31 Nights of Halloween & Horror: 2021!

[Jared]

October 1st. 1- The Cat and the Canary (1927). 2- Vampyr (1932)
October 2nd. 3- Young Frankenstein (1974)
October 3rd. 4- The Return of the Vampire (1943)
October 4th. 5- Viy (1967)
October 5th. 6- Escape the Undertaker (2021) 7- Terror Train (1980)
October 6th. 7- The Company of Wolves (1984)
October 7th. 8- Gretel & Hansel (2020). 9- Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998)
October 8th. 10- My Best Friend is a Vampire (1987). 11- The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
October 9th. 12- The War of the Worlds (1953). 13- 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
October 10th. 14- Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
October 11th. 15- Pale Blood (1990)
October 12th. 16- Apostle (2018). 17- Dracula (Spanish version, 1931)
October 13th. 18- Ghostwatch (1992) 19- Late Phases (2014)
October 14th. 20- Ghostbusters (1984) 21- Savageland (2017) 22- House of Black Death (1965)
October 15th. 23- It Waits (2005). 24- Within the Woods (1978)
October 16th. 25- Beetlejuice (1988)
October 17th. 26- Halloween (2018). 27- Halloween Kills (2021)
October 18th. 28- Slumber Party Massacre (2021)
October 19th. 29- The Titan Find (1984) 30- The Angry Red Planet (1959)
October 20th. 31- Theater of Blood (1973). 32- I Am Lisa (2020)
October 21st. 33- Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995). 34- Big Trouble in Little China (1986). 35- Don't Kill It (2016)
October 22nd. 36- Black as Night (2021). 37- The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 38- Children of the Night (1991)



A teacher learns from his priest friend that vampires are infesting a small town.
I didn't know Fangoria magazine produced movies. But then, I also didn't read Fangoria or other mags like that, I just knew of them. I'm surprised I hadn't heard of this before. It's not bad, but the script is undercooked. The quirky town and its people needed some development in daylight. There's some good effects, including some stuff I haven't seen before, like some of the vampires sleep in cocoons that they expel. Some sleep in water...but if there was an explanation for it I missed it. Garrett Morris plays the town drunk and I'd swear he could have made this 5 years ago, not 30. I watched this on Amazon and unfortunately it must not have a good transfer, because the video and sound quality was quite poor. And I'm not a big stickler on that stuff, especially for something I haven't seen before, but this definitely seemed to be degraded quality.
I was a little put off by a teacher who looks 30-something and a 17 year old girl being the love connection for the story. At least make her a year or two older and say she's back from college!

[Astral Disaster]

71. Mother Of Tears (2007) - The long-awaited conclusion to Dario Argento's The Three Mothers trilogy. Unfortunately, by the time the movie was finally made, Argento was well past his prime by a good two decades, and it shows, the only part of the movie that even comes close to matching the visual flair of Suspira or Inferno come during the last fifteen minutes or so, when the main character, Sarah (played by Argento's daughter Asia), is wandering an abandoned villa, searching for Mater Lachrymarum and the witches coven. Particularly egregious is the use of cheap CGI and visual effects, Sarah hearing her dead mother's disembodied voice is one thing, and probably could have worked effectively if more thought had been put into it, instead, her mother physically manifests as a glowing, float-y green screen overlay. The scene where she fights off the reanimated corpse of Sarah's love interest Michael, then floats away with him through a hellmouth is laughably ridiculous, luckily this is the last she is seen, but by then it's already too late to salvage the film.

72. Antrum (2018) - Bad dogs go to hell. The movie starts with a mockumentary segment purporting the lost 1979 film Antrum to be cursed and the cause of multiple viewer deaths upon release and during subsequent screenings. After a warning/disclaimer screen a found copy of the film is shown, two children venture into the woods to dig a hole to hell in order to save their pet, their mother having said she wouldn't get into heaven because she had been a bad dog. As they dig deeper, increasingly strange and unsettling events take place, culminating in the two being captured by Russian hillbilly cannibals. They do escape, but tragedy isn't far behind, the mockumentary then returns during the end credits

73. She's Allergic To Cats (2016) - Ran across this one on Tubi after recognizing the movie poster, which had been used for something else, also checked out the trailer and realized I had seen the preview in the theater back in 2014 or 15 and thought it looked intriguing at the time. Anyway, Tubi has it listed as a horror comedy, but it really isn't that funny, nor is it that horrific, it's more an experimental, surrealistic romance told from the perspective of a neurotic, aspiring filmmaker/dog groomer, so of course things are fated not to work out. Anyway, I guess if you aren't used to abstract glitch imagery and quick cuts combined with creepy background music that could easily cpme off as horror.

