ZOMBIE FILM RULES - Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Every genre has cliches, but how well do Romero's Living Dead films follow the Zombie film rules?

Dawn of the Dead (1978) is George Romero's semi-official follow-up to Night of the Living Dead.

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DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)

ZOMBIE FILM RULES - Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Every genre has cliches, but how well does Romero's original Living Dead film follow the Zombie film rules?

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Night of the Living Dead (1968) is considered the first modern zombie film - and possibly the first modern horror film - and established the rules for all those that followed....  (Previously tested as a Slasher film).

The following analysis may contain spoilers for

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)

SLASHER FILM RULES - My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Every genre has rules, but how well do specific films follow the Slasher film rules?

My Bloody Valentine (1981) was a early cheap attempt to cash-in on the success of previous slasher films, but ran into problems with censors.  Although unsuccessful at the time it has become a cult favourite.

The following analysis may contain spoilers for

MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981)

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.