As far as zombie movies are concerned, I'm just as burned out as the rest of y'all motherfuckers. Truth be told, with the market oversaturation since the release of Land of the Dead several years back, I could go years before entertaining the idea of watching a new zombie movie. The exception being, of course, The Walking Dead, but that doesn't really count because it's a television show. As of today, I have found a new exception: A zombie movie from Cuba. Never before have I seen a movie from Cuba, much less a horror movie. I feel like I'm committing a federal crime just by talking about it.
According to Slashfilm and Dread Central, Juan of the Dead(2011) takes place 50 years after the Revolution. Cuba has become overrun with zombies, a blame which is being placed on the US Goverment(go figure!). Our hero Juan, decides the best way to use this lemon is to make lemonade, and takes it upon himself to start slaughtering animated corpses, but for a price. As far as I can tell from the trailer, Juan of the Dead could be compared to Sean of the Dead(duh) but with the social commentary of a dying totalitarian regime. I can live with that, despite the politics. I'm just glad to see Cuba finally become a productive member of film society, at least film that I'm in to.
Here's the trailer, courtesy of Latin Film Reviews:
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Thanks for the heads up. I hope that CGI doesn't fuck it up. I think that I saw traces.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I can't give up on Zombies. They are rooted in my psyche ~ Romero and Fulci ruined me.
Ironically, I have pretty much given up on Romero. Still, there have been some good zombie films since/despite Land of the Dead ~ The Horde and REC were great fun.
Keep up the good work.
Damn that looks like a lot of fun. Can't wait to check it out.
ReplyDelete@Babyfive I gave up on Romero long ago. But you can never go wrong with Fulci as long as you can get behind the psychotic bullshit that comes with his later films.
ReplyDeleteI just heard about this, looks awesome!
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