Tag Archives: Zombies

Romero Zombie—the good, the bad, and the remade

I finally did it. I finally took the time to watch every Romero titled zombie film in sequence—including non-Romero remakes. Which means this will probably be my longest blog since my dissertation on Square Pegs. Since my all-time favorite, Night … Continue reading

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Resident Evil: For the love of the Afterlife and the death of 3D

August: Piranaha. September: Resident Evil: Afterlife. October. Saw. I was so psyched to go to the theater for all three to get the full 3D experience on the big screen rather than waiting for them to hit Blu-Ray. When I … Continue reading

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How to cheat (um…beat?) Dead Rising Xbox 360…

When Dead Rising was released for the Xbox 360 last decade, it was the game that almost pushed me to buy the console sooner rather than later. But it wasn’t long before the user reviews began to hit the net…and … Continue reading

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When good people bite…

This would be embarrassing if it didn’t make for such a good story. So this past weekend, my survival horror video game partner, we’ll call her ‘J,’ was over in celebration of her b-day and so there was the obligatory … Continue reading

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Zombie Movie for Rat People! Rat People for Zombie Movie!

My little catchy parody of the Adam Ant “Ant music for sex people” line jumps into my head every time I watch the 2006 film Mulberry Street, in which one of the characters refers to the infected as “rat people.” … Continue reading

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Dance of the Dead…No, it’s not the name of my latest gay zombie novel

Remember the classic Night of the Creeps? In that 1986 horror comedy, a bunch of college teenagers have to fend off the zombies their friends become after being inhabited by some nasty slug thingies. 2008’s Dance of the Dead has … Continue reading

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The new wave of zombie movies…. THE MAD

Billy Zane, zombies, and new wave? I’m in. The gist of the zombie infection in The Mad is basically “mad cow” disease. Small town, cows are diseased, cows are made into hamburgers for local restaurant—people turn into zombies. This movie had me … Continue reading

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Night of the Living Death Sentence–Zombie Prison Movies!

Who would have guessed that so many low budget zombie films had been made that take place behind bars…or that I actually have a bunch in my collection of horror movies? I must just really like zombies in jail, because … Continue reading

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With a zombie movie this effective, I say, Let Sleeping Corpses Rise!

In the early 1970s, the zombie genre made famous by 1968’s Night of the Living Dead was in its infancy, with low-budget zombie flicks being churned out both in the U.S. and overseas. Having brushed up on most of them, … Continue reading

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Zombieland: Fun for the whole family

Just got my Zombieland Blu-Ray. Saw it in the theaters and liked it enough to add to my zombie movie collection, but really, it’s more of a lighthearted family comedy with a zombie-themed intro and outro. Remove some of the … Continue reading

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