My Top Five Funny Zombie Apocaplypse Movies
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There is a sub-sub genre of horror that I have found very entertaining combining two of my favorite genres, comedy and horror: the sub-sub genre of humorous Zombie Apocalypse movies. I have a few classics and a couple of relatively unknown films that should have more attention.
As always, let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions in the sub-sub genre.
I think the most well known of this category on my list is the star-studded 2009 entry: Zombieland. Starring Woody Harrelson (Tallahassee); the actor I always get confused with Michael Cera (Arrested Development, etc), Jesse Eisenberg (Columbus), Abigail Breslin (Little Rock), Emma Stone (Wichita), and Bill Murray (himself) as uninfected survivors trying to survive in the new world, Zombieland. One of the most enjoyable activities I ever did in WashedUp, DeCeit was going to the theater in the basement of Union Station to watch this film in 2009. 8/10 Peace Mom Stars.
The comedic duo of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Paul, The End of the World, Hot Fuzz, etc) present Shaun of the Dead (2004) this absolutely hilarious romp into the sub-sub genre of humorous Zombie Apocalypse movies. The gag of this movie is if there were a Zombie Apocalypse, it would take some very blatant actions for people to even notice. Much application even today in our world of beat down Zombie-like humans. 9/10 Peace Mom Stars.
As a former Daisy, Brownie, Girl Scout, Cub Scout, Webelo, and Boy Scout leader I found this film thoroughly enjoyable. In Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak. The 2015 film stars Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller, Joey Morgan, Sarah Dumont and David Koechner. This film is not a Fellini or Kubrick offering, far from it, but, it’s a lot of fun. 6/10 Peace Mom Stars. Very worth watching.
This 2006 Canadian Zombie Apocalypse film Fido is a one in a million film. I have lost count how many people I’ve suggested watch the film and I don’t know if anyone besides me has seen it. It’s set in a very stylized 1950’s small town America where the cars are big, the houses are tidy, and the dead are reanimated by space radiation. Mega-corp, Zomcom invents a device to make the Zombies compliant, and thus valuable slave-members of society. The Robinson family buys Fido (played by Sir Billy Connolly) who eventually becomes more humanesque and more valuable to the family due to the companionship of the son Timmy (K Sun Ray) and the, shall I say, “loneliness” of the mother Helen (Carrie-Anne Moss). This film is an allegory of prejudice and finding humanity in the “other.” 10/10 Peace Mom Stars
Warm Bodies (2013) starring Nick Hoult, Theresa Palmer, Rob Cordry, and John Malkovich is one of the sweetest and most romantic movies I have ever seen (based on Romeo and Juliet) where a budding romance between R (Hoult) the Zombie and Julie (Palmer) the Human actually ends up saving the world. It’s one of my favorite movies and my Number One pick in this sub-sub genre. I don’t want to reveal any spoilers, but, I could not recommend this movie more. 20/10 Peace Mom Stars.
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While I'm at it, I was super scared of the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz when I was a kid. And those flying monkeys, swooping out of the sky and grabbing little girls and their little dogs too. :)
I remember once somebody quoted Margaret Hamilton, who played the witch, as saying she hoped one day someone would have the presence of mind to say "ding dong the witch it dead" at her funeral. She sounded like someone with a great sense of humor.
The image of Gene Wilder reminded me his version of Willy Wonka scared me shitless whan I was a kid. I thought the Oompa Loompas were super creepy too.
But that also reminds me one of my favorite horror-comedies is Young Frankenstein (that's Frahnkensteen) with Gene Wilder.