Zombiegirl in Zombieland

It's no surprise to any of our friends that our daughter, affectionately named Zombiegirl, is a little bit of a freak. I owe all her freakiness to my husband, MR. He's been spoon feeding her horror flicks since she was in Kindergarten. She loves zombies, vampires, aliens, blood, guts, gore, freakishly large creatures and all things Tim Burton. The Chiller channel and the SyFy channel are favorites in my house. According to her, she's never been a "princess kind of girl."

She's a great kid. She does really well in school. She's well liked by both boys and girls. Adults adore her. She cracks us up.

But she's a freak.

Last year, she was Sweeney Todd for Halloween. The year before, she was a Punk-a-Zombith (her words.) Before that, she was a Pirate (yes, you've noticed the Johnny Depp theme, have you?) This year she's going to be Coraline- yellow coat, yellow (somewhat) boots and blue hair. If you haven't seen Coraline, make a point to. It's an awesome, dark, fantastically animated movie.

So last weekend we took her to her second "R" rated movie- Zombieland. Now this kid LOVES Dawn of the Dead (new and old), Shaun of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, District 9, 28 Days Later and 30 Days of Night. We heard Zombieland was a comedy and not too gory. Gory enough, I was sure, for a 10-year-old but she's not your ordinary 10-year-old...

The "R" rating was mostly for language and gore. I know she doesn't drop the F-bomb herself and gets very indignant when someone around her does. But she's not naive- she knows people use it and that movies are full of cursing so I didn't have much of a problem with her hearing it. It's the sexual innuendos that I try to shelter her from. And this movie didn't seem to have much of that going on.

If you liked Shaun of the Dead, you'll like Zombieland. If you didn't see Shaun of the Dead, make a point to see that one, too.

Zombieland stars Jesse Eisenberg (The Squid and the Whale), Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone (The House Bunny) and Abigail Breslin with a cameo by Bill Murray. It's a fun, fast-paced movie without a lot of in-your-face-blood and guts. The parts I liked were the credits and the "Rules for Zombie Survival". The credits seemed like part of the movie- for example- when a zombie ran through them, they crashed/broke/disintegrated. I like that kind detail in movies. The "Rules for Zombie Survival" showed up-literally- in the movies as they applied. Never, never forget #4- Doubletap!

The funniest part of the movie came not from the movie itself, but from Zombiegirl. When she saw Emma Stone, she turned to me and whispered, "Do you know who that is?" Who, I replied. "It's NATALIE" she says, in a VERY deep voice. I knew EXACTLY who she was talking about since we had just seen The House Bunny and that's how Anna Farris' character remembers names! In those two words she let me know the movie and the character! And she did the voice perfectly.

Anyway, back to Zombieland...great plot, awesome one-liners ("When the zombie outbreak first hit, the first to go...were the fatties" and "You just can't trust anyone. The first girl I let into my life and she tries to eat me.") actors that play off of each other, and the quest for a Twinkie...you can't go wrong for a fun-filled time at the movies.

And don't forget Rule #31- Check the back seat...

It's time to nut up or shut up.