J-Zombies

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Permalink Reply by Jimmy and Carla H. well mostly Jimmy on September 5, 2009 at 10:38am

uh oh, are we trying to put down the 'lumbering dummy crap'? That's no good.

I still say Wild Zero is the best Japanese zombie movie. Even if it is lumbering dummies.

...he called them 'ghouls' because at the time 'zombie' was still referring to haitian zombies, hence the birth of the 'modern' zombie; one that wanted to eat you instead of choking you. More often than not he just referred to them as 'the neighbors'.

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Permalink Reply by B-Independent.com on September 6, 2009 at 8:30pm

"ghouls" eat you. always have, always will. the "modern" zombie is just a misnomer.

WILD ZERO is actually one that puts me to sleep every time. Not sure why, that's definitely some wacky shit going on, but there's something about it that just bores me to tears.

A friend of mine likes to say that JUNK is one fo the few movies that lives up to its name.

Concerning the various approaches J-horror takes to the numerous sub-genres, they take a particularly pedestrian approach to "ghoul-like zombies."

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Permalink Reply by susan on September 9, 2009 at 7:06am

the problem i had with junk was it didn't seem to know what it wanted to be. a zombie flick? a gangster movie? a heist flick? now i KNOW you CAN do more than one genre in the same movie, but junk was ALL OVER the place, like it didn't know what "main" genre it wanted to be! and don't forget it was a dark comedy to top it all off! sheesh!

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Permalink Reply by Jimmy and Carla H. well mostly Jimmy on September 30, 2009 at 7:16pm

ghoul
  /gul/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [gool] Show IPA
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–noun
1. an evil demon, originally of Oriental legend, supposed to feed on human beings, and especially to rob graves, prey on corpses, etc.
2. a grave robber.
3. a person who revels in what is revolting.
Origin:
1780–90; < Ar ghūl
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...how 'bout we'll just call 'em the "cannibalistic living impaired", and leave it at that?

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Permalink Reply by B-Independent.com on September 30, 2009 at 7:29pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoul

there's about a hundred different variations of both creatures depending on who's telling the stories.

I'm actually partial to the way ghouls are used on Supernatural. they are neither demonic nor dead, but they hang out in graveyards and eat the recently deceased.

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Permalink Reply by Jimmy and Carla H. well mostly Jimmy on October 2, 2009 at 7:55pm

...yup. ghouls.

...for some reason i've avoided supernatural. not really sure why. AMC has announced that they have optioned Robert Kirkman's "The Walking Dead" comic for an ongoing TV series. that' s some TV i'd sit down for, and that's not even up for debate.

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