John Sears | December 9, 2011
The Sci-Fi Channel, sorry, SyFy (like syphillis) Channel has gotten a reputation as a purveyor of b-movie direct to cable schlock in recent years, and it’s earned them a lot of fame and, let’s face it, some ratings gold too. Now they’re releasing what has to be the least imaginatively titled Anti-Zombie film of all [...]
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 [...]
John Sears | December 7, 2011
We’ve talked previously about the Cuban take on ‘Shaun of the Dead’ style Anti-Zombie comedy before here on the ZRC blog. Well, now it’s going global: While no North American distribution has been picked up yet fans of the undead in both Japan and the UK are going to be happy soon as Juan of [...]
John Sears | December 7, 2011
For many people this is a depressing time of year. Me, I’ve always been sort of ambivalent; as a kid I invented my own holiday, the Holy and Lucrative Month of Johnus, to receive presents in the glorious weeks between Christmas and my birthday in late January. Since I celebrate that and not any of [...]
John Sears | November 11, 2011
Really, it’s just tragic to see universities indulge this hateful and increasingly paranoid man in his fantasies and violent delusions about the peaceful Differently Animated: “If you don’t know how to survive a zombie attack, chances are you will when I get done talking,” said Max Brooks, author of New York Times best-sellers, “The Zombie [...]
John Sears | November 11, 2011
I realized recently that I never got around to reviewing the Dark Carnival Film Festival’s various Zombie related films from last month, in part due to ZombieWriMo! Let’s correct that now, shall we? ‘A Chance in Hell’ This indie take on the perennial ‘Nazi-Zombie’ motif is interesting on a number of levels. Shot in murky [...]
John Sears | November 8, 2011
For those scholars of influential Anti-Zombie films it appears that the ‘More Brains!’ documentary is insightful and quite in-depth; the ZRC will have to view it, especially once the ZombieWriMo rush is over. In the meantime you can see some thoughts on the film and the art of making Anti-Zom propaganda in the 80s here.
John Sears | November 4, 2011
From Merriam-Webster: scha·den·freu·de noun, often capitalized \ˈshä-dən-ˌfrȯi-də\ Definition of SCHADENFREUDE : enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others Example: The film version of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies really just cannot catch a break. From having countless director and lead actress woes since it was first announced that it was going to be getting the [...]
John Sears | October 27, 2011
Update: I kind of forgot to post this one, but I believe the subject matter, ie, the horrible new RE movie in the works, is still relevant to The Cause. I hadn’t actually expected the hospitalizations from the new ‘Resident Evil’ movie to crop up until audiences were subjected to it and turned to gouging [...]
John Sears | October 27, 2011
It’s not many movies that inspire labors of grisly love like this so many decades after their release: George A. Romero’s 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead is the kind of movie that continues to lay the chills on hot and heavy decades after its release. The good thing for us? The merch surrounding [...]