Just a quick update about a couple podcast appearances I’ve recently made. I’ve been an admirer of The Chronic Rift for a while, so I was thrilled to be asked to take part when they put together a roundtable discussion about…what else? Zombies! You can hear me pontificate about the living dead here. The Golden [...]

The Baltimore Comic-Con is back in town this weekend, Saturday and Sunday 10/10 and 10/11, at the Baltimore Convention Center just across the street from my day job, Geppi’s Entertainment Museum. It’ll be a very busy weekend as it’s also “World Zombie Day” on Sunday, with a massive zombie walk taking place in downtown Baltimore. [...]

The Australian-based Brimstone Press is relaunching their horror-themed magazine, Black: Australian Dark Culture, with an online version. I’ve been interviewed as one of several zombie experts in their premiere online issue. Check it out, and if you want to find out more or receive notifications about future issues, subscribe to eye_of_fire@brimstonepress.com.au. Tell ‘em the “zombie [...]

Lots to catch up on here at the ol’ blog, but first I’ll share a couple cool developments concerning my exhaustive guide to zombie cinema, Zombiemania. First, a new review has turned up on Occulus Orbus, and he absolutely nails the read-as-you-watch intention behind the book. He also finds our apparent “obsession” with Tor Johnson [...]

Back in 2008, I teased the twelve people that read this site (OK, thirteen) that Andy Hershberger and I – the same team that brought you the exhaustive tome on zombie movies called Zombiemania – were about to begin work on our thematic follow-up. Using the same basic approach, format, and unique blend of critique [...]