I don't think the Crazies really counts as a zombie film. It was a great movie, don't get me wrong. But technically they are still alive, they're just infected with something that takes away their reasoning and makes them violent.

If thats the case ,same goes for 28 days Later. Or I am Legend.

Posted By Shiriru on 13-07-2010 07:10 PM
If thats the case ,same goes for 28 days Later. Or I am Legend.

Yep 28 days later technically isn't a zombie movie either. They're alive and infected with rage. That's why they die after 28 days, they think of nothing BUT rage so they forget to drink or eat. I am Legend is about a vampire virus.

Why has no one mentioned [REC] arguably the zombies are fast, but they're not exactly infected people, that old lady takes a hell of a lot of damage and STILL gets up. Kind of takes the genre back to the "voodoo/religious curse" origins. Also despite it being set practically in a apartment building stairwell, it creates immense claustrophobia without feel cramped, cheap or low budget. (Quarantine was a complete rip-off of this movie, see the original).
Another interesting film is The Zombie Diaries (not to be confused with Diary OTD). A British Indie film which has an unusual focus on the psychology of characters, not everyone is a beautiful movie star screaming their heads off or going postal, this film is more in line with what the original Dead films did. For me this film makes you feel as though this is happening down the road, probably helps I'm English

I watched [REC] recently and they're demons, not zombies. It explains that in the sequel [REC]2. They're infected by a central demon. I'm not that into the idea of possession so it wasn't a great movie to me.

Well disregarding the plot and "cause of sickness" they still acted similarly to zeds,yes it is not a zed flick but why do we need to be so orthodox? I Liked the movie very much though I haven't seen REC2.

I still think that while not zombies as they are in the Romero vein, possession/control is arguably what a true, original zombie is...any backers
I agree with you regarding possession, and [REC]2 did have a bit too much religious mumbo jumbo, but maybe its just because I liked the first one so much I am bound to defend it ^^

Posted By Shiriru on 21-07-2010 10:19 AM
Well disregarding the plot and "cause of sickness" they still acted similarly to zeds,yes it is not a zed flick but why do we need to be so orthodox? I Liked the movie very much though I haven't seen REC2.

exactly, theres lots of movies that are not about zombies(i am legend) but they are still awesom-o