TV tonight: zombie apocalypse meets epic love story in The Walking Dead – The Guardian
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live9pm, Sky MaxYet another spin-off from the zombie apocalypse franchise (six and counting), this one is set to be an, erm, “epic love story”, picking up five years after the conclusion of the original series. Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira reprise their roles as Rick Grimes and Michonne Hawthorne, with Rick trying to escape the Civic Republic Military. Hollie Rich...[Read More]
Review: ‘Handling The Undead’ – Punch Drunk Critics – Punch Drunk Critics
Just about everything that can be done with the zombie genre has been done. Comedy, rom-com, action movies, drama, and even arthouse cinema have put a spotlight on the returned dead. We’ve even shows such as The Walking Dead place emphasis on the living, and how they cope with a world overrun by zombie hordes. But Thea Hvistendahl’s Handling the Undead, while hardly breaking the mold, does somethi...[Read More]
‘Handling the Undead’ Review: When the Dead Don’t Die – The New York Times
A zombie movie is wrapped in a gentle tale of mourning and love.The yearning to reverse death is baked into human nature, a longing to defeat evil, to set things right, to conquer mortality. In “Handling the Undead,” that desire is the fruit of great love. Who hasn’t, upon losing someone, wished desperately for just one more chance to see them, hold them, tell them how much they mean?“Handling the...[Read More]
‘Mister Rogers’ a Serial Killer in New Horror Movie? – Snopes.com
Claim: The late children’s television host Fred Rogers’ personality will be adapted for a horror film called “Rogers” in which his character is a serial killer. On May 23, 2024, a Facebook post from the page YODA BBY ABY claimed that comedy actor Fred Armisen will s...[Read More]
Zombie Nation and Mo Bamba to be included in EA Sports NCAA Football 25 – Victory Bell Rings
Beaver Stadium is one of the best atmospheres in college football and while Penn State is trying to preserve that throughout $700 million renovations over the coming years, EA Sports is trying to replicate it for the return of the NCAA Football video game. Andy Staples of ON3 was one of the few media members lucky enough to play the game before its July 19 release date and broke down the details t...[Read More]
George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead Could Have Featured White House Zombies – Syfy
Director George A. Romero didn't set out to make a zombie franchise when he helmed Night of the Living Dead in 1968. He was just trying to make a satisfying film, which helps explain why it took 10 years for the first sequel to materialize. After that sequel, 1978's Dawn of the Dead, proved to be successful, he went looking for a third film story, with more than a few detours along the way.Though ...[Read More]
8 New Horror Movies Releasing This Week Including ‘In a Violent Nature’ – Bloody Disgusting
It’s a big week for horror, with two recent theatrical releases coming home, one of the best slashers of the modern era hitting theaters, and a new Takashi Miike film coming to Netflix. Here’s all the new horror releasing May 27, 2024 – June 2, 2024! For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar. After scaring up $53 million at the worldwide box office, directo...[Read More]
Handling the Undead Review – JoBlo.com
From the Let The Right One In writer, this rethinks zombies and provides a dissection of life after loss and what it truly means. PLOT: On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want? REVIEW: Zombies have had a prominent place in horror for nearly a century. ...[Read More]
Handling the Undead (2024) – Movie Review – Flickering Myth
Handling the Undead, 2024.Written and Directed by Thea Hvistendahl.Starring Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bjørn Sundquist, Bahar Pars, Jan Hrynkiewicz, Dennis Østby Ruud, Bente Børsum, Olga Damani, Inesa Dauksta, and Kian Hansen. SYNOPSIS: On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. W...[Read More]
Handling the Undead Review: Realist, Harrowing Zombie Tale – Paste Magazine
In the pilot of Six Feet Under, the patriarch of a family funeral home business dies and his subsequently attended to by his son. All the undertaker’s embellishments that have become routine for the younger mortician—the embalming, the cossetting, the dressing of the corpses—are suddenly harrowing and inhumane. The disguises one puts on death to soothe the bereaved become perverse and transparent ...[Read More]
‘Handling the Undead’ Review: A Gentle, Contemplative Approach to a Zombie Story – We Live Entertainment
[embedded content] While the title of the new film Handling the Undead might present itself as yet another zombie horror fest, that would only partly be correct – which is a good thing. Actually, it’s the best thing. Director and co-writer Thea Hvistendahl uses the zombie genre not for visceral thrills but for a meditation on grief and letting go. This is a drama through and through. It’s the quie...[Read More]
Zombie Defense Codes (May 2024) – The Escapist – The Escapist
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