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ChaseThisLight · 30-04-2012, 21:02

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I feel sorry for Ving Rhames' career tbh.

He was in another really, really bad zombie movie...the Day of the Dead remake. So bad. I recall someone in it saying if you pour bleach over the bite, it will kill the infection.

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Originally Posted by Old Tom

And here comes the king...

This whole fight is so ridiculous, can't watch without a smile.

While this one takes the cake, I thought every fight in the movie was ridiculous. Were they all told to look like they were having a seizure while fighting?

Gandalph · 08-05-2012, 01:45

I made it 20 minutes into Night of the Living dead 2006....I'd actually say a real life zombie directed that trash

ChaseThisLight · 20-05-2012, 18:37

I can't decide if the movie I just watched is really bad, really stupid or just boring. Or maybe all three.

It's called Descendents (aka Solo) and it's a Chilean zombie flick, but it's in English.

It's narrated by a child, who is the main character, because kids can't get infected...or maybe just some kids, who have something in their neck. The zombies won't go near them and the uninfected try to kill them (after trying to experiment on them).

In the end there was a giant octopus...and gills and webbed feet and hands and...I'm really not sure what I just watched actually.

Owryan · 20-05-2012, 19:39

My nomination would be cowboys v zombies . Was on the horror ch. last week and it was beyond the "so bad its good" standard

Old Tom · 20-05-2012, 20:10

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Originally Posted by Owryan

My nomination would be cowboys v zombies . Was on the horror ch. last week and it was beyond the "so bad its good" standard

OH - MY - GOD.

....but I liked the boobs, this girl's a real roide

Greyjoy · 23-05-2012, 12:25

I've seen House of the Dead, the 'Day' remake and Zombie Apocalypse and they're all pretty terrible (except maybe in a 'so bad it's good' way). But my choice for worst zombie film is Survival of the Dead.

The previous film Diary of the Dead wasn't great but at least by restarting the timeline of the zombie outbreak Romero had the opportunity to do something fresh with the genre. He might have been able to say something interesting about new media but it was so heavy-handed it came across like your grandad ranting about facebook & twitter.

I had heard that Survival was even worse than Diary so I stayed away. Recently I stumbled across it on Netflix so I threw it on to see it for myself. It reeks of a director who just doesn't care anymore and is simply throwing random scenes and dialogue at the screen. it has a widely inconsistent tone that jerks from horror to slapstick comedy and then back again. I get that Romero is trying to do some sort of comedy-western-horror but none of it feels committed. The movie feels like Romero keeps changing his mind on a whim as to the tone from scene to scene.

Then there's just a litany of plot holes and bad writing : Spoiler:
If the families have been on the island for generations why do they all have stage 'Oirish' accents? Why do the islanders dress like they're in Arizona and not off the NE coast of America? if O'Flynn was sending people to the island purely to p*** off Muldoon why does he get outraged at discovering that Muldoon is killing the newcomers? How come Muldoon is willing to start a shooting war with O'Flynn at the start of the film to keep the zombies safe but then later in the stables Muldoon & his farmhands casually kill the zombies without a second thought?

The answer to these problems is probably that Romero is incapable of making a subtle point anymore. In order to hammer home his message he's got to make it in the bluntest, poorly written way possible.

The other films may be worse in terms of acting or effects but Survival is my worst choice because none of those other films disappoint me as much as this one does.

TerrorFirmer · 24-05-2012, 15:19

Devils Playground really isn't that bad. I found it watchable, and to put it in the same sentence as that abysmal Asylum/SyFy movie isn't fair at all - it's deserving of better. Not the best zombie movie you'll ever see, and not even a good one, really, but it's entirely watchable.

ChaseThisLight · 24-05-2012, 23:26

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Originally Posted by Greyjoy

The answer to these problems is probably that Romero is incapable of making a subtle point anymore. In order to hammer home his message he's got to make it in the bluntest, poorly written way possible.

I think that's part of it, but not all of it. I saw him start to go downhill with his zombies in Land of the Dead, when he started to try to humanize them. They're zombies, they shouldn't be humanized, they should be put down with a shot to the head.

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The other films may be worse in terms of acting or effects but Survival is my worst choice because none of those other films disappoint me as much as this one does.

Survival of the Dead is on my list of bad zombie films (and it's a growing list -why are so many complete crap?!). I was eager to watch it when it first came out, because it's Romero, but yeah, it was so disappointing on so many levels. As for their accents (and sometimes lack thereof; that was just as confusing) I actually asked a friend while I was watching, "Did they take the boat to Ireland?"

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Originally Posted by TerrorFirmer

Devils Playground really isn't that bad. I found it watchable, and to put it in the same sentence as that abysmal Asylum/SyFy movie isn't fair at all - it's deserving of better. Not the best zombie movie you'll ever see, and not even a good one, really, but it's entirely watchable.

