Sat through this film, just, but only to keep watching the strange man/boy actor Peter Bark. Apparently he's supposed to be about 17 or so, but he looks and moves around like a 50 yr old. Also bizarrely, Bark never speaks on-screen, IE you never see his lips move, and his voice is always heard from the reverse angle. The scene where Bark tries to seduce his mother is also a classic of sorts. Three cheers for Freak Man-Boy BARK! Apart from this, Zombie Dead has little plot and atmosphere, though there are some relatively Gory scenes to make up for this. The pace is also very slow, with Zombies moving really slowly towards there victims.
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If....
(1968)
Grab a gun and shoot the establishment - If....
14 February 2005
When If.. was re-released at the end of the 1990s, it came with the slogan: 'An Anarchist's Punk Dream!' This certainly summarises the film's main ethos, in which revolution and the dream of blowing up the old school master is a dream of every anti-social English school boy. MacDowel is superb in this film, and he apparently landed the gig for A Clockwork Orange through Kubrick watching this film several times. The direction is also brilliant by Lyndsey Anderson, who unfortunately never amounted to much after this. If you're interested in the changing attitudes of English society during the 1960's then watch if..., as there's no better illustration. One of the all time British classics, with a bizarre sequel called 'Oh Lucky Man'.
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