John Sears | July 24, 2011
Yes, as previously discussed here on the blog when we covered the Malta shoot for ‘World War Z’, Glasgow is in the sights of these ridiculously ambitious Living Supremacist filmmakers and the apparently very involved shooting process is coming up now: The streets of Glasgow can get a little quieter with the onset of the [...]
John Sears | July 23, 2011
I strongly deny the implication that violence in the media directly leads to violence in real life, whether from videogames, film or books; to say the evidence is weak would be the understatement of the century. Even if there was a correlation, it is obviously arguable that freedom of expression is worth some risk to [...]
John Sears | July 17, 2011
Anti-Zombie prejudice has been splashed into the Western genre before, notably in Marvel Zombies 5 for instance. More broadly, horror-westerns have been seen sporadically, including ‘Dead Bones’ with Ken Foree (of ‘Dawn of the Dead’ infamy). Still I have to give this film, which from the trailer appears rabidly Anti-Zombie, some credit for sheer scale [...]
John Sears | July 16, 2011
Very little seems to be available about this upcoming Zombie Film on the internet, but there is a trailer, so let’s engage in some critical analysis that may prove frightfully incorrect later when actual facts are available, shall we? First, the trailer and description from Youtube: A teaser trailer for the upcoming zombie film, Stranger. [...]
John Sears | July 15, 2011
We’ve talked about the fuzzy line between Zombies and Demons, at least in the media, here before at the ZRC blog, and of course the ‘Evil Dead’ series of Anti-Zombie films popularized the concept in America at any rate. Still, this story took us a bit by surprise: TORONTO – Half zombie, half demon, Christopher [...]
John Sears | July 14, 2011
I am perhaps in a rather small minority who considers the Argento/Bava picture ‘Demons’ to belong in the Zombie film subgenre, although many of the classic Anti-Zombie tropes are present in ‘Demons’, which is also a highly stylish and atmospheric film (not uncommon in Euro-Zom movies) and relatively coherent (far less common). The series is [...]
John Sears | July 4, 2011
As if you hadn’t been deluged enough already with ‘World War Z’ news, the mega-production of evil is rolling ever onward: Now, having bought the rights in 2007, Brad Pitt has finally began filming his zombie film World War Z And fans have been given their first glimpse of the living dead as filming continued [...]
John Sears | July 3, 2011
Mega-huge Living Supremacist adaptation of Max Brooks’ infamous ‘World War Z’ hit more snags recently: World War Z, the would-be epic adaptation of Max Brooks’ oral history of a fictitious zombie pandemic and near-apocalypse, spent so many months in development hell that the project seemed doomed, even with the presence of director Marc Forster and [...]
John Sears | June 30, 2011
I had sincerely hoped that this behemoth of Anti-Zombie prejudice masquerading as a film would crash and burn, but it seems that ‘World War Z’ is a reality we will have to confront for some time to come: This summer World War Z is going to be shot within England and they need a TON [...]
John Sears | June 28, 2011
It’s always sad to learn that an august body harbors hateful prejudice. It might be your local school board, unhappy about allowing a Zombie child to attend, or your local hospital, unwilling to treat the broken arm of a Zombie. Or it might be the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, which handed [...]