Wait Wait . . . BRAINS!
Wherein I share a link to a fun script for a Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me episode from the zombie apocalypse.
Wherein I share a link to a fun script for a Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me episode from the zombie apocalypse.
Wherein I discuss several zombie movies that are completely awful and unwatchable.
Wherein I discuss my reactions to Otto, or Up With Dead People
Zombieland is a fun romp of a movie and I enjoyed watching it. That said, my standard line to people when they’ve asked how it was is to say, “It was fun. No Shaun of the Dead but fun nonetheless.” Whereas I could watch Shaun of the Dead time and time again, Zombieland will probably …
Ah Netflix Watch Instantly how I love thee! Last night I was in the mood to watch something but nothing very long or that required much attention. Netflix to the rescue with Zombiemania: a light and frothy look at the surge in popularity of zombies in the recent years. If you’ve invested any amount of …
In recent years, the popularity of zombies has led to an ever wider variety of stories that use the image and metaphor of a zombie in ways that are almost completely alien, even antithetical, to the traditional zombie movie structure that has been with us since Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. Deadgirl was one …
Dead Set If you like zombie movies or even horror movies in general and haven’t yet seen this British mini-series, you really really oughta check it out. Dead Set is intense and is probably one of the scariest zombie stories I’ve seen, with impeccable horror timing and writing that blends dark and cynical humor with …
Wherein I discuss my reactions to the movie Deadgirl.
Wherein Erin & I watch 4 George Romero films in one night . . . That’s right, suckas, 4 Romero zombie flicks in one night. It was zombietastic: good company, good margaritas, good pizza and delicious molten brownies. As for the films? We watched Night of the Living Dead, the 30 Anniversary Edition, Day of …
Because I’m going to be submitting a dissertation proposal that involves zombies as part of my application to the University of Hawaii Department of Theatre’s Ph.D. program, I’ve started watching a bunch of zombie movies that I’ve been meaning to see. Now, my proposal doesn’t look at zombies in film per se because I’m more …