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Evil Never Dies



     Dozens of zombie films have been made over the decades, but none of them have ever had a direct sequel to continue a specific story. Each film in George Romero's Dead series have featured a different cast with a separate storyline than its predecessor. While virtually every film has been able to stand on its own as a success, nearly all of them leave the audience with unanswered questions: How will the survivors thrive?; Where are they going to go? How will they avoid the undead? Will any of them ultimately die by being devoured by flesh eating zombies? None of these questions have ever been answered with the exception of one film series: Resident Evil.
     Adapted from several video games by Capcom, Resident Evil virtually re-ignited the zombie franchise when the first film was released in 2002. Since then, with three sequels thus far, the questions posed by fans of both the films and the games have been answered for the most part. With nearly every cast member reprising their roles, the audience has discovered What happened after the outbreak in the first film, Who was killed afterwards, Where did the survivors go and How long did they last?


     The latest installment titled: Resident Evil: Afterlife takes elemnts from the  Resident Evil 5 videogame, with evolved zombies, and a terrifying "Executioner" serving as the main antagonists of the film, as well as a favorite recurring villian from the games serving as a kind of "puppet-master". As with the first two sequals, the audience is thrust back into the action at the precise moment where the previous film has left off, with hardly any unnecessary filler. With another film to follow nearly guaranteed, Resident Evil: Afterlife leaves true fans of the genre hungry and ready to devour handfuls more of rotting undead and limitless action.





This Vampire Still Has Bite

     It has been nearly 90 years, and Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is still able to send a chill down the backs of true horror fans.


     Max Schrek's terrifying portrayal as the hideous rat-faced Count Orlock has been burned into the subconsciousness of anyone who even thinks of the term Vampire. Originally released in 1922, the film is essentially a re-telling of Bram Stoker's timeless novel Dracula, with only the names of the main characters being altered.
     Director F.W. Murnau created the very first and possibly the most important horror film of all time. Nosferatu set the standard for the countless horror films to follow through the next nine decades of cinema. Perhaps the most terrifying scene in the film is the iconic shadow of the hideous Orlock creeping up the stairs to feed on his final victim. 
     Vampire films that followed, depicted the blood-sucking undead as beautiful, charismatic and enchanting creatures of darkness who are able to entrance their victims before draining them of their vital life forces. Count Orlock, however, is the complete opposite. Before his victims even realize his blood thirsty lust, they are terrified by his repulsiveness and dead-like trance. An effect that easily transfers from the screen and into the minds of the audience watching.
     Although the studio that produced Nosferatu went bankrupt shortly after the film's distribution, the film itself has withstood the test of time despite orders that all copies of the film were to be destroyed and holds an important place in cinema. Nosferatu has earned its right to be hailed as the first journey into terror and The First Vampire.