George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead at IGN.com

Immediately following the events of Diary of the Dead, SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD is the 6th film from George A. Romero to look at a world where humans are in the minority and the zombies rule.

Off the coast of Delaware sits the cozy Plum Island where two families are locked in a struggle for power, as it has been for generations. The O’Flynn’s, headed by patriarch Patrick O’Flynn (Kenneth Welsh) approach the zombie plague with a shoot-to-kill attitude. The Muldoons, headed by Shamus Muldoon (Richard Fitzpatrick), feel that the zombies should be quarantined and kept ‘alive,’ in hopes that a solution will someday be found.

The O’Flynn’s, who are clearly outnumbered, are forced to exile Patrick by boat to the mainland, where he meets up with a band of soldiers, headed by Guardsman Sarge (Alan Van Sprang). They join forces and return to the island, to find that the zombie plague has fully gripped the divided community.

As the battle between humans and zombies escalates, the master filmmaker continues to reinvent the modern horror genre with wicked humor and pointed social commentary.

Our friends at Quirk Books just sent over this new video for the new book Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls hitting bookstores March 23, 2010.

As a deadly virus has turned humankind into flesh-eating zombies, slackers Morgan, Ash and Johnny spend their days launging in their skivvies, drifting from one vacant house to another. When the three stumble upon a hot girl who may have a cure for the outbreak, the three decide it’s finally time to step up to the plate and save the world – and the girl.

Now picking up this movie from the $5 bin at the local Walmart I was intrigued by the statement on the DVD cover “Shaun of the Dead’s Got Nothin’ on these slackers.” So I popped it in and wasted exactly 84 minutes of my life that I will never get back.

Last of the Living is a corny movie with very little of substance and even less laughs. The story follows three friends who have somehow managed to luck into surviving a zombie apocalypse. Now how could these typical slackers survive such a thing is beyond me. The main characters are poorly played and have little to no depth.

Thus enters the woman who actually has a solid reason for surviving the zombie apocalypse but little in the way of solid reasons why she’s where is, but she is the driving force of whats left of the plot.

As the movie moves further and further into the world of the childishness the only good thing that came of the movie was the rolling of the credits at the end.

Overall I suggest that you avoid this movie at all costs. In fact if you own a copy of this film already burn it. Don’t let the sickness that is the movie Last of the Living be seen by others.

With the upcoming release of George A Romero’s Survival of the Dead it reminds us all to be on our guard of the time when we may have to determine if that guy looking at you across that field is just strange or is in fact a flesh eating zombie. To help with that our friends over at mPRm have sent us the latest Zombie Identification Field Manual to help all of us better identify who is a zombie and who isn’t but may still need it be shot (Stu).

George A Romero’s Survival of the Dead premiers April 30th, 2010 on VOD, XBox Live, Amazon, & Playstation and in theaters May 28th.

As any zombie lover knows the name George A Romero, here is the official trailer for the upcoming movie Survival of the dead. Due out VOD, Amazon, Xbox Live and Playstation April 30 and in theaters on May Romero continues is massive anthology of the dead.

Survival of the Dead takes place in a desperate, nightmarish world where the dead walk the earth, relentlessly attacking the living. It is the story of Plum Island – a beautiful refuge whose isolation allows two powerful families to maintain a semblance of order in the wake of the zombie holocaust. But as the inhabitants slowly die off, the two clans become sharply divided: The O’Flynns believe that the undead must be destroyed without exception, while the Muldoons insist that afflicted loved ones be kept “alive” until a cure is found.

With all of the news of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls our friends over at Quirk Classics are running a contest for one of 50 Prize-Packs. Now whats in these packs you ask? Lets have a look:

o A Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Journal
o Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Postcards
o Audio Books of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
o An advance copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls
o A password redeemable online for sample audio chapters of Dawn of the Dreadfuls
o A Dawn of the Dreadfuls Poster

To enter click here and be sure to mention you heard about this from AttackoftheZombie.com

In 2009, readers gobbled up the New York Times and international best seller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies faster than zombies eat brains. Yet, in the midst of their ravenous reading, audiences began asking questions: Where did the zombies come from? How did Elizabeth Bennet develop such quality martial-arts skills? Thus, a prequel! Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls (Quirk Books; March 23, 2010; $12.95), by Steve Hockensmith, is an all-new work of fiction inspired by Jane Austen’s beloved characters that gives readers the answers they’ve been looking for—and more.

As this hilariously horrifying prequel begins, the Bennet sisters are enjoying a peaceful life in the English countryside. They idle away the days reading, sewing, practicing instruments, and daydreaming about future husbands—until, suddenly, corpses are springing from the earth. As bodies pile up, Elizabeth Bennet takes charge and transforms into the zombie-slaying machine readers know and love from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls, the third Quirk Classic, though not based on an original Austen work, stays true to the characters the authoress created but allows Hockensmith to fully demonstrate his creative genius. Complete with fifteen illustrations from artist Patrick Arrasmith, it is sure to delight both devoted Quirk Classics readers and those new to the series.

Resident Evil: Afterlife picks up where the third film left off. Since the events of Resident Evil: Extinction, Alice has been roaming the world searching for any remaining survivors. As she enters the ruined Los Angeles, she stumbles onto a prison surrounded by zombies. She then teams up with a group of survivors who had been hiding in Los Angeles since the T-Virus outbreak and helps them break out other survivors held within the jail which include Claire’s brother Chris Redfield.

Resident Evil: Afterlife’s trailer debut was confirmed by lead actress Milla Jovovich on twitter when she posted “the teaser for RE4 will come out in front of “nightmare on elm street”!” and is set to release September 10, 2010 as well as being in 3-D.

Remakes seem to be the new fad for Hollywood as they continue to remake movie after movie and thus we have a new version of The Crazies but none other than zombie film maker George A Romero.

As with many remakes things change while some stay the same. The film takes place in Ogden Marsh, a small farming town in Iowa where the local sheriff and his deputy try to survive as a bio-logical outbreak starts to turn the mid-mannered townsfolk into deranged killers.

The military is not seen as as foolish and abusive as the original work. It focus’ in the background on the governments response to a bio-logical outbreak rather than going down the same road as 1973. This is refreshing to me in that we are not in the same mindset as back then with the end of Vietnam and being the in cold war.

The action is constant in the 2010 version. While director Breck Eisner could have left out the opening scene of the town center gone to hell the movie keeps the tension following to make you think that you’re never safe. Whether you’re walking down a field, playing baseball or alone with friends their is always a sense of dread that the person right beside you will be the next to snap. Very few movies keep this theme going well but The Crazies pulls this off masterfully.

The plot follows the basics of the original but does lay out more social dynamics like a bitter mom/son combination who are bitter over the death of their husband/father. Additionally, updated the roles of the main characters from the original so that instead of firemen we get police officers which better explains weapons proficiencies.

Lastly, the roles of the Crazies were really updated in that its more of an infection. You can see it working in someone. You can see not just in their actions but in their physical being the effects of the outbreak. Also, these are not your mindless zombies types that you would expect from a Romero film. The Crazies actually have thought behind their actions. To them their not infected and what they are doing makes sense to them, just not so much to you if your on the wrong end of a gun.

Overall I enjoyed the film as it was a good take on an existing story. I was glad to see that the movie got a national release and did not get a direct to video release. Be sure to check out The Crazies at theaters near you.

You’re looking at the latest release of George A Romero’s SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD movie poster. SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD premieres on VOD, Amazon, Xbox Live and Playstation April 30 and in theaters on May 28th .