Zombies 101

This was the shortest episode of The Last of Us, clocking in at 43 minutes, but it was the most streamlined narrative yet.

Evil – In the Time of Heroes gets special credit for bringing in Billy Zane to basically play a Jedi.

The best part of this episode of The Last of Us is the fact that Ellie saves Joel and herself in the end.

Don’t Kill Me is a pretty uneven attempt to graft a number of well-established vampire story tropes onto the zombie genre that kind of works enough to sustain some viewer interest.

Nobody gets a happy ending in The Last of Us, from what we’ve seen.

Clocking in at a tight 88 minutes, Grave Robbers doesn’t overstay its welcome and is surprisingly entertaining.

With every episode that passes, I’m more and more convinced that this should have been structured like a traditional series with more than nine episodes.

Valley of the Dead is straight forward, the characters are diverse and entertaining, and the zombies are creepy, but not too gory.

The Last of Us, so far, isn’t bad, but it’s not breaking any new ground in the genre.

#Alive is a fantastic-looking film, with a very tight plot and quick pace.

This episode of The Last of US suffers from over-familiarity.

Yummy is definitely worth a watch, but the high points are the gory comedic bits.

“Long, Long Time” is probably going to be a highlight of The Last of Us, despite working with unknown characters and sidestepping the main concept of the show.

Zombie for Sale manages to achieve the extremely difficult accomplishment of being funny, touching, gross, and romantic all at the same time.

I thought this episode was a step up from the premiere, if only because we get to go out and explore the world of The Last of Us.

The Sadness is one of the most extreme, disturbing films to reach a mainstream audience in memory.

Right off the bat, let me make it clear that I have never played the The Last of Us video games and avoided as many spoilers as possible.

I Am a Hero tells the story of an extremely average man, slaving away as an assistant background illustrator for a successful ongoing manga, who manages to become a hero when the zombie apocalypse takes place.

It’s that time of year again! Time to celebrate the Resurrection with a weeklong plunge into all things zombie!

There are enough plot threads left dangling to give us a good launching point for a future second season, but if that doesn’t happen, All of Us Are Dead can stand as a solid one-and-done.