Let’s face it, zombies and guns are connected. Try to think of a zombie movie that doesn’t also have guns. Hard to do, isn’t it? (It was hard for me, at least off the top of my head…) A friend sent me this excellent article about mistakes that writers make when they’re writing about gunsContinue reading “Wrong-Way of the gun”
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Movie Review: Re-Cycle (Gwai wik)
This weekend I watched a crazy Horror/Fantasy movie from Hong Kong called Re-Cycle. It’s the story of a writer haunted by ghosts who is sucked into an eerie fantasy world of her own devising. It’s like a cross between The Ring, What Dreams May Come, and the PC game Sanitarium. And also, there are zombies. Re-Cycle is aContinue reading “Movie Review: Re-Cycle (Gwai wik)”
Zombies on “Dirty Rock” and beyond
There were zombies on 30 Rock last night! 30 Rock is my favorite contemporary live-action television show. It’s got awesome writing, the recurring characters are as hilarious as they are complex, and week-to-week Alec Baldwin probably pulls off the funniest role on television as Jack Donaghy. I also love Dr. Leo Spaceman and the Kool Keith-influenced Tracy Jordan. InContinue reading “Zombies on “Dirty Rock” and beyond”
Zombie caterpillars!
Check out this video of a “zombie caterpillar” created by a wasp to protect its cocoons: I think “The Zombie Caterpillars” would be a good name for a rock band.
Movie Review: Cemetery Man
The weekend, I watched the 1994 Italian zombie film Cemetery Man. It’s one of the best zombie movies I’ve ever seen! It has beautiful cinematography, and is uniquely European-feeling. It’s open-ended and moralistic, consumed with sex and romance, and comic yet tragic. It’s like Night of the Living Dead meets Terry Gilliam’s Brazil meets La Cabina meets one of the Emmanuelle films. LetContinue reading “Movie Review: Cemetery Man”