74. From The Dark (2015) - Recommended by a friend heavily into horror movies, so decided to check it out. From IMDb: "A couple on a trip through the Irish countryside find themselves hunted by a creature who only attacks at night." Should probably say "only attacks in total darkness", since the light of a match flame or the dim, soft glow of a cell phone screen is more than adequate to keep the creature at bay. Pretty sure there was a US film around the same time that garnered a bit of attention with a similar premise. The movie starts out ok, showing the reawakening of the crea... ok, vampire, it's a vampire folks, but then drags for about 10 to 15 minutes and doesn't pick up steam again until the couple find the farmhouse. I like the decision to go with a strong female protaganist, though for a while it seems the film teases that the male lead will be the focus. I also liked that the vampire was kept mostly in the shadows, with only occasional glimpses.

[Sean Whitmore]

1. Isle of the Dead (1945)
2a. The Vampire Bat (1933)
2b. The Body Snatcher (1945)
3a. The Thing (1982)
3b. The Old Dark House (1932)
3c. Freaked (1993)
4. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
5. Wishmaster (1997)
6. Jason X (2001)
7. Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
8a. Dracula (Spanish version) (1931)
8b. Count Dracula (1977)
8c. Terror Train (1980)
9. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
10a. Deadly Friend (1986)
10b. Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
10c. Braindead / Dead Alive (1992)
11. The Deadly Spawn (1983)
12a. Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
12b. It's Alive (1974)
12c. The Bad Seed (1956)
13. Young Frankenstein (1974)
14. Halloween Kills (2021)
15a. The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
15b. Hollow Man (2000)
16a. The Undying Monster (1942)
16b. The Brain (1988)
17. Christine (1983)
18. Burnt Offerings (1976)
19. Salem's Lot (2004)
20a. The Screaming Skull (1958)
20b. Robot Monster (1953)
21. Cursed (2005)
22a. Attack the Block (2011)

22b. Swamp Thing (1982)

I watched this movie (and the sequel) a lot as a kid, but haven't thought about it in decades, and now I know why. What a tremendous bore.

And I'm not getting on its case for not being a special effects extravaganza, the story just has nothing going for it. The plot is so bare-bones and by-the-numbers that it's like a Wikipedia entry. No characters with any chemistry or personality. It just starts and it just ends. Like this was what, in their minds, a comic book story was told.

Louis Jourdan's Arcane was as unremarkable as his Dracula...I'm starting to think maybe the problem is him.

[Jared]

I don't think the people you mentioned were a 'tight circle of friends', though. Maybe Tommy and Lindsey stayed in touch, but I never got the impression she invited them over for survival training. I will say it was weird the kids were hanging around with Loomis's nurse, though.

The bartender knew them as a group. And when Tommy talks to Laurie later, he tells her that Nurse is dead
and Lindsey is OK, as if they're all the Michael Myers Club.

Louis Jourdan's Arcane was as unremarkable as his Dracula...I'm starting to think maybe the problem is him.

Come to think of it, he was quite unremarkable as the villain in Octopussy, too.

[Scott Taylor]

[QUOTE=Scott Taylor;5786445]1. The Bat (1959)
2. Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
3. The Vampire Happening (1971)
4. The Blob (1958)
5. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
6. Magnetic Monster (1953)
7. Angry Red Planet (1959)
8. The Blob (1988)
9. The Raven (1935)
10. Invisible Man (1933)
11. Comedy of Terrors (1963)
12. Ghost Ship (2002)
13. Return of the Invisible Man (1940)
14. Forbidden Planet (1956)
15. Invisible Woman (1940)

16. The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) - Friend left for dead in Africa by a married couple of adventurers returns and seeks revenge against them. Another movie in the series unrelated to the first two, except the last name just coincidentally is also Griffin like in the first one. Despite a fairly good plot and characters, this one felt rather empty of heart and soul.

