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Weird West

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Weird West (or Weird Western) is a genre of fiction that uses the Wild West period of American History as a foundation and then adds fantasy/supernatural elements to it. So stories where gunslingers encounter zombies, vampires, demons, robots, or any other creatures that wouldn't otherwise be present in a standard Western.

This is a community for sharing various Weird West works. Movies, Books, Comics, Video Games, TV Shows, whatever fits.

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I mentioned in the pinned post on this community that once I start posting Weird West movies that take place in the modern day you'll know I'm starting to run out of ideas. Well, we've reached that point.

Ghost Town takes place in the modern day (of 1988, when the movie was made). It's about a girl who gets kidnapped by a bunch of zombies in an old west ghost town and only a modern-day sheriff can save her. I'll be honest with you, I've never seen this movie. I just came across it while looking for lists of Weird West movies and this looks right up my alley. I wish it was streaming somewhere.

Here's a trailer. And seriously, let me know if you find it streaming somewhere.

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[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, been thinking of other things with the same feel, and kudos to you for finding so many so far!

Would From Dusk Til Dawn count? Parts have the right feel , but been a while since I’ve seen it. But then there’s the rabbit hole of vampire movies - which ones would count?

[–] jericho_cross@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, once we start discussing modern day movies it's hard to draw the line between Weird West and just a vampire movie in an abandoned town. I was thinking about John Carpenter's Vampires too, which has a final showdown in an abandoned western town kinda like how From Dusk Till Dawn is in an isolated bar.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

How about this: originally, Big Trouble In Little China was written as a western. John Carpenter liked the idea of it being set in Chinatown

[–] Alexc@lemmings.world 1 points 7 months ago

Clicked to look as I thought the main character was Noel Fielding… That I would watch