ABRAHAM LINCOLN VS ZOMBIES

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I just returned, from a trip through time, in the Way Back Machine with Peabody and his pet boy Sherman. We thought that we'd take just a quick peek at the civil war, but found ourselves smack in the middle of the movie ABRAHAM LINCOLN VS ZOMBIES.


Directed by Richard Schenkman, based on the story concept of Karl Hirsch and Lauren Proctor, and Produced by The Asylum; this movie was fun to watch!


Sadly, as a boy, Lincoln had to kill his zombie mother. Then, when he became president, a soldier returned from a scouting mission in the south with a crazy story of people eating his fellow soldiers. Shortly thereafter, this soldier became a zombie himself, only to be quickly dispatched by a scythe wielding President Abe Lincoln.


Honest Abe then decides to lead a secret mission, into zombie country, so he and some men can secure a fort crucial to the north's victory and to get an idea on the size of the threat that this new zombie menace is posing to the rest of the country. John Wilkes Booth even makes his appearance as a confederate spy in Lincoln's hand-picked crew and attempts to monkey wrench the mission.


The writers must have had more fun then a barrel of zombie monkeys while writing this script.


Abraham Lincoln VS Zombies brought chuckles of glee from me with the witty one liners, spoken by Lincoln, that referenced emancipation and other puns derived from the civil war, and Lincoln's historic speeches, all while swinging his scythe at the heads of the undead.


So lets take a look at the G.R.E.A.T. Score.


G-ore: Good zombie makeup even though the gore was kind of light. 7.5


R-ealism: I loved the period suits the actors wore and became jealous, wanting one for myself. They talked the talk and walked the walk of the 1860's. 9.0


E-ntertainment: The rewriting of civil war history to involve zombies, and the pun one liners, were gems that made this movie shine. 8.5


A-ction: I watched Honest Abe zipline, while a military fort exploded behind him, and I can honestly say that I was pleased. 8.5


T-hrills: The thrills I felt from this movie were not from the scares, but from the revision of history. This makes me wish that there were more zombie filmed pieces from important moments in history. 9.0


The total G.R.E.A.T. Score is 8.5 out of 10.


Rent this movie from your local video store, on demand service, or buy it online from Amazon.com.


So how does defeating a regional zombie epidemic lead to Lincoln's assassination at the play house?


You will have to watch Abraham Lincoln VS Zombies to find out.


Thanks for reading, and until my next post, I will be shuffling along with the lost.

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DEADHEADS

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I have been planning a road trip this summer, so when the chance to watch the zombie roadtrip movie DEADHEADS came along, I jumped at the opportunity so it could help me get in the zone.

DEADHEADS is written and directed by Brett and Drew Pierce and brought to us by Frobro Films.

A bumbling four eyed dork who reminds me alot of the wimpy dentist from The Hangover, awakens to find tubes sticking out of his body and stumbles into the heart of a regional zombie epidemic, where he meets his main sidekick for the rest of the film, who acts alot like the blonde slacker from the movie Up A Creek.  These two guys are intelligent zombies, while the rest act like typical Romero zombies.

After escaping containment, these two intelligent zombies and a lil yellow bus acting Romero zombie named Cheese set out on the road to help our four eyed friend find the girl of his dreams,  so he can propose to her as he intended before waking up dead. But hot on our heroes tails is a zombie slayer and two nit wits that work for the dream girls military father who is head of the bio weapons division that created the zombies.

These two groups bump heads regularly through the film, and keep the DEADHEADS going at a great pace.

Let us check the G.R.E.A.T. score.

Gore: great gross out gags, top notch special effects, and impressive zombie makeup 9.0

Realism: DEADHEADS was so much of a comedy that realism is thrown out the window, but very impressive production values, and good costumes for all the characters involved 7.75

Entertainment: This movie is funny, and will keep your attention 8.0

Acting/action: good action, and most of the actors were good at their roles, although the bearded zombie hunter annoyed me with his attitude 7.5

Thrills: well it was a comedy, so no out right thrills, but some of the bloody scenes were a thrill to watch. 7.5

The total G.R.E.A.T. score is 7.95 out of 10.

You can find DEADHEADS at your local video store or buy it online from Amazon.com.

