Category Archives: zombie

Sarah Juliet Lauro – Better Off Dead: The Evolution of the Zombie as Post-Human

March 4th, 2012 | Posted in horror, posthuman, zombie, zombie walks

Zombie studies continues to see the addition of new academic analyses as a part of the broader area of horror studies. One of the most recent and valuable additions is Better Off Dead: The Evolution of the Zombie as Post-Human, edited by Deborah Christie and Sarah Juliet Lauro (Fordham University Press, 2011). From the back […]

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The Walking Dead: “18 Miles Out” Raises Suicide Awareness

February 28th, 2012 | Posted in suicide, The Walking Dead, zombie

Sunday night’s episode of The Walking Dead titled “18 Miles Out” saw conflict among group members come to a head, with a brawl between Rick and Shane as the best illustration of the tensions that run throughout the group. But it would be a mistake to focus on such issues of drama and positive soap […]

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Wetmore on Romero Zombies as Markers of Their Times

January 29th, 2012 | Posted in 9/11, horror, Kevin Wetmore, zombie, zombie walks

Zombies are more than the monsters of the moment. While their popularity is at an all time high in popular culture, they have been with us decades, and their meaning changes as our cultural fears evolve. In the following interview, Kevin Wetmore discusses his exploration of the shifting meanings related to Romero’s zombies that he […]

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Dead Meat Walking: A Zombie Walk Documentary

January 16th, 2012 | Posted in documentary, zombie, zombie Jesus, zombie walks

After revising my essay on the Zombie Walk phenomenon and Zombie Jesus for the forthcoming volume The Undead and Theology, I discovered Dead Meat Walking: A Documentary on Zombie Walks, currently in production and scheduled for release in the Fall of 2012. The web page has little other than the video and the following description. […]

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Kevin Wetmore on Dawn of the Dead (2004) and the Zombie Terrorist

January 13th, 2012 | Posted in 9/11, zombie

I am currently finishing up Kevin Wetmore’s fine volume, Back from the Dead: Remakes of the Romero Zombie Films as Markers of Their Time (McFarland and Company, 2011) with an eye toward an interview in the near future. This morning I read the chapter that discussed the 2004 version of Dawn of the Dead. Wetmore […]

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The Walking Dead, Albert Camus, and the Fundamental Question of Philosophy

October 30th, 2011 | Posted in The Walking Dead, zombie

Last week The Walking Dead intersected with religion in wrestling the big questions of life in the face of apocalypse and life as the seemingly absurd. Tonight, with the episode “Save the Last One,” it not only raised questions about God’s existence,but also perfectly illustrated an existential question from twentieth century philosopher Albert Camus. In […]

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ABC News Nightline: Zombies! The New Horror Obsession

October 29th, 2011 | Posted in horror, zombie
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Zombies: A Living History on The History Channel

October 24th, 2011 | Posted in horror, zombie

Zombies: A Living History, will air on Tuesday, October 25 on The History Channel. See local listings for times. Curiously. the program does not show up on a search of the channel’s website.

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The Walking Dead Goes to Church: The Search for the Divine in “What Lies Ahead”

October 19th, 2011 | Posted in The Walking Dead, theological reflection, zombie, zombie Jesus

Last Sunday night AMC aired the premiere episode for season 2 of The Walking Dead. In the process the series set new records: The 90-minute episode drew 7.3 million total viewers, becoming the strongest telecast for any drama in basic cable history among two key demos. The zombie drama based on Robert Kirkman’s long-running comics […]

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Andrea Subissati: When There’s No More Room in Hell

September 17th, 2011 | Posted in George Romero, zombie, zombie walks

One of the great things about having a niche blog like this one is finding fellow academics exploring the horrific and fantastic. This was the case with Andrea Subissati who wrote her MA thesis When There’s No More Room in Hell on the sociology of zombies, since published as a book through Lambert Academic Publishing. […]

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