The Horde (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183276/) is a french zombie movie that has 5 minutes of almost silence and then just runs like mad from there. The zombies are fast, semi smart and come back quick. We start with a small group of cops and gangsters and then we add in a French WW2 vet who is just crazy and it spirals into a fun movie. It is subtitled but that doesn't drag the movie as there is little talking during the action sequences and the conversations during the quiet times are interesting.
One of my favorite parts of the subtitles is the fact that there is a gangster who says something that is not subtitled - and another gangster says "I can't understand you - shut up!".
Overall a good film and a slightly different take on the theme.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Autumn : The Series by David Moody
I stumbled upon Autumn by David Moody by accident. I actually almost read the third book first.
It doesn't matter - go buy this series now!!!
One Autumn day 99% of the world falls down dead - or at least Britain. 48 hours later a third of the dead get up and stumble around. Then a few days later they start changing and noticing noises. And it just gets worse from there. A group of survivors, shell shocked at the sudden losses hide in a useless shed until things start happening outside. And then it gets even better.
Without ever saying Zombie (the people normally call them undead or more often, bodies) David Moody has created a world full of the undead - and we watch as the few survivors try to continue doing that.
Go - read it now!
I am partial to Barnes and Noble since I have a Nook so here is the link
Autumn : The City (Book 2)
We now see everything happening from book 1 but from a different group of survivors who are in the city. A city full of rotting corpses and wandering bodies. Holed up in a University building, they quickly attract a lot of attention. This book is a great center piece for the 3 books so far and really has a lot of action and depth. We see how people change and withdraw or give up, but we also see how some will do anything to survive.
Get it the second you finish book 1
Autumn : The Purification (Book 3)
This book is all go and really adds elements of things we have seen in other books while giving them a new perspective and some twists. The survivors are on the move again and they may have a place to finally settle, if they can get there - and if the bodies would stop changing.
Get it the second you finish book 2
It doesn't matter - go buy this series now!!!
One Autumn day 99% of the world falls down dead - or at least Britain. 48 hours later a third of the dead get up and stumble around. Then a few days later they start changing and noticing noises. And it just gets worse from there. A group of survivors, shell shocked at the sudden losses hide in a useless shed until things start happening outside. And then it gets even better.
Without ever saying Zombie (the people normally call them undead or more often, bodies) David Moody has created a world full of the undead - and we watch as the few survivors try to continue doing that.
Go - read it now!
I am partial to Barnes and Noble since I have a Nook so here is the link
Autumn : The City (Book 2)
We now see everything happening from book 1 but from a different group of survivors who are in the city. A city full of rotting corpses and wandering bodies. Holed up in a University building, they quickly attract a lot of attention. This book is a great center piece for the 3 books so far and really has a lot of action and depth. We see how people change and withdraw or give up, but we also see how some will do anything to survive.
Get it the second you finish book 1
Autumn : The Purification (Book 3)
This book is all go and really adds elements of things we have seen in other books while giving them a new perspective and some twists. The survivors are on the move again and they may have a place to finally settle, if they can get there - and if the bodies would stop changing.
Get it the second you finish book 2
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Bedbugs by Ben H. Winters
Note - this was supposed to have posted during the review time - stupid internets!!!!
Posting it now...
I got a review copy of Bedbugs by Ben H. Winters and I must say I was immediately creeped out a little when I flipped through and the little black specks drawn on the title pages started to increase as you got further in to the book. Now, this is a spoiler free review, but I must say that Mr. Winter's voice in this, as seen through the main character is very light and makes this an easy read with a hint of that ominous overtone that you feel in the classic horror/suspense novels.
I really enjoyed the depictions of the city and the environs (being an ex-NY/NJ person) it made me miss the city.
This story has some great plot elements like the little room that smells occasionally, the ping noise and the odd, older landlady and repairman. There is so much built in to the story that keeps making you wonder, why did they say that - what is this leading too...
If you want a good book that will keep you on the edge of your seat as you read and if you love the classic horror novels that built the tension than this is the book for you.
You can get it pretty much anywhere... so go get it and read it in a darkened room....
Posting it now...
I got a review copy of Bedbugs by Ben H. Winters and I must say I was immediately creeped out a little when I flipped through and the little black specks drawn on the title pages started to increase as you got further in to the book. Now, this is a spoiler free review, but I must say that Mr. Winter's voice in this, as seen through the main character is very light and makes this an easy read with a hint of that ominous overtone that you feel in the classic horror/suspense novels.
I really enjoyed the depictions of the city and the environs (being an ex-NY/NJ person) it made me miss the city.
This story has some great plot elements like the little room that smells occasionally, the ping noise and the odd, older landlady and repairman. There is so much built in to the story that keeps making you wonder, why did they say that - what is this leading too...
If you want a good book that will keep you on the edge of your seat as you read and if you love the classic horror novels that built the tension than this is the book for you.
You can get it pretty much anywhere... so go get it and read it in a darkened room....
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Dreadfully Ever After!
I just got a review copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After (Quirk Classics) by Steve Hockensmith. This is the finale to the now trilogy of works. This book is a wonderful look at 4 years after Pride Prejudice and Zombies. Miss Bennet is now Mrs. Darcy and as a lady she can not carry her sword - which she does get to work around. However this book gives us a broader look at England under the Dreadfuls, London in detail and the way that the aristocracy lives in this time.
This book was just a blast to read and it moved very quickly and we got to meet (again) some old faces and a lot of new ones.
One of my favorite parts is the appearance and fight of the 'Fops'. It is a wonderful way to show how style can survive over substance even with zombies.
The book reads a lot faster than Dawn of the Dreadfuls and it has multiple viewpoints and a tricky plot that needs to be enacted in order to save Mr. Darcy. I couldn't put the book down and really enjoyed it.
Now we just need to know what happened in Scotland....
More zombies please Quirk!
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