| Abraham Lincoln, Vampire hunter |
[Dec. 26th, 2009|07:48 am] |
Zombie Austen author moves on to
Abraham Lincoln, vampire hunterAuthor of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies lands major deal for presidential biography with added bloodsucking
See full story here.
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| Colin |
[Dec. 22nd, 2009|12:42 am] |
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The hype has been around for a while but I have finally caught up with the dvd of Colin - the zombie movie allegedly made for £45.
Colin has two major claims to fame. The first, as I stated is that it was made for only £45. I think this may have been a bit of a stretch. Even if everybody involved game their time for free and you dont count the cost of the camera, editing equipment or any other factors which would cost money if you had to buy from scratch, £45 is still a little hard to believe. I dont mean that to be a criticism of the film - its very good - I just doubt the figure they claim as total costs. The fact is that if they spent £4,500 making this film that would still be a massive achievement as it really does hold its own as a feature film and the makers should be proud of it whatever the costs.
The second claim to fame for Colin is probably more interesting. It has been proclaimed as the first film told from the zombie perspective. On a technicality, "I, Zombie" was a film which did this some years before but that had a very different premise as it featured an articulate man who had been infected slowly deterioration into zombie-ness. Colin by Comparison takes a man who rapidly descends into Romero style zombie-ness, and then continues his story. As far as I know it is the first film to do this and it does it very well.
The fact is this home-made film is really very good. It has a tight story and characters you empathise with and there is a good proportion of Hollywood output that cant boast that.
This week I have been mostly reading: The Samurai Film by Alain Silver |
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| The Changed? |
[Dec. 18th, 2009|11:57 am] |
I'm on the hunt for new books to read and having read through Max Brooks, David Wellington, the Permuted Press collection and some of Coscom Entertainment's selections I'm trying out other publishers.
Has anyone read The Changed by B.J. Burrow? It is published by Apex. |
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| Dying To Live |
[Dec. 17th, 2009|01:17 am] |
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This week I have been mostly reading: Dying To Live (a novel of life among the undead) by Kim Paffenroth
This is one of the best zombie novels Ive read in a long time. It starts off in a fairly standard post-outbreak world where Romero model zombies are doing their apocalyptic thang but it very quickly develops the main characters and sends them to some of the darkest places Ive seen explored in zombie (or any) fiction. I had only moderate expectations for this book but I was pleased and surprised to find that its a real page turner. |
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[Dec. 16th, 2009|03:35 pm] |
Hello all! I have never posted here before but have been watching for a year or so.
Currently I am writing my final paper for school on the likelihood of a zombie apocalypse and general zombie survival. I need to get opinions from real, preferably not undead, people on the subject and I thought: Who better to ask than ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) zombie_survival ? I realize here we all believe in the imminent threat of Zed, but when will he come for us?
Poll #1499884 Zombie Apocalypse
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 78 How likely do you feel a zombie apocalypse is in the next 100 years |
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