Posts Tagged ‘zombies’

‘Survival of the Dead’ more humorous than rest of the series

Saturday, October 16th, 2010

Editor’s Note: We haven’t published anything in a long time, and you have our greatest apologies for that. It’s been a busty few months, but we’re hoping to bring you more fresh zombie fiction in the future.

survival of the dead

It took me a long time to get around to finally seeing George Romero’s new zombie offering, Survival of the Dead. There wasn’t any real reason for it. Yes, some bad reviews gave me pause – but Romero’s films are always subject to the critical eye of people who I feel “just don’t get it” (sorry if that’s a cop-out). But as a writer who occasionally works as a critic, I can’t just shake off the reasoned opinions of my contemporaries. Even if they’re wrong.

Outbreak: Overrun by Monsters

Monday, December 14th, 2009

 

1302966621_c05eda5724 The other day while perusing my favorite tech blog, I came across the a loosely zombie-related post (someone had re-done Star Wars movie posters to appear as though zombie flicks) and noticed the following exchange among the comments:

"What’s with all the zombie stuff lately?"

"Yeah. They’re like the new vampires."

My initial thought was that this comment displayed an ignorance of monster history. Truly, the two super-natural genres share little cultural commonground: vampires have often been lumped in with monsters of old (Frankenstein, Mummies, and other manner of creatures found in Van Helsing), while zombies have been something very much their own.