17. Galaxy of Terror (1981) - Group of idiots goes to try and rescue what must have been another group of idiots from a hostile planet and fail. Roger Corman is really all I need say here. Don't watch with kids because there is one particularly infamous, WTF scene involving a giant worm and a naked woman that kinda comes out of nowhere.

[ZuLuLu]

1) 1922 (2017)
2)Gerald's Game (2017)
3) Doctor Sleep (2019)
4) In the Tall Grass (2019)
5)Night of the Living Dead (1968)
6) Things Heard & Seen (2021)
7) Little Monsters (2019)
8) The Dead Don't Die (2019)
9)Escape Room (2019)
10)Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)
11)The Unfamiliar (2020)
12)A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
13)Poloroid(2019)
14) There’s Someone Inside Your House (2021)
15) Wrong Turn (2021)
16)The Swarm /La Nuée (2020)
17) His House (2020)
18) The Power (2021)
19)The Lighthouse (2019)
20) The Call (2020)

21) The Mimic (2017)


A South Korean horror film written and directed by Huh Jung, based on the myth based on a ghost that mimics humans, the Jangsan Tiger, better than average, one of these movies I think would have benefited from the monster remaining unseen but then again the strength of the movie lies in the human drama and emotions.

22) Train to Busan (2016)


South Korean action horror film directed by Yeon Sang-ho. People on an express train to Busan, a city that has successfully fended off the viral outbreak must fight for their own survival…When you thought zombie movies were dead this movie injected life back into the genre, simply put a brilliant film.

[Sean Whitmore]

1. Isle of the Dead (1945)
2a. The Vampire Bat (1933)
2b. The Body Snatcher (1945)
3a. The Thing (1982)
3b. The Old Dark House (1932)
3c. Freaked (1993)
4. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
5. Wishmaster (1997)
6. Jason X (2001)
7. Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
8a. Dracula (Spanish version) (1931)
8b. Count Dracula (1977)
8c. Terror Train (1980)
9. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
10a. Deadly Friend (1986)
10b. Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
10c. Braindead / Dead Alive (1992)
11. The Deadly Spawn (1983)
12a. Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
12b. It's Alive (1974)
12c. The Bad Seed (1956)
13. Young Frankenstein (1974)
14. Halloween Kills (2021)
15a. The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
15b. Hollow Man (2000)
16a. The Undying Monster (1942)
16b. The Brain (1988)
17. Christine (1983)
18. Burnt Offerings (1976)
19. Salem's Lot (2004)
20a. The Screaming Skull (1958)
20b. Robot Monster (1953)
21. Cursed (2005)
22a. Attack the Block (2011)
22b. Swamp Thing (1982)

23a. Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

Watched this with a friend just because I thought we'd get a laugh out of it, and I was right. Holy cow, what a mess. The director said he thought of it as a "riposte" to the first movie, which is just an unfortunate quote to have attributed to you when you end up responding to a classic with a piece of ****.

The big plot/retcon--that the demon Pazuzu is specifically targeting children who are born with psychic healing powers--really brought to mind Stephen King. He was already several books in at this point, but still a ways from establishing his Dark Tower multiverse. And given his affinity for schlock, I wonder if this movie was an influence on him.


23b. Halloween 2 (1981)

This is an interesting sequel to me, because it's one of those ones that's good, but just by existing, it can't help but betray the premise of the first movie. I'd also put Rocky 2, Rambo 2, Die Hard 2, and French Connection 2 on the list (I haven't seen Jaws 2 so I don't know if that's any good, but if it is, then it also belongs).

This is the movie that establishes a motive for Michael Myers, that he's essentially bulletproof, and that he can slow-walk his ass up to you and catch you no matter the distances involved. All things that need to be established if you're going to keep using the character long-term, and it's all done well, like I said. I'm just also saying, you can hear the flick of the switch as "story" turns into "franchise".

