Zombie Studies 101
Zombie Studies is our section devoted to editorials on the topic of the undead. Here you will learn about the best zombie films, how to survive the undead and so much more important items in Zombie Studies. If you would like to contribute an editorial to this section please feel free to email

Zombies in a Twilight World
Millions of teens and tweens have been swooning over the vampires of Twilight because they break stereotypes… and they sparkle. What would happen if zombies were given the Twilight treatment? Decomposition:  Everything in the world of Twilight has to be beautiful ... Ways to Make Zombies G-rated for Television
AMC is bringing the Walking Dead to the small screen in a bold move to create a zombie television series, but with such graphic staples such as flesh eating and grievous wounds, I had to wonder how they are going to make this suitable for the standards and practices peo... What Do Zombies Mean To You?
Pardon me, if I get a little nostalgic for a second and talk about zombies and what they have meant to me. My fascination began as a child watching George Romero's Dawn of the Dead at the tender age of 4. I remember how everything about that movie scared the hell out of... Foods Even A Zombie Wouldn't Eat
Zombies are known for their predilection for brains, intestines and other human body parts, but believe it or not we humans eat a wide variety of nasty foods that makes the occasional pull and tug of the intestines pale by comparison. Here are five foods that might ev... Children's Television Made Better With Zombies
As a man with three small children, I spend much of my time watching children’s television. Most of them I don’t mind and can actually enjoy, but there are several that make me want to chew off my own arm. Hence, my zombie muse was awoken and children&rsqu... 5 Chick Flicks Better With Zombies
Men all hate the thought of being roped into a marathon of chick flicks, and would chew our own arms off if it meant getting out of it. We don’t care about her dying father.  We don’t care if she wants to get her kids back. We don’t care about her... Top 10 Bloodiest Zombie Movie Body Counts
LostHighway inspired this editorial when he mentioned a site devoted to bodycounts in movies which led to this editorial featuring the Top 10 Zombie movie Bodycounts and the results may or may not surprise you. Let us adventure on starting from #10 all the way to #1 Blo... When the Head's Not an Option: Zombie Battle Anatomy
Everyone knows that the only way to re-kill a zombie is to inflict major head trauma, causing significant damage to the brain. This is great in theory, but there will be times when that fatal head shot may not be available and you will be forced to look for an alternati... Canceled TV Shows That Could Have Been Saved by Zombies
It has been a heartbreaking year on television with a plethora of good and not-so-good programs being canceled. I can’t help, but think that an small infusion of zombie blood into these shows may have been the pick me up that would have led to them being picked up... Zombie Actions Debunked, Explained
We have all watched, in countless movies, as zombies ripped the flesh off the bones of innocent humans and swallowed intestines whole. These images were the fuel that feeds the fires of many nightmares and have been the subject of survival books. How many of these frigh... The Deadliest Undead Animals
There have been countless movies about people being turned into zombies, but what about the other species in the world? Why would a virus, poison gas or magical spell effect humans, but Fido and Fluffy, the family pets, be completely immune from the flesh eating tendenc... The Best and Worst Restaurants to Hide From Zombies
You’re walking down a regular nondescript city street when suddenly zombies come out of the woodwork. You have to make a quick decision on where to hide out. You look around and see only your standard strip mall fare: fast food, bar, commercial sit-down restaurant... Worlds Deadliest Warriors vs Zombies
I have been watching SpikeTV’s Worlds Deadliest warriors and it has inspired me to compare warriors against the greatest threat mankind will ever see... zombies. So I have selected 5 of the worlds deadliest warriors and will pit them against zombies to see which w... Worst Places to Hide from Zombies
When the zombie apocalypse comes – not if, but when – you are going to have a variety of spots to hide from the undead horde. Some of these spots will be ideal and will make a great fortress to while away the weeks until the food and water run out and others... Signs Your in a Bad Zombie Movie
I think any zombie lover worth his or her salt has thought about what it would be like to be in a zombie movie and fight off the hordes of the undead. It doesn’t matter if we put ourselves in a Romero classic or that bad B-movie that was on sale at Blockbuster, bu... Top 5 Way to Kill a Zombie
There are a thousand different ways to kill a zombie, but some ways are more effective than others. Going after a zombie with a chainsaw might be cool looking, but you will be kissing your butt goodbye pretty quick. There are the top 5 ways to kill a zombie quickly and ... Actors You Wanted to See in Zombieland
Zombieland rejuvenated the zombie horror genre, taking it away from the stylized action movies like Resident Evil and bringing it back to the horror/dark comedy that it was always meant to be.  It may be hard to think of someone else playing the likes of Wichita or... Action Heroes Vs. Zombies
We all grew up with some of our favorite action stars blowing up and beating the crap out of everyone they saw. They could overcome seemingly insurmountable odds and save the world from nefarious evil doers without so much as getting a hair out of place. How would some ... Five Most Predictable Zombie/ Horror Movie Moves
When you are watching a zombie movie, or horror movie in general, there are things that happen that just seem inexplicable. They are actions that seem either so out of character or out of the realm of common sense that they border on ridiculous. In reality, they are plo... Five Children's Stories Made Better With Zombies
Many children’s books are like being on a trippy LSD flashback mixed with the cute and fuzzy feelings that make you want bash your head into a wall.  One aspect that has been lacking in many children’s literature are the flesh eating undead. I mean if y... Top 6 Infection Horror Movies
I love zombie movies but another close forerunner to the zombie movie is the infection based plague films. Apocalyptic films about mans destruction based on apocalyptic plagues are very close to the zombie genre in many ways and as such I wanted to take a minute and lis... Zombie Origins and Mythology
