Brian gives Dan a primer on zombie movies both bleak and boisterous as they discuss Return of the Living Dead and its seminal predecessor, Night of the Living Dead. They celebrate Return’s escalating comic chaos and Night’s ability to horrify elementary schoolers. Dan brainstorms a few bits of zombie action he’d like to see in…
Small-Screen 66: #65: Hercules: The Legendary Journeys / Xena: Warrior Princess (Syndicated, 1995-99 / 1995-2001) In my “Film Favorites” countdown, I mentioned that 1998’s Merlin introduced me to the live-action fantasy genre. In retrospect, that’s not entirely true. Today I’ll be addressing a pair of twin series which predated Merlin by several years, and which…
100 Film Favorites – #44: “Night of the Living Dead” (George Romero, 1968) “They’re coming to get you, Barbra!” In a near-180 degree shift from yesterday’s iconic Christmas special, we now come to a film which still consistently ranks among the scariest horror films ever made. It’s Night of the Living Dead, the movie which…