tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post2842259356253050835..comments2024-03-17T11:29:35.743-04:00Comments on Final Girl: The one I might have savedStacie Ponderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-91705880124588500752008-05-18T22:52:00.000-04:002008-05-18T22:52:00.000-04:00Yeah I love Night Of The Living Dead ... it's one ...Yeah I love Night Of The Living Dead ... it's one of my favorite horror films next to The Evil Dead 2. Classics!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-65127108949603658102008-05-15T18:13:00.000-04:002008-05-15T18:13:00.000-04:00I heart Creepshow!I heart Creepshow!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-88696582206612952602008-05-11T14:46:00.000-04:002008-05-11T14:46:00.000-04:00I love your blog! Do you mind if we link to you ov...I love your blog! Do you mind if we link to you over at dearjesus.wordpress.com?<BR/><BR/>-Whitneywhitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06048153758556096552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-76005500542912183212008-05-09T20:44:00.000-04:002008-05-09T20:44:00.000-04:00The ones I would've saved.http://jthohnine.blogspo...The ones I would've saved.<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://jthohnine.blogspot.com/2008/05/ones-i-wouldve-said.htmlJTH_ohNiNehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06983261304354322327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-90159489590333609512008-05-08T22:38:00.000-04:002008-05-08T22:38:00.000-04:00Oh wow I am so glad that finallyits going to have ...Oh wow I am so glad that finally<BR/>its going to have a proper dvd<BR/>edition release. There have been <BR/>so too many dodgy and spotty<BR/>versions of it over the years. I<BR/>never bought any of those cuz I was<BR/>just a waitin' and a waitin' for this.<BR/><BR/>So glad, awww so glad. by the way<BR/>I like your chosen shots for your write up.<BR/>They make me think of Portishead, any one<BR/>of those shots you posted could have been<BR/>one of their covers. Have you gotten 3 yet?<BR/>Unreal and there's horror film soundtracky<BR/>moments galore on it. ahh sorry got off track<BR/>a bit. Anyways so glad NOTLD is coming out<BR/>for real. Hey did you ever give away those tickets<BR/>for the Fangoria weekend?<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>J.A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-23808377235351211242008-05-08T19:23:00.000-04:002008-05-08T19:23:00.000-04:00Aint nothing soft about Creepshow. I love it's cam...Aint nothing soft about Creepshow. I love it's camp qualities to death.Evol Kweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00358540740207597037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-22096239332221902612008-05-08T15:04:00.000-04:002008-05-08T15:04:00.000-04:00and a great idea!I'm lousy with 'em!<B>and a great idea!</B><BR/><BR/>I'm lousy with 'em!Arbogasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670776992289080245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-68439490761254459492008-05-08T14:42:00.000-04:002008-05-08T14:42:00.000-04:00Wow, what a brilliant post and a great idea! Man, ...Wow, what a brilliant post and a great idea! Man, I could probably come up with a dozen characters I would want to save... the first one that came to mind was Alice in Friday the 13th Part 2. Hollis and Patty from My Bloody Valentine come immediately to mind also; a lot of the characters in that movie were just really nice people, which I think makes the horrific deaths more effective. And I always feel really bad about Dee Wallace in The Hills Have Eyes (it's Dee Wallace! Come on!), as well as final girl Amy at the end of He Knows You're Alone-- even though her death is implied rather than seen, it still sucks. I'm sure more will come to mind, but I think you pretty much hit the nail on the head in your post with Barbara.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-15452959319470209162008-05-08T13:06:00.000-04:002008-05-08T13:06:00.000-04:00Re: the first still frame from the movie, I'd neve...Re: the first still frame from the movie, I'd never realized Michael Caine and Tilda Swinton were in it. Very cool. ;-)<BR/><BR/>I've always been a Dawn of the Dead guy myself but the first Dead film still chills the snot out of me. <BR/><BR/>craigunderdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624716200314172331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-73103488554607051232008-05-07T22:46:00.000-04:002008-05-07T22:46:00.000-04:00Great post, and one of my favorite movies too. I ...Great post, and one of my favorite movies too. I appreciate your sentiment, although I'd probably choose to save Ben, whose death is just so incredibly unjust that it burns me with sunlike ferocity every time.jpbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733456276611940453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-69913375358207572402008-05-07T19:36:00.000-04:002008-05-07T19:36:00.000-04:00Great post. It makes me want to watch it all over...Great post. It makes me want to watch it all over again-it's been way too long. Oh well, I know what I'll be splurging on come the 20th!<BR/><BR/>This was the first movie that ever scared the hell out of me. What drove me away was the first shots of the zombies stumbling out of the darkness, towards the house. It was a looong time before I could go back and watch it again. Thanks, Dad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-43535751212708546032008-05-07T12:54:00.000-04:002008-05-07T12:54:00.000-04:00I'd probably have to go for Frank from 28 Day Late...I'd probably have to go for Frank from 28 Day Later. He's good, competent, funny, and dies in a noble way that's only just barely his fault.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I just saw [Rec] on a Spanish DVD with acceptable English subtitles. The first hour's brilliant, the last 10 minutes not so much.<BR/>Now, if I were remaking it, I'd be tempted to make it a prequel to 28 Days Later (2.8 Hours Later, maybe). It's already compatible in most ways. Just change the end of the plot a bit to spin it into social commentary rather than jarring cheesiness.