Land of the Dead (2005)

It's been 20 years since the third part of George A. Romero's zombie trilogy in which he wrote all the rules of the modern zombie flick (for which he has a lot to answer!) And ever since "Day of the Dead" appeared, people have been asking when they could see part four.  Well here it is and I don't know that it was worth the wait, but you can judge for yourselves when it opens here on 23 September.  The walking dead are learning how to survive and the non-dead face a constant battle to avoid their ranks.  Interestingly the head zombie is played by a black actor, since Romero has always had at least one black lead in this series.

FrightFest did offer viewings of the first three movies before premiering this one, but I have seen them all sufficiently recently to forgo the pleasure.  And I'm beginning to think that I really don't care if I never see another, although "Sean of the Dead" was in fact quite amusing.  I only hope people stop pestering Romero for another sequel. He was on stage at this screening and said that fans often ask about a prequel; his clever reply was that any prequel could only depict life as normal, i.e. before his first lot rose from the dead back in 1968.