Nato And Remy’s Last Stand: “Serious” Directors Who Should Take A Stab At Horror

Nato – Mike Judge

Mike Judge is a man known for movies like Office Space, Idiocracy, and for his long-running cartoon King Of The Hill – oh yeah, and that whole Beavis and Butt-head thing. Judge has built his career creating comedy for the middle class, but what about taking his turn at horror? What would horror for the middle class be? To some people Idiocracy is its own horror, watching America fall into a conglomerate-run superpower fueled by electrolytes, but I’m talking about a true tale of blue-collar terror. A man pushed to his limits by suppression, governmental corruption, and a daily routine that’s slowly turning him into a mindless, money-obsessed drone.

Honestly, I’d love to see Judge attempt a zombie movie for this exact reason. Zombies have always been used to comment on societal issues, starting with the grandaddy of z-horror himself, George A. Romero, and I believe Judge would be the perfect writer/director to play around with the shambling, brainless zombie stereotype and equate it to America, delivering some interesting “herd mentality” message a group of survivors have to fight against. Maybe the whole zombie outbreak can start at the hands of some dumb governmental decision? Sure, it’s not like we haven’t seen directors try this same approach before, but Judge brings a hilarious take on the largest demographic in the US.

Scratch that – Office Space meets a zombie apocalypse movie. A group of co-workers have to fight their way out of a large, cubicle filled high rise, hacking and slashing their way through hordes of now undead colleagues they absolutely despise. If you thought Judge created gold with his iconic “printer smackdown” scene, imagine what he could do with co-workers busting the heads of other co-workers?