- Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Among the mass of Halloween-related revival screenings hitting the city this week, the lone zombie feature—aside from those showing as part of the Music Box of Horrors—is Zombie 4: After Death, the conveniently titled 1989 Italian film that doesn’t actually have anything to do with the Zombi franchise. Zombie movies are a fixture of Halloween programming, so it’s kinda surprising that barely any are playing in the city, especially as theaters like the Logan and Music Box get into the season. There’s plenty of time yet, of course, so below, I listed my five favorite zombie films—here’s hoping one or a few make it to theaters.
- Shaun of the Dead (dir. Edgar Wright, 2004) Probably because of it’s jokey title, this film is often erroneously labeled a spoof or parody of the genre—but it’s actually as pure and traditional a zombie film that exists, it just happens to play out in a romantic-comedy mileu. Edgar Wright is genre alchemist par excellence; it’s his masterful touch that leads audiences to believe they’re watching a different film than they actually are.
