The Zombie Research Society is dedicated to the historic, cultural and scientific study of the living dead. Our team of writers and Advisory Board members ...
Read More »TEDX TALK: WHY I STUDY SEXY MONSTERS
Exactly when did we start wanting sexy zombies? It seems to go against most of our undead inclinations when most of us crave carnage and ...
Read More »REAL WALKING DEAD OF TANA TORAJA & BRITAIN
Some time ago we published an article about a ceremony in Tana Toraja Regency of South Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, in which the deceased, having died ...
Read More »WELCOME TO THE ZOMBIE RENAISSANCE
There’s never been a better time for zombies — or, more to the point, for fans of zombies. Everywhere you look, the zombie is making ...
Read More »‘DOC OF THE DEAD’ WORLD PREMIERE REVIEW
NOTE: Interviews with Director Alexandre O. Phillipe and Jonathan London on the Making of ‘Doc of the Dead’can be found below the review. As of ...
Read More »SOME CULTURES PREDISPOSED TO ZOMBIE-ISM
There is often a very fine line between myth and reality. Case in point. There are a number of psychoses with behavior connected to specific ...
Read More »POLL: 37% PREFER ZOMBIES OVER FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
A recent poll from Rasmussen Reports found that thirty-seven percent of Americans believe the undead would do a better job than the “brain dead” currently ...
Read More »BRENDAN RILEY EXPLAINS WHY WE CRAVE SCARES
Vince Gerasole recently set out to investigate the popularity of zombies at Statesville Haunted Prison, an award winning Halloween attraction just outside of Chicago, Illinois. ...
Read More »IS THE WALKING DEAD METALLICA’S BLACK ALBUM?
Contributing author Alfredo Torres is an adjunct professor of communications at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA where he wrote his master’s thesis on the ...
Read More »CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE WALKING DEAD
Many schools and universities have recently incorporated the walking dead into their studies. From science and technology to engineering and mathematics, the living dead can ...
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