EPISODE SIX
ZOMBIE
Films Discussed
Wild Zero
Warm Bodies
Dead Snow
Runtime: 2:20:00
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NOTES
Wild Zero
| Wild Zero | |
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Film poster
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| Directed by | Tetsuro Takeuchi |
| Produced by | Kaichiro Furata[1] |
| Written by | Satoshi Takagi[1] |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Guitar Wolf |
| Cinematography | Motoki Kobayashi |
| Edited by | Tomoe Kubota |
Production
company |
Dragon Pictures[1]
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Release date
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Running time
| 98 minutes[2] |
| Country | Japan[1] |
| Language | Japanese[3] |
Variety gave the film a mixed review, stating that "Pic has everything the midnight crowd could possibly want, although such items generally have a hard time hitting other parts of the theatrical clock."[1] The online film database Allmovie gave the film a three and a half star rating out of five, stating that "this film's giddy energy and unrepentantly silly story line are a hoot and a holler of fun."[8]
Warm Bodies
| Warm Bodies | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Jonathan Levine |
| Produced by | David Hoberman Todd Lieberman Bruna Papandrea |
| Screenplay by | Jonathan Levine |
| Based on | Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion |
| Starring | Nicholas Hoult Teresa Palmer Rob Corddry Dave Franco Analeigh Tipton Cory Hardrict John Malkovich |
| Music by | Marco Beltrami Buck Sanders |
| Cinematography | Javier Aguirresarobe |
| Edited by | Nancy Richardson |
Production
company | |
| Distributed by | Summit Entertainment |
Release date
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Running time
| 98 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35 million[2] |
| Box office | $117 million[3] |
- Nicholas Hoult as R
- Teresa Palmer as Julie Grigio
- Rob Corddry as M / Marcus, a friend of R
- Dave Franco as Perry Kelvin, Julie's boyfriend
- Analeigh Tipton as Nora, a friend of Julie
- Cory Hardrict as Kevin
- John Malkovich as Colonel Grigio, Julie's father and leader of the human survivors
Stella Papamichael at Digital Spy gave it 3 out of 5 stars and called it "a truly deadpan romantic comedy" and "a witty reinvention of the genre like Shaun of the Dead before it, drawing parallels between the apathy of youth and the zombie masses," adding, "Hoult gets to deliver a wickedly dry voiceover."[24] Chris Packham of The Village Voice said in a negative review that "The film's intentions are way too good for its own good, producing bloodless romance and more shamefully bloodless carnage. Nobody kisses anyone else until it becomes clear that both parties have pulses, and everyone gets to keep all their limbs."
Dead Snow
| Dead Snow | |
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US DVD cover
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| Directed by | Tommy Wirkola |
| Produced by | Tomas Evjen Harald Zwart |
| Written by | Tommy Wirkola Stig Frode Henriksen |
| Starring | Vegar Hoel Stig Frode Henriksen Charlotte Frogner Lasse Valdal Evy Kasseth Røsten Jeppe Laursen Jenny Skavlan Ane Dahl Torp Bjørn Sundquist Ørjan Gamst |
| Music by | Christian Wibe |
| Cinematography | Matthew Bradley Weston |
| Edited by | Martin Stoltz |
Production
company |
Miho Film
Yellow Bastard Production News on Request Zwart Arbeid Barentsfilm AS FilmCamp Storm Studios |
| Distributed by | Euforia Film |
Release date
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Running time
| 91 minutes |
| Country | Norway |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Budget | $800,000 |
| Box office | $1,984,662 |
- Vegar Hoel as Martin Hykkerud
- Stig Frode Henriksen as Roy Toivonen
- Charlotte Frogner as Hanna Delon
- Lasse Valdal as Vegard Rosten
- Evy Kasseth Røsten as Liv Beck
- Jeppe Laursen as Erlend Johnsen
- Jenny Skavlan as Chris Frogner
- Ane Dahl Torp as Sara Henriksen
- Bjørn Sundquist as The Wanderer
- Ørjan Gamst as Standartenführer Herzog
Dead Snow received mixed reviews from Norwegian critics, and was rated 3/6 by both Verdens Gang[11] and Dagbladet.[12] According to Manohla Dargis of The New York Times, director Tommy Wirkola, "who wrote the irrelevant screenplay with Stig Frode Henriksen, doesn’t just hit every horror beat; he pounds it to an indistinguishable pulp."[13] She highlighted the special effects team for acclaim for their "admirably disgusting" work.[13] Stephen Witty of The Star-Ledger also commented positively on the film's visuals, and lauded Wirkola for his "steady hand with the action scenes",[14] but identified the plot as the film's weakness. He accused the characters of lacking motivation, and for being "pretty much indistinguishable from one another." He also had a problem with the ending.[14]
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