Last Updated on July 26, 2021
Oh Zombies. From shuffling, unrelenting undead masses, to running, jumping, rabid masses, they are one of horror’s staples. Not a staple I’m typically a huge fan of, but a staple nevertheless.
I guess part of the reason that I don’t personally dig these dead heads that much is the general lack of charisma and power. I find most movies about these dudes about as exciting as a flick focusing solely on Orcs. Which is to say not very.
But there are, of course, exceptions. Every once in awhile an actor or a filmmaker gives us a little something different that makes a zombie stand out from the crowd. So let’s salute the dead that keep the concept alive. And spit bullets on your fav limb shedding brain eaters.
As zombie’s go, this is about as hard-charging as they come. It also helps that we’ve got a little history with Alice to spice things up, but mostly it’s just a damn fun time watching this big, bad, heavily armed bastard rain holy terror all over an otherwise mess of a movie. Plus, his name is just awesome.
Bub really gives us the first instance of a domesticated zombie. Romero had explored just about everything, or so it seemed, but the idea of intelligence and obedience, even rudimentary and forced, was a giant leap forward in the concept of what you could do in zombie land. Without this set up our Top 3 might never have been. Much respect Bub.
It’s tough to have much emotional attachment to a free range deader, but Big Daddy showcased how to make it so. His ability to figure things out, to lead, to care for his fellow zombies, and mourn them all painted a picture of one intimidating motherf*cker. But he was really just doing what was best for his peeps. And he was damn good at it.
I loved the concept of this flick from the moment I encountered it’s early press, but the performance comedian Billy Connolly puts in as the title zombie is amazing. He’s willful, restrained, aggressive, caring, angry, sympathetic, and downright lovable. And he’s not a bad dancer. Could be that any well-acted feature zombie would be this good, but this instance really felt like something special.
Sexy and tortured works pretty well it turns out. Poor Julie just wants to be a good girl and a good girlfriend. She’s so focused on it that even when she joins the ranks of the undead she manages to come up with the most creative solution to growing bloodlust that any zombie movie has arrived at. Zombie or no, we should all be so lucky to have a chick this damn cool in our lives.
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