Day of the Dead

April 2nd 2024

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Now that Hulu and Disney+ are fully integrated, put your subscription to good use by watching these cult horror and sci-fi picks.

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March 3rd 2024

Mark Dodson, Gremlins and Star Wars Voice Actor, Has Died at Age 64

Dodson's voice acting career also included the Ghostrunner games, plus Darkwing Duck and Neverwinter.

Movies Justin Carter Mar 3

July 6th 2022

Get Your First Peek Inside Dungeons & Dragons‘ New Radiant Citadel Anthology

And get an exclusive look at one of the 13 adventures awaiting the players who journey to the bastion outside space.

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October 29th 2021

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Plus, get a sneak peek at Henry Selick and Jordan Peele's creepy new animated movie.

io9 James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Oct 29

October 15th 2021

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Revisit Day of the Dead for a Reminder That Sometimes Zombies Deserve to Win

George A. Romero's spectacularly gory 1985 horror classic is well worth a retro rewatch.

io9 Reviews Cheryl Eddy Oct 15

September 16th 2021

Candyman‘s Nia DaCosta Opens Up About the Idea Behind Tony Todd’s Cameo

Nia DaCosta's horror film Candyman introduced a new twist to the old legend, while also bringing back original star Tony Todd.

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Sep 16

August 30th 2021

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Teases Our First Look at a New Hero

Plus a new version of Salem's Lot is on the way from It 's Gary Dauberman.

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Aug 30

July 29th 2021

Disney’s Haunted Mansion Movie May Have Found Its Stars

Plus, James Gunn has hopes for more DC projects after Suicide Squad and Peacemaker .

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Jul 29

July 25th 2021

Syfy’s Day of the Dead Gives SDCC 2021 a First Look at TV’s Newest Zombie Tale

Day of the Dead showrunners Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas and others discussed the George A. Romero-inspired horror survival series.

Television Cheryl Eddy Jul 25

June 3rd 2021

George A. Romero’s Wife Suzanne on His Horror Legacy and ‘Lost’ Film The Amusement Park

Zombie movie king George A. Romero passed away in 2017, but his legacy will live on forever in his work—including, now, an early 1970s “lost” film that’s soon debuting on Shudder. To learn more about The Amusement Park, io9 hopped on a video call with Suzanne Desrocher-Romero, the late filmmaker’s wife. The Amusement Park was…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Jun 3

April 30th 2021

Twilight of the Dead, George A. Romero’s Final Zombie Film, Might Actually Get Made

The father of the modern zombie film might have his final statement on the genre finished from beyond the grave. Those circumstances are incredibly sad, but also gruesomely poetic. Before iconic filmmaker George A. Romero died in 2017, he was reportedly working on a new film called Twilight of the Dead. Romero saw it as…

Movies Germain Lussier Apr 30

April 14th 2021

Army Of the Dead‘s Zombies Are Organizing

There are many corporations that work hard to keep workers from unionizing, and Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead appears to be a zombie movie attempting to explain the most important reason why: there’s power in numbers. Fresh off the heels of Zack Snyder’s Justice League’s truly surprising all right-ness, Netflix dropped Army of the…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Apr 14

October 14th 2020

Star Trek’s Alex Kurtzman Has Big Plans for Nearly a Decade of Space Adventures

Brightburn’s David Yarovesky is teaming with Krysten Ritter for a new horror anthology. Syfy’s Day of the Dead show finds its cast. Clive Barker wants to bring Ectokid back. Plus, Regina King is helping produce a new supernatural drama for the CW, and what’s to come on Primal. Spoilers now! Night Books Krysten Ritter will…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Oct 14

February 28th 2020

Day of the Dead Will Live On as a New Television Series

At a time when fears about a potential global pandemic are on the rise, yet another series about people fighting to survive in a world besieged by zombies is on its way to our small screens. Variety reports that Syfy’s greenlit a 10-episode adaptation of George Romero’s Day of the Dead, the 1985 film that…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 28

