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Welcome back to DEAD Time. I hope you left a light on for me because this month, we’re on the hunt for the Michigan Dogman and other cryptids that might be lurking in the darkness. I talked to Shetan Noir, a cryptozoologist, Michigan based author, journalist, and paranormal researcher about her career, as well as her personal experience with cryptid sightings. Shetan is the Lead Investigator for t...[Read More]

Most horror fans will admit to feeling anything but genuine excitement when it was announced a no-name director would be helming a remake of George A. Romero’s beloved Dawn of the Dead (1978). And with a script written by the guy who did Scooby-Doo (2002) no less. A true travesty in the making, or so it seemed. But then that “no name director” turned out to be Zack Snyder. Whatever you feel about ...[Read More]

The notion of a "zombie apocalypse" has been popular for the past few decades, and the irony is that just such an event has happened within pop culture. After all, zombies are everywhere — books, long-running television shows, board games, video games, action figures, apparel, and, of course, the movies.Yet this wasn't always the case. In fact, just 40-odd years ago, the zombie was still the near-...[Read More]

In the annals of zombie cinema, it would be foolish to even suggest another auteur ever standing on a higher pedestal than George A. Romero. Some subgenres simply have this kind of foundational figure, whose seminal works shaped everything to come in the decades that followed. The greatest zombie films made in the more than half century since 1968’s Night of the Living Dead are all indebted to Rom...[Read More]

Earlier this year, we were treated to a sprawling reissue of Goblin's complete score to the 1978 George A. Romero classic Dawn of the Dead. Now the current lineup of the Italian prog-horror outfit are dusting off Dawn of the Dead once again for a new studio album.Helping celebrate the 40th anniversary of Dawn of the Dead, Goblin are unleashing a new full-length called FEARLESS (37513 Zombie Ave), ...[Read More]

Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.” We’ve finally arrived at the first of ten 2023 Amityville titles! First up is writer/director Jack Hunter II’s Amityville Ride-Share, a ~60 minute found footage film featuring loosely interconnected (or not) clips. In some...[Read More]