people who talk like you and look like you and wear your clothes and drive your cars is really super. deny remakes, Y2K upgrades, and northamericanizations that simplify and anglicize perfectly good movies. planet of the apes the postman always rings twice psycho shaft shutter the grudge sweeney todd war of the worlds the wolfman. deny "breathless" and "vanilla sky" and "holmes" and "charlie and the chocolate factory", "death race", "flubber" and "friday the 13th".
deny "the eye", "the orphanage", deny "body snatchers", "the crazies", "the birds", "day of the dead", "dawn of the dead", "carrie".
deny the "quarantine"s and the "ring"s of the film universe. surprising meld of demonology and zombology +500. camera as functional tool for palpably scary attic check +200. this is the movie that started me keeping a zombie stick by the door +500. raises that fundamental question, which should you be more afraid of: zombies or your government? +500. Angela's contagion-figuring ability +40. likely ode-to-Braindead facial injection +60. angela wields her "Freedom of the Press" like a roaring chainsaw +50. "While You're Asleep" is a brilliant title +100. but "ostensibly" is a pretty cool word +5. Spanish is ostensibly cooler than English +100. This is what I love most about zombie films, their ability to present the entire population of the planet as a threat to itself, which, in the end, it truly is. The "What If?" response followed, so I grabbed my trusty Zombie Stick and stayed still and quiet a few extra minutes before heading off to bed. sorry, Shaun, you could have had a higher rating.Īfter the film ended, at about 3 in the AM, my neighbour came home and really shambled up the front stoop, and I didn't really hear the front door open or close. touched upon in 28 Days Later, downright explored in the original DotD, but glossed over for the most part in SotD. yes, Products would exist shortly after the Zompocalypse, and yes, the various Militaries would make attempts to exploit the situation, but here a commentary is lacking. Functionally, I appreciate a need for funding that will drive a filmmaker into the hands of Product Placement, and The Military is an easy out at the end of a film, but it still provides for two justifications that I will not back: consumerism and military presence. what frustrates me most are the two bygone conclusions that plagues 28 Days Later (and many others) as well: that a) recognizable consumer goods are our survival and b) the military is our salvation. if Romero can back it, i can back it too. this film goes one step past the parody and stands on it's own, more-or-less, as a very decent zombie flickeroonski. 
Zombies from Hell, Z-Day, Zombaid, the Service Industry +200. too many television station Product Placements! -500. possible first use of cricket bat against zombie (a la casey jones?) +100. i appreciate the irony of this Product Placement +10. see-through abdominal cavity a la Death Becomes Her +20. neither is zombies, but it's okay, i like zombie movies +20. except for you, Wayne's World - we're still cool +10. but then he takes a Diet popular carbonated beverage anyway! I HATE PRODUCT PLACEMENT!! -500. 
general excellent avoidance of Product Placement +500.puts popular carbonated beverage back +500.the whole first half hour is foreshadowing +30.
"Go live in the shed" foreshadowing +60.having to start the Zompocalypse drunk +25.Pathetic Fallacy after getting dumped +50.excellent exploitation of scare fake-outs +50.everyone's a brain-dead zombie even if they're not really zombies +200.excellent headlines on convenience store newspapers +100.Requiem for a Dream visual referencing +50.doesn't seem like it's going to be a zombie movie +100.
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