My best friend made me watch that movie last year. I hadn’t really seen any proper zombie movies, so it really wasn’t funny to me on a spoofy level. I wouldn’t say it scared me, but I found the gore rather unsettling and the movie as a whole vaguely unpleasant to watch.
I’m not sure zombie movies really work as comedies (although Shaun of the Dead comes close because it’s sort of satire more than anything else). Because…no matter which way you look at it, hundreds of people have died horribly! :( Plus I can’t watch the one really gorey bit, it kind of throws you out of the whole thing…
I mean, gallows humor/black comedy is a thing, but all the dying did get to me, and I just really don’t like that kind of gore. It just felt like a very dark and creepy movie to me. People tell me Zombieland is quite funny, but I don’t know if I believe them because I didn’t really laugh at Shaun of the Dead, and Fright Night creeped me out. I don’t really get scared, exactly, they just make me very uncomfortable.
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sarah531 October 9, 2012 @ 10:26 pm
Even Shaun of the Dead’s central message is quite dark- ‘most people are basically zombies anyway’ is what I think it’s trying to say. I’m not sure what to make of Zombieland. To me, it wasn’t really all that funny, but it was entertaining, if that makes sense?
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ladymercury_10 October 10, 2012 @ 12:34 am
I don’t think I thought very much about the “point” of Shaun of the Dead. That would be quite a dark message, though. Yeah, that makes sense. Was it less gory/scary/gloomy, then?
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sarah531 October 10, 2012 @ 4:06 pm
It sort of operated along similar themes (‘watch out, or all humankind will become zombies!’), except they were less overt. It’s been ages since I saw it, but I’m pretty sure it was less scary and gloomy…I remember the ending being geniunely sweet. :)
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ladymercury_10 October 10, 2012 @ 4:40 pm
It sounds like it might be cute for a horror comedy, but I am not much for horror comedies as a whole. :P
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marence October 10, 2012 @ 8:48 pm
Ah, you’re not a horror movie fan, I take it? If you know the canon of zombie movies, it’s really funny. They spoof almost all the tropes, and yes, Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg were sending a very dark message, wrapped up in a weird combination of “carry on” British mannerisms and old-timey American slapstick. For something very like it, but without zombies, try Hot Fuzz.
Alas, no. There’s….*glances over* only one horror on my DVD shelf, which is 28 Days Later. Oh, and Supernatural…but I tend to skip the gory bits in that. :p HOT FUZZ! I’ve got that, and I love it. I think it’s the best Edgar Wright film- it’s so, so clever and I always catch new stuff when I watch it again. :D And it’s endlessly quotable, which always helps.
October 8, 2012 @ 8:31 pm
My best friend made me watch that movie last year. I hadn’t really seen any proper zombie movies, so it really wasn’t funny to me on a spoofy level. I wouldn’t say it scared me, but I found the gore rather unsettling and the movie as a whole vaguely unpleasant to watch.
October 9, 2012 @ 12:47 am
I’m not sure zombie movies really work as comedies (although Shaun of the Dead comes close because it’s sort of satire more than anything else). Because…no matter which way you look at it, hundreds of people have died horribly! :( Plus I can’t watch the one really gorey bit, it kind of throws you out of the whole thing…
October 9, 2012 @ 12:54 am
I mean, gallows humor/black comedy is a thing, but all the dying did get to me, and I just really don’t like that kind of gore. It just felt like a very dark and creepy movie to me. People tell me Zombieland is quite funny, but I don’t know if I believe them because I didn’t really laugh at Shaun of the Dead, and Fright Night creeped me out. I don’t really get scared, exactly, they just make me very uncomfortable.
October 9, 2012 @ 10:26 pm
Even Shaun of the Dead’s central message is quite dark- ‘most people are basically zombies anyway’ is what I think it’s trying to say. I’m not sure what to make of Zombieland. To me, it wasn’t really all that funny, but it was entertaining, if that makes sense?
October 10, 2012 @ 12:34 am
I don’t think I thought very much about the “point” of Shaun of the Dead. That would be quite a dark message, though. Yeah, that makes sense. Was it less gory/scary/gloomy, then?
October 10, 2012 @ 4:06 pm
It sort of operated along similar themes (‘watch out, or all humankind will become zombies!’), except they were less overt. It’s been ages since I saw it, but I’m pretty sure it was less scary and gloomy…I remember the ending being geniunely sweet. :)
October 10, 2012 @ 4:40 pm
It sounds like it might be cute for a horror comedy, but I am not much for horror comedies as a whole. :P
October 10, 2012 @ 8:48 pm
Ah, you’re not a horror movie fan, I take it? If you know the canon of zombie movies, it’s really funny. They spoof almost all the tropes, and yes, Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg were sending a very dark message, wrapped up in a weird combination of “carry on” British mannerisms and old-timey American slapstick. For something very like it, but without zombies, try Hot Fuzz.
October 11, 2012 @ 4:11 pm
Alas, no. There’s….*glances over* only one horror on my DVD shelf, which is 28 Days Later. Oh, and Supernatural…but I tend to skip the gory bits in that. :p HOT FUZZ! I’ve got that, and I love it. I think it’s the best Edgar Wright film- it’s so, so clever and I always catch new stuff when I watch it again. :D And it’s endlessly quotable, which always helps.