<BR/><BR/>-JonathanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-89290563676431853692008-05-06T23:06:00.000-04:002008-05-06T23:06:00.000-04:00Stacie, what a wonderful post...I couldn't agree m...Stacie, what a wonderful post...I couldn't agree more about Barbara. I was a wee one when my dad came in one Saturday morn and thrust NOTLD into the VCR, saying "this one really scared me when I was little." Yeah, I can certainly see why, Dad, and thanks for screwing me up in the most wonderful way ever--my burgeoning interest in horror turned into an obsession. <BR/><BR/>At any rate, NOTLD was also my first experience with the ole protagonist bait-and-switch...up until that point, I was firmly convinced that the first people encountered in horror movies (with the exception of the flashback couple from the first Friday film, of course) were our heroes who would be there until the end. Little did I know--I was just so shocked when Barbara, who I'd just assumed would outlive all the rest, met a somewhat fitting but still crushing end in her brother's arms. NOTLD also gave us Helen, another one who ranks highly on my "one I would save" list...she did the best she could against her pig-headed husband, flesh-eating daughter, and, oh yeah, an army of the undead. <BR/><BR/>However, number 1 on my list would be a tie between 2 Friday girls...Brenda from Part 1 and Paula from Part 6...they both were perfect-mom's-youngest-sister/aunt material, and I really thought both deserved better than they ultimately got...I still get sad thinking of Brenda out at that bow-and-arrow range, having wandered out into the rain to save a child, or so she thought, or Paula getting the business end of a machete in her cabin...I'm getting all sad...again, great post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-31324335863243978012008-05-06T21:21:00.000-04:002008-05-06T21:21:00.000-04:00i think i'd save Donald Sutherland at the end of t...i think i'd save Donald Sutherland at the end of the 1978 Body Snatchers.<BR/><BR/>i realize that's what makes the movie's ending such a kick in the groin (in a good way), but i felt SO BAD when it all went down...<BR/><BR/>great post!rob!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-12741505089025707092008-05-06T21:02:00.000-04:002008-05-06T21:02:00.000-04:00very heartfelt and poignant. a lovely read as alwa...very heartfelt and poignant. a lovely read as alwaysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-48778796549231095382008-05-06T20:57:00.000-04:002008-05-06T20:57:00.000-04:00The new DVD will have a newly restored picture. T...The new DVD will have a newly restored picture. The restoration was supervised by Romero. I don't know how much they can improve on the Elite DVD that came out a few years ago, but who am I to tell them to stop?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569297200794176696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-16732634562651860472008-05-06T18:58:00.000-04:002008-05-06T18:58:00.000-04:00Truly the best zombie film ever, along with DAWN O...Truly the best zombie film ever, along with DAWN OF THE DEAD.<BR/><BR/>I've always felt bad for Barbara as well.<BR/><BR/>First, her brother scares the shit out of her.<BR/><BR/>Second, she gets slapped around by Ben in the house.<BR/><BR/>Third, her brother eats the shit out of her.<BR/><BR/>Now that's what I call a bad day!<BR/><BR/>Great post. Great movie.JOSEPH CAMPANELLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18432551762553721818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-48412675194370214402008-05-06T18:12:00.000-04:002008-05-06T18:12:00.000-04:00Now I feel sad for Barbra all over again, dammit *...Now I feel sad for Barbra all over again, dammit *tear*Wes Fiercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12142023846505984580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-23343023020172183502008-05-06T18:09:00.000-04:002008-05-06T18:09:00.000-04:00Great post, I seriously need to watch this movie i...Great post, I seriously need to watch this movie in the not too distant future. I have the Elite Millennium Edition of NOTLD, which has quite a few bells and whistles, but after you mentioned it, I checked and I too have several crappy video and DVD versions of it as well. My soft spot will always be for the other Romero classic, Martin. Come to think of it…I’d probably save Martin! Or in a more recent film, Clementine from Ils, which I just watched last night.<BR/>My favorite shot from NOTLD it the car driving up the road to the cemetery. I’ve visited said cemetery and except for a few trees, everything (including the road leading up) still look the same. You can check out the pictures on my MySpace page. (I’m on your friends list)<BR/>Chuck WilsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-58487114238981997562008-05-06T17:41:00.000-04:002008-05-06T17:41:00.000-04:00Really, really nice piece, Stacie.Really, really nice piece, Stacie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-42791027367746695092008-05-06T17:32:00.000-04:002008-05-06T17:32:00.000-04:00Wow. You know a good blogger when they describe a...Wow. You know a good blogger when they describe a film you've seen a million times in a whole new light... and you want to see it again! thanks!<BR/><BR/>The one shot that has terrified me from day one still has to be the long shot of the lone zombie in the graveyard in the stark daylight moving ever so slow. <BR/><BR/>Something about zombies in the daylight just wandering scares the Holy Hannah outta me.Turnidoff Productionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-88132637458865506562008-05-06T16:59:00.000-04:002008-05-06T16:59:00.000-04:00For those who can't wait, it's available at the In...For those who can't wait, it's available at the Internet Archive for nothing.<BR/><BR/>http://www.archive.org/details/night_of_the_living_dead<BR/><BR/>But it'll be worth the money for the DVD just for the bonuses alone.Rhubarbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420649578714138660noreply@blogger.com