1500-year-old English skeleton was "ritually staked" with iron nails

Any Buffy fan knows that you kill a vampire with a stake through the heart. And now we have further evidence that this method of destroying the undead is actually rooted in real-life practices. The latest study to explore this practice, by archeologist Matthew Beresford, is a close look at a 6th century skeleton found …

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Stories that prove there's a fine line between zombie and vampire

True Blood returns tonight, and last season's finale dropped several clues that this season might introduce zombies alongside our usual cast of vampires, werepanthers, fairies, and shapeshifters. But are zombies and vampires really all that different?

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A Perfect 2-Sentence Summary of Every Episode of Walking Dead Season 2

The folks over at Rock Paper Cynic have an excellent collection of angry Walking Dead art that reminds us all that Lori is the absolute worst. These brilliant little stick-figure art pieces are paired with the news that AMC is hosting a special season three preview during their marathon of the series on July 7th…

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What are the tax implications of the zombie apocalypse?

The only certainties in life are death and taxes, but how do you handle the taxes when death doesn't go quite as planned? Law professor Adam Chodorow takes a stab at estate planning for the undead in perhaps the only legal paper to cite both the Internal Revenue Code and Weekend at Bernie's II.

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Zombie Dawn is chock full of old-fashioned zombie-slaying action

Tired of the fancy pants 3D and sexy lady spin kicking zombie-slayers? Then check out the trailer for Zombie Dawn, the ultra-low-budget horror movie which just throws a bunch of soldiers into a pit of hungry zombies and asks them to clean it out for the rest of the us.

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Zombieland writers turn their undead sequel into a TV show, write a…

We've got a double dose of news about everyone's favorite horror comedy writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. Looks like Zombieland 2 might become a TV show, and there may be a potentially hilarious Micronauts film in our future!

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Secrets from the Walking Dead Comics Hidden in the Season Two Videos

Last year, The Walking Dead deviated massively from Robert Kirkman's comic book source material — ending in a giant CG fireball. But will the new season adhere to the original work? Here are a few comic book clues we picked up in the trailers, clips and promo shots! BIG SPOILERS AHEAD.

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6 Walking Dead shorts tell the bloody story of the undead "Bicycle Girl"

Find out what happened to the rest of the world during the undead outbreak on The Walking Dead, with these five webisodes, directed by the series co-producer Greg Nicotero. Find out what really happened to the Bicycle Girl from the show's pilot.

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