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Danny Boyle and Alex Garland's 28 Years Later could reinvigorate the franchise and prove the blockbuster potential of a zombie movie trilogy. The success of the 28 Years Later trilogy could demonstrate that The Walking Dead's over-reliance on TV series could be its undoing. The Walking Dead's planned Rick Grimes movie trilogy faced an uphill battle, ultimately making The Ones Who Live TV series a ...[Read More]

It’s been 6 years since Rick Grimes was flown away on a helicopter at the end of Season 9’s “What Comes After,” leaving Michonne, Daryl, Carol, Judith, and the rest of his family behind. Two seasons, a canceled movie announcement, and several spin-offs later Rick and Michonne’s story is finally continuing in “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.”This Review/Recap Contains Episode 1 Spoilers!Set wi...[Read More]

Major General Beale proved to be one of the most challenging foes Rick has faced off against in The Walking Dead franchise’s latest spin-off, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. Since the story's inception in 2010, Rick Grimes has served as the main character. He went through a lot during his time in the post-apocalyptic world and developed into a formidable character. However, Beale chose to i...[Read More]

From Children of the Living Dead to Zombi 2, the infamous copyright blunder that immediately placed Night of the Living Dead in the public domain means that unauthorized sequels to George A. Romero’s classic are a dime a dozen. However, despite these flicks usually being dismissed as cash-grabs attempting to ride the coattails of a better filmmaker, the fact is that every modern zombie movie is an...[Read More]

Universal Pictures I know, I know. In your head, you’re tallying off a list of fantastic horror comedies from ten different decades in order to argue with me. No doubt, you think I’m crazy (or at least wrong) for omitting classics like Young Frankenstein and Return of the Living Dead, or at the very least, some highly entertaining and unforgettable newcomers like What We Do in the Shadows and Read...[Read More]

Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse are raising the dead with celebrated zombie drama The Funeral, acquired out of Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) for North America with plans to release the film this fall across all platforms, including its Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX streaming service. The news was first reported by Variety this morning. The Funeral stars popular Turkish actor...[Read More]

[embedded content] The first twenty minutes of the 1979 horror film When a Stranger Calls (watch it HERE) really creeped out movie-goers. It stuck in their heads, earning the movie cult classic status. The rest of the running time, viewers don’t often remember so clearly. So when Screen Gems gave the greenlight to a remake, they decided to expand those first twenty minutes to feature length, stre...[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 an exhila...[Read More]

Before Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) made his triumphant return to The Walking Dead universe in the new TV showThe Ones Who Live, the original idea was for him to make his comeback in a trilogy of Walking Dead movies. However, after years in development, these movies never made it to theaters, and the story was revised and developed into the six-episode TV show The Ones Who Live.The first Rick Grim...[Read More]