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NEON’s newest horror film, Handling the Undead, arrives in limited theaters this week, offering viewers a very different approach to the familiar horror genre. Directed by Thea Hvistendahl’s, Handling the Undead has been hitting the festival circuit for a little bit now (even being selected for Sundance), but is making it’s way to the masses this week. Despite being a zombie movie, you won’t find...[Read More]

Pixies’ new double A-side single was inspired by the feel of movie zombie attacks and a sci-fi “monster epic”.The group’s record features the tracks ‘You’re So Impatient’ and ‘Que Sera, Sera’, which have both debuted on Steve Lamacq’s BBC Radio 6 Music show.A press release for their new AA-side release put out on Monday (03.06.24) says it “finds Pixies creating a macabre and cinematic picture of A...[Read More]

Handling The Undead is a deep meditation on grief and the aftermath of loss. While this isn’t a straight-up horror film per se, there are some great horror moments, and the overall premise of the movie centers on the most horrific thing that exists — the loss of a loved one. It plays out like a visual poem on grief, if you want to get into existential dread, this one’s for you. We have an exclusiv...[Read More]

Zombies have become a pretty major part of the horror genre. The first zombie movie, "White Zombie," was released all the way back in 1932, but they first really took a bite out of our subconscious with George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" in 1968. Since then, their popularity has exploded, with more zombie movies, TV shows, and books than you could shake a stick at. But where did the idea o...[Read More]

The full name of Davis' book is actually "The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombies, and Magic," and while it is purported to be a true story, there have been some critics over the years that question its veracity. However, according to Davis, a man named Clairvius Narcisse claimed that he had been turned into a zomb...[Read More]

[embedded content]Danai Gurira has returned to screens in ‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.’Reprising her role as Michonne, the actress is joined by longtime co-star Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes) in ‘The Walking Dead’ spin-off series.Hotly anticipated, the show combines action and an epic love story of two characters changed by a seismically changed world.Distance saw their paths diverge and no...[Read More]

Visionary director Zack Snyder has been incredibly busy since stepping away from his DC projects in the last few years, and it was recently announced that he might return to one of the cinematic worlds that made him a household name, 300, for a TV prequel. However, it's another action movie from his past that he's more eager to revisit, all while Netflix execs are urging him to continue working on...[Read More]

FacebookTwitter Handling the Undead isn’t your typical zombie movie, and that’s exactly how writer/director Thea Hvistendahl wanted it. Sure, the living dead walk the Earth, but the film isn’t about hordes of them attacking people and eating their brains. Instead, the story is a somber one, about the loved ones who must deal with the emotional impact of their retu...[Read More]