[CellarDweller]

Yesterday a saw a few films from a Peter Cushing marathon.


1. Halloween (1978)
2. Halloween II (1981)
3. Poltergeist (1982)
4. Ghost Ship (202)
5. The Crazies (2010)
6. The Dead Zone (1983)
7. Thinner (1996)
8. Silver Bullet (1985)
9. Christine (1983)
10. The Shining (1980)
11. Carrie (1976)
12. Scream (1996)
13. Final Destination (2000)
14. Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
15. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
16. Candyman (1992)
17. Candyman - Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
18. Annabelle (2014)
19. Final Destination 2 (2003)
20. House of Wax (2005)
21. Thirteen Ghosts (2001)


22. Horror of Dracula (1958) - On a search for his missing friend Jonathan Harker (John Van Eyssen), vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) is led to Count Dracula's (Christopher Lee) castle. Upon arriving, Van Helsing finds an undead Harker in Dracula's crypt and discovers that the count's next target is Harker's ailing fiancée, Lucy Holmwood (Carol Marsh). With the help of her brother, Arthur (Michael Gough), Van Helsing struggles to protect Lucy and put an end to Count Dracula's parasitic reign of terror.

23. The Mummy (1959) - An archaeology team discover the tomb of an Egyptian princess, guarded by an undead mummy who will avenge all who desecrate the site.

24. The Gorgon (1964) - A mysterious monster is turning people to stone in a German village in 1910. When his girlfriend is killed, Bruno (Jeremy Longhurst) becomes the prime suspect. His ensuing suicide seems to confirm his guilt, but professor Carl Maister (Christopher Lee) isn't so sure. He thinks one of the villagers is possessed by the spirit of Megaera, sister to Medusa. Among the possible culprits are Dr. Namaroff (Peter Cushing), gorgeous nurse Carla (Barbara Shelley) and a mental patient.

[Conn Seanery]

My List:
1) Maximum Overdrive (1986)
2) No One Gets Out Alive (2021)
3) Pet Sematary (1989)
4) My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020)
5) Tales From the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
6) It (1990)
7) Graveyard Shift (1990)
8) Misery (1990)
9) Sometimes They Come Back (1991)
10) The Lawnmower Man (1992)
11) The Power (2021)
12) The Dark Half (1993)
13) Needful Things (1993)
14) The Tommyknockers (1993)
15) The Stand (1994)
16) The Mangler (1995)
17) The Langoliers (1995)
18) Thinner (1996)
19) The Night Flier (1997)



20) Stephen King's The Shining (1997). The TV mini-series adaptation of King's novel he wanted to make due to his dislike of Kubrick's. The only thing I can appreciate about this was seeing Jack's more gradual descent into madness. Other than that I much prefer the film version.

[Conn Seanery]

My List:
1) Maximum Overdrive (1986)
2) No One Gets Out Alive (2021)
3) Pet Sematary (1989)
4) My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020)
5) Tales From the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
6) It (1990)
7) Graveyard Shift (1990)
8) Misery (1990)
9) Sometimes They Come Back (1991)
10) The Lawnmower Man (1992)
11) The Power (2021)
12) The Dark Half (1993)
13) Needful Things (1993)
14) The Tommyknockers (1993)
15) The Stand (1994)
16) The Mangler (1995)
17) The Langoliers (1995)
18) Thinner (1996)
19) The Night Flier (1997)
20) The Shining (1997)



21) Stephen King's Trucks (1997). If you saw Maximum Overdrive and said "Hey, I want more," then this film was for you. Not for me.

[Jared]

If you saw Maximum Overdrive and said "Hey, I want more," then this film was for you.

That was the mantra of everybody making Maximum Overdrive during production. But they were talking about cocaine.

[Astral Disaster]

75. The Thing (1982) - John Carpenter's sci-fi horror masterpiece. An Antarctic research team battles a deadly, shape-shifting alien monstrosity with the ability to replicate any living creature. Fear, paranoia and distrust soon grow with the realization that any one of them could be the thing. Another of my long time favorites along with The Shining, and similarly set in a frozen, isolated wilderness with no hope of quick and easy rescue. Even after 40 years the creature effects hold up as some of the best ever seen on screen, and are likely to still receive high praise in another 40.

