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‘Evil Dead Rise’ Brings New Life to the Dead Series

‘Evil Dead Rise’ Brings New Life to the Dead Series

Lee Cronin’s take on the Evil Dead series, Evil Dead Rise, has become a mirror image of its own horror by refusing to take its final breath.

Futureshock: Herbie Hancock and the Body Politics of Pop

Futureshock: Herbie Hancock and the Body Politics of Pop

A classically trained jazz pianist who spent five years with the Miles Davis Quintet, Herbie Hancock is also a practising Buddhist whose ideas about transcending the body are realized in his funky cyborg "Rockit" video.

‘The Dead Don’t Die’ Confronts Climate Change with Deadpan Whimsicality

‘The Dead Don’t Die’ Confronts Climate Change with Deadpan Whimsicality

With The Dead Don't Die, Jim Jarmusch deliberately deprives his latest film of the propulsive terrors innate to most zombie films, instead using the genre to matter-of-factly rhapsodize about consumer culture and the inevitability of the apocalypse.

‘Wasteland’, or, How We Went From World War I to White Walkers

‘Wasteland’, or, How We Went From World War I to White Walkers

In Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror, historian W. Scott Poole exhumes our obsession with the living dead.

TIFF 2018: Endzeit (Ever After)

TIFF 2018: Endzeit (Ever After)

Endzeit joins Annihilation in challenging us to embrace the end of our world.

Teenagers and Zombies Are a Good Mix in ‘New Mutants Dead Souls #1’

Teenagers and Zombies Are a Good Mix in ‘New Mutants Dead Souls #1’

Matthew Rosenburg reminds us why teenagers and paranormal monsters are a potent combination.

‘Zombies, Migrants, and Queers’ Make for a Monstrous Economy

‘Zombies, Migrants, and Queers’ Make for a Monstrous Economy

One of the intellectual strengths of Fojas’ book is how she consistently surprises in historicizing and theorizing neoliberalism.
The Virtues of Selfishness in Co-op Gaming

The Virtues of Selfishness in Co-op Gaming

The trouble with co-op gaming is cooperativeness.
Our Insatiable Techno Zombie Love

Our Insatiable Techno Zombie Love

The popularity of zombies indicates that powerful techno-social forces have ramped up our fear of joining or being surrounded by a mindless zombie herd.

Want to Live? Better Keep Moving: ‘World War Z’

‘World War Z’ Forgets the Most Important Thing –the Zombies!

Can the Living and the Dead Coexist? ‘In the Flesh’, They Must

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