Oh Spike! Still only 12 years old, he’s looked after himself for 28 days even by the end of the last film – but now he’s part of a gang and it’s not pretty. Check out my plot recap including that ending. (Or you can read my 4.5 star review here) There are two main… 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple – that ending plus a plot recap Read More
The Bone Temple: faith, family, Duran Duran and fake tan
There’s so much about what’s gone wrong with Britain in the 28 Years Later films it’s like being mugged by a zombie Guardianista. I half expected a new breed of infected that just wags a finger and shakes its head at the survivors while looking saddened. Still, at least it’s done entertainingly and not via… The Bone Temple: faith, family, Duran Duran and fake tan Read More
Abandonment, isolation and memory in 28 Years Later – plus what comes next?
It’s fair to say that at the end of the world, God – like our Government, NATO and the UN – has forsaken us poor Brits. It doesn’t stop Him having an effect though, whether through Dr Kelson’s cleansing of the dead or Sir Jimmy Crystal’s warped cult. And really, being abandoned by our leaders,… Abandonment, isolation and memory in 28 Years Later – plus what comes next? Read More
28 Years Later plot recap: who, how, where… WHAT?!
The film starts with a flashback to the early days of the virus, with a young boy called Jimmy watching Teletubbies with his siblings somewhere in Scotland. The house is invaded by infected and his mother screams at him to flee – he makes it to the nearby church, where his father, the minister, is… 28 Years Later plot recap: who, how, where… WHAT?! Read More
28 Years Later 5 stars
28 years after the Rage virus decimated Britain, a young boy ventures onto the mainland to save his sick mother Unsurprisingly in Britain, a zombie apocalypse doesn’t even put a dent in our class system. Rather, the Infected seem to have embraced it: a few alpha leaders, tall, lean and strong, surrounded by upright minions,… 28 Years Later Read More
INTERVIEW: “We have a very morbid sense of humour here in Ireland…” Adam William Cahill on his Millennial zomcom Follow The Dead
Zombies, lacking any profound intentionality, just create the environment to let us see the worst of ourselves come to the fore. Adam William Cahill Writer-director Adam William Cahill’s first feature, the highly entertaining zomcom Follow The Dead, looks at how a family of soft Millennials in Ireland’s County Offaly cope as unverified viral videos claim that… INTERVIEW: “We have a very morbid sense of humour here in Ireland…” Adam William Cahill on his Millennial zomcom Follow The Dead Read More
No stoner unturned? Follow The Dead explained (sort of)
Spoilers aplenty so a big blood-soaked “KEEP OUT” sign, grasped by a blotchy hand reaching up from the soil, if you don’t want to know what happens, or how it ends… (If you just want to read my review it’s here.) Zombies facing off with Millennials? As a woman of a certain age I’m still… No stoner unturned? Follow The Dead explained (sort of) Read More
Follow The Dead 3 stars
A family of idle Millennials has to decide how to respond to an outbreak of zombies. *** UPDATE! Follow The Dead is now available on Apple TV in Ireland *** I’ve watched so many zombie movies now I’m rather hardened, and my first thought when a character in Follow The Dead was bitten on the… Follow The Dead Read More
Winner or dinner? Army Of The Dead: who dies, who survives, what we know and what we don’t
Very spoilery on what happens, plus I talk about those threads left hanging. This is long but not as long as Zack’s movie. Click down to the bottom if you simply want a list of deaths in order… (My four star review is here.) And if you don’t want to read the whole thing, TL,DR:… Winner or dinner? Army Of The Dead: who dies, who survives, what we know and what we don’t Read More
Army Of The Dead 4 stars
With zombie-infested Las Vegas walled up and due to be nuked in 32 hours, casino boss Bly Tanaka offers zombie war veteran Scott Ward a slice of the $200 million in the vault under Bly’s casino if he can assemble a team and retrieve it. This review is not massively spoilery. If you are in… Army Of The Dead Read More
NEW Army Of The Dead character posters unleashed — and yet not one of Zombie Tiger?
*** Read my 4-star review and article about the film *** Zack Snyder’s Vegas-set zombie thriller Army Of The Dead is out in May, and you can check out the 12 new character posters below. Sadly zombie tiger, the clear breakout star of the trailer, is not one of them. Maybe they’re saving that for… NEW Army Of The Dead character posters unleashed — and yet not one of Zombie Tiger? Read More
Easy, undead tiger: Zack Snyder’s Army Of The Dead gets a trailer
*** Read my 4-star review and article about the film *** “A simple in-and-out,” he said. But really, who pays $50 million for that? Las Vegas has been sealed off with its zombies, when zombie-war hero Scott Ward (Dave Bautista) is offered that huge sum to break in and “rescue” $200 million from a vault… Easy, undead tiger: Zack Snyder’s Army Of The Dead gets a trailer Read More