John Sears | June 7, 2017
The final episode of ‘Dead Set’ begins with a hastily-averted sniping tragedy and the happy reunion of Riq and Kelly. Aww. I guess. But can happiness possibly last with such a dysfunctional cast? (Note: this is a very spoiler heavy analysis, so only read further if you dare)
John Sears | May 22, 2017
Is reality television good for you? Can it even get you killed? Well…
John Sears | May 15, 2017
Looting, violence and angry self-destructive behavior, all that and more on the next episode of ‘Dead Set’! (Also essentially every Zombie Apocalypse story ever. More below the cut).
John Sears | May 8, 2017
Episode 2 opens with Kelly’s boyfriend Riq being thrust into the alleged Zombie apocalypse (the ZRC strongly disputes this traditional framing). Also, dealing with mass transit during a significant social upheaval. More below the cut.
John Sears | May 1, 2017
Reality Television. Anti-Zombie media. Two of the biggest and most widely criticized pop-culture phenomena of the last few decades (although, in the Zombie case, we feel rarely for the proper reasons). What would happen if you were to.. combine.. the two?
John Sears | April 20, 2017
You know a movie is going to happy places when it opens in media res with a scene of a woman screaming in terror in a darkened room. More details below the cut.
John Sears | July 28, 2012
The ZRC blog reported extensively on the arrest/persecution of UK Zombie Activists (or just those dressed as Zombies, minding their own business). In fact, our most recent Zombie of the Year was one of said unjustly detained activists, Hannah Eiseman-Renyard, who bravely fought against said injustices in court. Tragically, and in our opinion inexplicably, the [...]
John Sears | May 8, 2012
Finally some good news about Zombies in the media: BBC Drama Production has secured four new drama commissions: Frankie, The Musketeers and The Lady Vanishes for BBC One and and In The Flesh for BBC Three. … In The Flesh is a three-part event drama, the first TV commission for Dominic Mitchell. It was developed [...]
John Sears | May 7, 2012
We have another case here, I’m afraid, of the Anti-Zombie media putting a real negative spin on a fun Zombie event: PRAGUE, Czech Republic (CBS) — Prague’s historic city centre was taken over by hundreds of the walking dead in the annual festival the Zombie Walk on Saturday. It’s the fifth year for the event [...]
John Sears | April 1, 2012
We previously reported on the crowdfunding campaign for ‘Zombies, Run!’ here on the ZRC blog, but the app is out for download /purchase now, and The Guardian has a typically insensitive and cruel review up: It may seem odd that running is required to escape “the walking dead”, but an engaging story provides a better [...]