because its so ******* cool?
Justin M... this is exactly what i think evertime i hear people saying how they wanna film zombie films. While even i have thought about making a zombie film at one piont i dont understand why its such a big deal for so many people.
because its so ******* cool?
Ive never really understood it myself, and actualt tought of starting a thread like this myself...
Its interesting to see in my "what do you want to shoot, but havent yet" thread how most people have secret fantasies of shooting zombies [img]smile.gif[/img]
Maybe its due to all the schlock horror films in the early 80's? Films like Evil Dead and Basket Case showed people that you dont have to have a lot of money to make a good film.
Not much make up is needed, nor costumes for that matter since its everyday people. Its also a fun way of easing yourself into film making. Its a good laugh to film one with all your friends and your ideas can be as over the top as possible.
To be honest. I dont hear of that many people that want to start off making zombie films. It seems now that most people want to make action films with the good old bullet time involved.
Yeah, its sounds about right that new film/video-makers want to do splatter horror because of all the 80s video nasties... it was something that we watched when we were kids, but weren't allowed to... so now we wanna make those movies?!
It's also just fun. Being able to make a movie with buddies, chopping off friend's heads, and having some brainless fun you can watch again later. The Zombie genre is perfect for that. Plus the genre has been done so much, that people may enjoy the challenge of trying to add a new twist to it.
And of course thers is the whole 80's thing you guys mentioned. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
Beau
I think it's because Zombie flicks are just so easy to do. Just whack on some grey face-paint, buy some maple syrup and food colouring and your off. There's also the fact that horror fans aren't particularly choosy, and will watch any old sh?te, so it's easy to sell to a distributer. I give you Leprechaun: Back 2 Da Hood as a prime example.
For me, it was Sam Raimi's Evil Dead that really got me interested in filmmaking. I'd been watching zombie flicks for about a year up till that point but none really inspired me like that film did. After seing it, I realised I wanted to be a filmmaker.
I certainly don't want to make zombie films for the rest of my life. I've written other scripts in other genres, but, in homage to my inspiration, I wanna make a really decent zombie flick before I move on to greener pastures.
i dont see the 80s thing myself cos alot of young film makers 15/16 sorta age seem to start off on the zombie thing when they were just to say born when all these films came out... i doubt very much that they decided to film zombie films becos it was popular cult cinema while they were in nappies...
i think its much more to do with the fact its fun and cheesy and makes for easy cliches. All the things young film makers love. I would imagine that for someone coming to film making to make a fun, dumb movie with thier friends a Zombie film would make the perfect starting ground.
I guess where the problems comes in is that the people that make these silly movies also want to seriously persue a carear in film making. I guess whether or not they ever get even close to learning the craft will depend if they start making serious movies after thier zombie phase
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Are you suggesting you can't learn the craft by making zombie movies?Originally posted by belovedmonster:
I guess whether or not they ever get even close to learning the craft will depend if they start making serious movies after thier zombie phase
Sam Raimi, Peter Jackson... these guys are masters. George A. Romero invented the modern horror movie with a zombie flick.
thats not the piont i was making... there is a distinct difference between filming a zombie film as your debut feature film and filming zombie films with a camcorder and your friends cos its fun...
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