John Sears | February 12, 2011
Apparently filmmaking reached Iowa at some point between the Manifest Destiny era and the present, because an independent Anti-Zombie film entitled ‘Collapse’ has been produced in the state that more than any other gets to pick our Presidential candidates: The theatrical trailer for “Collapse,” an independent zombie film made primarily in West Branch has been [...]
John Sears | February 11, 2011
Apparently we’re at a point in our civilization where running an illicit drug lab is seen as socially acceptable, but being a Zombie is not: Synopsis Small town suburban burn-outs are starting a business in the only industry they know, drugs. Set out to produce and sell a drug that gives a perfect high, Vinny [...]
John Sears | February 11, 2011
What is it with reunion tours, anyway? Is it just me or are they nearly constant now. With some bands I’d almost say they just break up to boost enthusiasm for the inevitable reunion tour. At any rate, ‘Goblin’, most infamous amongst Zombie Rights advocates for their work on the ‘Dawn of the Dead’ soundtrack, [...]
John Sears | February 11, 2011
Seriously folks, I don’t know what to say about the continued popularity of RE:Afterlife on DVD: Also, Saw 3D was the third most purchased DVD of last week with 213,000+ copies bought and a gross of $3,415,000. Resident Evil: Afterlife and Piranha 3D also remained in the Top 30 with sales of $560,000 and $445,000. [...]
John Sears | February 10, 2011
Remember ‘Blood Lodge’, the Anti-Zombie film in development that features Zombies being excluded from yet another public accommodation, this time a ski lodge? Not your ‘typical’ zombie movie, eh? Let’s see: extremely negative depiction of a ‘horde’ of the Differently Animated attacks a remote but fortifiable structure and an assortment of colorful strangers have to [...]
John Sears | February 9, 2011
This 5 Second Film entitled ‘Brains!!!’ probably sets a new record for shortest film about Zombies (taking it from Rise of the Living Corpse with like 35 seconds to spare). But is it Zombie Friendly? Well… no, not as such. It puts a humorous spin on the concept of Zombies demanding ‘Braaaains’; here they’re less [...]
John Sears | February 8, 2011
In the process of writing the belated birthday greeting the ZRC gave Creepshow maestro and, err, Father of the Modern Anti-Zombie Film George Romero, google yielded an interview from last year with Vanity Fair that I missed, and there’s some fascinating, and disturbing, stuff in there: Eric Spitznagel: To paraphrase Freud, sometimes things have symbolism [...]
John Sears | February 7, 2011
Machinima is the practice of using the increasingly powerful and versatile 3D engines used to power modern computer and videogames to produce movies or other film-like works. It was only a matter of time, given the number of such games that feature Anti-Zombie violence, until someone put two and two together and came up with [...]
John Sears | February 5, 2011
I gave up on the movies myself after the first sequel, which just dragged on and on in my opinion, but this sounds interesting: Ian McShane who plays Blackbeard in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides film, starring Johnny Depp, was at a preview for the American International Toy Fair in New [...]
John Sears | February 5, 2011
In the midst of all this constant arguing and occasional banhammering, I missed out on an important milestone yesterday: it was George Romero’s birthday! Unfortunately, this annual event is typically celebrated with a healthy dose of Anti-Zombie rhetoric: Today the man who launched a thousand zombie films with his 1968 classic Night of the Living [...]