I have a question about NOTLD

[Morpheus]

28 days later used camera techniques to get great effects.
No hollywood tricks there, just plain gritty documentary style.

I love that film. Probably the first to have fast zombies.

[JokerMONEY3000]

I only think they should use CG if you can't detect it. Like take something like Blade, at the end the guy blows up. The effects were horrible the blood sucked. (Detectable) Now take something like Halloween Ressurection, member at the beginning when Busta is explainning to the cameras whats happening. U can see the Myers house In the backround, that was added digitally, but the trees around it were put in with CG. The porch of the Myers House was filmed on a stage, and then the street was added digitally. That all had to be seemed together, the porch, street, & house were all in different locations brought together digitally, but the trees were completly CGI (not detectable).

[carnage]

Originally posted by zwoti
carnage, your avatar's going mental, never remembering it going that fast before

what's wrong with HIGH SPEED DEATH? lol

[carnage]

Originally posted by Morpheus
I want to know how they did the cool effects involving zombies being hit by trucks in the new dawn of the dead. I've never seen anything quite like that before.

But I think the original is a better made film. the best out of the Dead trilogy thats for sure

you know, back in the day, like in the Original DOTD, the effects were done rather low-budget. For instance, the zombie that is hit by the truck and gets it head splatted on the windshield was actually done by Tom Savini running towards a parked truck and at the last second tossing a blood-filled-baggie at the windshield...CLASSIC

[MrShape]

Return Of The Living Dead was supposed to be based on John Russo's early 70s novel of the same title which was a direct sequel to NOTLD (Dawn Of The Dead didn't exist yet). Tobe Hooper was supposed to direct, but the project ran into delays, and Dan O'bannon was brought in and he totally rewote the script so it had nothing to do with Russo's novel. The film is more like an unrelated spin off.
Incidently, Russo also worte a novelization of O'Bannon's film (I've got both novels) which is different from both his old novel and the film's screenplay.

Children Of The Living Dead was produced by Russo and features elements from Russo original ROTLD novel. Except that it's a huge steaming pile of shit! :mad: