Brrrraaaaiiiinnnnssss.... and Zombie Movies Quiz

Answer: 28 Days Later

In this movie, Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up alone in an empty hospital 28 days after getting into an accident, during his job as a bicycle courier, and finds London empty. When he begins to find survivors, they band together in order to find a safe place, but soon, they begin joining the destructive infected humans when they too get infected by their blood.

When they come across the army, they think they're safe, but things get much worse when they encounter uninfected monsters. "28 Days Later" put zombie thrillers back on the map in 2002, and it was a great, creepy film.

Answer: Night of the Living Dead

In this black and white film released in 1968, a satellite from Venus brought radiation to Earth and caused the dead to rise from the grave (just in time to meet Barbara and her brother at the graveyard), and soon people fled for their lives. One group of people began to hide in an empty farmhouse by boarding up all windows and doors on the main floor, but soon, they couldn't escape the terror. With one of their own wounded, and a few failed attempts at escaping, the zombies began to enter the house, and terror ensued.

This film spawned many sequels, and was remade in 1990.

Answer: Resident Evil

This movie is based on the hit video game series "Resident Evil" (known as "Biohazard" in Japan") although none of these ever featured Alice as a main character. In this movie, Alice is trying to figure out how she is involved with a company like the Umbrella Corporation, while she navigates the corridors with a military unit on the way to the "Red Queen".

When they shut off this computer, all of the doors in the factory are unlocked, and Hell breaks loose. To escape the labs and offices, the group must confront the infected humans, dogs, and mutated creatures along the way.

In the end, one of the main characters becomes infected with a mutant strain of the virus, causing him to become Umbrella's new experiment.

Answer: Shaun of the Dead

This movie was well-made, even for a romantic comedy. It certainly wasn't too romantic after all, there were more zombies than anything. In this movie, the main character, Shaun, breaks up with his girlfriend, so he and his buddy, Ed, get drunk and forget about it. Shortly after, they realize that their neighbourhood has been plagued by the living dead, and they must save the ones they love. With all of the blood and gore you'd expect from a zombie movie, you'd never know this film was filled to the brim with laughs and gags.

Answer: House of the Dead

Okay, some parts of this movie really have nothing to do with anything and really, the only parts that reflect the video game are parts during the fight scenes that are meant to look like they come straight from the game. Nevertheless, the game featurs many undead creatures and other mutant freaks, as a band of friends and partners attempt to escape with their lives.

In the end, only a few make it out (as usual), and escape in a helicopter. There are also many little tidbits in the movie for fans of the game (like a Sega logo). "Zombies Ate My Neighbors" was a Sega/SNES game released many years prior to this movie.

It also featured zombies (obviously).

Answer: Dawn of the Dead

Overall, the remake of this movie is quite well done. As a densely populated town starts to become overrun with zombies, people band together to save themselves. Soon, the group of more than ten people (and one dog) are trapped in a shopping mall, a seemingly safe haven, and they spend their days waiting for their rescuers.

When their rescuers don't come, they plan their escape across the destroyed city.

Answer: Army of Darkness

In this movie, Ash is in medieval times with a car, shotgun, and chainsaw, and he needs to recover the Necronomicon in order to be taken back to present day. When he finally obtains the book, he accidentally awakens the local corpses. Soon, he's forced to battle the evil army of darkness, led by an evil double of himself.

The previous two movies in this trilogy were also about the undead, but they were set in present times.

Answer: Creepshow

"Creepshow" involves five vignettes, starring famous faces such as Leslie Nielsen, Ed Harris, Ted Danson, and Stephen King himself. The first vignette, "Father's Day", involves a father rising from the grave on Father's Day to get back at his family who share his fortunes. "Pet Sematary" is another Stephen King movie involving the undead, but it isn't completely about zombies.

The movie is about a man whose son is killed by a semi-truck, so he places him into an ancient Indian burial ground known for bringing corpses back to life. Terror ensues when household pets and undead sons return from the grave.

This movie also spawned a sequel.

Answer: The Fog

"The Fog" was made by John Carpenter, who is famous for other horror films such as "The Thing" and "Halloween". Both "The Fog" and "Halloween" star Jamie Lee Curtis. This movie was remade in 2005 with famous celebrities like Tom Welling ("Smallville"), Maggie Grace ("LOST"), and Selma Blair ("A Guy Thing").

Although the remake was found to be disappointing, and was put down by critics, the original is still as great as ever.

Answer: Undead

This movie is hilarious, and it's obviously done by fans of the 'Zombie Horror' genre. This film is filled with plenty of zombie action and gruesome zombie destruction. The whole movie is set in a small Australian fishing village, and in the end, it is discovered that some hooded figures have been creating acid rain and 'healing' people from the horrible zombie disease.

In the end, one of the gang manages to fly over a large quarantine barrier, and once again infect many residents in the town, just after they have been saved.

The aliens never returned.