31-Word horror-movie review contest Zombie Week is complete!
The zombies sure came out of the wood work this week! I was so busy shuffling around and having my limbs rot off that I only got to write a review for one of my favorite zombie flicks. Thankfully, the stackers stepped up and filled in the void. I even learned about a new one I'd never heard of before!
8 submissions
- Night of the Living Dead, 1968 (@GreaterthanFiction)
- Zombieland, 2009 (@GreaterthanFiction)
- Zombie, 1978 (@guerratotal)
- Cargo, 2017 (@guerratotal)
- One Cut of the Dead, 2017 (@Scoresby)
- Dawn of the Dead, 2004 (@GreaterthanFiction)
- Train to Busan, 2016 (@guerratotal)
- Juan of the Dead, 2011 (@guerratotal)
There were also three 31-word reviews that weren't really zombie movies, but I'm listing them here because they were awesome!
- The Substance, 2025 (@zapsammy via @deSign_r)
- Split, 2016 (@fred)
- The Fourth Kind, 2009 (@guerratotal)
Honorable mentions
@guerratotal's review of Cargo caught my eye because somehow I didn't even know the movie existed. It's certainly on my list now.
Although it's not a proper zombie movie, there might be a case to be made that The Substance should be on the list. @zapsammy's (perhaps unintentional) review highlighted by @deSign_r may just have been the kick I needed to give it a watch. Definitely piqued my interest.
And the winner is
@GreaterthanFiction's review of Zombieland!
Rule number one: cardio. Double-tap always. Beware bathrooms. Four misfits become family amid undead America. Murray’s mansion sequence legendary. Pacific Playland shootout dazzles. Zombie kills meet emotional beats perfectly. Surprisingly touching destruction.
Zombieland is one of those zombie movies that I keep hearing about but which I've never bothered to watch. I think I figured it would be kind of lame. But this review turns all that on its head. I'm totally psyched for theme park zombie mayhem!