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Anna and the Apocalypse is the High School Christmas Zombie Musical of Your Dreams

Anna and the Apocalypse is a high school zombie musical set at Christmas. Which, obviously, sounds awesome. It sounds so awesome though, you’re probably thinking there’s no way it could love up to that expectation. But I’m happy to reveal that Anna and the Apocalypse lives up to your expectations and then some. It’s an … Continued

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Anna and the Apocalypse Promises a Holiday Musical Extravaganza, with Zombies

The first teaser trailer is out for Anna and the Apocalypse, a holiday musical comedy about a student who dreams of a stocking full of sugar plums, but instead gets an apocalypse full of the undead. The British film, based on the BAFTA-winning short Zombie Musical, is about a teenager named Anna (Ella Hunt) whose … Continued

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A Woman and Her Zombie Stalker Make for the Ultimate Odd Couple in It Stains the Sands Red 

A desperate woman, a decaying man, and a vast desert are the three main characters in It Stains the Sands Red, an unusual zombie movie that’s both gory and heartfelt, and admirably makes the most of its minimalist set-up. The odds don’t look good for Molly (Brittany Allen), a high-maintenance party girl who finds herself … Continued

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The Walking Dead Will Never Try to Fix the Zombie Apocalypse 

Zombie stories almost always have the same end game: Either humanity finds a cure, or everyone dies. In Friday’s Walking Dead panel at San Diego Comic-Con, franchise creator Robert Kirkman said definitely his show will never, ever, look for a solution to the undead apocalypse. (Looks like everyone dying is still on the table, though.) … Continued

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So George Romero’s Next Of the Dead Movie Is Basically About Zombie NASCAR 

George A. Romero, director of the legendary Night of the Living Dead, the equally legendary Dawn of the Dead, the not legendary but still good Day of the Dead, and countless other zombie entertainment, is trying something different. Very different. So different it’s a movie where zombies race cars to entertain rich people. The film … Continued

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The Disney Channel’s New Musical Is a Teen Romance That Happens To Include Zombies

Remember when zombies were scary? No? You’re not alone. Zombies have become so incredibly normal and mainstream that now they’re getting their own Disney Channel TV movie musical. It’s called Zombies—of course—and it’s a musical about a zombie town (whatever that is) integrating with a normal town and the zombie quarterback falling in love with … Continued

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What Happens in Vegas Follows You Into the Desert and Tries to Eat You in This New Zombie Trailer

It Stains the Sands Red is a zombie movie that seems to borrow a bit from It Follows—it’s about a woman who can’t shake the plodding pursuit of the undead new man in her life. But it’s also set in the Nevada desert, lending a flashy danger to that region not seen since Nomi Malone … Continued

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That Bizarre Avengers Zombie Manga Is Coming to the United States

Zombies invade Tony Stark’s birthday party— yes, it sounds just as weird now as it did back in 2015. But if you’re curious what an undead Thor looks like, or how a god could even become the undead (sure it’s been in the comics, but I still don’t get it), then luck has infected you. … Continued

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The Walking Dead‘s Biggest Problem Is Back Again

On last night’s penultimate episode of season seven, our heroes completed their final step in trying to stop the bad guys who are forcing them to give up their stuff… by attacking another community and forcing them to give up their stuff. Yeah. Some people may feel that The Walking Dead’s biggest problem is its … Continued

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The Walking Dead Did Something I Didn’t Think Was Possible

It made Rosita a compelling character. I’m not actually trying to be shitty here, at least not to the character herself. It was The Walking Dead’s responsibility to make us care about Rosita, something it’s resolutely failed to do since introducing her back in season four. Her compatriots Abraham and Eugene got ample screen time … Continued

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On The Walking Dead, a Single Cantaloupe Ruined Four People’s Lives (Seriously)

The world of The Walking Dead is full of dangers. There are zombies, of course, who desperately want to eat your flesh. There are bad humans like the Saviors and the Wolves, who kill the living with even more relish than the undead. But there’s only one thing that, if you ever chance to see … Continued

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Netflix Is Making a Medieval Korean Zombie Show

Zombie shows are still hot. So is Korean cinema. So is a mix of both, if last year’s Train to Busan is anything to go by. But now Netflix is getting in on a show that is all this and more, as it’s actually a medieval-era fantasy series, too. Netflix has announced that it has … Continued

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The Girl With All the Gifts‘ Racebending Means So Much More in Trump’s America

When The Girl With All The Gifts first hit theaters in the U.K. last September, the world was a different place. The film has recently opened in the United States, which is a much scarier place now. Last fall, Donald Trump wasn’t our president. Betsy DeVos hadn’t been confirmed as Secretary of Education, and an … Continued

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The Walking Dead Is Screwing With Us Again

In last night’s episode, Rick and Michonne reminded us that they are elite zombie-killing machines, while managing to get constantly screwed over by the capriciousness of reality. Also, there was a hilariously fake CG deer. Somehow, this all pretty well sums the episode. Last week I worried that an hour devoted just to Rick and … Continued

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On The Walking Dead, Eugene May Be the Luckiest Man in the Zombie Apocalypse

After two full weeks of narrative progression, I suppose The Walking Dead couldn’t help itself. Huffing and puffing, it stopped its lumbering but steady jog to take five, catch its breath, and show us what’s happening with Negan, his new captive Eugene, and the rest of the Saviors’ compound. Turns out what’s hell for Rick … Continued

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The Walking Dead Added Some Kind of Killer Performance Art Group or Something, I Don’t Even Know

So, last week I posited that The Walking Dead might have gotten good again. After watching last night’s episode, I would like to amend that. The Walking Dead is no longer bad or boring, it’s still a definite improvement over the first half of the season. But now, it’s, uh… insane? “New Best Friends” introduced … Continued

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I Think The Walking Dead Is About to Get Good Again and It’s About Damn Time

I know, it’s a bold proclamation, especially after the non-events of the first half of season seven. But last night’s mid-season premiere, “Rock on the Road,” contained pretty much everything those episodes lacked—the whole group (mostly) being together, significant forward progress in the story, and a ridiculous, hyperviolent zombie massacre—and I suspect things are only … Continued

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J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot Are Making a World War II Zombie Movie

Bad Robot has just hired a director to film a movie called Overlord, which is about American soldiers fighting Nazi zombies in World War II. Julius Avery, who made the Ewan McGregor movie Son of a Gun, is that director, according to Variety. The idea comes from the mind of J.J. Abrams, director of The … Continued

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Viruses May Be Responsible For Life As We Know It

You probably know viruses as the demons behind your nasty cold, the not-quite-living monsters that infiltrate cells and plug in their own genetic material. But the horrible little buggers might have been crucial to forming the cells in our own bodies today. A team of University of California, Santa Barbara scientists observed bacteriophages, a type … Continued

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An Exclusive Excerpt From the Sequel to The Girl With All The Gifts

The Girl With All The Gifts is a critically acclaimed 2014 novel, turned into a celebrated movie, which hits U.S. theaters next month. It tells a new type of zombie story, about kids, compassion, disease and acceptance. Author M.R. Carey has written a sequel, and io9 is very excited to bring you the first except … Continued