November 25th 2018

The Walking Dead Executive Producer Greg Nicotero Reminisces About Working With George Romero

Before he was a formative presence on The Walking Dead, Greg Nicotero worked as an assistant for Tom Savini on George Romero’s 1985 classic Day of the Dead. Recently, he reminisced on working with the late director, and he’s got some great stories to tell from the experience. Nicotero, who works as an EP, special…

Movies Julie Muncy Nov 25

July 18th 2018

Creepshow Is Being Resurrected on TV Thanks to The Walking Dead’s Greg Nicotero

The nostalgia revival train keeps on chugging. This time it’s George A. Romero and Stephen King’s ‘80s anthology Creepshow.

Television Jill Pantozzi Jul 18

November 2nd 2017

Pixar’s Coco Is Basically Back to the Future With Dead People Instead of Time Travel

Watching Coco, I couldn’t stop thinking about Back to the Future. Both films are about young men who travel to an impossible place and have to solve an issue with their family. Both feature the traveling character fading out of existence, they both play the guitar, both films feature important musical performances—and both hinge on…

Movies Germain Lussier Nov 2

June 24th 2015

The 9 Most Awesomely Disturbing Zombie Movie Death Scenes

Zombie movies are, by design, all about death. Zombies kill humans, humans kill zombies, humans become zombies and are killed again, etc. What sets an exceptional zombie movie apart from the brain-munching pack? The gruesome creativity of its death scenes. Here are nine of our favorites. 1. Zombi 2 From the Lucio Fulci masterpiece that…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Jun 24

October 29th 2014

All the Gory Details You Ever Wanted About Making Day of the Dead

Zombie fans! Sink your bloody choppers into Lee Karr’s new book The Making of George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead — a film-history tome written with more enthusiasm (and references to severed limbs) than most. Night of the Living Dead is a horror classic. Dawn of the Dead is a cult classic, with a…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Oct 29

October 20th 2014

Watch The Book Of Life Director’s Day Of The Dead-Themed Student Film

Book of Life director Jorge Gutierrez wowed us with his stunning visuals and his portrayal of the Mexican Day of the Dead. And it’s clear from his student Emmy-award-winning short film that he’s been playing with these designs and themes for a while. Gutierrez made Carmelo as his CalArts thesis film in 2000. And even…

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 20

Day of the Dead

The 10 Weirdest Movies to Watch on Hulu Right Now

Mark Dodson, Gremlins and Star Wars Voice Actor, Has Died at Age 64

Get Your First Peek Inside Dungeons & Dragons‘ New Radiant Citadel Anthology

Updates From Moonfall, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and More

Revisit Day of the Dead for a Reminder That Sometimes Zombies Deserve to Win

Candyman‘s Nia DaCosta Opens Up About the Idea Behind Tony Todd’s Cameo

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Teases Our First Look at a New Hero

Disney’s Haunted Mansion Movie May Have Found Its Stars

Syfy’s Day of the Dead Gives SDCC 2021 a First Look at TV’s Newest Zombie Tale

George A. Romero’s Wife Suzanne on His Horror Legacy and ‘Lost’ Film The Amusement Park

Twilight of the Dead, George A. Romero’s Final Zombie Film, Might Actually Get Made

Army Of the Dead‘s Zombies Are Organizing

Star Trek’s Alex Kurtzman Has Big Plans for Nearly a Decade of Space Adventures

Day of the Dead Will Live On as a New Television Series

The Walking Dead Executive Producer Greg Nicotero Reminisces About Working With George Romero

Creepshow Is Being Resurrected on TV Thanks to The Walking Dead’s Greg Nicotero

Pixar’s Coco Is Basically Back to the Future With Dead People Instead of Time Travel

The 9 Most Awesomely Disturbing Zombie Movie Death Scenes

All the Gory Details You Ever Wanted About Making Day of the Dead

Watch The Book Of Life Director’s Day Of The Dead-Themed Student Film

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