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zombies

One Good Detail

September 17, 2009

“…you see, a .45 will blow a barn door out the back of your head.  There’s alot of drycleaning involved.  Whereas a .22 will just rattle around in your brain like Pacman ’til you die.”    –Vinnie Antonelli from My Blue Heaven.
So, I’m halfway through World War Z by Max Brooks and it’s about the third time he [...]

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Zombies: a series – Surviving An Uprising (Ignite Phoenix presentation)

November 30, 2008

I recently had the awesome experience of giving a presentation entitled “Surviving The Next Zombie Uprising” at Ignite Phoenix II. The format revolves around a 20 page presentation, with the slides automatically clicking over every 15 seconds. The five minutes feels like it goes by in a blur as you hit the main [...]

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Zombies: a series – part 2

September 7, 2008

The teenager who works behind the counter at the corner convenience store after school; the hot girl in spandex who works out at the gym in the mornings; the elderly widow that lives across the street and two houses down. What do they have in common? Well, in a zombie story, they may [...]

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Zombies: a series – part 1

July 14, 2008

Shuffling and shambling their way onto the screen and into popular culture, the zombie has gained widespread appeal as a horror film and book icon.  From their first appearance in Night of the Living Dead to the frightening (and sometimes frightful) abundance of subsequent offerings, the undead horde relentlessly propel themselves onward, seeking fresh brains [...]

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Slow zombies or fast? Know your rules.

May 19, 2008

In my recent screenplay class, one other student was working on a pretty slick idea that involved zombies.  I won’t get into the details other than to say when he got to the details of the zombies getting around, a battle broke out in the class.
True connoisseurs of the brain eating undead grew up watching [...]

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