Wicked Little Things

In retrospect, I shouldn't have watched this movie after watching Unrest. The previous movie was SO good this one would have had to be amazing just to keep up - needless to say... it did not.

The Good:
From looking at the cover art and reading the brief synopsis on the back I gathered I was in for some zombie children goodness - and the zombie children really were the only good thing about the film. They were amazingly creepy. Their movements, their look - and those eyes - even if they had been standing there doing something completely normal those eyes would be creepy.

The Bad:
The plot was awkward and heavy on gleaning from other/better zombie flicks.

The actors were just not good and were constantly doing things that made you think "why would you do that?" or "why didn't you do this?".

You were supposed to feel sorry for some of the characters - but you just didn't.

You were supposed to dislike others - but you just didn't.

In the end you just didn't care what happened to any of them and ultimately just wanted the movie to come to an end. Blissfully - it did.

All in All:
I really didn't think this was worth watching at all. I also didn't understand what was so "questionable" about this movie that made it impossible to get into theaters except as a part of this film festival. I think the only reason this film was never released was that it was bad.

Mortuary

The Good:
Well - the mortuary itself and some of the "stitching up the dead people" scenes were pretty creepy.

The Bad:
It was bad. Just plain bad. I don't even know where to start - it was all bad.

Tasha Yar (aka Denise Crosby) what has happened to you?

All in all:
Do not pass go, do not collect $200 - do not see this film. Even zombies can't save it.

Stacy

The Good:
There was only one good thing about this movie. The chainsaw sold to "repeat-kill" the Stacys - "Bruce Campbell's Right Hand" - complete with infomercials. Brilliant.

Close runner up - "Romero Repeat-Kill Troops".

The Bad:
The acting was horrible.

The effects were horrible.

The story was horrible.

All in all:
I think this movie was trying to tell some kind of story - but I never did figure out what it was. Just don't bother, unless you want to try to explain it to me.

Flight of the Living Dead

The Good:
I have nothing good to say about this movie.

The Bad:
Everything. The acting, the plot (or lack there of), the effects, the sound, the camera angles, the makeup, the lighting. It was all horribly stinky bad.

The Tiger Woods wannabe guy was probably the worst of all.

Over All:
I'm sick of these mother fucking zombies on this mother fucking plane!

28 Weeks Later

The Good:
Brilliant, brilliant movie. Loved 28 Days Later (though was a bit pissed with the ridiculous ending until I found out later that the original ending was voted down after it's release in Britain for being "too much of a downer" and replaced with the crappier unbelievable ending we got in the States). This was an excellent sequel. Really made you follow the process of what would/could happen if this situation was real.

Great reuse of some of the sequences that reinforced the deja-vu feeling that this had all happened before. This film even reused a lot of the first film's music, which again added to the effect. Just amazingly well done. You're sitting there the whole movie and you buy into it all. Yes - Americans would totally be that stupid. These guys are our generations George Romero. These movies are a total allegory for what's going on politically in the world and it's great to watch whether you see that or just like the Rage Zombies.

I have always been a fan of Robert Carlyle, and this is no exception.

The Bad:
It left you wanting more, which may be the intent if there is to be a 28 Months or 28 Years later in the future.

Over All:
If you like Romero, see it. If you liked 28 Days, see it. If you like RC, see it. If you like zombies, see it. If you like none of these things, may god save your soul.