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The reanimated dead, hungry for human flesh.
Zombies are the stuff of nightmares, for sure.
A codified set of tropes is the perfect place to play around with expectations and catch an audience off-guard.
And if that surprise can involve someones innards becoming outtards, all the better.
Specifically, they want braaiiinnsssss.
Lovecraft movie,Re-Animator.
The underground classic leans into exploitation, aiming its gross-out effects and pervy-ness directly at cult film fandom.
The joy in the film comes from just how creative the carnage can be.
The genius ofBraindeadis how long that sequence goes on for and how many insane kills are built into it.
Before then, zombies were largely relegated to the horror section of video stores.
Then 2002 brought us director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garlands28 Days Later.
Some of the effects were immediate.
They were mostly for people whogotthe cinephile-targeting humor ofPlanet Terror, Robert Rodriguezs petrified half ofGrindhouse.
But most importantly, it whet the appetite of a new generation of zombie fans.
Sure, it plays a little fast and loose with the rules of zombies.
(Would you be shocked to learn that the cure for the virus is love?)
Its not one of the zombie comedys finest moments, but its perhaps one of its most unusual ones.
Who knows, maybe time will be kind to this odd entry to the canon.
