A Tribute to George A. Romero: Father of Modern Horror
The grief you and I are feeling today is beyond measure, as the passing of legendary filmmaker George Andrew Romero impacts each of us uniquely — just as his iconic works have changed our lives and...
View ArticleRemember These Original DAWN OF THE DEAD Action Figures?
With NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, George Romero quite literally created zombies as we know them today. Ten years later, he locked his flesh-eating creations inside of a shopping mall in DAWN OF THE DEAD,...
View ArticleTen Classic Horror Movies With Powerful Socio-Political Undertones
With the release of THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR, we’re about to return to one of the more challenging and unsettling horror franchises to deal with the concept of class warfare in a very literal sense....
View ArticleAnalyzing George A. Romero’s Evolution Of The Dead
These days it’s hard to believe that cinematic zombies were created by one filmmaker. George Romero has made it clear that never set out to invent “zombies.” To him, zombies were the wide-eyed,...
View ArticleBEYOND FEST Premiered DAWN OF THE DEAD 3D… And We Were There!
Back in 2008, it was announced that producer Richard Rubinstein was in the early stages of converting George A. Romero’s zombie masterpiece DAWN OF THE DEAD into a 3D version. At the time, he had...
View ArticleYou Know Who Deserves Our #RESPECT? Andy From DAWN OF THE DEAD 2004
Just this past weekend, I was fortunate enough to catch George Romero’s landmark zombie epic DAWN OF THE DEAD on the big-screen (and in 3D!) as part of the programming for this year’s annual Beyond...
View ArticleThe Most Dangerously Incompetent Police in Horror Movies
Sometimes, law enforcement in the world of horror cinema is notoriously absent, incompetent, or a special blend of both. I decided to take a look at a variety of flicks featuring some of the worst...
View ArticleScientists Calculate How Fast a Zombie Outbreak Could Destroy Humanity (Hint:...
Forget everything you think you know about survival in a zombie-plagued world — even if you’ve committed DAWN OF THE DEAD to memory, have a dog-eared copy of Max Brooks’ ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE in your...
View ArticleFrom Splatter To Star: 5 Of Tom Savini’s Best Performances
Tom Savini is so, so many things. Sure, he’s the Godfather of Gore, the gutsy effects master that redefined splatter and severed limbs for an entire generation of filmgoers with his work in DAWN OF THE...
View ArticleFive Unreleased Horror Toys That We Still Want!
As horror fans, we are completely spoiled with an endless array of toys, action figures, and collectibles that pay tribute to our favorite films. With companies like NECA, Mezco, and Funko continually...
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