Just wanted to do a quick post about a pair of zombie flicks that have popped up on my radar over the last couple of days. First up is Doghouse, starring former Doctor Who companion Noel Clarke. Jamin stumbled across this on IFC, and while we missed the first half-hour or so, what we did catch was impressive. It starts with one of the more popular premises for zombie outbreaks -- a government experiment goes awry and infects a small town -- but gives it a twist I've never seen: the zombie virus only affects women. The result is a "battle of the sexes" to the death! Clarke and his buddies have to fend off the cannibalistic advances of all sorts of female furies, the result landing somewhere between the social commentary of Romero's "Dead" films and the borderline parody of Return of the Living Dead (or to compare it to other Brit zombie flicks, somewhere between 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead). This came out in 2009, so I'll have to keep an eye out to see if there's a Region 1 DVD release
The second movie I've only seen in trailer form so far, but it's the country of origin that caught my attention. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Cuba's Juan of the Dead:
Any chance we can lift the trade embargo long enough to import this sucker?
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