Pretty Hip Trailer for the Zom-Com 'Dance of the Dead'

I guess Michael Jackson deserves some credit for making zombies villains you could laugh at, although who would have known at the time he made "Thriller" that Jackson would eventually look just like one of his dancing zombies, but I think most people would look at Dance of the Dead and first tip their cap to Shaun of the Dead, not only because they're both comedies but because they also feature atypical heroes. The story goes that the dead have risen on prom night, eating the flesh of those attending the big spring formal, and the only ones who can save the day are the kids who couldn't get a date to prom in the first place. "Who are you," asks a shell-shocked survivor of one of her rescuers. "We're the sci-fi club." The movie, which was a big hit at South by Southwest earlier this year, particularly among the likes of Bloody Disgusting and AICN, will be released on DVD on October 14th, along with seven other horror titles. It looks pretty funny, and in fact, that's about the only thing I've read about Dance of the Dead: It's funny, and it's really good. Now, if it is funny and good, you can't help but wonder why in the hell it's going straight to DVD. I mean, Lionsgate releases all those Tyler Perry movies in theaters, and they don't meet either criterion.

Comments

[Will]

I think alot of "cheap" movies got made in the wake of the Writer's strike so there would be something to release in the event that there was nothing to release...

Know what I mean?

I'm having trouble figuring out Hamlet 2, for example... It's being marketed as "from the other guy who brought you South Park "???

Wait. There's another South Park guy not named Trey Parker or Matt Stone?

Reminds me of the strike back in the nineties when "Enter the Fist" came out. I think they marketed that one as "Written and starring Jim Carrey's hairdresser".

Or some such shit...

[ChristyLynn]

Looks pretty cheesy, but I'll have to see it anyway... It was filmed @ my old middle school... ^_^

[Debra]

lOOKS PRETTY LOW BUDGET TO ME, THINK I WILL PASS.

[Debra Moss]

I'm in this as a zombie extra. The only job I could get since I was fired from Harbin Clinic for being incompetent and harrassing married doctors. Just trying to find my baby a daddy! I needed the work since I can't steal anymore checks from my daughter's father and forge them for a felony count of check fraud. Go see it, you might catch a glimpse of me.