Your Skin Makes Me Cry

I feel like a weirdo sometimes. And I like it. I've decided to watch every zombie movie and short film known to man in chronological order. I want to see how the zombies evolved over the years, take notes on consistencies and inconsistencies and eventually figure out the philosophy of the zombies. I watched number one on the list today: White Zombie. Its a 1932 talkie with Bela Lugosi. I can definitely appreciate it as the originator of the now infamous zombie sub-genre, but as a film itself, it was not very good. There were many inconsistencies in the movie and the version that I watched had terrible sound quality. Thankfully I was able to hear it well enough that I could take notes on it. There is one thing that this zombie movie has that some other zombie movies miss out on: the zombie face. Many zombie movies portray zombies as angry or emotionless, but in this movie they were portrayed as sad nomads. Or rather, their faces portrayed that image. I would watch this movie again in a heartbeat simply to see those faces.

I plan on writing reviews of all the movies I watch on my website and eventually write about the zombies themselves. And if you haven't checked out my website, please do and let me know what you think. There will be some minor changes in the next few weeks to the layout and possibly some additions (I just need to sit down and focus). But in the mean time, please let me know what you think. Constructive criticism, emphasis on constructive, is always welcome.



//Radiohead's "Creep" -- if you've never heard this song before, download it immediately. If you can't find the song anywhere, I'll e-mail it to you!