I originally intended to spend the month writing about my favorite horror films. Then while browsing through Creature Features (the book), I realized there were a lot of interesting movies I hadn't seen. Maybe I should write about some of those.
I also remembered a recommendation from Gnumoon for Resident Evil.
So I decided it would be more fun to write about all the horror films I watch during October, both good and bad.
Resident Evil is based on the video game of the same name. This is not a recommendation in itself as most video game films are terrible.
Killer Virus + Broken Vial = You are going to Die
Resident Evil manages to escape the terrible curse and ends up being quite an entertaining film. It starts with a bang as the virus is released causing the secret underground lab to seal shut, trapping (and executing) all the workers within.
The elevator scene is particularly intense, especially if you don't like elevators.
From there we switch to our heroes who enter the secret lab to deactivate the now out of control computer system. It turns out the computer is the least of their worries. It seems the virus has turned the previously dead employees into hungry zombies and the lab animals into killer mutants.
Kung Fu Women versus The Killer Mutant Dogs
What began as a simple mission, turns into a fight for survival against dozens of lumbering, munching zombies. As in most (all?) zombie movies, you basically need to blow off their heads to kill them. That's not too hard if you have plenty of ammo.
You gotta floss to prevent those bleeding gums.
Unfortunately our heroes are not only short on bullets, they quickly become short on heroes thanks to a nasty defensive device from the aforementioned computer. With their ranks "cut down" they have to reactivate the computer and high tail it out the back door before the fail-safe program kicks in and locks them in forever (or until the sequel).
Duck! Wait, I mean Jump! Never mind, just die.
For the last thirty minutes or so they race across pits of frenzied zombies, fight a giant-demon-spawn long-tongued-mutant and deal with a traitor on their team.
All in all it's a rocket ride of an action flick.
To quote Gnumoon, "the gore:zombie:horror ratios are just right."
I'm even tempted to Netflix the sequel, despite Gnumoon's ominous warning, "Do not accidentally rent RE2: Apocalypse. I’d rather have my brains munched on than watch it again."
'til Milla Jovovich gets that red dress dry cleaned
Keep the Adventure Alive,
