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Horrorphile - August 2007

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August 12th 2007 23:16

As I’ve mentioned in a couple of previous posts George Romero’s zombie masterpiece Day of the Dead (1985) has been remade. However it is a very tenuous sequel, more in “names” than anything else. The remake has four characters who share the same name as characters from Romero’s original: Sarah, Miguel Salazar, Captain Rhodes and Dr. Logan. The title is really more of a cash-in than a legitimate sequel to Zack Snyder’s remake Dawn of the Dead (2004).

A Day of the Dead (2007) cast member in post-wrap catatonia

In itself Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1978) wasn’t a direct sequel to Night of the Living Dead (1968), but a continuation of the overall premise (an ever increasing zombie to human ratio). Day of the Dead (1985) and Land of the Dead (2006) were a further continuation. Synder’s remake of Dawn was a “re-envisioning”, thus taking the premise and basic plot and adding new elements (zombies running) and plot devices (zombie birth).

Day of the Dead (2007) cast members hanging around for re-shoots

Producers of the upcoming Steve Miner directed Day of the Dead (2007) have said the walking dead will be far more gruesome, and in some cases sexier (?!) than in previous zombie movies, with the majority of the shoot done in Bulgaria. Miner is a hack, it has to be said. His two installments in the Friday the 13th series (Part 2 & Part 3) are mediocre at best (not helped by major interference from the MPAA). He later went on to direct episodes of Dawson’s Creek for television. ‘Nuff said.

Day of the Dead (2007) zombie

The producer went on to say, "The zombies are naturally scarier, and filming in Bulgaria was good, because we could get plenty of people to play zombies, but of course they didn't speak English … But the women are beautiful, so many of our zombies will be much more sexy than we may be used to seeing. It's really frigging good."

While another producer added: "There are a lot of body parts and brain tissue in this. It's very good special effects. I like voodoo zombies, historical zombies, all sorts of zombies, it's a fascinating concept for a horror film."

Screenwriter Jeffrey Reddick, who wrote Final Destination (2000), adapted George Romero's zombie story, about survivors trapped in a military storage facility after a virus has turned much of the world into zombies (around 200,000 to 1). I'm not holding out hopes for this flick at all, despite the fact that Snyder's remake was an exception to the rule.

Well the make-up looks alright

The movie has received troubling criticism following an early leaked trailer, but more importantly a disastrous preview screening, which has resulted in re-shoots and further post-production. Early reports suggested Ving Rhames characterization of Rhodes (an Italian hothead in the original) was that he was the brother of the character Rhames played in Synder’s remake of Dawn of the Dead, but producers have dispelled that.

In fact the two films have different writers, producers and directors, and a different production company, so in doubt we’ll get an “official” sequel to Dawn of the Dead further down the track to complicate things! But to add fuel to the trash fire the production company that is making Day of the Dead already made a sequel that is entirely un-related, Day of the Dead 2: Contagion (2005), a straight-to-video release that is truly dire.

Day of the Dead (2007) zombie shenanigans

Then Romero will hopefully have the last word and finally make his once touted final zombie movie that deals with "green beret" zombies pitted against zombies in an all-out war of the flesh-eaters! I’m thinking The Dead World, or Twilight of the Dead, or even Dusk of the Dead (although the latter two have a romantic twinge to the title which diffuses the horror edge).

Here’s the Day of the Dead trailer:

The two Coreys in happier days

And on the vampire tip, a sequel to The Lost Boys (1986) is happeing. Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander, who played the Frog brothers, are both returning for the sequel to the 1987 The Lost Boys. Initial reports were that Corey Haim would not be returning to reprise his role of Sam Emerson. But apparently he is now joining the cast.

Angus Sutherland, Kiefer's half-brother and son of Donald Sutherland, will star in the film as the big bad vampire (no doubt a long lost relative of Keifer’s character David). Tad Hilgenbrink and Autumn Reeser have been cast as the two leads. Actually a sequel was written not long after the original came out called The Lost Girls, but it was never given the green light.

The new film will be a direct-to-DVD release, directed by P.J. Pesce (From Dust Till Dawn 3).

Here is a clip taken from The Two Coreys US reality show (a scary idea in itself) with Feldman telling Haim a sequel is finally being made. It’s probably staged, but funny/sad/pathetic nevertheless.

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Comment by Damo

August 13th 2007 01:12

For the Sake of Argument
My Apologetics

Dawsons Creek?
That would be like going from one group of zombies to another.

The trailer looks slick.

However I have always been partial to the old Vodoo Zombies. Much scarier concept than an infection. Corperate monsters are everywhere anyway.

The second clip is a horror story and dare I say it 'Totally Gay.'

Comment by Chic Critique

August 13th 2007 03:12

A Lost Boys sequel? WTF?!!??!? Direct to DVD is right!

And those zombies in the pictures are scarier than usual!

Cheers
CC

Comment by Bryn

August 13th 2007 04:02

Horrorphile

Damo, "totally gay" ... ummm, yeah.

Chic, 'fraid so. Straight-to-DVD smacks of B-grade all over!

Comment by KylieW

August 13th 2007 05:45

Celebrity Obsession

Bryn - Lost Boys 2 eh, I'll still watch it, even if it's crap.

Lordy, the clip from The Two Coreys....so very wrong. Man, I'm surprised at how well those two have aged. Given their drug habits. I think Corey Haim has lost a lot of weight since giving drugs the flick (I'm sure I read he was quite large). Very bad. I'm spewing they don't show that here. I'd watch it........I used to love those two so much in the 80's!!

Comment by Cibbuano

August 13th 2007 23:06

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It's enough to make you want to feed these producers to zombies. Is that what they teach you at Yale Business School? Take an original piece of creativity, mine it for its popularity, strip it of its soul and then unleash it on the world?

Romero to make one more? What about that low-budget thing he was doing?

Comment by Bryn

August 14th 2007 07:26

Horrorphile

Kylie, yeah I've seen some pics of Haim lookin' real bad.

Cibby, Hollywood is in a mire.

Comment by JohnDoe

August 14th 2007 07:42

Film & TV on DVD

It a cesspool of unimaginative recaps of past glories all round....

The Haim footage is funny though, Haim is now a poster boy for avoiding the crack pipe it seems...looks a bit like Richard Pryor when he did the damage.

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