“Jesus was the original zombie.”
I guess zombie movies have reached the point where they’re basically self-consuming niche titles that have nothing new to offer. They’re either vague remakes of Romero, or vague remakes of “Shaun of the Dead” which is where “American Zombie” comes in. It’s a mock documentary that also tries to be social commentary, and more often than not it manages to work well as a tongue in cheek little satire on society and its fear of immigration and outsiders. Every society has to have a minority of individuals who choose a lifestyle that we have to chastise and condemn, and director Grace Lee takes an interesting step in exploring this collective action of a fearful society through the scope of the horror genre that turns zombies into a group of re-animated beings seeking to go about their lives in a world that has little room for them.
It’s here! It’s finally here! The seminal 50th issue of my favorite comic book series out now is here and wow, does it ever make good on its promise and hype! If the allusions to the first issue with Carl on the cover isn’t enough, we’re also given a wonderful variant that features all of the gang fighting the Gov and his crew… as superheroes! They’re bulky, they’re muscle bound and they have powers! Rick has a super fist, Michonne has a light saber, and Tyreese punches the head off of roamers with ease and giant fists.
