The Dead Walk (or, Portrait of the Undecided Voter)

Shaun and friends
Originally uploaded by the management.

The management is proud to endorse Shaun of the Dead as funniest film of the year. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou might sneak in there and steal the crown with that whole coming-out-right-before-Christmas bullshit move, but for now, Shaun is the universal zombie-smashing champion of radness. Imagine The Office crossed with Dead Alive... yeah, exactly. Bitchin'.

I've come to realize that zombie movies may be my favorite horror subgenre, especially if you allow semi-zombie classics like Re-Animator, Prince of Darkness, The Fog, and The People Vs. Larry Flint (Courtney Love counts). The remake of Dawn of the Dead comes out on DVD in two weeks and it's totally on the Halloween buy list. Maybe it's the idea of the entire world, the entire populace, being consumed by this mindless hunger. The rapid and complete breakdown of all human systems. For whatever reason, zombie movies really get under my skin and freak me out. I even love the band The Zombies! I even love songs about zombies, especially when they're by The Misfits or The Cramps. And don't even get me started about the amazingly dangerous tropical cocktail! The king of the zombies even has a blog!!!

One thing that might be cooler than zombies is Japanese girls calmly slapping the shit out of each other (via The Black Table). Also cool is impeccable shirt-folding technique, which the management considers a valuable skill (via Redboy).

Now if only someone would make a movie about a zombie rock band that drinks fruity cocktails while folding shirts and bitchslapping Japanese girls all over the place. Then we could just disband the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and everyone could just put their film equipment away because it would be all over. There would just be nothing left to make movies about in the wake of such cinematic perfection.