Zombies Archives - Unwinnable

A still from the trailer of Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things, where the three young adults are dressed in their 70s weirdo finest, in front of some wood paneled walls, caressing a corpse and laughing at their hijinks

It’s a Boneyard: Revisiting Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things (1972) on 4K

By Orrin Grey • January 19th, 2023

Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things is a fairly accurate portrait of what macabre weirdos like us got up to – or imagined ourselves getting up to – in the days before we had the internet to distract us.

screenshot from Nightmare at noon, with four characters hiding out in a starkly lit police office. A giant framed collection of patched leans against the wall, while the officers lean on various bits of furniture and look forlorn

Meat and Potatoes Country: Nightmare at Noon (1988) on Blu-ray

By Orrin Grey • December 23rd, 2022

To an enormous extent, your enjoyment of (and even tolerance for) Nightmare at Noon will rely largely on how much affection you have for these actors, since they’re the beating heart of the film.

A small castle surrounded by green farmland. This is a screenshot from the game They Are Billions, originally taken by Steam User Killer Rabbit

An Exercise in Being Prey

By David Shimomura • December 18th, 2017

They Are Billions is a game about becoming a bigger, fatter, juicer piece of meat and being surrounded by starving hordes.

The Dumb, the Rapid, and the Bloated: 14 Years of Underworld and Resident Evil

By Amanda Hudgins • January 30th, 2017

“Coming out in 2003 and 2002, respectively, the movies in these series are critic-proof, popcorn encrusted waifu action spectacles.”

Here's the Thing

Getting Over Metal Gear Survive

By Rob Rich • October 11th, 2016

People need to stop pretending that they wouldn’t be lapping it up if it was the self-proclaimed “auteur’s” idea in the first place.

Panels & Frames: Fun With the Dead

By Ian Gonzales • November 14th, 2013

Hi, I am Ian Gonzales and I have opinions. I’ve been writing for Unwinnable since the summer of 2010. I mostly write about comic books and movies (hence the title, Panels & Frames) and I curate our annual Best Comics list. This is a place where I will ruminate on whatever catches my fancy or my ire in this all encompassing box we call culture. So, here we are. Today, I am here to write about zombies.

Tag: Zombies

It’s a Boneyard: Revisiting Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things (1972) on 4K

Meat and Potatoes Country: Nightmare at Noon (1988) on Blu-ray

An Exercise in Being Prey

The Dumb, the Rapid, and the Bloated: 14 Years of Underworld and Resident Evil

Getting Over Metal Gear Survive

Panels & Frames: Fun With the Dead

Survival of the Geekiest

All in My Head: A DayZ Journal – Part 4

All in My Head: A DayZ Journal – Part 3

All in My Head: A DayZ Journal – Part 2