Amabhayisikobho e-Zombie abelokhu eyisisekelo sohlobo olwesabekayo amashumi eminyaka. Kuyinto engezansi ethole ukuthandwa kwasendle ngenxa yokusebenza kwayo; ungakha umqondo nganoma iyiphi inhlanganisela yesitayela seMad Libs, imithetho yokutheleleka, ithoni engokomzwelo, ama-trope wabalingiswa, nokubulala kokudala (ukuhlaziywa kwezenhlalo ngokuzithandela, kepha kuyasiza njalo). Ngaphandle kwalokhu - noma mhlawumbe ngenxa yako - kungaba nzima ngokweqiniso ukudala i-movie ye-zombie edala inzalo entsha. Kuleli qophelo, yini azikho sibonile ngaphambili?

Faka U-Anna kanye ne-Apocalypse.

Yenziwe ngezingxenye ezilinganayo ze-movie kaKhisimusi, i-zombie splatter, inganekwane ezayo, namahlaya omculo, U-Anna kanye ne-Apocalypse kuvusa ama-tropes ohlobo ngalunye ukukhonza i-cocktail yokunqoba emiselwe ukuba ibe yinto yakudala.

Cabanga ngakho Shaun wabafileyo ihlangana Isikole samabanga aphezulu Musical.

Kule filimu, i-apocalypse ye-zombie isongela idolobha elilele laseLittle Haven - ngoKhisimusi - iphoqa u-Anna (Ella Hunt) nabangane bakhe ukuba balwe, bashayane futhi bacule indlela yabo yokusinda, bebhekene nabangakafiki emncintiswaneni wokufuna ukufinyelela abathandekayo babo. . Kepha ngokushesha bathola ukuthi akekho umuntu ophephile kulo mhlaba omusha, futhi ngempucuko ehlukana phakathi kwabo, ukuphela kwabantu abangathembela kubo ngokweqiniso bayazwana.

Kubhalwe ngu-Alan McDonald noRyan McHenry ongasekho (owadala Zombie Umculo, i-BAFTA iwina ifilimu emfushane lapho ifilimu isekelwe khona) futhi iqondiswe nguJohn McPhail, U-Anna kanye ne-Apocalypse igcwele zonke izingoma ezihehayo ngendlela emangalisayo nobuciko bemidlalo yaseshashalazini ongayilindela kunoma yimuphi umkhiqizo womculo omkhulu.

Izinto zeZombie eceleni, U-Anna kanye ne-Apocalypse futhi kungumculo omuhle ngokusemthethweni. Abalingisi bagcwele izinsongo ezinethalente ezintathu ezenza, zicule, futhi zidanse indlela yazo yokulwa nobuciko bokubhala ngezikhathi ezihlelekile. Bangabadlali abanesiphiwo ababethelela amaphuzu ngemiphumela ekhulayo nokuphindaphinda okungokomzwelo. Kukhulunywa ngokukhethekile kumlingisi uMarli Siu njengoLisa ngomdlalo wakhe omnandi wemiqhudelwano kaKhisimusi obeka noma yiluphi uhlobo lwe- "Santa Baby" ehlazweni elibamba amaparele.

Kubalandeli bawo womabili ama-movie asabekayo nemiculo yomculo, U-Anna kanye ne-Apocalypse izoshaya amabhithi amaningi ajwayelekile. Kunezikhathi ezifafazwe kuzo zonke ezikhumbuza amafilimu afana nalawa Ukugcoba, Indaba eseWest Side, Isikole samabanga aphezulu Musical, Umbukiso Wezithombe Eziyesabekayo, I-Repo! I-Opera Yezofuzo, futhi Dawn of the Dead.

Ifilimu lembula isikhohlakali esingaphezulu kwesiphezulu, esikhulu ukwedlula impilo esenzweni sesithathu esingaba yinto engenangqondo ngokuphelele kunoma yisiphi esinye isimo, kepha, umuntu kufanele abheke iqiniso lokuthi ukugqashuka njalo ezingomeni nasezinombolweni zomdanso ezinwetshiwe kwamukelwa ngokwemvelo njenge ingxenye yalokhu kulandisa. Ngaphakathi kwalowo mongo, i-twist ye-diabolical ayisiyimbi kangako.

U-Anna kanye ne-Apocalypse inemibono eminingi ehlangene, kepha iyakwazi ukulinganisa futhi isuse zonke lezi zinto kahle kakhulu. Akukho okuba nzima kakhulu; lapho nje ukhohlwa ukuthi yibhayisikobho kaKhisimusi, ubona i-tinsel. Lapho uqala ukucabanga ukuthi ilahlekile isici somculo, i-boom, kunenye ingoma.

Like Shaun wabafileyo, ifilimu iyazamukela izikhathi zayo zokuhlekisa, kepha iyazi ukuthi kufanele ithathe isikhathi esingakanani ukuze ihloniphe izigcawu ezingokomzwelo. Ngokufanayo, awushiywanga endaweni ephansi isikhathi eside kakhulu - kukhona ukwehla nokugeleza ngamandla afike ngesikhathi ukukhulula ukungezwani. U-Anna kanye ne-Apocalypse ulayida la maphuzu angokomzwelo ngomdwebo onomusa.

Yize kuyiqiniso ukuthi amabhayisikobho e-zombie abelahlekelwa yi-traction, lokhu kube yinzuzo enkulu njengoba iminikelo emisha kule subgenre kufanele ilethe inyama entsha ukuze ithole ukunakwa. Ngomculo wayo we-earworm, amahlaya anamahloni, ukujula kwemizwelo, ukubulala okuthusayo, kanye nokugxila emkhosini, U-Anna kanye ne-Apocalypse nakanjani ayifani nanoma yini enye - kokubili ohlotsheni olwesabisayo nangaphezulu - futhi ijabulisa kakhulu.

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