Mutant: Zombie Movie or Not?
Where do we draw the line on what is and what is not a zombie movie? We just can’t decide on our own, so every Monday we’ll post a new movie to be debated by, you, our readers and ask the question: Zombie Movie Or Not? Every Sunday we’ll post our findings and possibly strike that movie off our Zombie Movie List. The week should give you enough time to rent the movie if need be or you desire.
What every reader must keep in mind is that there are two basic types of zombie that every zombie movie based off of - the Voodoo Zombie and the Romero Zombie. The Voodoo Zombie, while not always raised by Voodoo necessarily, is basically a person, either undead or entranced, that is controlled by a person or entity for the purpose of completing tasks, often killing. Romero Zombies are basically mindless, flesh-eating undead whose bite will turn victims into zombies. Now, not all movies adhere to all of these rules, but if the basics are there, you got a zombie movie.
This weeks debate is over Mutant (1984) Directed by Jon “Bud” Cardos.
IS: They want to eat your flesh and their infection spreads just like zombies.
IS NOT: They’re just toxic waste induced mutants who can die any way a normal person can.
Now it’s up to you, reader. What do you think? Mutant: Zombie Movie Or Not?
Seriously…nobody has seen this? It’s a classic 80’s cult film full of toxic waste filled (literally) zombies! It’s cheesy, filled with over-acting and cheap make-up, but it’s, if I may, a hoot. And awesome. YES. Zombie Movie!
ooh no comments yet….I’ll admit I’ve never heard of it. Only ten reviews on netflix, mostly hardcore zombie movie watchers like ourselves; no reviews for it on flixtser, and only one of my flixster zombie hounds has seen it. No found torrents for this lil guy either. On imdb and flixster, the primary title attached to the movie is “Night Shadows”; this is a fairly fresh DVD release for BlockBuster renters.
maybe we should keep it on ice like Les Revenants?