The Truth About Zombies
My name is Erin and I am not a zombie, though my boyfriend, the gangster, Ryu, and the ghoul, Clément, tried to make one of me. They nearly succeeded, too, but Clément blew it—as he usually does—and although I no longer speak, appear to be totally apathetic, and exhibit other zombie-like behaviors, I was not really “made” in the traditional sense. I still have my will. If you read the official accounts, you’ll find that Erin Orison, the talented and rebellious only daughter of American ambassador,...
Dead Love: Zombie Anima...
Caging animals is just … wrong, like caging zombies (remember Survival of the Dead?). So I’m really glad they let the cat out of the bag, so to speak, at Zombie Zoo, purveyors of undead animals and creepy critters … in fleece. Apparently zookeeper and creator Neecy...
Dead Love: Post Apocaly...
Valentine’s Day approaches, Dead Lovers. As you may or may not recall, that is when this site was launched exactly one year ago. So DO expect some excitement from the Dead Love cast as the day draws nearer. As for me, it inspired another poem—a love poem—one that might explain why...
Dead Love: Jay Chou Mak...
Kato, the Green Hornet’s mysterious aide de camp, has never been cooler. I am a total pushover for a cute Asian dude—take, for instance, my inexplicable fascination with Ryu—so no surprise that Jay Chou is a current heartthrob. This is the role that made Bruce Lee famous, although...
Dead Love: Zombies Inva...
A favorite ZIA member wants other locals to know that two great old Jacques Tourneur films, Cat People (1942) and I Walked with a Zombie (1943) are showing tonight—Monday, January 24th—at the Stanford Theatre at 6:10pm (zombies), 7:30pm (cat people), and 8:45pm (zombies). Don’t...
Dead Love: Zombie Con A...
How to be a zombie Con artist? First you need to know that there are some enormous Cons out there, and by that I mean Sci-fi and Fantasy Conventions. Some of them get pretty freaky, like Arisia, which returned to Boston for its 22nd year last weekend. The panels and events were ever so...
11. Blame it on the Fug...
Ryu was especially fond of fugu. He loved the flush that suffused his body as his heart went into overdrive, the slight mist of perspiration that formed on his upper lip and brow, the gentle numbing of his extremities and the way the world around him seemed to soften and bend as he...
Dead Love: Happy Birthd...
E.A. Poe would be 202 years old today, and if he were up and able to hop around and maybe hold a pen or bang on a keyboard, he’d surely be the subject of one of his own works. As far as the undead hordes are concerned, ol’ E.A. will never die. He lives on in the pages of...