Whether you want to admit it or not, zombie movies are becoming passe. Animated zombies films, however, are still pretty cool. If you need evidence of this, scoot on over to Zombie Info for a bunch of hi-res images and an exclusive interview with the creators, who hope to turn the awesome trailer below in a feature length film

The animation looks fucking sick. It’s dark, gritty, and heavily stylized, and the zombies have that emaciated, freshly-risen-from-the-grave-and-ready-to-eat-some-humans looks about them that is criminally underutilized in live-action zombie films. The beauty of this is that animation opens up so many more doors in terms of what can logistically be done with the way the zombies look without compromising the overall look of the movie (i.e. shit CGI).

Norse mythology never gets treated fairly. My biggest complaint, however, is with the fact that Mjollnir looks nothing like it should. Apparently the posting of a picture and a couple of jabs at the trailer for being cheesy (which it is in spades) resulted in the animation director getting all pissy and unable to comprehend that no one honestly cares about a 12-year old dead project.

Should this project ever come back from the dead – and I hope it does – one can only hope it involves several musical numbers written by Elton John and Tim Rice and sung by Fabio himself. Queen Latifah and Eddie Murphy should play Huginn and Muninn, while Jim Carrey should voice Loki. Liam Neeson should serve as Odin, and to up the cheese factor use the thickest British accent he can muster.

The plot? Thor pisses off the gods for being a little bitch and abusing his powers so he’s forced to live on earth as a mortal boy. While there he discovers masturbation and Harlequin romance novels. Loki is sent to check on him but they become lovers.

I may have made some of that up.

I’m aware this isn’t horror related, I’m just bored and think it’s funny.