Starz presents Zombie Mania (2008)

A documentary that gives us a panoramic through the zombie movies, with footage about the main peaks in the gender.

Director:

Donna Davies

Stars:

George A. Romero, Tom Savini, Greg Nicotero

Cast

Credited cast:
George A. Romero	...	Himself
Tom Savini	...	Himself
Greg Nicotero	...	Himself (as Gregory Nicotero)
Max Brooks	...	Himself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dave Alexander	...	Himself
Boyd Banks	...	Himself
Wade Davis	...	Himself
Trevor Fencott	...	Himself
Brian Keene	...	Himself
Elza Kephart	...	Herself
André Loiselle	...	Himself
Maitland McDonagh	...	Herself
Rob Sacchetto	...	Himself
Matthew Shepherd	...	Himself
Jovanka Vuckovic	...	Herself

Storyline

A documentary that gives us a panoramic through the zombie movies, with footage about the main peaks in the gender.

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Plot Keywords:

2000s | 1990s | 1980s | 1970s | 1960s | 

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Taglines:

Every monster has its day...this is the day of the zombie.

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Genres:

Documentary | Horror

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 January 2008 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Starz presents Zombie Mania

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sorcery Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color (High Definition)

Did You Know?

Connections

Features Land of the Dead (2005)

User Reviews

Thorough Yet Incomplete Look at the World of Zombies

This documentary is contradictory in nature -- on one hand, it is fairly exhaustive as far as the influence of George Romero goes. With Romero himself here, his films individually analyzed, Tom Savini on hand... and even Boyd Banks. It also covers the world of Max Brooks pretty thoroughly.

I have to give them credit for covering zombie walks. I think this film was right on top of that, catching the phenomenon in its early stages, and probably encouraging more walks to sprout up. Appleton, Wisconsin started theirs in 2008, just about the time of this documentary...

But there are also some glaring holes. Why only Romero films? Why not Fulci or others? Why only people from Rue Morgue and not HorrorHound or Fangoria? And what about "The Walking Dead"? I suppose it might not have blown up until after this documentary, but when they mention zombie comics and neglect to mention TWD, there is something wrong.

So, as good as this documentary is, it is not complete... if they re-edited it and threw in maybe 10 or 15 minutes of footage covering the topics they missed, it would be far more worthy of recommendation.