ZOMBIE FILM RULES - White Zombie (1932)

Every genre has rules, but how well do voodoo zombie films follow the Zombie film rules?

White Zombie (1932) is usually considered to be the first full-length zombie film.  So how does an early voodoo-zombie film stack up against the rules of the later zombie apocalypse films?

The following analysis may contain spoilers for

WHITE ZOMBIE (1932)

ZOMBIE FILM RULES - The Rules

Film genres have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?

An exploration of zombie films and zombie-like films (I'm including things in 28 Days Later which aren't living dead, but infected living, because they have the same feel formula.)  Just because a film may include walking dead in it it isn't enough to include on the list because it doesn't make it part of the genre.

LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - The Monkey's Mask (2000)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about Lesbian Romance films, do they follows a strict formula and a set of rules?

The Monkey's Mask (2002) is, like Bound (1996) an erotic thriller with a lesbian hero.

The following analysis may contain spoilers for

THE MONKEY'S MASK (2000)

SLASHER FILM RULES - Why Rule #3 [Death as punishment]

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  Why do the Slasher Film rules exist?

I looked at 10 rules the Slasher Film genre followed, tested 20 films against them and analysed the results, but let's look at the rules themselves, so let's look at the third Slasher Film rule...

RULE #3

Death will be a punishment for...
transgression.

NEXT RULE SET POLL

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  

All ten films have been done for the Disaster Film Rules, but what happens after that?  Well, do this poll to choose the next set of rules tested:

Categories listed (follow the links for description and further polling):

• Action
• Comedy & Musicals
• Crime
• Drama, Historical & Epics
• Exploitation
• Horror
• Science Fiction/Fantasy
• Sex & Romance
• Suspense & Thriller
• Other

~ DUG.

DISASTER FILM - Analysis [Part 4]

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  Are the Disaster Film Rules accurate?

The results for the rest of the rules for Disaster Films.  (Continued from Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3).

CHRISTMAS MOVIES - A Christmas Story (1983)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do Christmas movies follow those formulas?

"Christmas was on its way.  Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas around which the entire kid year revolved."

A Christmas Story (1983) is a film about a child's view of Christmas in the 1940s.