Tarantino Hated Zombie Movies Until This Korean Horror Gem Dropped: ‘Just Complete Adrenaline’
This is one of those movies that you fall in love with in the first five minutes.
Quentin Tarantino 's films are the quintessence of impeccable style and grotesque cruelty. His name has long been a mark of quality, love his work or hate it, but it is unlikely that there is a single movie fan who has not seen a Tarantino film.
Although the director has not made a single horror movie, the influence of the genre on his work is impossible to ignore. Tarantino takes one thing from horror, not the supernatural and inexplicable, but something very tangible, something that can be found in the real world – violence.
Reservoir Dogs has been criticized for its overly realistic portrayal of violence (especially the ear-cutting scene). But the director sees the gore on screen as a technique that helps reveal the characters while entertaining the viewer.
Tarantino Revealed a Zombie Horror That Reignited His Interest in the Genre
Tarantino admitted that at some point he got tired of zombie horror and it seemed that no project in this subgenre could surprise him anymore. But he was wrong. In 2016, a Korean zombie horror was released that kept not only Quentin, but also millions of viewers around the world glued to their screens – Train to Busan.
Tarantino shared his impressions of the film:
“I love Train to Busan, I actually showed it to a couple of friends in Tel-Aviv who had never seen it before. And one of them was like, ‘I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a horror film this intense.’ [...] That’s just complete adrenaline.”
Train to Busan is an Exemplary Zombie Movie
When Hollywood got tired of the zombie topic, it was Korean cinema that showed that something exciting could still be done with it – you just had to try.
Train to Busan is a first class horror movie in non-stop mode. While the passengers are traveling on a comfortable train, a deadly virus overtakes the country – its effects are felt as soon as the train pulls up to the platform.
For an hour and a half, the characters defend themselves, push the dead out of the carriages, and at the same time get into internal conflicts. Just as Tarantino said, it's just complete adrenaline and probably one of the most intense movies in history – it will make you fear, laugh and cry.
Source: History of Horror Podcast