Zombie Movies
The Surprising Meaning Behind The Girl with All the Gifts
When you think about zombie movies, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For most people, it’s probably blood, guts, or scary fun, and for good reason. Those are often the main draws of the subg...
Shivers’ Unique Mix Of Sex, Death And Social Commentary Still Has The Power To Shock [Blu Ray Review]
Shivers was the first full-length feature from David Cronenberg, who like many young genre directors of the 70s, broke into the business with a self-penned script and as much stylistic moxie as a limi...
Get The Hell Out is a Zombie Comedy That Succeeds at Satire And Splatter [TIFF Midnight Madness Review]
Within the first 90 seconds of I-Fan Wang’s Get the Hell Out, the President of Taiwan has lunged at the neck of a Parliament member’s throat and doused the legislators on the floor in arte...
Zombie Comedy, Yummy Is Far From Delicious [Fantasia Review]
As many undead hordes as have shuffled across screens in the past two decades, Lars Damoiseaux’s Yummy is likely the only one created with the assistance of the VAF, a Flemish arts grant usually...
Blood Quantum Gets Its Bite From Social Commentary And Slick Visual Style [Review]
I am sure that most of the press surrounding Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum will focus on its being ripped straight from the headlines, given that this is a film made by and centered on the people...
Zombieland 2: Double Tap Debuts A Bonkers, Cameo-Filled Trailer
Fans of Zombieland rejoice! The trailer for Zombieland 2: Double Tap is finally here! Anybody worried it wouldn’t make the ten year wait (for the movie, not the trailer — that would be ins...
10 Years After Its Release, Dead Snow Packs a Gory, Seriously Satisfying Punch
Dead Snow is the perfect movie for our times, which is kind of crazy considering it came out a decade ago this week. Those of us old enough to remember when N*zis were just a school subject, rather th...
Gore Monger: How Lucio Fulci Helped Redefine Italian Horror
To some degree Italian horror used to dictate the landscape of American horror. The Giallo films of yesteryear, for example, paved the way for the American slasher film. Directors like Dario Argento w...
Five Unconventional Zombie Movies That Worked
Zombie movies have become kind of passé over the last ten years or so, thanks in large part to the popularity of shows like The Walking Dead, which aim to give the genre a kick up the ass by doingR...
