John Sears | June 25, 2012
Really? Really: Hyundai is looking toward the future. Unfortunately it’s a bleak future, where humanity is on the verge of extinction brought upon by the Zombie Apocalypse, but, hey, you’ve got to plan for everything, right? The automaker has teamed up with the creator of the “The Walking Dead” comic book series, Robert Kirkman, to [...]
John Sears | May 17, 2012
Who hates Zombies most in the world? That’s a good question, certainly. Some might say George Romero, but Mr. Romero would disagree; he usually says he’s on the Zombie side in his films, and he *did* make Creepshow, with Zombies of Justice. Others might say Max Brooks, and it’s obviously true that Mr. Brooks is [...]
John Sears | March 6, 2012
Ok, I have to admit, if you must watch ‘The Walking Dead’ season finale (we don’t recommend it) this would be the way to go: THE WALKING DEAD season finale On the big screen admission – FREE! March 18, 2012 Muvico Theaters Rosemont 18 & Bogart’s 7:00PM Location: Muvico Theaters Rosemont 18 9701 Bryn Mawr [...]
John Sears | February 26, 2012
Every time I think, ‘That’s it, there’s no way The Walking Dead can get worse’, AMC finds a way to innovate. Gotta give those devils credit (no offense to actual devils): CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When AMC’s “The Walking Dead” returned for the second half of its season on Feb. 12, viewers were greeted with an [...]
John Sears | February 24, 2012
The ZRC is on Facebook, so we’ve, ahem, noticed the constant, frequent, and to many users maddening aesthetic tinkering that goes on with that particular social networking site. It doesn’t really bother me, because I went into Facebook assuming it was evil, but many users hate it. So it might be a PR misstep for [...]
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 | November 7, 2011
Why must so many of those trained in the various healing arts be so indifferent toward the plight of the Differently Animated? Well, ‘Walking Dead’ isn’t helping: The AMC hit zombie show, “The Walking Dead,” recently added a veterinarian to the cast of characters and he’s working on saving a kid who was shot, because, [...]
John Sears | October 15, 2011
Every time I think I can’t detest ‘The Walking Dead’ more as an exemplar of everything wrong with our crass, violence-drenched anti-Zombie media, they manage to find a new way to offend me. Case in point, the way the show cashes in on PRODUCT PLACEMENT in its gruesome, savage pageantry, and how many sleazy corporations [...]