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1. Let's go back to 1932 for this first flick, a grainy black-and-white entry which was produced and directed by Victor and Edward Halperin. Starring Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy and Robert W. Frazer and set in Haiti, it is unlike the zombie flicks of today. These original zombies could be trained to serve you, not just mindlessly try to make you the serving. What is the name of this acknowledged "first" zombie movie?
2. Okay, this one is the grandaddy of ALL modern-day zombie flicks. Released in 1968, it is so well known that I won't even have to give you a plot summary, but merely a series of disconnected images and phrases: black & white, unnerving music, opening scenes in a cemetery, shot in Pennsylvania, the Coopers, smart Ben and useless Barbra, and a goofy-looking guy with glasses who says, "They're coming to GET you BAH-bra!" What is the title of this iconic masterpiece?
3. This movie came out in 1978, the second in a George Romero trilogy. It features four not-very-memorable B actors who, fleeing from the zombie epidemic, escape to a Pennsylvania shopping mall in a stolen helicopter. There they succeed in keeping the zombies at bay until bikers bust into the mall and let hundreds of zombies in in the process. Our heroes shoot it out with the bikers, contemplate suicide, and finally (down to two remaining) escape to uncertainty in the half-fueled helicopter. Name the film.
4. This movie is the third one Romero directed and was released in 1985. This time, four protagonists escape to an army base in Florida. There is tension at the base, however, between the gung-ho soldiers who want to kill all the zombies, and the scientists, who are looking for some kind of a cure or co-existence scenario. Mayhem ensues when the zombies break into the bunker. This time, three out of four of our heroes escape by helicopter to a peaceful desert island. Which film is this?
5. Now, let's look at a remake. The Romero flick "Night of the Living Dead" was remade in 1990. It features Johnny and Barbara, Ben, the Coopers, and begins in a cemetery. In fact, except for this remake having a different cast and being in color, there is absolutely NO difference in plot or ending between this remake and the original. True or False?
6. Without me, there would not have been three George Romero zombie flicks. I am the chief make-up man that cemented the image of the modern zombie into all your psyches. What is my name?
7. George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" set standard operating procedure for how to deal with zombies who are attacking you. You should know the drill by now. Uh-oh! A couple of 'em are comin' toward ya! What do you do?
8. Bob Clark directed this 1972 zombie flick, which features Alan Ormsby (playing "Alan") and a crowd of little-known others. Our cast, playing a production company, travel to a cemetery island, where the Ormsby character gets his kicks from digging up a fresh corpse and playing with it. Justice is served when, as a result of a spell, the dead come to life, and our boy Alan is killed by the now re-animated corpse which previously had provided him with so much amusement. Name the film.
9. This next flick is a re-make of one of the first three George Romero films, and came out in 2004 with the same title. Directed by Zack Snyder, it features more well-known names like Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer and Ty Burrel; it employs amusing dialog - "he's a 'twitcher'" - and, did I mention, some of these zombies are FAST, Jack. Our cast tries to save a starving human, armors a bus and busts out of their shopping-mall-safe-haven, but it's all for naught. Johnny Cash's "The Man Comes Around" thrills us at the beginning. Which zombie flick is this?
10. In this 2005 film, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has become a safe haven from the flesh eaters, but it is no picnic for most of the humans living there. The very rich, led by Kaufman (Dennis Hopper), live in Fiddler's Green and have everything they want; most everybody else lives in squalor. Dead Reckoning, an armored vehicle, not only mounts assaults against the zombies, but serves as a moving fireworks display because (new fact!) zombies are fascinated by fireworks. Mayhem eventually ensues; Pittsburgh falls to zombie doom. Simon Baker, John Leguizamo and Asia Argento also star. What is this movie's title?
11. One zombie flick, out in 1985, differs from the rest. This movie is more of a comedy - dubbed "splatstick" - than a straight horror film. The tastes of the zombies differ too, in that they want BRAINS, not just flesh. "Brains... MORE BRAINS!" Clu Gulager "stars." Which flick is this?
12. George Romero considers his "Night of the Living Dead" a rip-off of a Richard Matheson novel. This novel was made into a movie starring Vincent Price (1964, "The Last Man on Earth"), later re-made into a movie starring Charleton Heston (1971, "The Omega Man") and re-made again in 2007 with the ORIGINAL title starring Will Smith. What is the title of this book which spawned so many movie adaptations?
13. In the films "28 Days Later..." and "28 Weeks Later" a plague called the "Rage Virus" destroys "the world-as-we-know-it." Even though the infected used to be human and are now raging, out-of-control beasts, and even though the films are listed as "zombie movies," technically they are NOT really authentic zombie movies. Why not?
14. There is no plague or disease in this movie. The zombies are dead, and re-animated by means of a spell from an evil book, the "Necronomicon." Bruce Campbell is Ash Williams in this tongue-in-cheek 1981 flick as well as its two sequels, (1987 and 1992 respectively) one of which is entitled "Army of Darkness." Sam Raimi directs. Which movie is this?
15. This movie has a female protagonist: Alice, played by the lovely Milla Jovovich. The Umbrella Corporation has come up with a war weapon, the T-Virus, but plans go awry, and now all the researchers in the bunker beneath Raccoon City are zombie-like flesh-eating monsters. Not only do Alice and her brave band of commandos need to battle these zombies in the Corporation's bunker, but they must try to prevent the T-Virus from spreading to the surface. Oops! They don't. A video game was the basis for this flick; what is its title?
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