What are you still waiting to see in a zombie film?

[Christopher Jon]

What hasn't been done yet that you still want to see? I'll start. I'm still waiting for a true military vs. zombies movie. Black Hawk Down with zombies, similar to what Darabont wanted to do with the second season premiere of The Walking Dead.

[rongravy]

I'd say zombie porn, except it's been done in the Maddams Family.

[Christopher Jon]

'd say zombie porn Let me google that for you.

[Sammich]

I am hoping for a movie with talking zombie animals directed by Uwe Boll and released by The Asylum.

[krakenslayer]

You know when you're a kid, before you've actually seen any, your conception of a zombie movie is all crumbling tombs, pale moonlight and supernatural horrors? Was that just me? We'll I've never seen THAT kind of film done well. Decent zombie movies tend to be apocalyptic/outbreak style or Fulciesqe nightmares, and if the gothic zombie movie is attempted at all, it's usually with more Evil Dead-esque trappings or it's just terribly inept (Burial Ground, anyone?). The Blind Dead movies come close to pulling off the right sort of vibe, but horse-riding, blind Templar litches make it a different kinda movie. Cemetery Man is probably the closest I've seen any movie come to this. So yeah, small scale gothic zombie movie. Someone so it!

[shootemindehead]

When I was a kid I wrote a story for school where an 17th Century rural English village was attacked by a horde of zombies from the local cemetery after a witchfinder burns a local priest for his "crimes". Inspired by a combination of 'Witchfinder General', 'The Plague of the Zombies' and 'Night of the Living Dead'. It went down really well with classmates, but my teacher nearly had a fit. Not saying THAT particular scenario would make a great film or anything, but I've always thought something along the lines would be interesting if done right. Obviously, small scale zombie outbreaks like that would have to be set centuries ago, where isolation was a very real facet of life. Today, if someone farts in Timbuktu, it's on Sky News in an hour.

[kidgloves]

Another vote here for the military v zombies. I thought we were going to get it with WWZ but seeing as they have gone down the fast zombie route it wont be the same

[Neil]

I am hoping for a movie with talking zombie animals directed by Uwe Boll and released by The Asylum. I just threw up a bit in my mouth!

[bassman]

The military vs zombies is probably the biggest. Also, after seeing Cowboys and Aliens, I would like to see zombies applied to other genres. But only if it's taken seriously like Favreau did with C&A.

[Sammich]

I would like to see a zombie apocalypse from the view of those in government until the problem becomes so overwhelming due to the beaurocratic arrogance and incompetency that it leads to ultimate societal collapse. Police/military in urban areas confiscating privately owned firearms and forcing "civilians" into rescue centers. Politicians being true to their psychopathic selves trying to spin the situation in a belief that it will further their careers. Small town Sherrifs refusing to comply with the feds gun confiscation/"civilian" internment and forming posses in resistance. IMO the military vs [insert threat here] has been overdone since the 50's monster movies.

[AcesandEights]

You know when you're a kid, before you've actually seen any, your conception of a zombie movie is all crumbling tombs, pale moonlight and supernatural horrors? Was that just me? Nope, that's exactly what I thought of a zombie movie being for along time as a kid and young teen. I would like to see a zombie apocalypse from the view of those in government until the problem becomes so overwhelming due to the beaurocratic arrogance and incompetency that it leads to ultimate societal collapse. Yeah, I've wanted to see it from the point of view of the crew and passengers on board one of the old fleet aircraft that used to be devoted to continuance of government (not airforce one).

[Christopher Jon]

I would like to see a zombie apocalypse from the view of those in government until the problem becomes so overwhelming due to the beaurocratic arrogance and incompetency that it leads to ultimate societal collapse. Like Contagion but with Zombies? Police/military in urban areas confiscating privately owned firearms and forcing "civilians" into rescue centers. There is actually a reason that is done in disaster situations. It's called safety. Civilians with guns are unpredictable. You don't know who they are or what they will do. You know when you're a kid, before you've actually seen any, your conception of a zombie movie is all crumbling tombs, pale moonlight and supernatural horrors? Was that just me? We'll I've never seen THAT kind of film done well. Decent zombie movies tend to be apocalyptic/outbreak Your right. I think a lot of that has to do with most modern zombie films following in Romero's footsteps. Bites turning victims into zombies which inevitably leads to more and more zombies and eventually a big 'ol zombie apocalypse. It's been forever since I've seen it but Re-Animator had zombies reanimated through science. I don't think the zombies were able to spread the disease themselves.

[Wyldwraith]

What I really want and haven't seen yet in a zombie film? Something urban, with a middling-sized (say 5-8) logically-grouped combatants (Say a couple local PD partners, ditto with a couple detectives, toss in a Sheriff's deputy and maybe if you're going a bit broader scale a couple of halfway competent National Guard reservist survivors from their decimated unit. Go early enough in the outbreak that it still makes logical sense that people with the skills and weapons to take care of themselves could still be on the streets for rational reasons, in order to meet up with the other characters (Like say, when the SWAT in Dawn are still trying to clear apartment buildings sort of timeframe.) Alternatively, a single larger unified unit (S.W.A.T, National Guard, police acting in a multi-officer riot-suppression role until they realize its hopeless and its time to fend for themselves)... The KEY HERE is I want to see actions that make me believe they have the military/law-enforcement training such characters should possess. It doesn't have to be something grandiose. How about a land-based escape from a middling sized city gone utterly to Hell? With things like planning, coordinating their efforts, consistently watching each others backs and not blindly entering the Fatal Funnels of undead aggressors.... Resident Evil 2 had the unit (The S.T.A.Rs holed up in the building with the sniper on the roof), but they just got used as warm-body target practice by the migraine-inducing Nemesis-thing. I'd genuinely like to see a group of competent combatants have to handle issues like securing needed supplies/transportation, dealing with the moral issue of to help or not to help civilians they see along the way even if it increases the risk to them...you get the idea. Maybe throw in a time limit, like an announced leveling of the city by the Air Force at XXXX-hundred hours. Seems like such a straightforward idea, but NO ONE has even TRIED to pull it off.

[Christopher Jon]

The KEY HERE is I want to see actions that make me believe they have the military/law-enforcement training such characters should possess. The military always gets screwed when it comes to zombie flicks. Either completely incompetent or out to rape everything with a pulse. YO, indi film makers, get your actors playing Soldiers to shave off their damn goatee's. Make an effort for realism would ya. How about a land-based escape from a middling sized city gone utterly to Hell? Seems like such a straightforward idea, but NO ONE has even TRIED to pull it off. I'm working on something that fits that description. To give you a hint, my inspiration is the last days of the American embassy during the fall of Saigon.

[Thorn]

I second the idea of seeing the fall of man kind from a few different POVs that spread from government to small towns, looking at how leadership responds and deals with the issues in each case differently. You see I love watching the trilogy and seeing news clips about what is going on and seeing people coming more and more unglued. I would love seeing that on a larger scale but with the decision makes, the aloof leaders who think they are untouchable, shocked when they fall and have nothing left, more shocked when they are staring death in the eye as jets run out of fuel, staff abandons them, and so on. Love the idea of the look at leadership on different scales.