76. The Thing (2011) - Prequel to the 1982 film detailing the events that took place at the Norwegian camp. Gets a LOT of negativity from fans of the original for a variety of reasons, main one being the overuse of CGI for the creature effects, then there are those who criticize it for being too similar to Carpenter's film, while others claim it wasn't similar enough. For me the effects are a mixed bag, some look really great, while other times the CGI looks rushed and unfinished, and this often happens within the same scene, sometimes even the same shot, where the practical effects look fine, but then there's the addition of GCI that looks out of place and ropey af. As for whether it's too similar or not similar enough, the movie takes place at a research station in Antarctica and elements from this movie directly tie into the '82 film, so similarities were going to be unavoidable, though the scene in the rec room is too close and sticks out quite a bit, it even has a jammed/misfiring flame thrower, maybe it was meant as an homage, but for most viewers I think it just comes off as uninspired and lazy copying. For those who complain it's not similar enough, it comes down to the mood, atmosphere and pacing, the 2011 movie is faster paced and doesn't spend a lot of time building up the same level of tension and paranoia present in the original. I think that is an issue, and I've said before that the musical score often breaks the mood, it could have been much more subdued, but instead opts for numerous atonal string glissandos and in-your-face, loud, blaring horns during any slight action. Despite all that, I enjoy it for what it is and don't have much of an issue with it tying in to Carpenter's film.

77. Alien (1979) - I'm on a sci-fi horror kick and next up is Ridley Scott's 1979 classic, this film pretty much defined the modern intersection of horror with science fiction and holds up just as well today as it did over four decades ago. Another personal favorite.

[Jared]

October 1st. 1- The Cat and the Canary (1927). 2- Vampyr (1932)
October 2nd. 3- Young Frankenstein (1974)
October 3rd. 4- The Return of the Vampire (1943)
October 4th. 5- Viy (1967)
October 5th. 6- Escape the Undertaker (2021) 7- Terror Train (1980)
October 6th. 7- The Company of Wolves (1984)
October 7th. 8- Gretel & Hansel (2020). 9- Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998)
October 8th. 10- My Best Friend is a Vampire (1987). 11- The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
October 9th. 12- The War of the Worlds (1953). 13- 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
October 10th. 14- Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
October 11th. 15- Pale Blood (1990)
October 12th. 16- Apostle (2018). 17- Dracula (Spanish version, 1931)
October 13th. 18- Ghostwatch (1992) 19- Late Phases (2014)
October 14th. 20- Ghostbusters (1984) 21- Savageland (2017) 22- House of Black Death (1965)
October 15th. 23- It Waits (2005). 24- Within the Woods (1978)
October 16th. 25- Beetlejuice (1988)
October 17th. 26- Halloween (2018). 27- Halloween Kills (2021)
October 18th. 28- Slumber Party Massacre (2021)
October 19th. 29- The Titan Find (1984) 30- The Angry Red Planet (1959)
October 20th. 31- Theater of Blood (1973). 32- I Am Lisa (2020)
October 21st. 33- Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995).
34- Big Trouble in Little China (1986). 35- Don't Kill It (2016)
October 22nd. 36- Black as Night (2021). 37- The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 38- Children of the Night (1991)
October 23rd. 39- Night Teeth (2021). 40- Innocent Blood (1992)



Night Teeth, from Netflix, is basically a lighthearted mashup of Collateral with somebody's game of Vampire the Masquerade. The cast do their jobs well, particularly Lucy Fry as the more unhinged of a pair of vampire hitgirls. The main problem is there's too much world building crammed in, rather than focus on one or two character throughlines. There's a lot of talk about rules and a truce that is already being thrown out by the time the movie starts. The reason one particular neighborhood was chosen to be off-limits to vamp is never explained. We're introduced to two different side groups of vamp-hunting humans.

