Category: Horror

The Dead Are Coming Back!

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Hot off the Press Internet: A little over an hour ago, The Hollywood Reporter posted that AMC had renewed The Walking Dead for another full 13 episode season.  Here’s why…

The drama series, toplined by Andrew Lincoln, has broken ratings records, with the show reaching more viewers in the 18-49 demo than any other cable TV show. The Walking Dead’s series premiere on Halloween drew 5.3 million total viewers and Sunday’s “gutsy” episode took in 4.7 million — that’s an incredibly high retention of a record rating and surely made this pickup an easy decision for AMC.

Top Zombie Movies of All Time!

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Recently, in response to the overwhelmingly positive response to AMC’s The Walking Dead, Boston.com posted their choices for the Top 25 Zombie Movies of All Time.  Using just their selections, here is my top ten:

  1. Night of the Living Dead (1968): This is the movie that redefined zombies, kick-started a genre and made George Romero a living legend.
  2. Dawn of the Dead (2004): Just as Night of the Living Dead changed the way we look at zombies and launched the career of George Romero, this movie did the same for both zombies and Zack Snyder.
  3. 28 days later (2002]: Although the argument can be made that the creatures in 28 days later aren’t zombies, they made the list and I agree with the selection.
  4. Zombieland (2009) Perfectly walked the line between horror and humor.
  5. Dawn of the Dead (1978) I walked out on the first viewing because it was just too gory for my girlfriend.  Romero had definitely kicked it up a notch.
  6. Day of the Dead (1985) Romero has said that this is his personal favorite of his zombie movies.  Who are we to argue?
  7. Night of the Living Dead (1990, remake)  I haven’t seen this in a while, but the memory was that I liked it a lot.  Perhaps because it stayed true to the original with just a coupe of twists.  I’ll have to check it out again and see if it holds up.
  8. Land of the Dead (2006) Life goes on and things aren’t bad until…
  9. Planet Terror (2007) I’ve only seen this one once, and it had a lot of stuff I liked, but the cheese factor was a bit much to allow me to place it higher on the list.
  10. Shaun of the Dead (2004) More comedy than zombie, but it still made the list!

Dark Shadows Filming Set to Start…

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Way back in July of 2007, it was announced that Johnny Depp was going to team with Tim Burton for a big screen adaptation of the cult tv classic Dark Shadows.  Although over the last 3 1/2 years there’s been some movement, it was pretty much just talk.

That may have changed today, since Slashfilm has posted that filming will begin in April 2011.   An April start date sounds good to me… especially since they didn’t specify it would be on the 1st.

Cause It’s a Thriller… Thriller

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Back in September I posted about the dvd release of the 1960’s tv series Thriller.  You know, the series that Stephen King called…

“Probably the best horror series ever put on tv.”

My guess is Uncle Stevie’s quote is better known than the series itself.  But that doesn’t mean that it ain;t true.  Over at Mulholland Books, writer David J. Schow [Internecine], makes a case that King was on point with his assessment of the series.  And don’t forget that

The Walking Dead Books It

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One of my favorite comics, The Walking Dead, may soon become one of my favorite tv shows.  It may also become one of my favorite novel trilogies.  That’s right, it’s been announced that…

…Thomas Dunne Books, a division of St. Martin’s Press, will publish a trilogy of original novels set in The Walking Dead “universe,” beginning in 2011. Kirkman will conceptualize and outline the books, which will then be developed by horror novelist Jay Bonansinga (Perfect Victim, Shattered).

There’s a Killer on the Road

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A passerby found the severed head on Feb. 10, wrapped in two plastic bags and stuffed inside a backpack in Barstow, Calif. Authorities still haven’t identified the victim or her killer, but the circumstances point in a particular direction

So begins Blake Morrison’s article on highway serial killers for the USAToday.  According to Morrison…

,…In the past four decades, 459 deaths and 41 attempted homicides are believed to be linked to serial killers who are using the nation’s highways to find and dispose of their victims.

Although the story has the makings of a very creepy movie or novel, it’s even more frightening to imagine that it’s true.  You can read the full article and check out how many “highway killings” in each state are thought to be the work of serial killers by clicking here.

Francesco Francavilla’s 31 Days of Halloween

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Francesco Francavilla is no stranger to the ZONE.  I’ve posted about his art and gotten sketches from Francesco for my Stallone-theme collection.  Over at one of his blogs for the entire month of October, Francesco is running what he calls the 31 Days of Halloween.  Every day Francesco posts a drawing [sometimes more] of a monster, vampire, werewolf, well… you get the idea.  It’s a great idea and a lot of fun.  I hope you can join us.