Tag Archives: Zombies

A retraction

In a post a few weeks ago, I said that “Gorbachev” by Russian heavy metal band ANJ would be the best zombie-themed music video of 2008.  I was wrong. Coming in just under the wire is one of the most tremendous and uncanny music videos I’ve ever seen:  “All Nightmare Long” by Metallica.  (Interestingly, like theContinue reading “A retraction”

Role-playing zombies

Here’s an interesting article about using zombies in role-playing games. I haven’t played Dungeons and Dragons (or other RPG’s) for several years, but I think it would be pretty cool to play as a zombie.  This article is more about incorporating a zombie apocalypse into a campaign, but still, it’s a step in the right direction…

Uprising

Christopher Newman asked me to review his e-book Uprising, so here goes: Uprising imagines a world (much like that of Fido) in which zombies have been rendered harmless by science and put to work for man.  Of course (a la Jurrassic Park/Westworld ), things don’t work out.  From the opening scene of enslaved zombies rebellingContinue reading “Uprising”

Movie Review: Enter… Zombie King

Enter… Zombie King (a.k.a. Zombie Beach Party) is a 2004 independent Canadian film set in a world where zombies are real and Mexican wrestlers are the new superheroes.  The protagonist (Ulysses) is a masked wrestler who is spurred into action when another wrestler (Tiki), who wrestles zombies professionally in a travelling show, is wrongfully accused of havingContinue reading “Movie Review: Enter… Zombie King”