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evil dead

Broadway Killed The Zombies

mammamia.jpgA new crop of campy zombie ads are cropping up on Broadway, promoting Evil Dead: The Musical. While the posters are all very clever, their presence only reveals what I've long feared: the Disneyification of our beloved brain-eating zombies. These cute versions of the undead are everywhere nowadays, and getting campier by the minute. Click though to see the slow decomposition of zombies, from funny versions of the living dead to the Broadway soft-shoe undead. More »

4:30 PM on Thu May 29 2008
By Meredith Woerner
3,190 views, 43 comments

posthumans

Posthumans, Rise Up And Destroy Hollywood!

Why is Hollywood trying to poison everybody against posthumans? Whenever you see someone going beyond standard-issue humanity in movies or TV, it's portrayed as monstrous and evil. Whether it's cyborgs, mutants or humans hacking their bodies, Hollywood exercises its anti-posthuman agenda. Meanwhile, novels have been celebrating the customizers and reinventers for years now. What can we do to derail Hollywood's insidious campaign against our posthuman brothers and sisters? The first step is understanding where it comes from. More »

4:30 PM on Wed May 28 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
4,935 views, 37 comments

Latest by RussellBlackford: You've provoked me to some fairly detailed discussion, so I'll have to point you over here: [metamagician3000.blogspot.com] more »

ultraviolent

Latest Murder-Plague Movie Has Lush Anime Visuals

Do we really need another movie about a virus that turns people into psycho berzerkers, forcing riot cops with cool-looking goggles to wield an iron fist to hold the crumbling shreds of society together? I may have just answered my own question... but what if it's a nice-looking animated film, with touches of Akira and Ghost In The Shell? Rashad Redic is adapting his own short movie Ultraviolent into a new feature-length film, and here's the trailer. More »

12:30 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
3,419 views, 29 comments

Latest by Channing: I really don't see the connection with anime on this. Seriously.I'd be very much obliged if someone could point it out for me.(Not trying to be a jackass - I'm serious) more »

horrorhead

Battle of the Genitals in Science Horror Movies

Critics are always saying that horror movies are about fearing vaginas, but they're wrong. Sure there's vadge imagery aplenty in horror (just watch the run of Alien movies if you don't believe me), but the scariest science horror flicks of the last thirty years are actually about everything that can go wrong with a dude. I'm not just talking about the malfunctioning penis that blows up Tokyo in Legend of the Overfiend. I'm talking about something deeper. And yes, maybe even . . . harder. More »

Feature

10:41 AM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Annalee Newitz
11,062 views, 79 comments

Latest by SigmundTheSeaMonster: Let us not forget the ever so vaginal orifice of the Dune "spiced" Navigator. more »

dystopia

Chart Shows Most Post-Apocalyptic Movie Of All Time

How does I Am Legend stack up against other post-apocalyptic movies? We compared fourteen movies to see whether they contain key elements of the post-apocalypse, such as pee-drinking and cannibalism. The folks at io9 have made you a handy chart showing the most (and least) hardcore post-apocalyptic films of all time, after the jump. More »

11:30 AM on Tue Jan 1 2008
By charliejane
9,507 views, 47 comments

horrorhead

A Monster Worse Than Virus Zombies

Welcome to Horrorhead, a fortnightly column about the dark, twisted part of science fiction - the part that borders on horror. If you're looking forward to I Am Legend next week, you know it's basically a vampire horror story translated into a microbial scifi nightmare. But what makes I Am Legend scary isn't the spectre of virus-deformed post-humans. It's something more fundamental. More »

9:00 AM on Thu Dec 6 2007
By Annalee Newitz
543 views, Comment

movies

Five Great Science Fiction Movies With Mean Endings

The Mist hit theaters last week to extreme audience apathy, but one part of the movie did get people riled up: its hopeless, mean ending. As far as we're concerned, that's the best part. Some of the best scifi flicks have endings that make you want to slit your wrists. Either the main character(s) have sacrificed everything for no gain, or you realize that the entire world is going to become evil/be destroyed and no one can stop it. For those of you who aren't afraid to face the bleakness, here are five terrific movies whose endings are a like a slap in the face (don't worry, I won't spoil everything). More »

1:18 PM on Mon Nov 26 2007
By Annalee Newitz
622 views, 1 comment

Latest by gothfae: Too bad you didnt mention Silent running. more »

quarantined

Super-Rabies Turns LA Building Into Death Trap In Quarantined

Plagues are the new monsters. Just look at Quarantined, the movie Screen Gems just green-lighted about a reporter and her camera crew, trapped inside a building where a deadly new strain of rabies rages. It sounds very 28 Days Later, but also like a zoom-lens on the future of our overpopulated and psychotic global village. More »

8:00 AM on Mon Nov 12 2007
By charliejane
53 views, Comment

28 days later

Must See: 28 Days Later

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale.

Title: 28 Days Later
Date: 2002

Vitals: Animal rights activists release monkeys infected with a virus called Rage that quickly converts all of England into drooling, zombified speed freaks who want nothing more than to bite and infect more people. Cillian Murphy is part of a small band of survivors who must hide from the infected - and escape a group of surviving soldiers who have gone even more buggy than the zombies. A post-apocalyptic nail-biter with a serious political message, 28 Days Later is one of the most terrifying movies of the early twenty-first century.




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7:39 PM on Sun Sep 30 2007
By Annalee Newitz
111 views, Comment