Re: Dead Rising a hit in... Japan? (Weird)


"Jonah Falcon" <jonahnynla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
I'm glad the Japanese didn't direct "Night of the Living Dead", or
they'd have spent 30-45 minutes explaining WHY the undead were walking
around, instead of what was going on.

Hmmmm, I don't think you've seen many Japanese horror movies, most of them
don't explain anything...

And actually, there is a movie like Dead Rising which is apparently quite
popular in Japan - Bio Zombie. Actually a HK film, it's about a group of
slackers who get trapped in a mall full of zombies. While Dawn of the Dead
was the original, I suspect that Bio Zombie was probably a bigger
inspiration for Dead Rising.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277605/

And of course, the best Japanese zombie movie is Versus

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275773/

Which is pretty much entirely action. Heck, the main character doesn't even
have a name.


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