ThinkZombie.com -- pondering of the living dead » Western movie http://www.thinkzombie.com An undead zombie commentary on the living and all things reanimated. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:09:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 “Howdy, said ol’ Zed.” – SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD bites a chunk out of the classic Westerns http://www.thinkzombie.com/2010/05/16/howdy-said-ol-zed-survival-of-the-dead-bites-the-chunk-out-of-the-classic-westerns/ http://www.thinkzombie.com/2010/05/16/howdy-said-ol-zed-survival-of-the-dead-bites-the-chunk-out-of-the-classic-westerns/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 18:12:14 +0000 funkypope http://www.thinkzombie.com/?p=243 SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD is Romero’s latest art installation of his alpha z-mythology, what’s under the umbrella of “del muerte.”

Mr. Romero begins with a philosophical query into the nature of human behavior under stress, as I perceive it, his dead films follow through on questions of human response to disaster & duress. His observation in cinema form fits the model of modern cable news cycles. Think about the ubiquitous distant spotlight on news anchors knee-deep in the fire, flood, terror, tragedy. Slowburn zombies are the stars today, and despite the occasionally mediocre elements,

SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD could absolutely play in black & white, as an old time 1950s creature feature. Something new and something old, that’s exactly what I crave for modern horror. Romero continues legit academic scholarship in the field of the literature of the living dead. 3/5 cannibals in cowboy hats.

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