Movie Review: Survival of the Dead

This weekend, I was lucky enough to receive an advance screener of George Romero’s Survival of the Dead which will begin a limited theatrical release later this month, and is available now through a variety of digital channels via Magnet releasing.  Survival of the Dead is one of Romero’s greatest films, and a vast improvement over Diary of theContinue reading “Movie Review: Survival of the Dead”

Cool (and obscure) zombie t-shirts

Crazy Dog out of Rochester, NY (where I was born!) has a t-shirt version of the traffic congestion signs that were “repurposed” to warn of zombie attacks, which I think is pretty cool. They also have what has to be the most obscure zombie sub-reference on a t-shirt ever:   To get this, you have to remember thatContinue reading “Cool (and obscure) zombie t-shirts”

A zombie novel I will NOT be reading…

Galaxy Press LLC has begun a pretty strong media push for the new print edition (and audiobook) of Dead Men Kill, L. Ron Hubbard’s only zombie novel.  Just this month, I’ve seen full-page color ads for it in several fiction and genre magazines. I remember, back when I was first trying to puzzle-out the appeal of Scientology, IContinue reading “A zombie novel I will NOT be reading…”

The Top-15 Performances in a Zombie Movie

Zombie movies are often praised by fans for their frightening sequences, their artful (or artless) use of gore, and their political/philosophical messages.  However, I think an oft-overlooked quality that can really make or break a zombie film is the performances of the actors.  (You’d think that acting would obviously be the most important part ofContinue reading “The Top-15 Performances in a Zombie Movie”