 8.1: George A. Romero – Night of the Living Dead (1968) Paul Brian McCoy April 2, 2018 Zombies 101 Every single film or television show you watch with flesh-eating zombies in it is either inspired by, or responding to, Night of the Living Dead.
EZMM 2018 Day 7.2: George A. Romero – A Retrospective Paul Brian McCoy April 1, 2018 Zombies 101 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.
EZMM 2018 Day 7.1: The Girl With All The Gifts (2017) Paul Brian McCoy April 1, 2018 Zombies 101 Risks have to be taken and The Girl with All the Gifts takes them and runs with them.