There's clearly a budget here, but I don't think it was all spent wisely. The main villain, Alfie Allen doing a Deacon Frost thing, is apparently trying to take over the underworld of the entire city but it seems like he only has 3 people who work for him. There's some advertising around the fact that Megan Fox and Sydney Sweeney are in this...but they have 5 minutes of screentime or less. Overall the movie has a nice look, lots of neon and haze...but then there are some establishing shots with vehicles that look CG. If this script was either streamlined and focused, or expanded into a miniseries, it would have worked much better.



Also known as A French Vampire in America, (it should have been "in Pittsburg"). Anthony "I can't believe he's Australian" LaPaglia is an undercover cop who blows his case after a beautiful vampire starts feeding on mafiosi. Robert Loggia is a hoot as the mob boss who gets turned, and Don Rickles has some fun as his lawyer. Anne Parillaurd got this role off the back of La Femme Nikita, but it was a mistake. Her line delivery in English isn't very good. While I didn't have too much trouble understanding her, I did have to think about it a few times, and she just isn't able to act as well when she's speaking like she can when silent. She also gets some unnecessary narration. And she's completely naked in her first scene, I don't know, if you're gonna do that maybe save it for later? Her dance background/action experience isn't very well utilized.

The best part of the movie is the second act where we get cops, mobsters, and vampires all chasing each other around the city, most of them not knowing what's going on. It feels like it's all building to the climax to cap off this crazy night, but then we get daybreak and the movie slows all the way down, then having to set up for a much less exciting fourth act.

There's a vampire dying scene that's not as good as the werewolf transformation in Landis's more popular horror comedy, but still pretty damn good. Lots of notable names pop up in this: Angela Basset, Sam Ramis, Tom Savini, Kim Coates, Tony Sirico, Luis Guizman...it felt like everybody was a somebody.

[Astral Disaster]

78. Legacy Of Satan (1974) - From Wikipedia: "Set in New York, the film revolves around... a young woman who is chosen to be the queen of a satanic cult, and her descent into madness when her normal life is hindered by a series of evocative dreams." Apparently this film was originally intended as a hard core porn, but was either rewritten or had the sex scenes edited out. The acting and dialogue is fairly typical of 70s trash cinema, but it does occasionally feature some decent camera work and an interesting synth score.

79. Aliens (1986) - James Cameron helms the second film of the Alien franchise. Whereas Ridley Scott's original was decidedly a horror flick (I remember being creeped out by the trailers and ad campaign as a kid), Cameron ramps up the action in the sequel, though where xenomorphs are concerned there will always be at least an undercurrent of horror involved.

[ZuLuLu]

1) 1922 (2017)
2) Gerald's Game (2017)
3) Doctor Sleep (2019)
4) In the Tall Grass (2019)
5) Night of the Living Dead (1968)
6) Things Heard & Seen (2021)
7) Little Monsters (2019)
8) The Dead Don't Die (2019)
9) Escape Room (2019)
10) Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)
11) The Unfamiliar (2020)
12) A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
13) Polaroid (2019)
14) There’s Someone Inside Your House (2021)
15) Wrong Turn (2021)
16) The Swarm /La Nuée (2020)
17) His House (2020)
18) The Power (2021)
19) The Lighthouse (2019)
20) The Call (2020)
21) The Mimic (2017)
22) Train to Busan (2016)

23) Seoul Station (2016)


A South Korean animated zombie film written and directed by Yeon Sang-ho. The film serves as a prequel to the film Train to Busan. The movie follows a father and his daughter as they move through an increasingly overrun Seoul in search of each other while a zombie pandemic unleashes itself in downtown Seoul. Overall really good. The animation was also okay and the plot was decent however the characters were a bit annoying sometimes, the last 10 to 15 minutes were unexpected.

24) Peninsula (2020)


Sequel to the 2016 South Korean zombie film Train to Busan, also directed by Yeon Sang-ho. It follows a soldier who is sent along with his team to retrieve a truck full of money from the wastelands of the Korean peninsula now inhabited by zombies, a rogue militia, and a family. Maybe if this was not billed as a sequel to Train to Busan I would feel different but this movie was weak compared to the predecessor, it sacrificed a lot of the emotional storytelling of the first and replaced it with a lot of action sequences. Entertaining but ultimately forgettable.