Times are good for connoisseurs of zombie cinema. The two movies that dominated this weekend’s box office, Dawn of the Dead and The Passion of the Christ, both feature people who die and then get up and walk around. The jury’s still out on which movie used more gallons of fake blood, but speaking for horror fans everywhere, I think this is the kind of conversation we want to be having.
Movie executives are no doubt sitting up and taking notice. The studios will waste little time putting together a major crossover event: Freddy versus Jason versus Jesus.
Don’t forget that Aliens vs. f---ing Predator is opening later this summer.
Also, were you aware of this? You know of course that this means that Gibson will direct the sequel to the Passion, Jesus Christ 2: The Second Coming, in the manner of Cameron’s T2: He’s back and He’s pissed!!
Oops, forgot the tags to boldface [B]The Passion[/B], excuse me. Still haven’t seen it yet. I can only go to movies that are either free or paid for by others at this point.
I’m sort of a walking dead man myself these days. Not a lot of blood though so no chance my story will make it on to the big screen.
Way to ruin the ending of The Passion for everyone, jerkbag. At least post a spoiler alert.
Freddy could KICK JESUS’ ASS! And WWJD? Turn the other cheek?
CW: <<SPOILER ALERT>> You will die alone, twerpo. <<END SPOILER ALERT>>
This reminds me: every Easter I watch two films: Bad Lieutenant and The Last Temptation of Christ. Four and a half hours of Harvey Keitel yelling at Jesus. This is how I observe the death and resurrection of Our Lord.
that would be a good claymation celebrity death match.
But see, it wouldn’t BE a death match, now would it?
And then of course the sequel, Freddie vs. Jason vs. Jesus vs. Santa, starring Brian Boitano.
I think Ron Jeremy is starring in that “Part II - the Second Coming.” It will be a blockbuster. Well it will bust something anyway. I mean, every movie has dead men walking these days. You have to get a little jiggy with the zombies to get an audience today.
I think we should throw Chucky in there for good measure.
If Chucky is not available, my son is. He’s short and two and frequently violent.
In the New Yorker a few weeks ago, Steve Martin did a “Studio Script Notes on The Passion”.
Possible title change: “Lethal Passion.” Kinda works. The more I say it out loud, the more I like it.
And so many more good ones.
If there were a way to combine folk songs about plumbers with movies about dead people walking around, the box office receipts would be astounding.
how do the red hot fires of Hell feel, licking at your boots, Mr. Howard?
There’s got to be some kind of wretched pun in there somewhere. We’re all waiting, hand-over-mouth, for you to just say it.
seriously greg, if i were to pirate anyone’s blog, it would definitely be yours.
Ha, I’ve been passing the review around to everyone I know (and now, it seems, to a bunch of people I don’t know). On Ain’t-It-Cool News reviewing the ultimate “Zombie double feature” Passion of the Christ and Dawn of the Dead. Check it out. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed:
http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=17222