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movie review - Valley of the Dead

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Kokubunji, 2021.05.22

Set during the Spanish civil war, this is a zombie movie. The zombies come to us courtesy of the usual* Nazi scientists, and the conflict comes courtesy of the fact that the cast is pretty evenly devided between the two warring Spanish factions. This movie hits a note-perfect degree of seriousness that lets the actors indulge themselves a bit but doesn't take away from the fun. You're playing "who's going to survive this" twenty minutes into this thing.

I enjoyed it. Recommended.

*Thanks, "Doom". We had no idea what a legacy you'd have!

rand()m quote

When the world is in accord with the Dao, fast horses are left to fertilize fields. When the world is not in accord with the Dao, war horses are bred in the countryside.

— Lao Tsu