3.10.2008

So, this past Saturday (March 8th) Brandon, Tiffany and I attended a screening of Night of the Living Dead, the 1990's version directed by the one and only Tom Savini. When I had the opportunity to speak with Mr. Savini a few years back the one thing he said was not to ask him questions about the NOTLD remake because he was tired of getting flack for the film. WHAT?! I love both versions and they are equally #1 on my list of favorite zombie movies of all time. You see, when I caught NOTLD for the first time on cable when I was a wee lad, it changed me. It made me want to make a zombie flick...well, just make movies actually and that's why I'm here writing this and your here reading this. I can't even express how happy I was on Saturday when, after I spent the whole night fearing that what I was about to watch was a projected DVD copy of a movie I had sitting on my shelf at home, the old blurry Columbia logo popped up in all it's hazy, scratched glory. I sat back and enjoyed the cinematic horror ride. The movie seemed new again. Tony Todd, Bill Moseley, and the very delectable Patricia Tallman. I never thought I'd ever see the flick in theaters. Anyway, I'm writing this to thank the Corpus Christi Film Society, Captain Skippy (whoever you are!), the USS Joan of Arc, both the Star Trek Club & Science Fiction Club and everyone else who put the whole shebang together. It was a lot of fun and that little kid dressed up as a zombie just rocked. I'm not even upset that only one person recognized me and my crew in our SCUM t-shirts. I'll forgive you all this time. Thanks again and see you at the next one.

photo by Marcos Serrano