B-MOVIE OF THE MONTH - DEAD END (2003)

Made for less than a million dollars, the slightly obscure Dead End is a chilling little indie you don't want to miss. It might just be the best Christmas horror movie no one ever heard of and every dollar is up there on the screen. It's quirky, weird, funny, bizarre, and scary all at once. Black comedy for sure but much more, this would make a nice double feature with The Perfect Host, another movie we're big on around here. So, grab some eggnog and a snack or two and check out the inimitable Ray Wise with legendary Lin Shaye as they take their family down a wrong turn, what's up with this road? Why doesn't it end? After all, they're just trying to make it to Christmas Eve dessert at Frank's mother's house. Tubi, Plex, Freevee, enjoy! 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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