They have essentially replaced vampires as the new big deal. Granted, zombies have always been around. The brainless "Night of the Living Dead" was a laugh-a-minute horror flick. "They're coming to get you Barbara" still makes me chuckle.
And "The Walking Dead," which I watch every week because my partner has a joygasm watching zombies munch flesh, tried this past season to get some more interesting humans to kill and did off it's most annoying character (which is saying something, because they are all annoying). And they added more zombies. However, it was still a yawner, yet it broke ratings records right and left.
They have no brain, ladies and gentlemen. The movies and TV shows that are scary are the ones where the villains are thinking, breathing creatures. Jaws was a killer shark, Cujo was a cute dog gone bad, J.R. was J.R., Ed Gein was a psycho who liked skins, Norman Bates was a guy obsessed with mother...the list goes on and on.
That's why I'm intrigued by "Warm Bodies" starring the dude who used to share bodily fluids with Jennifer Lawrence and avoid the bodily sleaze that is Hugh Grant in "About a Boy" seen below. The basic premise is that the zombies become human. These killing machines somehow rediscover their humanity. That is a zombie movie I'm onboard with. The reviews have been decent, certainly better than those of the terrible "Twilight" movies, so I'm optimistic.
The zombie premise was also well used in the criminally underseen "Cabin in the Woods," a film that turned every horror convention on its ear. Definitely do yourself a favor and check that out. If you have a brain, you will be glad you did.
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