Geek Culture, Zombies... and Other Monsters

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Nat Geo’s Hot Zone is Infectious

Monsters come in all shapes and sizes and National Geographic Channel, which recently aired The Hot Zone limited series on three consecutive nights, might have created one of the scariest.

The Passage Opens Up the Vampire Apocalypse

Survival horror mode was fully engaged in The Passage with the two-hour season finale, “Stay in the Light/Last Lesson.” The closing moments of the first season opened up a whole new world for the show, as a 97-year time jump… Continue Reading →

The Walking Dead: A Theatre of the Absurd

“THERE is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.” – Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

The Journey So Far: Mapping The Walking Dead’s Past

“There is no hope and we’re on the road to nowhere.” As if the anticipation couldn’t be higher for the return of The Walking Dead, an AMC TV special takes a look back at the pop-culture phenomenon’s beginning through The… Continue Reading →

What Was the Point of Resuscitating The X-Files?

Per Matt Now that the relentless hype train has finally been derailed and the dust has settled on the tracks, just a bit, it’s time to take a hard look at this year’s abbreviated season of The X-Files. After 14 years, the best… Continue Reading →

iZombie

Along lurks an undead TV show for the Young Adult crowd, from the “brains” behind Veronica Mars.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Forget the Zombie Apocalypse… this is the Simian Apocalypse! In a world without selfies, Facebook and, well, power… it’s the perfect setting for the Planet of the Apes!

Undead Obsessed: Finding Meaning in Zombies

Part pop-culture examination, part personal journal and part hypothesis, Jessica Robinson’s non-fiction book uses the undead as a metaphor to explore real-world fears that could lead to a possible Zombie Apocalypse!

12 Monkeys

Creating a TV show based on a 20-year-old movie, which is also based on a French short film seems like a risky business model, but 12 Monkeys is pretty solid.

The X-Files: Conspiracy

There’s no tale too tall to be told (or believable) in The X-Files: Conspiracy!

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