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08 Sep

What If…? Episode 5 Review: Magnificent Marvel Zombie Chaos

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This review contains spoilers for Marvel’s What If…? episode 5. Episode 5 of Marvel’s What If…?, entitled ‘What If…Zombies!?’, is a tremendously fun half hour of television, and is also likely to be a really good time for fans of the Marvel Zombies comics. The installment is packed with laughs and shocking moments, using classic zombie tropes to keep some of the best and most underrated MCU characters on their toes while maintaining an enviable pace as it throws one wild scenario after another at them. As you may know by now if you’ve been reading our weekly What If…?…
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24 May

Army of the Dead: Robot Zombie Mystery Explained

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This Army of the Dead article contains spoilers. Zack Snyder’s return to the zombie genre that made him an A-list blockbuster director back in 2004 is as outrageous as you’d expect. While Army of the Dead‘s “heist inside a zombie quarantine zone” flick is actually a pretty straightforward affair in terms of the plot, there are quite a few things Snyder does with his undead baddies that have never really been done on-screen before. Some things are more overt than others, such as the smart “alpha” zombies that can have sex and reproduce, which means they no longer have to…
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22 May

Army of the Dead: How Advanced Are Zeus and His Alpha Zombie Society?

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This Army of the Dead article contains spoilers. It’s not a subtle image. But then who comes to a Zack Snyder movie for that? During the bloody and marvelous opening credits to Army of the Dead, the alpha zombie they call Zeus (Richard Cetrone) earns his nickname while staring up at a statue of the ancient Greek god of thunder in front of the fictional Mount Olympus hotel and casino. Our Mr. Zombie+ may not be an actual god, but one alpha can clearly recognize another’s game, and as we eventually learn, “Zeus” will make the Greco-Roman themed high-rise his…
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03 May

George A. Romero’s Twilight of the Dead: 13 Directors Who Could Helm the Zombie Sequel

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Legendary filmmaker George A. Romero may have left this plane of existence in 2017, but his legacy — the post-apocalyptic zombie movie genre that he created — lives on. According to the THR, Romero was working before his death on Twilight of the Dead, a film that would have been his final statement on the subject and the last installment in the series that included the groundbreaking Night of the Living Dead (1968), Dawn of the Dead (1979), Day of the Dead (1985), and others. Now Romero’s widow Suzanne, who has been developing the script that her late husband started…
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20 Apr

Army of the Dead: How Zack Snyder Is Revolutionizing Zombie Movies

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Since long before Zack Snyder or Army of the Dead, zombie movies have proven to be one of the most surprisingly versatile subgenres in film. George A. Romero pioneered the form with the incisive, socially conscious Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, and since then we’ve seen an ever-growing menagerie of zombies and zombie movies. More than a few times, the undead ghouls have been reinvented to frighten and fascinate audiences across the world. So it’s probably fair to wonder at this point whether we’ve just about seen it all when it comes to zombie flicks.…
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14 Apr

Does Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead Trailer Tease a Zombie Sex Scene?

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The imminent arrival of Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead will unleash an all-new film from the Justice League-restoring director, this one a return to the zombie wheelhouse that skyrocketed his career with 2004’s masterful Dawn of the Dead remake. While the upcoming film was always expected to manifest as a light-hearted madcap actioner—following a tactical team’s attempt to haul a fortune located within a zombie-overrun Las Vegas—the latest trailer spotlights the shocking intelligence of the film’s undead horde; intelligence that seems to include an organized hierarchy and, yes, zombie sex. Do we have your attention? “They’re not what you…
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09 Apr

How George C. Romero’s Heavy Metal Comics Keep Dad’s Zombie Legacy Alive

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The name is Romero. George C. Romero. And in case you didn’t guess, George C. Romero is the son of the late, legendary George A. Romero, the pioneering filmmaker whose 1968 horror classic Night of the Living Dead changed the face of horror cinema forever. George A. Romero and his small independent film collective created the modern zombie mythology, which has occupied a vast swath of the horror genre from George A.’s own later masterpieces like Dawn of the Dead all the way to modern weekly nightmares in The Walking Dead. Meanwhile George Cameron Romero — the elder George’s son…
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02 Oct

