Coming Attractions: [Rec] 2 and To Kako 2: Evil in the Time of Heroes (2009)

Today I was stumbling around through movie news on ShockTillYouDrop, waiting for a mention of zombies or 3-D to catch my eye, when I noticed a striking correlation between two of the stories. There are two sequels to modern, foreign-made zombie movies coming out this year. Not only that, they're sequels to two modern, foreign-made zombie movies I enjoyed! What are the chances? (I'm all about the classics - foreign zombie movies are fine, as long as they're Italian)

[Rec] 2 (2009) is a follow-up to the frenetic fun ride known as (duh) [Rec] (2007). Remember [Rec]? The Spanish flick with the Blair Witch camera work that didn't suck? The fact that a sequel is dropping is really no surprise. [Rec] is one of the rare zombie flicks from the past 10 years that has enjoyed both successful returns and good reviews from fans. Even the American remake, Quarantine, earned a fair amount of respect from rotter-friendly fan boys (and clocked some major dollars). I enjoyed [Rec] thoroughly myself, although I wasn't going as ape shit over it as some people out there. Hopefully they used their newer bigger budget to fix some of the things I felt were lacking in the first film, like the lack of sustained gore on camera.

I was much more surprised to find out about the sequel to To Kako (Evil) (2005). Everyone remembers To Kako as the first Greek zombie movie... EVER. It brought Greece to the worldwide zombie pantheon in 2005, and admirably so. Now, 4 years later, the zombies have risen to terrorize the Land of Gods once again in To Kako 2: Evil in the Time of Heroes. This time Billy Zane is involved! Wtf? Is he Greek or something? What am I missing there? He was fantastic in Demon Knight, don't get me wrong. It's just extremely random that he's showing up in a long incubated follow up to an obscure low budget zombie flick. It looks like it might be killer, though. Watch the trailer for the surprise meaning behind the title. Fuck it, I'll just tell you. Greek gladiators versus zombies! It's exactly what I expected the first time I heard Greece made a zombie flick. Could be awesome.

- Watch the teaser for [Rec] 2 on DEATH BY VIDEO
- Watch the teaser for To Kako 2: Evil in the Time of Heroes on DEATH BY VIDEO
- shocktillyoudrop.com