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I think this is the best zombiefilm since REC.

Has anyone seen it?

There's lots of hype about it on the internet too. But I wouldn't say this film reinvents the wheel really, it just does everything right and on a scale that feels unprecedented for a movie like this. Think many of you guys would enjoy it.
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Yea heard good things. It leaked apparently, seen it on the private FTP site where I get my shit.
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been hearing about it, need to catch it

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oh my god, that one guy tho, such a piece of shit

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Last guy you want to be stuck on a zombietrain with.

So this film made it to a lot of "best of 2016" lists which is really cool.
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this looks sick. im in
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EMCEE DARTH MALEK wrote:this looks sick. im in
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It's a well done zombie movie, but it's not really adding anything to the genre, imo. It's essentially Snowpiercer with zombies.
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Word. It's better than Snowpiercer though.

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Comedy Quaddafi wrote:
I think this is the best zombiefilm since REC.
Y/N, anyone?
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I don't see how this film has anything to do with snowpiercer btw. That's like saying "it's basically Under Siege 2 with zombies".
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Comedy Quaddafi wrote:I don't see how this film has anything to do with snowpiercer btw. That's like saying "it's basically Under Siege 2 with zombies".


Somewhat fair, but they are moving through the train car-by-car like they do in Snowpiercer. It's just what I was using to describe the film generally.
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Comedy Quaddafi wrote:
Comedy Quaddafi wrote:
I think this is the best zombiefilm since REC.
Y/N, anyone?
Maybe? Zombieland and Dead Snow I and II are the only films that come to mind that could rival it, imo. I wouldn't necessarily rank any of them higher than the other. Rec is superior to all of the movies up for consideration.
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Speaking of good zombie films, didn't anybody like The Girl with all the gifts? I really enjoyed that

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The Girl With All the Gifts is a really great film.

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jamrage wrote:
Comedy Quaddafi wrote:
Comedy Quaddafi wrote:
I think this is the best zombiefilm since REC.
Y/N, anyone?
Maybe? Zombieland and Dead Snow I and II are the only films that come to mind that could rival it, imo. I wouldn't necessarily rank any of them higher than the other. Rec is superior to all of the movies up for consideration.

+ La Horde.
The found footage genre is so played out now that I probably don't hold REC in as high esteem as other people.

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Loved The Horde and Zombieland.

Personally, I think some of the more interesting films post-[REC} were Pontypool, Exit Humanity and The Dead. Let's not forget the [REC] sequels were also a good time, whether they jumped the shark or not.

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La Horde, Dead Snow and The Dead are films I love as well. Jamrage is right to say theres not much between the best z-flicks of the last 10 years or so probably. But Busan stands out because of how well-made it is. You can just tell they put a lout of love and energy in to that film IMO.

Why REC is a cut above, in my estimation anyway, is that its legit terrifying. Guess I wasn't expecting something that intense at the time. Suppose its very individual how people react to movies but I'm sure I wasn't the only one who freaked out a little during the last half hour - I know my friends were even more worked up than me.

Need to see The Girl... if it belongs in this company.
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It does, but it's way closer in style to cult British sci-fi flicks of the past than today's zombie horror flicks.

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Trailers suggested that Train to Busan would be way sillier than the finished product. Really impressed how it nailed Romero's recurring motif of douchebags fucking over everybody in a zombie flick. Really liked this, but I still prefer The Girl With All the Gifts.

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