28 Days Later

Posted by Ceridwen Posted on February 23, 2023 0 Comments

Posted in horror, movies, podcasts, post-apocalyptic, zombies Tagged 28 Days Later, Alex Garland, child zombies, Cillian Murphy, Night of the Comet, The Day of the Triffids, The Walking Dead

A still from 28 Days Later. A man in blue scrubs stands with his back to the viewer. In the background is a London streetscape empty of people and littered with trash.

Two Nerds decided to watch 28 Days Later again, partially because I wanted to see how closely it mapped to John Wyndham’s The Day of the Triffids — from which writer Alex Garland avowedly lifted the opening — and partially…

Pontypool

Posted by Ceridwen Posted on September 1, 2021 0 Comments

Posted in books, movies, podcasts, zombies Tagged 28 Days Later, Cell, language virus, People Live Still in Cashtown Corners, Pontypool, Pontypool Changes Everything, radio, shock jocks, Tony Burgess, War of the Worlds

We’ve been on hiatus for a bit, but we’re back with one of my favorite movies by one of my favorite writers: Pontypool. Tony Burgess adapted the screenplay from his novel, which is titled called Pontypool Changes Everything. Pontypool is…

Army of the Dead

Posted by Ceridwen Posted on June 22, 2021 0 Comments

Posted in books, movies, podcasts, post-apocalyptic, zombies Tagged 28 Days Later, Army of the Dead, Cell, Dawn of the Dead, Dead Set, George Romero, I am Legend, Land of the Dead, Night of the Comet, Night of the Living Dead, Return of the Living Dead, Serpent and the Rainbow, The Passage, The Strain, What We Become, Zach Snyder, Zombie in a Penguin Suit, Zombieland, Zone One

Cover for the film Night of the Living Dead: black and white photo of a girl with dee[ black rings around her eyes looking straight at the camera

Two Nerds sat down and watched the newest Zach Snyder movie, Army of the Dead, which is really exciting me because zombies are 100% my wheelhouse, and this the first zombie movie we’ve discussed. Like a Zach Snyder film, this…