John Sears | February 18, 2012
Now that’s a headline you don’t see every day, isn’t it? True though; one of this year’s nominated Best Animated Short Films has Zombies in it: Pixar is riding a losing streak, Canada has two films in the running, and the contenders include everything from a bloodthirsty, chicken-chasing zombie to a kindly Humpty Dumpty. … [...]
John Sears | February 17, 2012
You know how there’s a phase, perhaps quite lengthy, where kids become obsessed and fascinated by bodily functions, especially making crude jokes about them? Well, perhaps our enemies on the Anti-Zombie side of the Zombie Rights question are still children in the head as well as at heart, because look at the serious topics they [...]
John Sears | February 17, 2012
ZRC pal Michelle Hartz alerts the ZRC to this alleged failure of parenting over on the Failblog: All I can say is, I think this is hardly an example of failed parenting, but rather one of exemplary child rearing! Look how optimistic this kid is about coming back from the grave as one of the [...]
John Sears | February 16, 2012
Well, with Zombies being associated with every negative thing from aging retail stores to cash-strapped companies to various animal parasites and even seasonal colds, I guess it was inevitable that Zombies would be tied to terrorism.. again. We saw this before in the remarkably-awful ‘Zombies of Mass Destruction’, which I had hoped would be the [...]
John Sears | February 16, 2012
We’ve talked about, and with, Mr. Maberry before but this latest interview with Buy Zombie is a bit depressing: JONATHAN MABERRY: I have two main reasons for my fascination with zombies. As a storyteller, I love the fact that there is no end to the number of stories you can tell about a zombie outbreak [...]
John Sears | February 14, 2012
A lengthy, disturbing, and at times quite interesting interview with Walking Dead creator (or alleged co-creator, according to recent lawsuit) Robert Kirkman is up at Salon. Some highlights, and our responses: So what is it about zombies in general that people are so interested in them these days? First of all, they’re awesome. They look [...]
John Sears | February 14, 2012
The ZRC obviously takes no position on the *legal* merits of this lawsuit over proper ownership of ‘The Walking Dead’ and its money spigot: With the amazing The Walking Dead having returned this last Sunday.. oh wait.. yesterday. We felt we should have share with you some bad news that Dread Central reported on. Michael [...]
John Sears | February 14, 2012
We’ve mentioned before on the blog, but the ZRC is going to be in attendance at Horrorhound Columbus this March, and it’s a good thing, too! There’s a veritable bonanza of Anti-Zombie film stars (and a few Zombie Friendly ones) at the convention, particularly actors from the infamous 1985 Living Supremacist film ‘Day of the [...]
John Sears | February 12, 2012
Given the return of ‘The Walking Dead’, io9 (our longtime foes) decided to solicit opinions on when it’s ‘okay’ to murder people for the supposedly heinous crime of being Undead: The Walking Dead returns tomorrow night in the wake of a moral dilemma: Should zombies be killed on sight, or quarantined as sick humans? We [...]
John Sears | February 9, 2012
We’ve been very wary about the upcoming US release of ‘The Dead’, but here’s your chance to win a copy and tell us just how much it’s outraging YOU: On February 14th Anchor Bay is bringing The Dead out on DVD and Blu-Ray. From today until the end of the week though you have the [...]