Zombies 101

Exploring that gray area between keeping people safe and keeping them prisoner is going to be fertile ground for Fear the Walking Dead.

Watching Fear the Walking Dead makes plain the problem Rick had being dropped into that world without actually watching it happen.

Many modern writers and filmmakers have used the zombie as a blank slate onto which they can project pointed observations of society's ills.

Society collapsed quickly and Fear the Walking Dead is going to give us a front-row seat.

Despite numerous drawbacks, Karr is to be commended for his exhaustive research into Day of the Dead.

Wyrmwood is a chaotic grindhouse explosion of gore, violence, and jokes. Splatter fans with twisted senses of humor are going to love this.

Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead is a gore-filled masterpiece with low-brow humor practically dripping off the screen.

[REC] 4: Apocalypse was a satisfying film, filled with edge-of-your-seat scares, top-notch gore combined with excellent direction and performances.

Dead Within could almost be described as The Yellow Wallpaper of the Zombie Apocalypse genre.

The Returned is a very good film. It just didn't connect wth me on an emotional level.

If you're looking for gory kills or complex action sequences, The Battery is not the film for you.

It's worth a look, but if you're looking at entertainment value, go with The Dead and the Damned instead of the sequel.

Stalled is a wonderfully quirky independent comedy from the UK that takes a very simple, but effective, idea and spins it into gold.

Dead Rising: Watchtower was entertaining and tried to be something a little more complex than your typical zombie film.

The Dead 2: India, is about as inventive and exciting as its name.

This is a little different from the alternatives to the pragmatic acceptance of violence that we’ve gotten in The Walking Dead before now.

If you've got a beginner's interest in the mythology behind voodoo zombies, Zombies: When the Dead Walk isn't a bad place to start.

This is subject to change, of course, but for right now here is the schedule for the Psycho Drive-In Easter Zombie Movie Marathon 2015.

Don't forget one of the central underlying messages of The Walking Dead: civilization is a lie.

We are creeping toward the end of The Walking Dead Season Five and the tensions are beginning to ramp up.