Living Dead in Dallas

Post-apocalyptic movies are enormous in the society we live in now. From exploding the earth and beginning crisp with another legislative framework, to other species coming to pulverize human presence. These ideas are what make extraordinary directors in the entertainment field because they can help indicate what society believe will happen and can clarify what society resemble at a time period. Post-apocalyptic movies have the ability to embody the true reality in films. Visual films imply that…

Within today’s culture, the idea of cannibalism exists as a way to evoke horror and induce disgust. In recent decades, popular culture has given individuals movies such as “The Cannibal Holocaust”, “The Silence of the Lambs”, and “The Hills have Eyes” where cannibalism plays a significant role. Today’s television shows, films and video games exploit society’s newfound fascination with cannibalism by introducing alternative versions of the cannibal such as zombies and vampires. Though culture’s…

Red Cross Safety Plan BANG! BANG! "LET ME IN THEY'RE COMING" A young man is standing outside the Red Cross in central Covington. BANG! BANG! "Hurry up, they'll be here soon." BANG! BANG! One of the nurses opens the door and the man comes rushing inside. All of the Doctors step out into the hall to see what all the commotion is about. "Zombies, zombies have infiltrated the northern borders of the city. They're headed right this way." No one moves, there's nothing but blank stares on everyone’s…

Despite this constant, the makeup and content of these works tend to grow more violent overtime. More specifically, the television show, The Walking Dead, is a depictions of popular violent media. Although arduous, this show has put tremendous effort into creating monsters that appear as malicious as they actually are. The show has consistently created graphic and realistic zombies. In general, the…

The door smashed inward, followed immediately by several stumbling figures, causing Dave to let go of the axe and turn toward the third entryway to the room. As he ran toward the door he yelled at his companion, who remained motionless watching the ghoulish figures pour into the room with wild eyed fear. On the rooftop, the man pulled a small object from his pocket, pointed it downward and flicked a switch. On the street a bright red dot appeared, dancing across cars and around the two zombies…

Infestation", which turns out is because it's by the same director, Kyle Rankin. Looking back at it my only real issue with Infestation was that it was trying to be a zombie film without the zombies. Night of the Living Deb fixes that by being about zombies. Well, zombies and romance. Night of the Living Deb, opens on a bar on the eve before the Fourth of July in Portland, Maine. Deb Clarington (Maria Thayer) is talked into making moves on a hot guy in the bar by her close friend Ruby (Julie…

Hearing the word zombie usually invokes images of a horror movie or in today’s society a person suffering with drug addiction. The sad reality of modern day society is the new term called “the Zombie Effect”. This term refers to what happens to some children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder or ADHD and have been prescribed medication to help manage the disorder. ADHD is the most commonly known neurodevelopment disorder that affects children on into adulthood. ADHD can…

Thomas and his friends awake in a dormitory where they were brought by a group of rescuers. Teresa, the only female Glader, wakes Thomas up by communicating to him telepathically. As he wakes up they find that there rescuers are dead due to the Cranks, which are aggressive zombie-like people that have been affected by a plague that is known as "the Flare." When all the boys run to Teresa’s room she is gone and instead find a boy named Aris, who comes from another project similar to the maze…

Rabid is the David Cronenberg film that I've been craving lately after having been disappointed with Dead Ringers. The film is a 70s mishmash of vampires, zombies and biological disorder. It also has lead actress Marylin Chambers showing off her splendid boobies. In conjunction with releasing Dead Ringers on Blu-ray, Scream Factory has also released Rabid in a Collector's Edition Blu-ray package with a substantial amount of special features and a damn fine transfer. Read on to see if you should…

The size of all other media combined paled in comparison but it was still sizable. It seems that the amount of externally recorded media is inversely proportional to the life expectancy of the dominant species in a civilization. Other, longer living, species are not as creatively prolific or feel the same compulsion humans seemed to have felt to record and share their creations. Humans created multiple fictional layers so they could live multiple lives simultaneously. They gradually created a…