A friend just sent me this recent political cartoon: I think what the cartoonist is saying is that Obama is like Ash from Evil Dead, and lingering Republican economic policies that have favored the rich and impeded wealth-accumulation by the middle class are like zombies. I think. Anyhow, I’m a liberal on most issues, and a conservative on a few (like howContinue reading “A not uncomplicated Evil Dead-themed political cartoon”
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Movie Review: Zombie Night
Today, I watched the 2003 film Zombie Night. It wasn’t very good. Like Dead and Deader , watching this film made me feel like it was part of a reality show where each week the contestants have to make a different kind of movie, and this week was “zombie week.” Zombie Night features the most predictable and hackneyed zombie-plotContinue reading “Movie Review: Zombie Night”
Zombie Research Society
Here’s a neat website for the Zombie Research Society. They have a wealth of information about the undead, and seem to be able to detect zombie-implications in the current events of the day. Also, their motto is “What you don’t know can eat you” which is pretty clever.
Movie Review: Zombies Anonymous
Over the weekend, I watched the 2007 horror film Zombies Anonymous. It was pretty good–definitely one of the best lower-budget zombie movies I’ve seen in some time. ZA imagines a world in which zombies have risen from the dead, yet remain more-or-less functioning members of society. They walk and talk, and even hold down jobs. Angela, the protagonist, becomesContinue reading “Movie Review: Zombies Anonymous”
WSJ opines on possib-li racist zombie-killing in Resident Evil 5
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal posted this article about the dynamics of white protagonists fighting African zombies in Capcom’s new game Resident Evil 5. As I remarked in an earlier post, I am skeptical that the game contains intentionally racist elements. For most horror fans, it is a priori that reanimated corpses cease to haveContinue reading “WSJ opines on possib-li racist zombie-killing in Resident Evil 5”
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