A refreshingly good horror movie

Rating: 7/10 (5 July 2007)

I like the new direction of horror films. After the ensemble-cast "whodunnit" trend started by Scream, then the return to haunted houses, then the return of the "unstoppable killer" (Freddy, Jason, etc). Now, with this film and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, there's a good blend of classic horror stories done with a current film-making-style attitude. There are two things I really liked about this movie: 1) They don't try to explain anything. You never know why the zombies exist, where it started, etc... You don't need to, that's not the point. and 2) The running zombies. Purists HATE it. They want the old "zombie shuffle." What the hell is scary about that? How hard is it to outrun or drive away from shuffling zombies?!? This way, they're scary. More intense. They still can't work doors or machines or anything, but their base instincts of chasing their prey is all that drives them. The movie's just good horror fun.