John Sears | May 30, 2011
The ZRC was linked to this video on Twitter and it provoked mixed reactions. It’s basically catchy pop-culture infused nerd rap-rock and quite easy to listen to, and Zombie Ninjas are at least somewhat novel. However, in spite of these fictional Zombies from the song apparently being stealthy superpowered action heroes, they’re also very stereotypical [...]
John Sears | May 30, 2011
There are those trailers for a film or game that cleverly explain the premise and entice the viewer with promises of entertainment, thrills, chills, what have you, building a narrative that hopefully leads to the eventual sale of a ticket or copy, all in a very limited timeframe. Then there are puzzling clip-shows that leave [...]
John Sears | May 28, 2011
Not much seems to be available about this movie yet, but it definitely seems to be a unique take on the ‘Zombie Apocalypse’: Here’s the trailer for an indie film being shot in Athens, GA. They are making a zombie film where the zombies have no real interest in the living unless they are provoked. [...]
John Sears | May 27, 2011
Ok, Europe, can we have a quiet word please? …. All right, I think we’re alone. Look; what is wrong with you people precisely? At first it seemed like a fluke here and there, a movie like ’28 Days Later’ would come out, or ‘Shaun of the Dead’, that sort of thing. We were inclined [...]
John Sears | May 26, 2011
Honestly, is there any undesired phenomenon that people won’t try to tie to Zombies and some sort of apocalypse? Case in point, a new song/video by Rebecca Loebe entitled ‘Bees and Zombies’ that mixes the worrisome global decline in honeybee populations with struggling romance and the Zombie Apocalypse: Just check out some of these lyrics: [...]
John Sears | May 24, 2011
Well, this one was short, incoherent and ridiculously Anti-Zombie: That’s something, isn’t it? Approximately three minutes of literal full-throated screaming into the microphone combined with claymation depicting heinous violence against the dim-witted claymation Zombie population. Not only that, but the short film is riddled, probably intentionally, with cliche after cliche; the cabin in the woods, [...]
John Sears | May 23, 2011
Now, I know that we haven’t had the chance to see the Re-Animator musical yet, and I blame an uncaring universe for not supplying me with untold millions in cash for that one. Still, I have read the original story and seen the original film, so I think we’re on safe ground assuming that the [...]
John Sears | May 18, 2011
You know, every time I think that the ridiculous trend of combining absolutely everything with (hating) Zombies might finally have reached its peak, I see something even more ridiculous. Case in point: the Zombie Apocalypse, or rather its cliche imagery and tropes, are being used to sell mattresses, with sleep deprivation recast as ‘Zombieitis’. I [...]
John Sears | May 18, 2011
It’s undeniably true: we live in a Youtube age. I mean, just look how much time the ZRC spends on media available on Youtube, or how many trailers we’ve embedded on the site hosted on the mega-behemoth video service. Likewise we have found the service an invaluable resource for hosting our own videos and short [...]
John Sears | May 16, 2011
We got linked to this trailer for an upcoming Zombie Musical (yes, really!) on Twitter and it seriously blew our minds. What to think about ‘Rigamortis: A Zombie Love Story’? Well, the best way I can describe it is Dr. Horrible meets Zombies. And it looks seriously Zombie Friendly! The story: After humanity quells an [...]