My time in Monroeville When building my birthday list back in March, I was trying to think of activities to do when I remembered Living Dead Weekend, a convention celebrating the works of George A. Romero that’s set within Monroeville Mall. That’s the same mall where they shot Dawn of the Dead (1978), a horror …
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No More Room In Hell
A still relevant zombie classic (Spoilers) Dawn of the Dead (1978) begins a few weeks into the zombie uprising and charts the gradual collapse of society through the eyes of four people who choose to hold up in a shopping mall. Francine aka Fran (Gaylen Ross), a TV technician at a news station. Stephen, aka …
Number of the Beast
A well-made horror sequel (Massive Spoilers) 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is the middle installment of a planned trilogy, all written by Alex Garland. Unlike the other two, it was not directed by Danny Boyle. Nia DaCosta helmed this one, which is evident from the first scene. The camera moves in a way that …
My Zombie Experience
Being in a movie, kinda sorta, not really Queens of the Dead was looking for zombie volunteers or “zombiteers” to fill out the horde, and I was one of them. Last year, I volunteered to be in the movie. Over email, I was also told several caveats. Among other things, there would be no compensation, …
Romero Zombie Movie
A fine tribute (minor spoilers) Dre (Katy O’Brian) is a gay club promoter who’s facing some hardships because most of her acts are jumping ship for a hotter gay club. Dre is forced to call upon the assistance of Sam (Jaquel Spivey), a former drag queen who was part of Dre’s crew prior to a …
East Hastings
Finally (Spoilers for this and past films) Spike (Alfie Williams) is a young boy who lives in the British Isles with his father, Jaime (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), and his mother, Isla (Jodie Comer). The island the family lives on offers a sanctuary from the hordes of people infected with the Rage virus on the mainland. The …
Festival of the Oxymoron
Watch Night Before This One In this direct sequel to the original classic, a festival to commemorate the zombie uprising has been established in the 55 years since the incident. Ostensibly to celebrate life and commemorate the people who lost their lives. In reality it’s just an excuse to party. The only reason Ash (Ashley …
My Fiction: Love Bite
A Taste of Something Different For the past couple of months, I’ve working on a fiction podcast for Headfone and the first episode has been published. I would be so thrilled if you could subscribe to listen. Once you do so, you can listen to all the other great shows that Headfone has to offer.
Viva
This movie is not what I thought it would be. (Unmarked Spoilers) Scott Ward (Dave Bautista) must assemble a team to perform a daring casino heist. First, they must sneak into a quarantine Las Vegas, avoiding the numerous undead, switch on the casino generators, break into the uncrackable vault, make their way to the casino …
Way to make a coma look good.
The difference between life and death is as long as a heartbeat. (Unmarked Spoilers) Before there was Rick Grimes, Jim (Cillian Murphy) slept through the zombie apocalypse first. Now, there also seems to be some debate over whether the people infected with the rage virus in 28 Days Later are zombies. Yes, yes they are, because while the infected …
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