Category Archives: zombie

Cinematic Coming Attractions of Promise

July 8th, 2009 | Posted in science fiction, werewolf, zombie

The remainder of 2009, and the first part of 2010, holds out promise for fans of fantastic cinema, and that’s not including the legions of fans awaiting the next Harry Potter and Twilight installments. Three fantastic cinema attractions are of especially interest and on the radar for front row movie tickets over the next few […]

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Romance, Gender, and Horror Icons

June 20th, 2009 | Posted in vampire, zombie

Vampires have had a long connection to sexuality and romance as they have been expressed through literary history. Dracula, the most famous, or infamous, of all vampires is well known for playing off a sense of eroticism, both in his encounters with women, and also at times forms of homoeroticism as well. This connection has […]

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Valley of the Dead: Kim Paffenroth Book Combines Classic Literature and Zombie Apocalypse

May 30th, 2009 | Posted in Kim Paffenroth, zombie

My friend and fellow LOTTD member, Kim Paffenroth, is about to release his latest contribution to zombie apocalyptic literature in pop culture through the book, Valley of the Dead. The synopsis is as follows: “For seventeen years of his life, the whereabouts of the medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri is unknown to modern scholars. All we know […]

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Resident Evil 5: Homicide with Impunity, and Racism?

April 23rd, 2009 | Posted in video games, zombie

I still remember the first time I encountered the Resident Evil series of videogames. It wasn’t until Resident Evil 2, and it was on my Sony Playstation, both of which still sit in my living room beckoning me for an encounter with the undead. My family’s appreciation of this series continues to the present day […]

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Diary of the Dead: Romero’s Continued Commentary Through the Flesh-Eating Dead

March 11th, 2009 | Posted in horror, Uncategorized, zombie

Last weekend my teenage son bought me a copy of Diary of the Dead (2008), George Romero’s latest installment in his infamous zombie series of films. I realize that the movie has been out for a while and that a number of reviews and commentary have been posted, but given the focus of this blog I […]

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David Wellington on Horror Fiction and Forthcoming Vampire Zero Novel

October 22nd, 2008 | Posted in David Wellington, vampire, zombie

I recently had the privilege of connecting with David Wellington, a horror writer and author of a number of books including Monster Island, Monster Nation, 13 Bullets, 99 Coffins, and the forthcoming book Vampire Zero. David made some time in his writing schedule to discuss his passion for horror fiction and Vampire Zero. TheoFantastique: David, […]

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Philly Zombie Crawl and “Zombie Jesus”

October 13th, 2008 | Posted in zombie, zombie walks

Sometimes it is helpful to step back and understand how others perceive you through your actions and beliefs. Sometimes these perceptions can be frightening, and indicate a misunderstanding. A review of the early history of the Christian church indicates that the Romans and Greeks understood their memorial meal connected to Jesus’s death as a form […]

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Zombie CSU: New twist on exploration of top horror icon in pop culture

August 6th, 2008 | Posted in horror, pop culture, zombie

It’s no surprise that zombies have become the horror icon of late modernity/postmodernity. As a result, pop culture is filled with various explorations of these flesh eating, social alter egos. One of the forthcoming expressions of this pop culture phenomenon is the book Zombie CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead (Citadel Press) by Jonathan Maberry, a […]

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Dead & Buried: Neglected Film Broadens Treatment of Zombies in Cinema

July 14th, 2008 | Posted in Dead and Buried, zombie

The other day I was reflecting again on how certain movies are considered good films, sometimes classics, of a given genre. Others that appear to be just as good, for a variety of reasons, just don’t capture the attention and imagination of the viewing public like other films do. I’ve posted on this in the […]

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Call for Papers: Interdisciplinary Academic Study of Zombies

July 6th, 2008 | Posted in call for papers, zombie

The Religion and Popular Culture group on Yahoo! recently issued the following call for papers: Call for Papers: An Interdisciplinary Collection of Essays on the Zombie We are seeking proposals for an interdisciplinary edited volume discussing the zombie from a wide variety of perspectives and within a wide range of contexts. We encourage submissions from […]

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