In the Pirates of the Caribbean thread, Dropzone asked, “And is this the very first time I was disappointed that a movie had zombies?”
Which got me to thinking . . . Which good movies would be made better, or bad movies good, with the addition of zombies? For instance, I think Gone with the Wind is an OK movie: but how much better if Scarlett and Rhett had to fight off evil undead Union soldiers besieging Tara? “Lawzy, Miz’ Scarlett, I don’ know nuthin’ ‘bout killin’ no zombies!”
Or Bringing Up Baby, where Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant have to find a dinosaur bone stolen by their zombie dog, George.
Or, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, where . . . Oh, wait, never mind . . .
A Zombie Named Desire
In High Noon, the Cooper character is a zombie
Taxi Driver’s Travis Bickle becomes a zombie
In The Sound Of Music, Julie Andrews is zombie
Saving Private Zombie, in which a band of intrepid zombie soldiers staves off attacks from the living to ferry one of their own back to his mama zombie.
The touching story of an impoverished family made up of a morbidly obese mother and her children, including the mentally retarded Gilbert Grape. Suspense builds as zombies attempt to eat both the mother and Gilbert’s brain, only realize that the grotesque mother alone is more than they can handle. Grape’s brain does make a fine after-dinner mint.
My Dinner With a Zombie - Wallace Shawn and a zombie discuss life and philosophy over a dinner of brains.
To Kill a Zombiebird - in this sequel to Harper Lee’s timeless classic of racisim and understanding, Atticus and Scout open up a can of whup-ass on a bunch of zombies.
The Bicycle Thief 2003 - In this touching Italian film set during the depression, a man must comb the city with his son searching for his stolen bicycle so that he may work and feed his family. Oh, and did I mention that they’re zombies?