Now I'm on the fence about watching Devils Playground...I don't mind a bad movie sometimes if it's watchable...

ladypip · 27-05-2012, 18:35

You people are all crazy the hands down champion of the worlds ****test Z movie is Brain Dead. I cant even elaborate on that because Ive spent the last two years blocking it out and bitterly regretting the time I wasted watching it.

Hootanany · 10-06-2012, 11:58

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1781812/ This end off muck.

southcentralts · 16-06-2012, 17:13

Cannot remember the name of the film, but in one scene a guy shot a zombie in the head and the zombie got up (I think camera zoomed through the hole in the zombies head to the very surprised guy with the gun) then the zombie ran at him, I am needless to say unsure if the guy survived!

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08-05-2012, 01:45	#17
Gandalph Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: on this website Posts: 946 Adverts \| Friends	I made it 20 minutes into Night of the Living dead 2006....I'd actually say a real life zombie directed that trash

20-05-2012, 18:37	#18
ChaseThisLight Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: in his arms Posts: 494 Adverts \| Friends	I can't decide if the movie I just watched is really bad, really stupid or just boring. Or maybe all three. It's called Descendents (aka Solo) and it's a Chilean zombie flick, but it's in English. It's narrated by a child, who is the main character, because kids can't get infected...or maybe just some kids, who have something in their neck. The zombies won't go near them and the uninfected try to kill them (after trying to experiment on them). In the end there was a giant octopus...and gills and webbed feet and hands and...I'm really not sure what I just watched actually.

20-05-2012, 19:39	#19
Owryan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,138 Adverts \| Friends	My nomination would be cowboys v zombies . Was on the horror ch. last week and it was beyond the "so bad its good" standard

23-05-2012, 12:25	#21
Greyjoy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 107 Adverts \| Friends	I've seen House of the Dead, the 'Day' remake and Zombie Apocalypse and they're all pretty terrible (except maybe in a 'so bad it's good' way). But my choice for worst zombie film is Survival of the Dead. The previous film Diary of the Dead wasn't great but at least by restarting the timeline of the zombie outbreak Romero had the opportunity to do something fresh with the genre. He might have been able to say something interesting about new media but it was so heavy-handed it came across like your grandad ranting about facebook & twitter. I had heard that Survival was even worse than Diary so I stayed away. Recently I stumbled across it on Netflix so I threw it on to see it for myself. It reeks of a director who just doesn't care anymore and is simply throwing random scenes and dialogue at the screen. it has a widely inconsistent tone that jerks from horror to slapstick comedy and then back again. I get that Romero is trying to do some sort of comedy-western-horror but none of it feels committed. The movie feels like Romero keeps changing his mind on a whim as to the tone from scene to scene. Then there's just a litany of plot holes and bad writing : Spoiler: If the families have been on the island for generations why do they all have stage 'Oirish' accents? Why do the islanders dress like they're in Arizona and not off the NE coast of America? if O'Flynn was sending people to the island purely to p*** off Muldoon why does he get outraged at discovering that Muldoon is killing the newcomers? How come Muldoon is willing to start a shooting war with O'Flynn at the start of the film to keep the zombies safe but then later in the stables Muldoon & his farmhands casually kill the zombies without a second thought? The answer to these problems is probably that Romero is incapable of making a subtle point anymore. In order to hammer home his message he's got to make it in the bluntest, poorly written way possible. The other films may be worse in terms of acting or effects but Survival is my worst choice because none of those other films disappoint me as much as this one does.

24-05-2012, 15:19	#22
TerrorFirmer Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Galway Posts: 18,729 Adverts \| Friends	Devils Playground really isn't that bad. I found it watchable, and to put it in the same sentence as that abysmal Asylum/SyFy movie isn't fair at all - it's deserving of better. Not the best zombie movie you'll ever see, and not even a good one, really, but it's entirely watchable.

27-05-2012, 18:35	#24
ladypip Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pacific playland Posts: 653 Adverts \| Friends	You people are all crazy the hands down champion of the worlds ****test Z movie is Brain Dead. I cant even elaborate on that because Ive spent the last two years blocking it out and bitterly regretting the time I wasted watching it.

10-06-2012, 11:58	#25
Hootanany Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Dublin Posts: 2,706 Adverts \| Friends	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1781812/ This end off muck.

16-06-2012, 17:13	#26
southcentralts Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: South Central Virgo Supercluster Posts: 420 Adverts \| Friends	Cannot remember the name of the film, but in one scene a guy shot a zombie in the head and the zombie got up (I think camera zoomed through the hole in the zombies head to the very surprised guy with the gun) then the zombie ran at him, I am needless to say unsure if the guy survived!