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Drew Barrymore’s Family Sitcom Has Secretly Been a Zombie Show All Along

Drew Barrymore has a new show coming to Netflix on February 3 called Santa Clarita Diet. Exactly what type of diet that title refers to had previous been a mystery. Now we know it refers to human flesh. USA Today reveals that the show is actually about Barrymore’s character dying and slowly developing a taste … Continued

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A New Zombie Classic Is Coming Out Very Soon and You Don’t Want To Miss It

One of the best zombie movies to come out in years is finally coming to the U.S. later this month, and we want to make sure you don’t miss it. It’s called The Girl With All The Gifts, and it’s got a new trailer. Directed by Colm McCarthy and starring Paddy Considine, Glenn Close, and … Continued

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A Reminder That George A. Romero Almost Made the First Resident Evil Film (and the Reason Why He Didn’t)

Back in 1998, Capcom hired George A. Romero to direct a Japanese commercial for Resident Evil 2. The results were so impressive that Sony wanted to hire the zombie-movie pioneer to direct a big-screen adaptation of the hit video game. A logical pairing, yeah? Well, it didn’t quite work out that way. Here’s the ad, … Continued

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The Walking Dead Finally Got Its Shit Together

If you’ve been as bored watching The Walking Dead twiddle its decomposing thumbs this season as I’ve been, then last night’s mid-season finale was probably equally satisfying to you. It was a pretty low-key episode—with a few violent exceptions—but one that finally got Rick out of his funk and put Alexandria and the other groups … Continued

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Mads Mikkelsen Really Wants to Kill Zombies 

When it comes to cool geek shit, Mads Mikkelsen has a stellar resume. He’s been an iconic serial killer, a James Bond villain, and played in the Marvel Universe—and soon, he’ll build the freaking Death Star. But there’s one genre he still really wants to get into. “Zombies,” the actor recently said. “I love zombies.” … Continued

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On The Walking Dead, Stupidity Is Suddenly a Much Bigger Problem Than Zombies

If you’re invested in a TV series, it can be tough watching the protagonist making a decision you know to be dumb. If three protagonists all make a dumb decision—the same dumb decision—it can be agonizing. Last night’s episode features three of our “heroes” all enacting doomed, stupid plans. And despite it being yet another … Continued

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What the Hell Is The Walking Dead Even Doing

Actually, I know what they’re doing, I just have no idea why they’re doing it. I don’t know who, when planning the aftermath of WhoDoesNeganKillGate, decided to spend a quarter of season seven dividing the main characters into four almost wholly separate groups, forget about telling a story for an interminable amount of set-up, and … Continued

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That Was a Ridiculous Goddamned Episode of The Walking Dead

I really thought that after the brutal, annoying season premiere, the follow-up episode introducing the Kingdom, Ezekial, and his tiger would be the extent of the show’s absurdity. It turns out I was wrong. Absolutely, delightfully wrong. There are basically only two things going on in “Go Getters”—the reveal that Maggie and her baby (and … Continued

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The Showrunner of The Walking Dead Thinks a Feature Film Is Inevitable

The Walking Dead is as popular as ever in its seventh season on AMC, but showrunner Scott Gimple has his sights set on an even higher prize: an expansion to the big screen. When asked about the possibility of The Walking Dead becoming a film, here’s what he said to Comicbook.com: “That question comes up … Continued

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Gifts to Help You Survive and Prosper After the Apocalypse

All things must come to an end, including human civilization. Whether it’s a superbug pandemic tomorrow or a supernova sun in billions of years, one day, somehow, the apocalypse will arrive. You and loved ones plan on being ready for it, and ready for what comes after. Here are eleven damn useful holiday gifts to … Continued

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Negan Beats the Humanity Back Into Rick on The Walking Dead

Whether you loved “Service,” or hated it, or more likely felt somewhere in between, I believe there’s one thing we can all agree on, and that’s that this was yet another Walking Dead episode that absolutely, 100 percent did not need to be 90 minutes long. I can sum up the first hour as follows: … Continued

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On The Walking Dead, Negan Doesn’t Need a Bat to Destroy Someone

Having spent last Sunday exploring the goofy magnificence of Ezekial’s Kingdom, The Walking Dead finally showed us Negan’s true compound, and what life is like under his rule through the eyes of two characters—Daryl, his prisoner/hostage, and Dwight, his scarred lieutenant… who’s a prisoner just as much as Daryl. This parallel is obviously why the … Continued

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The Walking Dead Was Fun for the First Time Ever

Whenever things get too dark on TWD—usually when a main character dies—the show likes to follow up with a light-hearted episode. Case in point: while last week’s episode was unbelievably brutal and horrific, last night’s “The Well” was easily the most delightful The Waking Dead has ever been. But there was a lot more to … Continued

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Mysterious Walking Dead Footage Shows a Different Victim of Negan’s Bat

Did you think that we were done with the “Who will Negan kill in The Walking Dead season premiere?” question just because the season premiere finally aired? Ha ha, nope! Because some very strange new footage has surfaced that indicates the show had someone else in mind to fall victim to Negan’s bat Lucille. As … Continued

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The Walking Dead‘s Season Premiere Wasn’t Worth It

The Walking Dead had a major obstacle to overcome in last night’s season seven premiere. After leading up all of season six to the arrival of Negan and the promise of a main character’s death, the show decided to postpone the reveal of who died to season seven. Could the show possibly live up to … Continued

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AMC Just Can’t Get Enough Zombies, Premieres Web Series Fear the Walking Dead: Passage

To paraphrase John Cleese, they’re not zombies, they’re walkers. And they are creeping all over AMC these days. The Walking Dead returns to the airwaves for its seventh season on Sunday, and today the network launched the first of a 16-part weekly web series tie-in to Fear the Walking Dead, subtitled Passage. The first clip … Continued

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Movie Review: The Girl With All the Gifts Has Joined the Horde of All-Time Great Zombie Films

There aren’t a ton of truly great movies that feature zombies. The list is short but distinguished: the works of George Romero, Lucio Fulci, 28 Days Later, and a few others. But now we need to add The Girl With All the Gifts to the list. It’s the rare zombie film that innovates the genre … Continued

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The Walking Dead Finally Shows Us Something New About Season Seven

Namely, there’s a lot of new footage of Ezekiel (played by Khary Payton)—the biggest new character to be joining the upcoming season, and not just because he has a pet tiger. Most what’s more important is that TWD is finally showing us the new season has more going on than that damned Negan cliffhanger. As … Continued

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Things Zombies Are Called on The Walking Dead Instead of Zombies, Ranked

Last night, Fear the Walking Dead gave the TWD universe yet another term for the mindless, deceased, flesh-eating monsters that have brought civilization to its knees: The Wasted. It’s pretty good, but is it the best term used to describe zombies in these shows? Not quite. 1) Rotters If you were forced to boil zombies … Continued

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Daylight’s End Trailer Proves Lance Henriksen Is Invaluable During a Zombie Apocalypse

Daylight’s End looks like yet another zombie apocalyptic action movie, but it has a secret weapon: Lance Henriksen, who is pushing 80 but is still quite obviously 100 percent badass. He may have a supporting role here, but anyone in a doomsday plague survival situation would be lucky to have this Aliens veteran by their … Continued