The entertainment industry is constantly searching for the next big thing. Right now, it’s superheroes. In the late ’90s/early 2000s, it was adaptations of Shakespeare plays featuring teenagers. But one specific subgenre has outlived most others, much like the undead horrors that define it: the zombie story.
The Walking Dead returns on February 8 with its mid-season premiere, and I, for one, have my “I <3 Daryl Dixon” wristband on in preparation. Even in this time of excitement, it’s still important to remember the corpses that, er, cleared the path for our current undead addiction. There’s probably no easier way to get horror fans […]
Call it the second-cousin of The Twilight Zone or the offspring of Alfred Hitchcock Presents; either way, the 1980’s TV show Tales From the Darkside did for paranormal horror TV what milk did for cereal. Originally running from 1983 to 1988 and produced by horror legend George Romero, it has been reported that the anthology series is set […]
Dietrich and Divine. Romero and the Rat Pack. Cannibals and urban cowboys. The Criterion Collection, with its emphasis on “important” classic and contemporary films, might suggest it is a purveyor of stuffy art-house movies and old foreign films, but its definition of importance has never been nearly that limited. Its lineup of prestige collector’s editions […]