IMDb plot summary: Bullied by his boss, worked around the clock, he's nothing more than a corporate drone. All it takes is a zombie outbreak for him to finally feel alive.
Directed by Yûsuke Ishida. Stars Eiji Akaso, Mai Shiraishi, and Shuntarô Yanagi.
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is a live action adaptation of a manga and anime of the same name. It follows a young people-pleasing man who gets caught in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. Instead of letting it lead him to despair, it invigorates him to create a list of things he wants to do with his life before he becomes a zombie. Along the way, he makes friends with other people on the run and they form a little family trying to live their best life in the zombie world. A lot of the joy of this comes from how cheerful and optimistic our protagonist is. He's a delight to watch as he engages with the world -- a very easy protagonist to root for. I also really like the production design of the zombies. There's a truly upsetting visceral bone-cracking piece of the sound design that is effective and terrifying. There's also a point in the latter half of the story in which the characters encounter a zombie shark who then inexplicably grows legs and chases them on land, and that is absolutely one of the most horrifying monsters I've seen on film. But all this darkness is in the middle of a light-hearted, humanistic, hopeful story. This is a lesser known horror film that is definitely worth checking out.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (2023)
beat Can't Hardly Wait (#1994 → #1997)
lost to Fear of a Black Hat (#995 → #988)
beat She's Having a Baby (#1493 → #1494)
beat Nick of Time (#1243 → #1255)
beat Le Samouraï (#1119 → #1234)
beat Call Me Madam (#1057 → #1058)
lost to A Haunting in Venice (#1026 → #823)
lost to The Shallows (#1041 → #1037)
beat The Jungle Book (#1049 → #1069)
beat Re-Animator (#1045 → #1048)
beat Jesus Christ Superstar (#1043 → #1046)
beat Blink Twice (#1042 → #1045)
📊 Ranked #1097/3993 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 72
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