B-MOVIE OF THE MONTH - WITHOUT WARNING (1980)

Greetings All - It would be cool to do a post one time called the ten most essential B-flicks, sort of a B-Movie 101 thing. If that ever happened I would have to include this sci-fi horror classic from Graydon Clark (Black Shampoo, Satan's Cheerleaders.) This one's a don't pass go and don't collect $200 folks, just see it, Or watch it again. I'm not even going to begin to explain the plot except you have these flying disc things that attach themselves to people, in this case campers on an outing and kill and feed on them. Eventually these discs are tied to an alien, a hungry alien. A forerunner to 1987's Predator sort to speak and with a flat-out goofy cast. Jack Palance and Martin Landau, say what? And looking drugged out I might add but the real surprise here is veteran character actor Larry Storch, from the '60's, a guy who knew 150 dialects and here he is in this as a boy scout leader lol. Also known as It Came Without Warning, this gem is streaming free now only on Plex. 2.75 stars/2.75

Saturday, October 30, 2021

3 NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD ALTERNATIVES - OFF COLOR FILMS COLORIZED (2004) REANIMATED (2009) & NIGHT OF THE ANIMATED DEAD (2021)

 



























If you dig all things NIGHT ๐ŸŒ™✨of the Living DEAD related like ๐Ÿ‘ I do, then consider these 3 ๐Ÿ˜ interesting alternatives -

I can totally dig the purists who like their NOTLD organic, the original slime of the black and white film. For those wanting to venture further out, there have been several colorized versions but the only one worth it's salt is Off Color Film's 2004 version produced by a studio called Legend. The exteriors look better than inside the house but it's still a fine color version. 

"Reanimated" from 2009 has a great concept - use the original audio track from the film but film new animation from a variety of artists. Ironically, it's that variety that seems to be missing. I found it to be boring and not continuous enough. 

The new Night Of The Animated Dead is certainly an interesting take on things with new animation that sticks to the script word by word but uses different voices. The character's faces don't seem to retain the original characteristics with the exception of Barbara who pretty much looks like herself. The animation is pretty cool though and this one ultimately gets lumped with "worth at least one watch" especially for NOTLD fans.

Night Of The Living Dead - Colorized (Off Color Films - 2004)  2.75 stars/2.75
Night Of The Living Dead : Reanimated (2009)  1.0 stars/2.75
Night Of The Animated Dead (2021) 1.75 stars/2.75

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B-MOVIE GAZETTE RATING SYSTEM

5 Stars - Only awarded to the precious few.
4 Stars - Excellent, see by all means.
3 Stars - Very Good, you should like.
2 Stars - Fair, like a frozen dinner.
1 Star - Poor, like a spoiled dinner.

ALL B-MOVIES, DRIVE-IN MOVIES AND TV MOVIES HAVE A MAX AWARD OF 2.75 STARS.