How The Walking Dead: World Beyond Expands the Zombie Universe with Its Unique Teen Characters

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After its premiere was delayed by several months due to COVID-19, the two-season The Walking Dead spinoff series The Walking Dead: World Beyond finally makes its debut this week. The story expands the TWD universe in a unique way, taking place 10 years after the zombie outbreak and focusing on a predominantly teenage cast of characters. Unlike the battered groups of survivors from The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, these teens have been sheltered from walkers (or “empties,” as they’re called on this show) within the walls of a university in Omaha, Nebraska, a thriving colony that has…
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02 Oct

The Walking Dead vs. Real-Life Survivalists: How to Prep for The Zombie Apocalypse

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According to a 2019 YouGov poll, 14% of Americans have a zombie apocalypse plan of some sort. Even the CDC provides zombie apocalypse advice, including having one gallon of water per person per day, stocking up on food, and choosing a rallying point for family members should everyone get separated in the mad rush for safety. That concept of preparedness has infiltrated popular culture like a walker in an unguarded camp thanks to The Walking Dead and other pieces of zombie media. Being ready for whatever life throws your way is no longer just for paranoid, reclusive mountain men.  The…
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18 Sep

The Walking Dead: Why The Military Failed To Stop The Zombie Apocalypse

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For the 2020 fiscal year, the Department of Defense has been given a budget of approximately $721.5 billion dollars. Were that budget converted to GDP, the U.S. military would fall between the Netherlands ($821.5 billion) and Saudi Arabia ($686.7 billion) in the world ranking, good for 19th place. That’s a lot of money, and it powers one of the most impressive war machines in the history of the world. So how did the most powerful military on Earth fail to stop a bunch of brainless, hungry, rotting corpses on The Walking Dead? It’s an issue of supply and demand. Gimme…
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03 Sep

The Walking Dead: What is the Origin of the Zombie Outbreak?

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Back in the “Before Times” of January 2020, The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman fielded a Twitter question about a pandemic unrelated to the one that would soon seize the world. “What was the origin of the zombie outbreak on The Walking Dead?” one Twitter user wanted to know. Kirkman answered the question simply and succinctly with:  “Space spore.” You may have noticed that the exchange above contains no links to the tweets in question. That’s because they no longer exist. Kirkman deleted his “space spore” tweet shortly after dozens of websites picked it up and ran with “The Walking…
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05 Aug

Link Tank: How the Pandemic Will Change Zombie Stories

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Zombie horror has always adhered to certain tropes, but here’s why these tropes are going to have to change. “At the core of every book, video game, television series, or movie involving a zombie apocalypse is an idea about humanity’s drive to consume, or how easy it would be for civilizations to crumble in the midst of an unforeseen disaster. Like, for instance, the sudden spread of a deadly virus that swept its way across the entire globe within a matter of weeks.” Read more at Gizmodo. Andrew Lincoln, star of The Walking Dead, still has not watched The Walking…
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04 Aug

Why The Living Dead May Be George A. Romero’s Most Epic Zombie Tale Yet

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Before George A. Romero passed away in 2017, the legendary filmmaker was working on a novel — his first — called The Living Dead. Conceived as an epic reboot/reinvention of the zombie horror genre he defined with his landmark 1968 film Night of the Living Dead, the book was set to encompass the entire world of Romero’s six Dead movies — including classics like Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead — while giving him the kind of free creative reign he never quite enjoyed with his films. But we sadly lost Romero at the age of 77…
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27 Jul

How The Living Dead Completes Romero’s Zombie Legacy

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This post is sponsored by George A. Romero figuratively wrote the book on zombies with his low-budget, independent 1968 horror film epoch Night of the Living Dead. World War Z, 28 Days Later, Zombieland and even The Walking Dead trudged that territory but didn’t map much new terrain. Romero’s final novel, The Living Dead, completed by author Daniel Kraus (The Shape of Water novelization), doesn’t expand on the basics of the zombie apocalypse. It doesn’t challenge the zombie trope Romero filled out with his subsequent works on animated corpses, when The Living Dead had their Day, Dawn, Land, Diary and…
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