We all know it's coming.  We've seen the movies.  We've seen the Facebook tests.  We've seen it in the blank expressions of people shuffling off to their morning Starbucks... The zombie apocalypse.  Hoardes of the dead rising from their graves to feast upon the flesh and brains of the living.  We've seen the progression- from " Night of the Living Dead ", through it's dawn, and day until the world is the " Land of the Dead ". So, yeah- we all know it's coming.  The question is: "What do we do when it comes?"  Well, here's the answer: "Max Brooks' ' The Zombie Survival Guide ', that's what." This book, though obviously tongue-in-cheek, could very well be an honest to goodness survival guide.  It is well thought out, clear, precise, and logical in its approach to how one could survive a mass uprising of the feasting dead. " The Zombie Survival Guide " covers the "known facts" abo...

Basement contributor Matt Bellamy has taken it upon himself to watch and review at least one horror movie a day for the month of October . . . because he's awesome that way! Tonight, Bellamy sets aside his book-versus- movie bias and tackles War and Peace . . . I mean War and Zombies . . . I mean . . . What we have here is a zombie movie made for people who don't like zombies, that's about the best possible way I can sum it up. Don't like the slow moving, shambling walking dead? Not a fan of bloo d and gore? Would prefer pulse pounding action to being scared? This is the movie for you! What a slap in the face to people who love zombies and the horror genre in general and I find this to be a particularly offensive film given how strong the source material is. In case you weren't aware, this movie is based on a best selling novel written by Max Brooks and it's one of the greatest...

Jason: I'm pretty much done with zombies. Hollywood has taken yet another craze and beaten it to death with a severed limb. Zombies are popular. It's time to move on. But, and this is a heavy but, Hollywood did right by me with World War Z. We've done the small-band-of-survivors thing to death. Time to go big and go global. Give us a spectacle. That's what Hollywood does well, and they nailed it with World War Z. This is more of a virus movie where the virus happens to be zombies. I'm cool with that. We get to see swarms -- literally swarms -- of the living dead assault apartment buildings, cities and even unleashed on an airplane in flight. I loved that. Then shit gets toned down for the final act. Nice! No real blood or gore? Fine. I've got my indie flicks for that, and few indie flicks could go as epic as World War Z does. Every once in a while, I need that. As for casting Brad Pitt? He does his thing here, and he does it well. Mike S likes to poi...