So will our four eyed friend find the girl of his dreams and pop the question, or will her military dad pop a cap in his ass?

You will have to watch DEADHEADS to find out.

Thanks for reading, and until my next post, I will be shuffling along with the lost.

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OUTPOST

Greetings my shambling shuffling friends!

Glad you could visit, I just got back from a trip and was going through a small box of nazi medals and other mementos I picked up while exploring an underground nazi bunker in the movie OUTPOST, directed by Steve Barker, and produced by Arabella Page Croft (which is a cool sounding name if you ask me).

Before I get started, I would like to say that the History Channel, also known as the Hitler channel, kind of prepared me for understanding this movie by having shows that dealt with Nazi secret technology, and physics. The writers of OUTPOST utilized these urban legends perfectly into this Nazi Zombie masterpiece.

OUTPOST is about a researcher who has been hunting for hidden Nazi secret technology for half his life, and ends up hiring a group of mercenaries to help him reach the underground bunker and ensure retrieval of a device while an Eastern European regional war wages around them.

What the researcher and his mercs did not count on was Nazi Zombie Stormtroopers who are able to phase in and out of our reality as a result of the technology located in the bunker. I know it sounds far fetched but OUTPOST takes a slow burn approach and uses it to encrease the tension leading up to the films climax. This is what makes the story work, and why there is now a sequel, OUTPOST 2: BLACK SUN.

Let us take a look at the G.R.E.A.T. Score.

Gore: The gore is not over the top but works well where it is needed, like a nice headcrush scene. Just like a woman's makeup, less can be more. 7.5

Realism: The characters are believable and they payed attention to detail, The leader of the mercs checked his watch at one point, and he had a special cover over the watch to prevent light from reflecting off it during a combat situation. It was just a fleeting glimpse but this is an example of the realism that was infused into OUTPOST 8.5

Entertainment: I will actually end up watching this movie a second time with friends, OUTPOST is a well made movie. 8.0

Action: With each kill the Nazi Zombie Stormtroopers kick it up a notch as they torture, tease, and torment the mercs who just want to get out of the bunker alive 8.5

Thrills: More than once I jumed, and the suspense was well played keeping me on the edge of my seat. 9.0

Total G.R.E.A.T. Score is 8.3 out of 10 !

Now I have read a few other reviews about OUTPOST where the guys posted some snarky negative comments, and those guys are full of it! I approached this movie as a fan of cinema, and zombie movies in particular and was very impressed. I am glad OUTPOST is a part of my movie collection and recommend it 100%.

So go to Amazon.com and order your copy of OUTPOST, so you will be on the level when OUTPOST 2:Black Sun is released.

How would you escape fom an underground bunker while being attacked by Nazi Zombies who wont die no matter where you shoot them?

You will have to watch OUTPOST to find out.

Thanks for reading, and until my next post, I will be shuffling along with the lost.

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Fanboys vs Zombies

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Sorry I am all out of breath, but I have been giving myself a cardio workout battling zombies at a comic convention. I have heard people brag about the killer time they have had at comic conventions, but in FANBOYS VS ZOMBIES, this truly is a situation of kill or be killed.

FANBOYS VS ZOMBIES is brought to us by BOOM! Studios, written by Sam Humphries with art by Jerry Gaylord.

Now some zombie fans just watch the movies, but not me, I watch the movies, read the novels, and collect the comics, and I love FANBOYS VS ZOMBIES.

Sam Humphries has taken the geek mannerisms and woven them perfectly into his characters making this comic a fun read,  and the art by Jerry Gaylord portrays each of the character cliche's smoothly, with good amounts of zombie gore to slip in, while the geeky main characters bumble along tryin to seem semi-cool.

Let's see the  G.R.E.A.T. score break down.

Gore: well drawn, I especially like how he portrayed the zombie publicists, and D&D zombies in issue two.  9.0

Realism: the portrayals of the characters mimic fanboys in real life.  9.0

Entertainment: this comic makes me chuckle and is a fun read. 8.0

Action: massive convention floor zombie mayhem, ziplines that break, and battles with axe wielding D&D zombies. 9.5

Thrills: not easy to scare an adult with a comic book, but I am drooling like a hungry zombie in anticipation of issue three. 7.5

The total G.R.E.A.T. score is 8.6

Be sure to go to your local comic shop and add FANBOYS VS ZOMBIES to your subscriptions. You will be glad it is a part of your zombie library.

