Queens of the Dead (2025)


Ever since I was a teenager, I've been a huge fan of George Romero and his zombie films. It wasn't just the blood & guts, it was the social commentary added to it which wasn't preachy but entertaining. Now, there have been countless imitators over the years that have tried to be the next Night of the Living Dead or add their own spin to the zombie genre, some have succeeded in their own rights and others have failed. You can never replicate Romero's films. Putting politics aside, Queens of the Dead is a decent film, but not great. This is not because of the LBTQ themes of the film, which I have nothing against, I don't feel the need to blast people's beliefs, their sexuality, etc. This is a movie blog, nothing else. I feel there is a good zombie film in Queens of the Dead but the script isn't the greatest. I will give them credit that I'm glad they stuck with the slow moving zombie over the running zombie as I've always been against that since the Dawn of the Dead remake. To me, zombies are dead creatures with no motor functions, they shouldn't be running. In terms of story, I did see some similarities to Night of the Living Dead in some scenes which was a nice tribute to George and even Tom Savini showed up in a cameo as the mayor which was pretty funny. Despite the lackluster script, the pacing was okay and acting is what I expected in a film like this.

All in all, I command Tina Romero and cast for doing a great job with the film, but I think the script could have been a little better.

I'm Jeff Roman.

2/5
 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Demon City (2025)

Image
When one thinks of a title like Demon City. You're thinking to yourself, a Japanese horror flick?? No, it's an action flick. I was a little misled by the title, thinking it was a horror film because the dialogue in the film keeps referencing the word "demons" but as I continued to watch Demon City, I realized that it was a straight up action flick. I would say it's more of a Japanese knock-off of the John Wick franchise but more violent. The story has been done many times before. I guess people are used to cookie cutter plots. Don't get me wrong, I love action movies and I love Chinese, Japanese action flicks but sometimes they can be a little repetitive. Demon City is decent, but it's all been done before. 3/5 
Read more

Clown in a Cornfield (2025)

Image
Every once in awhile, there's always a killer clown film that ends up being good, It, Clown... There's a few more but they escape me at the moment. Unfortunately, Clown in a Cornfield isn't a good film. Despite some cool kills and a interesting premise, there are two things that stood out to me when watching the film. The pacing was sluggish which tuned me out at times which is a shame because I really wanted to like Clown in a Cornfield. The script needed work which results in it's clunky pacing and if there's one thing I despise it's social media influencers. Every horror film I've seen has characters that are addicted to social media and all I want to say is a get a job. I can't stand them at all. But I'm trailing off here. Apparently, this is based on a book series and they are coming out with book 4. If they really want to do another film, I suggest writing a strong script to maintain the pacing or *shudder, a soft reboot of the film. I can'...
Read more

Alien Rubicon (2024)

Image
Alien Rubicon has no affiliation with the Alien film series. It was made by one of my favorite studios, The Asylum who specialize in making knock-off movies of big budget Hollywood films. Most of the time they're better than the Hollywood film they're making fun of and Alien Rubicon is no exception. With it's bad CGI effects, bad acting, Alien Rubicon is a fun bad movie that tries to not be serious but you can't help but laugh at how bad it is. I grew up watching movies like these to laugh at and make fun of and now as I get older, I begin to appreciate bad movies more. 1/5   
Read more