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Tickets please, tickets please, we will be leaving the platform momentarily! Please keep your hands and arms inside the vehicle, and don’t block the doors as The Rotten Horror Picture Show speeds its way across South Korea on the Train to Busan! The dining car is open from 3-7, but guess what: They only serve brains!
From Wikipedia:
Train to Busan is a 2016 South Korean action horror film directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee and Kim Eui-sung.The film mostly takes place on a high-speed train from Seoul to Busan as a zombie apocalypse suddenly breaks out in the country and threatens the safety of the passengers.
The film premiered in the Midnight Screenings section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on 13 May. On 7 August, the film set a record as the first Korean film of 2016 to break the audience record of over 10 million theatergoers. The film serves as a reunion for Gong Yoo and Jung Yu-mi, who both starred in the 2011 film The Crucible. A sequel, Peninsula, was released in South Korea on July 15, 2020.
Join Clay, Amanda, as they open the flood gates on the ever-rare zombie animals, the evils of capitalism, the stress and heartbreak of trying to buy a gift for a child, BIG dad energy, strategic train bathrooms, literal waves of zombies, a strategic stash of leather straps and duct tape, and, of course, questionable parenting!
While the modern zombie genre is a uniquely American creation, one of the most exciting ways to experience it is through the lens of other countries’ interpretations. Train to Busan is far different than any American zombie film, full of pathos, emotion, and love, as much as it is full of flesh eating, teeth gnashing, and reanimations!
So tape up your arms, find your baseball boy buddies, betray your fellow passengers, and go for a ride on a flaming train engine with us…if you dare!