I am going to go back down to the convention floor to battle some more zombies, but before I do let me ask you this question.

Will any famous people make cameos only to be turned into zombie chow?

You will have to read FANBOYS VS ZOMBIES to find out.

Thanks for reading, and until my next post, I will be shuffling along with the lost.

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Operation: Nazi Zombies

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Yesterday I had the displeasure of having surgery without a pain killer.  If you are interested in knowing how that feels then please run down to your local video store and rent OPERATION NAZI ZOMBIES, after an hour and a half of watching, you will also know the feeling of having had surgery without the pain killers.

Operation Nazi Zombies was written, directed and edited by David B. Stewart III in 1999, was released in 2003, and finally made it into video stores in 2012.

With a name like Operation: Nazi Zombies, I had hoped to see actual zombies wearing nazi uniforms, like in the Nordic classic Dead Snow.  But in reality the only thing that ties together the nazi's and the zombies is a scene where one of the actors is burning pages from a file folder and mentions that they discovered the zombie virus in Berlin in 1945. Yep thats it, nothing more to this movie involving nazi zombies other than the movie title.

Of course I will give David B. Stewart III some props for being a guy who dealt with the topic (in a round about way) of nazi zombies before nazi zombies infected modern culture in the Call of Duty video games we all love.

So let me break it down for you. An army guy has been given a mission to go to a secret base (barn in the country with a laboratory basement) that has been abandoned and over run by zombies, so he can destroy all the evidence. Some of his team freak out and try to escape, getting devoured by zombies that had escaped outside the barn (secret goverment high tech laboratory). One of the soldiers goes mad and starts hunting and killing other soldiers trying to escape in a very Rambo kinda way, which in all truth is some of the better acting. Eventually a hinged box with a bomb in it explodes destroying eight miles of the surrounding country side putting an end to the spread of the nazi zombie virus that is infecting the local community.

I will spare you the rest of the details and go into my G.R.E.A.T. score.

Gore: There was an excellent head stomping scene that was nice and meaty, a well done gut munching scene with zombies pulling intestines out of a soldier, and the zombie makeup was better than alot of zom 'B' movies I have viewed in the past. 7.0

Realism: kinda hard to add realism with a very low budget, poor filming locations and some very green actors. 5.0

Entertainment: hmmm, well I did like the gut munching scene. 4.0

Acting: very green, but I did cheer for the army guy who went section 8 and was hunting his fellow soldiers, because they needed to be put out of their misery 5.0

Thrills: no thrills, no chills but I did sit through it 3.0

The total score is 4.8

With all the faults I could find in this movie, and plot holes big enough to hide a cadaver in, knowing this movie was made by people in their late teens, and early twenties, impresses me with the effort they put into it.  With more experience, bigger budget , and better writing, this director has the potential to do lots better.  David B. Stewart III obviously has movie knowledge and used it well with the resources he had at his disposal.  I give it a thumbs up for the effort because most people in their late teens would not have come close to this level of production.

So let me ask you, would you be upset to rent a movie with nazi zombies in the title only to never see a nazi zombie? You will have to rent Operation: Nazi Zombies to find out.

Thanks for reading and until my next post, I will be suffling along with the lost.


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Infected by Scott Sigler

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I dont mean to seem preoccupied looking out my windows, but I am sure the cops will be coming any minute to kick in my door and haul me away. Now I know what your thinking and you are wrong, this is not a marijuana induced paranoia. This paranoia comes from the morgellons like infection that is crawling through the novel, INFECTED by Scott Sigler.

Infected is not a typical zombie novel,  there are no undead creatures dying to force large chunks of warm flesh down their little rotting throats, but the unlucky souls who happen to have become   Infected, do loose control over themselves, and begin killing people in a paranoid adrenalin fueled rage.

Most of the book is divided between people trying to hunt down, quarantine and study the infected, and Perry, an infected giant of a man,  who fights to remain in control through the whole novel.

