Stephen King has written a new book and dedicated it, in part, to one of my favorite movie people, George Romero. His classic zombie movies are reportedly referenced several times in the book and it appears, from all I have heard about the book, that it might be a sort of homage. It’s Stephen King’s shot at a zombie saga and it seems to add a rhyme and reason to the zombies inception and gives the story a sort of modern day twist. I don’t know that if it makes things like zombies more or less scary when you explain the origins. Was 28 Days Later less scary than Night of the Living Dead because there was no mystery, no sense of something supernatural about it?
Anyway, the premise of cell is that one day a “pulse” reaches anyone who is talking on a cell phone at that particular moment and turns them into a flesh-eating zombie. Whether or not this is a manmade thing or some supernatural device I don’t know. I haven’t read the book but I certainly will. Anytime Stephen King wants to take a crack at Romero’s genre I have to see what happens. Especially since it is obvious he wrote the story with Romero’s movies in mind and with a seemingly good understanding of who the master was. Sounds like a blast to me.
2 comments:
That is SO cool!
I don't know that I agree with your point about knowing the origins of the zombies making them less scary. Did it make the zombies less scary in Night of the Comet when you knew that their transformation was spawned from the comet that hit earth? Was it less scary in night of the Living Dead when it was probably a strange radio frequency that caused the dead to rise? No. Zombies are scary whether they were created from a rage virus (as in 28 days later) or if they were created from a radio frequency or a comet. The dead should not be walking around. That is scary in itself. (It does make it more scary when they said in Dawn of the Dead "when there is no more room left in hell, the dead will walk the earth). Overall though, zombies are scary because of their appearance and by their overwhelming numbers--they are inescapable. Also, isn't cannabalism a scary thing in itself? I personally shudder any time a person is eaten by another person (living or dead). Gross!
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