Do you ever wonder where the idea of the zombie came from? Cultures across the world, dating back thousands of years, have legends and lore about the dead coming back to haunt, terrorize and occasionally eat the living. Romero may be the king, but he was not the first ... 5 Reasons Life is Better as a Zombie
Let’s face it, zombies have and always will get a bad rap in the horror industry. They don’t have the super strength and mesmerism of vampires. (If you are into that Twilight crap, they don’t sparkle in sunlight either like those sissy vampires.) They ... Zombie Survival Field Manual
It’s important to know the dos and don’ts when dealing with flesh eating zombies. Luckily the SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD zombie identification field manual is now available providing helpful hints to keep you alive when attacked by the undead. &n... Brock Cooper's 5 Worst Zombie Movies
I have seen more than my fair share of zombie movies over the years and while many can be raucous romps of mayhem and destruction, occasionally a stinker comes along that is beyond redemption. There are a myriad of reasons that a zombie movie can go wrong.  De... 10 Things To Never Do In a Zombie Movie
I have seen enough zombie movies to know what you should and should not do when the undead hordes begin knocking on your door. Alas, these poor people in the movies always seem to fall right into the same old deadly routines. (It’s almost like it wasn’t even... Zombie Movie FX: The Blue and the Gray ... With a Tinge of Green
I grew up in the era before computer generated graphics and super realistic 3D and instead was weaned on latex rubber and fake blood. In the movies I watched, the only difference between the zombies and their afternoon snack was the pasty blue and gray make-up tinged wi... The Great Zombie Copout
There are certain things that are staples in zombie films and you can not or should not change. Zombies eat people, people run away from zombies and there should never ever be a zombie hamster. One aspect of the zombies that can and should change is how they come about... Brock Coopers Top 10 Zombie Movies
There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of zombie movies that have been created through the decades. They range from the truly horrifying like the Romero classics to the satirical and at times farcical Return of the Living Dead movies. In an effort to let my mi... 5 Disney Movies Better with Zombies
When it comes to Disney movies, there are two things that come to my mind – cheesy animation and death. Yes, I said death. You can’t seem to have a Disney movie without someone dying or being already dead by the opening credits. Who didn’t stand back... Zombie Semantics
In a world where political correctness is more prevalent than political honesty, I can’t help but think about what the undead would want to be called if you were to meet them on the street or at an undead rights rally.  Zombie. Undead. Living Impaired. Zombi... Zombies: To Shamble Or Not to Shamble
I admit that when it comes to zombie movement, I am a purist.  A zombie shouldn’t be winning the 50-meter dash or leaping tall buildings in a single bound – they shamble. Yet, there has been a disturbing trend to provide the undead with almost superhu... 5 Great Foreign Zombie Movies
What I love most about the zombie genre is the fact that it offers so much for so many different people. One of my favourite parts of the Zombie genre are the comedies but equal parts of my love is for the foreign zombie movies. You are in luck today since this go aroun... The Hot Zombie
It’s true confessions time here at shootforthehead.com. How many of you got a bit of a stiffy after seeing the hot zombie from Return of the Living Dead 3? You know the one I am talking about; glass shards shooting out of everywhere and a penchant for eating peopl... You might be a Zombie Addict if …
There are those of us out there that think zombies are more than just mindless eating machines and have become our undead rock stars. Jerry Garcia eat OUR heart out. We sit for hours in make-up chairs as our friends plaster on green and blue make-up for that zombie p... The Zombie Diet, Why Eat People?
One thing I have never really been able to understand about the zombie lifestyle is really their defining characteristic – Why eat people? I mean reanimated corpse or not, why decide to chomp on a juicy 20-something college student instead of a T-bone. I know wha... 4 Xbox Arcade Zombie Games To Checkout
With the release of two new zombie themed games on Xbox Live Arcade in the last few weeks I figured now would be a great time to go over some of the zombie goodness that the Xbox Live Arcade has to offer. At the end there will also be a little bit of information and tra... Five TV Shows That Would Be Better With Zombies
It seems like every time I start watching a new TV show I can't help but think about how much better it would be if it included zombies. I think this stems from the fact that there's not really any zombie-based programming currently on TV, which is one of the world's gr... 5 Best Zombie Movies of 2009
2009 has come to an end and its time to take a peak back at the Top 5 Zombie movies of 2009. There were lots of great zombie movies released and I tried to catch as many of them as I could and some were fantastic.. some not so much. So here are the 5 Zombie films from 2... How to Survive a Zombie OutBreak
How did the zombies rise? Is it viral? Is it radiation from a crashed satellite? Toxic chemicals? Or magic? You know what? It really doesn't matter. When you're surrounded on all sides by undead creatures who want nothing more than to rip chunks of your sweet tender fl... The Zombie Sub Sandwich
Ever since Subway was founded back in 1965 by Fred De Luca and Peter Buck, there have been quests-- expeditions even-- to find the 'Perfect Sub'. Today, I come to you with 'The Zombie', my own personal-- though probably not original-- submarine sandwich. If you think yo... 4 Zombie Movies You May Not Have Heard of
Time to have some fun and take a look at four zombie movies that with any luck some of you have never heard of before. Some of these movies have been released and some have never seen the light of day which is frankly a real shame. So without any further ado here are&nb... 5 Zombie Comedies Everyone Should See
Time to take a look at 5 zombie comedies that every zombie loving fiend should at the very least check out and if not own... and more importantly why. This list is by no means the Top 5 but it is definitely give that in my view if you have not seen... you really can not... 10 Of the Best Zombie Movies
Time for the first edition of Zombie studies. This go around we are writing about the Top 10 Zombie Movies. Those of you who are zombie fans should know that doing a top 10 list of zombie movies is pretty damn hard. I will not pretend that this is the be all end all lis...

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