The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – one of TV’s strangest ever franchises refuses to die
The jeopardy of a zombie show is surely whether the characters get bitten to death or not – but somehow the stars manage to survive endlessly. Will the spinoffs ever cease?
April 2024
28 Years Later: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes cast in sequel
The new film marks the reunion of director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland, who created 2002’s 28 Days Later starring Oscar winner Cillian Murphy
January 2024
First look review
Handling the Undead review – sad, slow-burn zombie drama is less gore, more grief
28 Years Later: Danny Boyle and Alex Garland reportedly reuniting for third zombie film
Despite a fairly predictable story, first-time director Steven Pierce makes some interesting tweaks to the formula with a final act that confounds expectations
April 2023
Dead Island 2 review – rollicking zombie hack-n-slasher has missed its moment
Hacking at the undead in post-apocalyptic LA is a lot of fun, but the game’s delayed release has made it sluggish and limited
January 2023
The Last of Us: episode by episode
The Last of Us recap episode two – nightmare at the museum
An attack by the clickers is horrific and explosive – no matter how many times you watch it – but Joel and Ellie’s chemistry is a joy to behold
August 2022
Day Shift review – Jamie Foxx staggers through fangs-for-nothing vampire flick
A down-at-heel hero fires wooden bullets at boring bloodthirsty villains in this unexciting and unfunny action comedy
February 2022
Wyrmwood: Apocalypse review – gnarly zombie mayhem in splatterific sequel
Credit due: Tara Reid’s amazing work ethic is a talent we can all admire
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January 2022
All of Us Are Dead: Netflix’s Korean zombie show will blow you away
This South Korean monster series in a high school is a world-beating piece of doomy existentialism. Bring on more of it
December 2021
Rhik Samadder tries something new
Rhik Samadder tries … fencing: ‘Now I’m ready for the zombie apocalypse’
I get to wear a natty white jacket, insectoid mask and hold an épée like a pistol – my inner child could not be happier. En garde!
September 2021
Stream team
Zombieland: a zombie movie so enjoyable you almost want to join the apocalypse
Carpool through a zombie plague with a stellar cast including Woody Harrelson and Emma Stone in this 2009 genre romp
August 2021
The Antonioni of splatter: welcome to the gruesomely elegant world of Lucio Fulci
Be it face-eating spiders, punctured eyeballs or a deadly snail attack, Fulci staked his claim as Godfather of Gore with dreamy languor and plenty of blood
June 2021
Solved
Undead on arrival: should zombies run or lurch?
From 28 Days Later to Army of the Dead, fast zombies are everywhere – but aren’t they supposed to be slow and unsteady?
May 2021
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Streaming: Army of the Dead and cinema’s best zombie films
Zach Snyder’s new Las Vegas zombie heist romp shows film’s long love affair with the undead is very much alive and kicking
Zack Snyder: ‘I don’t have a rightwing political agenda. People see what they want to see’
As his latest film Army of the Dead hits Netflix, the Justice League director takes time to answer questions from fans and collaborators
Army of the Dead review – Zack Snyder’s zombie splatterfest is a wit-free zone
A muscle-bound crew of mercenaries infiltrate a Las Vegas full of zombies in Snyder’s uninspired Netflix horror-thriller
April 2021
Forget Everything and Run review – scenic zombie adventure lacks bite
Full of resonance, this low-budget actioner about a world struck by a deadly virus flatlines after a promising opening act
February 2021
Pandemic epics or great escapes? What classic movies might tell us about post-Covid Hollywood
Should we expect hordes of allegorical aliens and zombies – or a soothing succession of romcoms and musicals? Cinema history offers some clues