New Spanish Horror Film Takes Zombies Very Seriously
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Zombies have never really done it for me -- it was all that groaning and brain eating I suppose. I have plenty of respect for George Romero and what he did for independent horror but like I said, I just never got it. The zombie flick might have evolved into an artistic action film with 28 Days Later, but a new Spanish film could finally make the zombie movie a class act.Variety announced that Spanish filmmaker Elio Quiroga's The Cold Hour has been picked up by Lightning Entertainment for international sale. The plot of the film will follow a group of survivors of chemical warfare fighting off the infected masses. Apparently, the focus of the film will be on the drama between the survivors trapped inside during periods of intense cold and not on the usual violence and gore. Quiroga is already hard at work on his next project No-Do, a ghost story centered on a woman who has just lost her child.
The zombie movie had a brief resurgence with Dawn of The Dead (2004) and Land of The Dead but the genre never really managed to lose its B-movie reputation. The genre might not be done yet though; The Cold Hour could be the film that makes audiences take their zombie flicks just a little more seriously.
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11-05-2006 @ 8:37PM
Steven said...
The term B-movie has had its original meaning twisted over the years, from simply a financial indicator to today's use as a term denoting a severe lack of quality. If you're using B-movie in the original sense, then I'm sure we can both agree that there exist many low-budget films which are taken seriously by audiences. And if you mean the second, then I'm afraid there have already been a number of quality zombie films which are already considered "class acts". They may not have appealed to you, personally, but that doesn't necessarily make them beneath the notice of anyone else.
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11-06-2006 @ 7:21AM
Peter said...
I too am a little confused as to how any Romero film fails to be considered a class act? Why is blood an inherent indicator of a lack of class? Does the upper class not bleed?
Give Dellamorte Dellamore a watch if you want artistic zombie films, for nothing will ever top Soavi's immense style.
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11-06-2006 @ 7:27AM
spiderangelwing said...
Glad to see there's another Dellamorte Dellamore fan here...it's a film that's far more obscure than it really ought to be. Hands down the best zombie film I've seen (I like Romero's films but they just don't compare)..
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11-06-2006 @ 10:44PM
Jessica said...
When doing comparisons, especially with zombie movies, make sure to know that 28 Days Later is not a zombie movie. It's an infection- rage, to be exact.
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