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Courtesy of Lionsgate/Saban It’s probably an understatement to say Rob Zombie is a divisive filmmaker. Most people seem to love or hate his work without a lot of middle ground. It turns out his hot takes can also be polarizing. In an interview with Revolver, the musician-turned-filmmaker spoke to what he considers to be the five worst horror movies of all time. I was more than a little surprised t...[Read More]

One of the most interesting storylines of the horror genre has been the zombie apocalypse. And probably K-content has mastered that genre. Korean television has delivered a few popular ones since the K-movie Train to Busan starring Gong Yoo. The jump scares, the slow-walking-dead species, the creepy sounds, and the weird looks are enough to keep the viewers on the edge. Several Korean dramas and s...[Read More]

There are dozens—yes, dozens, plural—of movies spun off from Night of the Living Dead. Chances are good you were aware of at least one or two. Even non-Zombie fans are familiar with titles like Dawn of the Dead and Return of the Living Dead. Much less known, however, are the obscure entries in the Living Dead family, like Zombi 2 or Children of the Living Dead. Night of the Living Dead has a canon...[Read More]

If there's one thing about zombie movies, it's that they never go out of style. Between The Walking Dead and The Last of Us, there are more than enough undead to satisfy your apocalyptic entertainment cravings.But before zombies were breathing life back into TV, they were devouring their way through the silver screen. The first zombie movie goes back to 1932, when Edward and Victor Halperin direct...[Read More]

If you’ve never seen Night of the Living Dead or just need a refresher, the movie starts with a brother and sister—Johnny and Barbara—visiting their father’s grave. Suddenly, a Zombie attacks the pair and kills Johnny, leaving Barbara to flee for her life. She comes across a farmhouse where other people are hiding out, and the group tries their best to fortify their shelter as more and more zombie...[Read More]

Following an acclaimed festival run (which included our own ★★★★ review from Sundance), Neon has shared a poster and trailer for writer-director Thea Hvistendahl’s mystery-horror Handling the Undead. Based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s (Let the Right One In) 2005 novel of the same name and starring Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World), the film centres on three families as their lives are t...[Read More]

There is no lack of zombie movie fare in the world, but if the trailer for the Norwegian film Handling the Undead is any indication, the movie brings an arthouse feel to the genre and has a strong possibility of quietly wrecking you as you watch. The film is based on an eponymous novel by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist, who also penned the script in collaboration with director Thea Hvistenda...[Read More]

A new haunting, emotional drama examines different ramifications of a zombie outbreak. Based on the book by the writer of Let the Right One In and Borders. [embedded content] The zombie genre resides comfortably under the umbrella of horror that it is rarely explored through different means. Then, you have films like Maggie, which stars Arnold Schwarzenegger in a rare dramatic turn, that featur...[Read More]