I don't know why, but I was recollecting Peter Jackson's Braindead/Dead Alive; frankly, just the funny parts. Being that there has been (thank you Scott :tongueout:) quite a bit of discussion about zombie movies on the board recently, I though it would be interesting to do a survey of funny scenes from zombie movies, or favorite funny lines; intentional or not.
Despite the low reviews it has received on this site, Hell of the Living Dead/Night of the Zombies does have some great lines in it.
"Why the long face; someting eatin' ya?"
For the funniest scene in a zombie movie, what stands out for me as memorable is the 'I kick ass for the lord' scene in Braindead/Dead Alive; though there are other competing scenes from the same film including taking the baby for a stroll in the park.
Perhaps among unintentional humor, the infamous mannequin suicide leap from Doctor Butcher M.D./Zombie Holocaust is most memorable for me (talk about a second take scene).
What scenes, or lines, would you include?
I'd include a certain scene from "The Dead Next Door," primarily the scene where some zombies try and rent Romero's "Dawn of the Dead" at a video store. (That was "Dead Next Door" right? LOL!)
I always get a giggle when I see the zombie and shark battle it out underwater in Fulci's "Zombi 2" as well. :bouncegiggle:
Zombie fighting Shark in Zombie, that's easily the funniest scene for me.
I love the scene in RETURN of the LIVING DEAD where they"re beating the sh@t out of the split dog. And the lines
"Watch yer mouyh if you like your job!"
"LIKE MY JOB?!?!"
Also in BURIAL GROUND any scene with the 30 s0mething old "kid" in it.He's a real p**ser!!!
The "Barbeque sauce!" scene in Hide and Creep is all that comes to mind at the spur of the moment
And anything from Shaun of the Dead doesn't count!
Just by reading the title, I immediately thought of "Dead Alive" and Father McGruder.
"Send More Paramedics" from Return of the Living Dead (http://www.badmovies.org/movies/returndead/) is another good one. Them attacking the split dog with a stick was funny, as was the one medical cadaver zombie charging out and tackling the warehouse owner.
Cemetery Man (http://www.badmovies.org/movies/cemeteryman/) has some good scenes in it too.
Well aside from the awesome scenes of Braindead which are quite funny, there's also the obvious Shaun of the Dead which has too many funny moments to mention.
Undead has a few as well, such as clubbing a zombie with a steering wheel lock [well I thought it was funny at least...]
Also Day of the Dead interestingly enough had a few funny moments for me, but I was probably laughing for the wrong reasons...
Hide and Creep had a lot of good stuff. When the guy goes out to his pickup and comes back in, his wife asks "So have you come up with a plan?" on how to deal with the zombies. The guy's like "Huh? I just went out to the truck to get my beer." Or when they pre-empt the television programming to cover the zombie attack and the rednecks keep calling up and asking them to put the basketball game back on.
I think my favorite though is in House of the Dead II when Sticky Fingaz gets his entire head blown off. They should do that to every rapper in every movie they appear in :thumbup:
I have to say my favorite funniest moment in a zombie movie is from Return of the Living Dead. After the corpse comes alive and starts banging around in the freezer. the two guys call the owner in. He makes them both go to the door of the freezer to unlock it while he hides behind some shelves, yelling out the lock combo. When the door finally flies open it runs right past the two guys and heads straight for the owner, jumping on him. Always makes me laugh.
(http://www.devildead.com/deadalive/deadalive12.jpg)
Wait -- aren't all zombie movies comedies (at least the ones that aren't documentaries)? :bouncegiggle:
Quote from: Andrew on December 13, 2006, 07:52:05 AM
Just by reading the title, I immediately thought of "Dead Alive" and Father McGruder.
"Send More Paramedics" from Return of the Living Dead (http://www.badmovies.org/movies/returndead/) is another good one. Them attacking the split dog with a stick was funny, as was the one medical cadaver zombie charging out and tackling the warehouse owner.
Cemetery Man (http://www.badmovies.org/movies/cemeteryman/) has some good scenes in it too.
Oops, saw now that Andrew mentioned the same scene first. Don't know how I missed his post. But it is a funny scene
QuoteWait -- aren't all zombie movies comedies (at least the ones that aren't documentaries)?
You're kidding right? You obviously fail to take the Romero series into account, they have some comedy, but so do most movies. Don't forget 28 days Later or Resident Evil. House of the Dead II, although being mind-nubmingly suck, was not comedy.
Quote from: Mr. Briggs Inc. on December 13, 2006, 04:12:14 PM
You're kidding right?
Yes, I was kidding -- though I do have a warped sense of humor.
Loved the celebrity sniping contest in the Dawn Of The Dead remake.
I believe I'm one of the only fans of that film....
for some reason I always got a laugh out of Captain Rhode's intensity in Day Of The Dead. Love the quotes (paraphrasing)
"Run you f*cking lunatics!"
"These things are dead and you want to teach them tricks"
"You want me to salute that pile of walking pus? Salute my ass!"
"Choke on em!" (when his guts are being eating)
I actually watched Return Of The Living Dead and as always laughed through it all. James Karen is priceless in that movie. Even when he is just whining.
