Herzog

Assumed Name: Herzog

Movie Title: Dead Snow aka Dod Sno

Year of Release: 2009

Director: Tommy Wirkola

Performance/Costume Review: Wow! An equally beautiful costume and performance from the head Nazi Zombie. He seemed more like a pirate zombie looking for gold, but whatever. He had a "zero tolerance" rule strictly in order. When some Evil Dead rejects broke his rule Herzog summoned an army. Now that is good acting! The dusty jacket matched with a brand new dress cap was a head-scratcher. Most likely he traded his old hat in for a new one sometime within the last 60+ years while he was terrorizing the mountains. I'm sure antique dealers are everywhere in those parts.

Valentina Scanarotti

Assumed Name: Valentina Scanarotti

Movie Title: Cemetery Man aka Dellamorte Dellamore

Year of Release: 1994

Director: Michele Soavi

Performance/Costume Review: Valentina was the mayor's daughter. She is killed in a motorcycle accident and buried. A mute that helped take care of the cemetery named Gnaghi had a crush on Valentina so he digs up her body. The rest of Valentina's performance is as a decapitated zombie head that becomes Gnaghi's girlfriend. Well, there you have it. I'm not sure what else to say. She gives a great performance as a zombie head. She displays a range of emotions which, at times, helps you forget she is separated from her body. Zombie movie performances are a dime a dozen, but Valentina really found a way to get a head in this business.

She

Assumed Name: She

Movie Title: Cemetery Man aka Dellamorte Dellamore

Year of Release: 1994

Director: Michele Soavi

Performance/Costume Review: The character credited simply as "She" is the love interest of the lead character Francesco. She's very beautiful (no surprise, the actress is a model) and after she is killed by a zombie (her former husband), the viewers just have to wait around to see what she'll look like as a zombie herself. Now, the first time I saw this years ago I remember thinking, "Wait, is she going to be a sexy zombie? That's not right." Well, have no fear, she's not. "She" as a zombie isn't attractive at all. Somethings are just off limits and I think sexy zombies are one of them (wait for a certain zombie from Fido to pop up on this blog someday and you'll know what I mean).

Santos

Assumed Name: Santos (aka Specimen 36)

Movie Title: Return of the Living Dead Part III

Year of Release: 1993

Director: Brian Yuzna

Performance/Costume Review: Santos first appears in a mini mart as the leader of a rough and tough gang that wants to fight the stars of the film. He's your typical gang-member-in-a-zombie-movie stereo type. The guy escapes the beat down from Santos, but not for long. Santos' next major scene is when his gang tracks down the guy he wanted to fight. He decides to have his way with the guys lady, Julie, but little does he know Julie is a zombie. They go into a room together and Julie comes out holding the head of Santos, which is pulled out off of his body to reveal his spine, but the head is not severed. This is important because Santos then becomes a zombie that has a normal body, but an elongated looking neck, which is actually his spine. Santos the zombie tries to attack the main guy and gets his head knocked off in the process. For the final appearance of Santos we see just his animated head and spine in a military experiment facility cage marked Specimen 36. A sad ending for a very entertaining zombie.