It took me quite a while to think of films that fit this theme. There are some that aren't considered horror and I picked it BUT I thought it was such a horror-ible film that it counts. See what I did there?
Don't forget to check out what Wandering Through the Shelves picked, the blog that started Thursday Movie Picks.
28 Days Later
The film that reached across the land and made everyone not want to visit England, at least for a while. For me, it was one of the first films I saw where the horror was or could be on my doorstep. The terror was in the UK. The shot of Cillian Murphy wandering around a deserted London is a fantastic shot and is really a shock as London is always busy. The outbreak of virus (not zombies), the rage virius to be exact turns everyone crazy. Four then three people make their way to the countryside, a less populated area and a hope a for a way off the damn island. This film also shows that people are horrific too, not just the virus, but its not like we didn't know this.
The Happening
Oh Shyamalan. What happened buddy? With not twist but an awkward reveal, this film played out slowly and painfully. A couple who seem to have marital issues but don't really end up fleeing the city after mass suicdes keep happening only to end up in the middle of the death zone, a field, as it is the trees and plants that are against us! Ridiculous. Yet distressing.
Planet Terror
Robert Rodriguez is a master at creating a grindhouse feel. Together with Tarantino, they brought back to the cinema and it was brilliant. The concept was missed on some but enjoyed by others. I got see it with Edgar Wright presenting as he has a trailer in between the films (Don't). There is plenty of gore, guts, flesh, doctors and a machine gun leg to pore over in this film. After the military, who have been exposed to some weird disgusting gas make a shady deal and expose it to an whole country, anyone who touches the gas turns into the melty man and tears others apart, a few survivors with lots of guns try to make it to Mexico.
