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I met James Karen and Allan Trautman and totally geeked-out and it was awesome

This weekend I got to meet two of my all-time zombie heroes, the legendary James Karen and Allan Trautman!  If you read this blog,  you’ve seen that I consider their performances in Return of the Living Dead to be the finest acting in any zombie film, ever. James was super-cool and joked with me.  (IContinue reading “I met James Karen and Allan Trautman and totally geeked-out and it was awesome”

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”