Zombieland, a zombie film and a road trip comedy, follows four mismatched survivors as they are forced to survive the zombie apocalypse. On Tubi, Night of the Living Deb is available for streaming. Night of the Living Deb's creators raised more money than required to complete their Zom-Rom-Com, offering a funny and relatable tale that will enthuse both horror and romance fans. When kind but awkward Deb meets the hottest guy in town, the date comes late as the pair must maneuver together to flee the growing undead horde. What's worse than a gloomy morning after a drunken hook-up? It's in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. RT Score for 'Night of the Living Debt' (2015): 88% Juan of the Dead lacks a political subtext beneath its undead premise, and this is reflected in the Castro government's declaration of the zombie invasion as nothing more than rioting dissidents, dooming the very people they are supposed to protect. When zombies invade their lives, Juan exploits the situation by establishing his own zombie-killing business in an attempt to make a quick profit. Juan of the Dead is a Cuban zombie comedy that follows the titular Juan, a forty-year-old slacker, who wanders around the city, engaged in minor disagreements.
Warm Bodies is now available on HBO Max for streaming. Hoult and Palmer are excellent as the two leads, and their chemistry helps sell the surprising sweet romance between the star-crossed lovers. Warm Bodies avoids the pitfalls of other sappy YA romance adaptations by presenting a genuine love story despite its unbelievable premise. After a fight results in zombie R (Nicholas Hoult) feasting on Julie's (Teresa Palmer) boyfriend's brains, R begins to sense the attraction. Warm Bodies, the zombie genre's answer to Twilight, is a hybrid of flamboyant vampires and ghouls in love. The addition of the Zombie Squad, a trio of strange Americans led by Martin Starr, adds a new perspective that elevates the sequel from the smaller scope of the original film.ĭead Snow 2 is now available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, and Tubi. Martin, the only survivor of the zombie invasion that massacred his friends, attempts to repel the undead army as it descends on a nearby village, all while dealing with a new zombie arm.ĭead Snow 2 is packed with surprises, including a zombie tank attack on a small village. The sequel to the popular Norwegian film Dead Snow begins immediately after the original ended. Not only are these films the best-reviewed zombie comedies, but some are also considered as among the greatest horror comedies of all time. In recent decades, zombie comedies have become a regular feature of the horror genre, so that it's surprising when a straight-faced zombie film is released.
Perhaps it's their slow nature or their singular desire to savor brains that makes them ideal for comedy. As more and more comedy has been introduced into the horror genre over the years, including the horror-comedy subgenre, zombies have become a popular target for anyone seeking to snare some laughs. Romero's Night of the Living Dead was the first film to be released. I equate it to the occasional milkshake or indulgent shopping trip: you don’t want to overdo it, but every so often, it can just be fun to look at a visually gorgeous, lush, over-the-top Rococo painting like Fragonard’s The Shepherdess, right here in our own Museum.Zombies have been a horror staple since George A. Sometimes I just need to look at something pretty. Well, to that I say: Whatever! (Cue rotten tomatoes from said art historians.) Rococo works might not make me think about the fleetingness of life or catapult me to religious epiphany-that’s fine. The Rococo is not exactly the popular kid of art history periods-its pastel, rounded shapes, pretty, fashionably dressed girls, and general frippery are not fawned over by most art historians, who think they are without substance. And my teacher’s statement reflects the attitude of many an art historian, although they usually phrase it a bit more delicately.
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I loathe the Rococo! The Rococo is art history’s porn!”Īdmittedly, there’s truth in that statement-artists working in this style often included sexual innuendo in their works (the aforementioned The Swing features a young man looking right up the lady’s skirt our own The Shepherdess, left, also by Fragonard, is chock full of tongue-in-cheek references-check out Tom Strini’s Third Coast Digest article on this piece for more). In my high school art history class, my teacher, having covered with reverence the high-contrast drama of the Baroque, flipped the slide machine to show Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s The Swing and paused, glaring at the slide in the darkened room. Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Shepherdess, ca.
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