 This week Warm Bodies is released to DVD and Blu Ray. I will be categorizing it as “Horror” and I will bet my bottom dollar that people will complain. It’s not that I deliberately set out to upset people… it’s a simple case of understanding genre. Those who will chastise me will be non-horror fans that can't concede that a horror film has come along and caught their attention. The same thing happened when I put Twilight into the horror section. Now before you convulse, let it be known that it pained me to do so. As soft and fluffy as Twilight is, it is nonetheless a story of vampires and werewolves.. ie good V evil. It is thematically dripping with horror and when people argue that it’s a romance film I need to remind them that Dracula is also a romance while being one of the most enduring horror legacies of all time. And so Warm Bodies might be a romantic comedy but it’s also dripping with blood and rotten flesh. Your idea of horror might be different to mine but perhaps I understand the genre more (feel free to disagree with my seemingly arrogant opinion but expect a passionate discussion). The category of “Horror” is a springboard to a multifaceted funhouse of sub-genres. From slapstick (Shaun of the Dead, Braindead) to dramatic (The Exorcist, The Omen).. from action (World War Z, Resident Evil) to grotesque (Human Centipede, Cannibal Holocaust). Most horror devotees will see it the way I do and the fact that every film I've mentioned so far has featured in Fangoria Magazine, shows that I know what I'm on about. And so as with anything which comes along that’s a bit different and/or challenges the laman’s perceived notions, I anticipate the arrival of Warm Bodies with the expectation of flack. At the end of the day it’s my store and I'll do what I want with it. If it causes you so much conflict having to pluck Warm Bodies from the horror section then SO WHAT?
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