When you can have zombies?
It appears that Flight of the Dead (a film which I always thought should be called Flight of the Living Dead) is now called Plane Dead. And that’s a pretty awful title, as far as I’m concerned. I do wonder how well this is going to go down after Snakes on a Plane has made an appearance - surely that will steal most of Plane Dead’s in-flight thunder? Maybe they should rename Plane Dead to Zombies on a Plane? I still want to see it, despite the crappy name. Although I suspect I might have to pick the DVD up as that’s probably where this one’s headed first.
Fango have also posted a nice piece on some upcoming zombie movies, which I’ll summarise here for your reading pleasure:
Day of the Dead Remake - Steve Miner is directing and Jeffrey Reddick is writing. Reddick wrote the decent looking horror film Tamara. Apparently, the zombie outbreak is the result of bioterrorists.
Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things - Bob Clark remakes his own film, which should ensure a certain level of quality.
Zombies - The reanimated corpses of children return. So Children of the Living Dead then, which is apparently awful.
Zombie Town - Just as it sounds, I guess. Parasites are to blame this time.
Zombie Island - Norman Reedus and Terence Stamp star in a reality TV take on the zombie outbreak. Apparently the plot here is humans vs zombies on an isolated island as tv entertainment.
Raiders of the damned - Commandos enter zombie quarantine zone to rescue scientist.
Oh! My Zombie Mermaid - Japanese, as if you needed telling with that title. Apparently, a legendary wrestler fights zombies in a castle. Could this be the best film ever? I doubt it…