Most filmmakers — even the likes of Martin Scorsese and Christopher Nolan — have likely had a “pinch me” moment on set when they’re watching some wild idea they once dreamed up come to life before their eyes. For Lav Bodnaruk, his moment arrived earlier this year in Australia while directing 1990s pop icon Vanilla Ice, who at the time was covered head to toe in blood and killing zombies with a dri...[Read More]
“As We Know It,” an apocalyptic zombie comedy starring Chris Parnell and Pam Grier, has sold rights to Buffalo 8. The Santa Monica-based production and distribution company will release the movie in theaters on Nov. 10 with plans for streaming and video-on-demand in late November or early December. “We are thrilled to announce the release of this captivating and clever comedy, infused with a...[Read More]
This part essay, part research project started out as a joke. I wanted to know if one of the unexpected benefits of Black people always dying first in horror movies was that we could never be zombies. I’ve kept an ofrenda by my bedside since I was old enough to know better, but still — I wasn’t thinking about santería or vodun. Not yet, anyway. I hadn’t yet considered bodies swept under by salt of...[Read More]
I’ve got a trailer here for you to watch for a fascinating new thriller titled Wintertide. The movie is set in a small isolated town where depression turns people into zombie-like automatons, but that’s not the most interesting thing about the movie!
<!–> –> The Devil’s Rejects When it comes to names that are synonymous with Halloween, horror movie director Rob Zombie certainly deserves his gritty, blood-soaked legacy. As a platinum-selling rocker with White Zombie who started as a production assistant on Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Zombie’s transformation to film director has yielded some of horror’s bigg...[Read More]