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 Day 3: Return of the Blind Dead (1973) Paul Brian McCoy March 31, 2021 Zombies 101 Return of the Blind Dead is a marked improvement over the first film, despite Tombs being a solid entry in the genre.
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.
Easter Zombie Movie Marathon 2020 Review Round-up Paul Brian McCoy April 15, 2020 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 2020 Day 9.2: Rabid (2019) Paul Brian McCoy April 14, 2020 Zombies 101 This version of Rabid begins as a Cinderella story but takes a hard turn into body horror.
EZMM 2020 Day 9.1: Rabid (1977) Paul Brian McCoy April 14, 2020 Video Word Made Flesh, Zombies 101 Rabid is clearly a movie by a director who is still learning his craft.
EZMM 2020 Day 8.2: Little Monsters (2019) Paul Brian McCoy April 13, 2020 Zombies 101 Once we get to the petting zoo, Little Monsters becomes the Lupita Nyong’o show.
EZMM 2020 Day 8.1: Zomboat Episodes 1.04-1.06 Paul Brian McCoy April 13, 2020 Zombies 101 Zomboat kind of plateaus after Episode 3, but the good news is that it maintains a high level of quality all the way through to the end.
EZMM 2020 Day 7.2: Bong of the Living Dead (2017) Paul Brian McCoy April 12, 2020 Zombies 101 It’s a mixed bag and doesn’t always land its comedic punches, but overall, Bong of the Living Dead isn’t a bad way to spend the evening.
EZMM 2020 Day 7.1: Zomboat Episodes 1.01-1.03 Paul Brian McCoy April 12, 2020 Zombies 101 Another nice touch is that Zomboat isn’t afraid to go all in on the gore effects.
EZMM 2020 Day 6.2: Rampant (2018) Paul Brian McCoy April 11, 2020 Zombies 101 The rest of Rampant is essentially the exact same plot of the Season Two finale of Kingdom (while also being reminiscent of the White Walker battle at the end of Game of Thrones).
EZMM 2020 Day 6.1: Kingdom Episodes 2.05-2.06 Paul Brian McCoy April 11, 2020 Zombies 101 These final two episodes of Kingdom did everything right that Game of Thrones did wrong in it’s finale.