Dead Alive is just funny period.
Quote from: Skaboi on December 13, 2006, 05:43:27 PM
Loved the celebrity sniping contest in the Dawn Of The Dead remake.
I believe I'm one of the only fans of that film....
And me.
The Zombie vs. Zombie knife fight in
Zombie Lake.
Quote from: Skaboi on December 13, 2006, 05:43:27 PM
Loved the celebrity sniping contest in the Dawn Of The Dead remake.
I believe I'm one of the only fans of that film....
I enjoyed it and the "Hey, shoot (insert famous person) here." game that they played with the guy holed up in the gun store was awesomely funny and morbid. A good touch.
I liked the remake as well! On it's oen terms,it's a very entertaining movie! I enjoyed it much more than Tom Savini's remake of NotLD.(anyone remember that one?) Another Peter Jackson movie BAD TASTE...lotsa fun stuff there!
I'm up in Minnesota for a week, no computer, and come back to see all of my favorite scenes posted. Dammit.
"Send More Paramedics" is my favorite. It was the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread. Anything from Dead Alive/Braindead - especially the Father McGruder scene. I really enjoyed the Dawn of the Dead remake too! I like the little shot of the "Smeat" can in Gymboree.
I actually quite liked House of the Dead II. Some sly, off the side political comments in there that made me laugh. I hated the first one, but really enjoyed the second one. However, I also liked Day of the Dead - Contagium, so....my taste obviously blows, I know it.
Quote from: Amanda on December 20, 2006, 08:32:12 PM
I'm up in Minnesota for a week, no computer, and come back to see all of my favorite scenes posted. Dammit.
"Send More Paramedics" is my favorite. It was the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread. Anything from Dead Alive/Braindead - especially the Father McGruder scene. I really enjoyed the Dawn of the Dead remake too! I like the little shot of the "Smeat" can in Gymboree.
I actually quite liked House of the Dead II. Some sly, off the side political comments in there that made me laugh. I hated the first one, but really enjoyed the second one. However, I also liked Day of the Dead - Contagium, so....my taste obviously blows, I know it.
I still have yet to see Contagium. I keep forgetting about it. Might have to push it up on my Netflix.
I don't know if it is THE funniest scene, but I like the scene where the tarman gets his head smacked off with a baseball bat in ROTLD.
I won't be oryginal
- Kung fu priest in "Dead Alive"
- Fighting with shark in "Zombie Flesh Eaters"
- In "Dawn Of The Dead" there was a scene where zombie travelled laying on escalator :bouncegiggle: I thought I was gonna die :bouncegiggle:
Also hitting the zombie with snooker stick in "Shaun OF Dead" and whole Zombie '90 - This movie is such a crap that I couldn't stop my laughter
Ozzymandias speaks: I know it is un-PC but I love in King of the Zombies where Mantan Moreland is being told about the zombies by the young maid and then later when he is hypnotized by the Nazi zombie master into thinking he is a zombie.
Also the gun totting dope in Night of the Living Dead who is asked by a reporter if the move slow and he replies "Yeah, there dead. There all messed up."
Quote from: Ozzymandias on December 21, 2006, 02:28:30 AM
Ozzymandias speaks: I know it is un-PC but I love in King of the Zombies where Mantan Moreland is being told about the zombies by the young maid and then later when he is hypnotized by the Nazi zombie master into thinking he is a zombie.
Also the gun totting dope in Night of the Living Dead who is asked by a reporter if the move slow and he replies "Yeah, there dead. There all messed up."
Uh...you for to end with Ozzymandias has spoken :tongueout:
Quote from: Ozzymandias on December 21, 2006, 02:28:30 AM
Ozzymandias speaks: I know it is un-PC but I love in King of the Zombies where Mantan Moreland is being told about the zombies by the young maid and then later when he is hypnotized by the Nazi zombie master into thinking he is a zombie.
Also the gun totting dope in Night of the Living Dead who is asked by a reporter if the move slow and he replies "Yeah, there dead. There all messed up."
Actually,the only reason to watch KING of the ZOMBIES IS Mantan Moreland ! He always made a lousy picture worthwhile! I wish Ithey would come out with a Mantan Moreland collection DVD.Mantan was a GREAT comedian,and deserves to be rediscovered.
Quote from: Skaboi on December 20, 2006, 08:36:45 PM
I still have yet to see Contagium. I keep forgetting about it. Might have to push it up on my Netflix.
It's not the best movie ever made, but I was expecting something unspeakable. I thought they did an alright job with what they had. Most definitely better than what a lot of people have been saying!
In the interest of posting something that nobody's mentioned yet, the "Matrix bullet time rip off" scene from VERSUS was freaking classic.
Yeah, Matt is right. I had forgotten about Versus.
Not just the bullet time stuff...a good portion of that film is comedy. Makes for a fun film.
Almost any scene in Zombie 3 has me in stitches.
The whole part with the dead birds, the zombie with the back problem that attacks the blond chick in the abandoned gas station, the flying head coming out of the refrigerator...........
good times! :bouncegiggle: