John Sears | December 14, 2011
It’s amazing how far some people will go to create imaginary scenarios in which the Undead are the bad guys. Even when, typically, it’s the Living in those same scenarios, who, by any reasonable standard are causing the trouble. Case in point: the people who get trampled or hurt every holiday season jostling for scarce [...]
John Sears | December 14, 2011
Spain’s recent revival of cinematic Anti-Zombie prejudice exposes a lengthier history of Zombie-bashing; surely we’re not the only ones who recall ‘Tombs of the Blind Dead’? Still, as odious as the ‘mock the handicapped Zombies’ Blind Dead films were, they lacked the slick, HD-ready production values* of [REC] and its sequel. Truly, and tragically, fear [...]
John Sears | December 13, 2011
We talked earlier, and hopefully, about upcoming family film ‘Paranorman’ here on the ZRC blog. A highlight: Yes, let’s try DIALOGUE, people. Negotiate, discuss, find common ground and build upon it. This is the way to move forward, not cricket bats and haphazard massacres. We cannot wait for ParaNorman here at the ZRC. It should [...]
John Sears | December 13, 2011
You know the phenomenon where someone appears to be flattering you but in fact is making a smarmy, sarcastic insult? There’s a term for those: ‘backhanded’ compliments, and Zombies get them quite a bit. Usually it’s a way of playing up how, supposedly, unintelligent and savage Zombies are – but boy, aren’t they persistent? Brother. [...]
John Sears | December 13, 2011
Not to fall into the ‘Argument from authority’ trap, but sometimes it is nice to get a bit of validation when someone you respect publicly endorses a controversial position you’ve taken. Case in point: George Takei, noted actor and civil rights activist, agrees with the ZRC about Twilight and its sparkly vampires: Thank you, Mr. [...]
John Sears | December 12, 2011
Ever heard of sleep paralysis? It’s a phenomenon where a person becomes unable to move, but still largely conscious, while falling asleep or waking up. They are trapped inside their own body, helpless, often terrified and sometimes plagued with hallucinations. It’s actually not that uncommon. A lot of people have it happen at least once [...]
John Sears | December 12, 2011
It’s the season for bombarding the world with Christmas music, and for some reason society is always looking for new pop music instead of listening to some of the classics that don’t actively make the listener want to jab a chopstick into their ear, deep into the brain to quiet the noises once and for [...]
John Sears | December 10, 2011
It has been a momentous year for Zombie Rights. The ZRC has done outreach galore, dipped our toes into political controversy, led a Zombie Rights rally in Illinois and even participated in the world’s first (to our knowledge) Zombie Rights Debate in Victoria, Texas. But this post isn’t about us. Standing up for the rights [...]
John Sears | December 9, 2011
You see a lot of nasty games pitting the Living against the Differently Animated, but few allow the player to be on both sides of the completely fictitious ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ scenario that the media peddles so voraciously. ‘Infected’ from Glu Mobile, however, lets players create a customized Zombie ‘virus’ and then attempt to attack their [...]
John Sears | December 9, 2011
Rarely does the ZRC publicly urge our readers to see something without a review first, but I don’t want to spoil this for you. Discussion after the video behind the blog cut. Too Late from SIDE FILMS on Vimeo. Directed & Edited: Rani Naamani Makeup & Set Dressing: Nedy Acet Performance: Nelson Brown Color Correction [...]