Dickerson to Helm UN-DEAD

Is this book out? I can't seem to find anything on it.

All I can say is "thank god it isn't another zombie movie!" Talk about running a genre into the ground. I did a search too for the book...nothing under the title or the author. Must be on the shelves until they are about to release the film. Which is an odd choice since it is one of Stoker's decendants. BTW, what is up with the Creepshow 3 straight to DVD film? I've never even heard of it. Last I heard they were "remaking" Creepshow. What is the skinny?

I can't find anything on the book either. Maybe it's going to be one of these deals where the book is issued simultaneously with the movie.

The idea is certainly interesting, though I would like to know more of the plot. BTW, you can never have too many zombie flicks!

How can you say that zombie films are being ran into the ground, if anything I would say that zombie films over the past five year have been the best and most well done horror films we have seen lately. For example, "Land of the Dead", "Dawn of the Dead (remake)", "28 Days Later", "28 Weeks Later", and who can leave out "Shawn of the Dead." I'm sorry, but I totally disagree with you. I love the whole Zombie idea, and the fact that most of them have been recent successes means that they should keep on trucking with them.

Yeah, I have to agree... Budlight is less filling! But besides that I have no problem with zombie flicks these days. The fanboys can complain about "zombies" being able to run instead of just lurching and dragging but I like it. It definitely adds some serious drama. Zombies are scary enough but every time I watched the old flicks I kept on thinking, that there was no way they could catch anyone. They are too damn slow. These zombie ala 28 Days Later freak me out. Some of them are fast as hell, especially in 28 Weeks Later. They must have hired some track stars to play some of those zombies. Anyway, anything is better than the crap that Eli Roth churns out like Hostel.

I didn't think "HOSTEL" was that bad. I don't, however, think they need to make a second one. I'm with you on "running zombies". Carl Lewis ain't no joke. They're relentless and don't seem to get tired.

I read an interesting analysis recently of the use of three major categories of monsters in literature and film: zombies, ghosts, and vampires. Zombies are working stiffs, who mindlessly toil and appear to wander about aimlessly. They are dangerous only because they are so numerous, they overwhelm and crush our heroes. Ghosts are middle class folks. They are invisible and frustrated, and often forced to remain in one place forever. They inflict harm on our heroes through psychological terror/head games. Vampires are the aristocrats of the monster world. They are well-dressed, aloof, and arrogant. They prey on their victims by sucking the life force from them. Based on this traditional treatment, it is breaking from tradition to have the slavering masses run at breakneck speed, because it implies an intelligence and purpose that zombies are not supposed to have. But it can still work within the context of a given film. It will be interesting to see if this new vampire film will stick to the classical formula, or move into new territory. Either way, I'm looking forwared to more info and a trailer.

hey mathman - where do werewolves fall?

Excellent question. In relation to society at large, I'd say they're also middle class. Werewolves abandon the civilizing influence of society, and pursue an animalistic path.