Reading the thoughts that were running through Perry's mind, was like having a chance to listen to the thoughts in the mind of someone suffering split personality disorder, with a strong sense of paranoia. As the paranoia increased, so did the action, making Infected harder to put down everytime I would pick it up.

Time for the G.R.E.A.T. score.

Gore- Very satisfying, as the main character fights the infection he has to practice self mutilation, with each act of it becoming worst then the last, and the well written details will built a sadstic image of pain in your mind. 10

Realism- This infection mimicked margellons, which is considered by the CDC as being mass paranoia and a hallucination, so this novel worked well with modern themes in reality. 9

Entertainment- Very much so, switching between the virus, the authorities and Perry prevents dull moments during your read. 8

Action- OH YES! The actions of the characters were right on que with the escalation of the infection. 8.5

Thrills- more than one evening I would lay in bed imagining the itch and crawling feelings of the infection while trying to drift off to sleep. Infected will not leave your mind once you put it down for the night.8.0

The final G.R.E.A.T. score is: 8.7 !

Infected by Scott Sigler is available through Amazon.com, or your local bookstore.

It is time for me to go again but before I do, let me ask you this question.

Is there a limit to the amount of pain and damage you would go through to save yourself from an infection, or is there just a certain point where you lay there and let it happen? You will have to read  Infected by Scott Sigler to truly answer that question.

Thanks for reading, and until next time, I will be shuffling along with the lost.


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Down the Road by Bowie Ibarra

Greetings my shambling, shuffling friends.

Sorry I have not posted for a while, but I took a trip Down The Road with Bowie Ibarra, its not like we had a choice though, the city was being over run by zombies and it was time to get out of dodge.

Alright, I admit I didnt actually go anywhere, but this book sure took me places.

As an author of one of the coolest zombie novels on store shelves, Bowie Ibarra was able to hit on some important aspects that other novels never even consider, because they are too busy just being a horror story. 

As soon as the novel began, Ibarra made the story personal by having the main character, George Zarragosa, look around his apartment and take into account the things he did not need to help him survive escaping the city, and yet days before could not live without, like his The Big Lebowski dvd, or his music c.d. collection. This forced me to look around and consider all the things I own and consider important right now, but would happily do without for my own survival.

George as the main character has a healthy distrust of intrusive big goverment, and this theme continues to resurface constantly through out the novel, and even takes open jabs at Fema doing more harm then good for protecting citizen in fema camps, and how those in control will always end up abusing their power. It doesnt matter if your a gang leader surviving in a city, or a fema camp guard who rejoices in stirring up racial conflict for personal enjoyment over the people who depend on you for protection. This Libertarian theme reappears throughout Down The Road, making a good point that individuals who are responsible can do better than organized groups who rule through the threat of force, like our own goverment, and the images Bowie Ibarra was able to paint in my mind showed that without freedom and free will, there really is no difference between armed gangs and goverment.

This reminds me of one of my favorite Libertarian quotes:

"A society that robs people of the fruits of their hard labor with the threat of violence and calls it income and property taxes, is not really a society.....it is a mob that is held together by institutional gang violence."


Time for the G.R.E.A.T. score!

G ore: the descriptions of shambling corpses was spot on and and well written, as was the attacks on living people. 8.0

R ealism: very realistic, Bowie Ibarra was able to show the break down of society and the abuse of power and more than once made me think to the fema disaster we all remember as Hurricane Katrina. 8.5

E ntertainment:  Once I started reading, I had no choice but to finish the story, and I am looking forward to reading the sequels. 8.75

A ction: The pace of the story was great and kept me in suspence, like the scene where he broke into the local school, I could not put the novel down. 8.0

T hrills: the zombies were always a constant threat, even when they thought they were safe, the zombies remained a background antagonist adding a sense of dread the entire time. 8.0

The total G.R.E.A.T. score is: 8.25 out of 10 !

I definatley recommend adding this to your growing zombie library. Those of you who are survivalist minded, will get plenty of ideas to help you navigate a societal collapse scenario.

Well, it is time for me to sling my pack over my back and head on Down The Road, but before I go let me ask you this:

Will George make it to his final destination safe and sound, or is there a final surprise waiting on his door step. You will have to read Down the Road by Bowie Ibarra to find out.

Thanks for reading and until my next post, I will be shuffling along with the lost.

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