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Damn The Dead by Phillip Tomaso

Phillip Tomasso is a fairly prolific author, especially in horror/supernatural categories. I added Damn the Dead to my reading queue months ago, and am just getting around to reading it. Evidently, although it is his new Arcadia series, it is a continuation in the sense that one of the main characters is from his Vaccination trilogy. That book is also on my to read list, but as I had scheduled Damn the Dead for this week it appears we’ll be looking at just how well this book stands apart from its predecessor. Synopsis: *Damn The Dead marks the beginning of an exciting new stand-alone series from Phillip Tomasso and takes place some 3 years after the conclusion of the best-selling Vaccination Trilogy. Even in the heat of the zombie apocalypse, a time must come to rebuild. Charlene McKinney and her friends are on the run in the mountain ranges of North Carolina. They’ve stolen an 18 wheeler filled with food

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May 20, 2015
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A Look At The New Series ‘Lucifer’ Coming To FOX

Over the past year news of TV adaptions of comic books and comic book characters has come frequently. Now DC’s character Lucifer from ‘The Sandman’ comics and it’s spin-off comic titled ‘Lucifer’, is joining the list of adaptions that includes ‘Constantine’, ‘Arrow’, ‘Preacher’, Robert Kirkman’s ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘Outcast’. The character ‘Lucifer’ was created by Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg and Sam Keith, which premiered in ‘The Sandman’ in 1989. The comic follows ‘Lucifer’ as he abandons his throne for the “shinning insanity” of LA. There he befriends a pop star, who is murdered in a drive by, in front of Lux, the night club that he owns. The murder stirs something in him and he vows to punish the people responsible. The detective assigned to the case, Chloe Dancer (Lauren German), is intrigued by Lucifer (Tom Ellis) and his ability to get the truth out of people. Together they set out to solve the case. ‘Lucifer’ is scripted by

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2015
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Stephen King and Joe Hill’s ‘In The Tall Grass’ Is Being Adapted For Film

Stephen King, the master of the horror novel, has another tale that is being adapted for a film. ‘In The Tall Grass’ is a collaboration between King and his son Joe Hill, which was published back in 2012 in Esquire magazine. You may recognize Hill as the writer of the novel adapted for 2013’s movie ‘Horns’ . The screenplay for ‘In The Tall Grass’ is being written by ‘Cube’ writer-director Vincenzo Natali, who also wrote several episodes of the cannibalistic series ‘Hannibal’ as well as writing and directing the 2009 movie ‘Splice’, that starred Adrian Brody. The film adaption of ‘In the Tall Grass’ is now in preproduction, but no other information is available at this time. The novella follows a young man and his sister, who is pregnant. The two end up fighting for their lives after responding to a young boy’s call for help in a field. Within minuets the two siblings are lost in the field. As

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 10, 2015
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Flesh Without Soul by Pochassic

Flesh Without Soul is the debut novel of author Pochassic. The book is different than many of the books I’ve reviewed here on ZADF because unlike many in our beloved sub-genre of zombie fiction, this novel is complete. It doesn’t attempt to jump start a series, it’s a stand alone story which is incredibly unique. Book Description: What would you do to save the world? Eliminate racism? End Religious intolerance? Or simply destroy evil all together? Michael Kerr, a recent drop out from his PHD program in bioengineering, is sure he can save the world. It’s a simple plan. Kill everyone on the planet who doesn’t believe in God. Problem is Michael’s unfaltering belief that he is the one and only true God. Now that his plan to cleanse the world has been unleashed all he needs to do is tie up a few loose ends. First save his sister Kara, who runs a small pizza joint in town, and

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Fox Emm
May 7, 2015
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‘Harbinger’ and ‘Bloodshot’ Being Adapted For The Big Screen

Valiant Entertainment has announced a five-picture arrangement with Sony. The deal will ensure that two of Valiant’s series ‘Harbinger’ and ‘Bloodshot’ will be headed to production for the big screen. ‘John Wick’ directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch will be teaming up to bring the screenplay, written by Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2) and ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ writer Eric Heisserer. The ‘Harbinger’ series follows a group of beings with super human abilities, who are on the run from an organization run by the mysterious Toyo Harada. ‘Harbinger’ was created by David Lapham and Jim Shooter, who was once the editor-in-chief of Marvel. ‘Boodshot’, created by Kevin VanHook, Bob Layton and Don Perlin about a soldier brought back to life by a government agency. After being revived with no memory, the soldier becomes a unstoppable, brutal killing machine. Each title will be have two movies, then will be tied together by ‘Harbinger Wars’, the fifth movie. The series will create

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 24, 2015
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Every Zombie Eats Somebody Sometime: A Book of Zombie Love Songs

This week I’m changing it up for the zombie comic or book review and am featuring a comedic parody book. Every Zombie Eats Somebody Sometime: A Book of Zombie Love Songs by Michael P. Spradlin and Illustrated by Jeff Weigel is an incredibly entertaining read and was a nice break from the depressing tales of the zombie-ridden wastelands that typically grace the would be shelves of ZADF. The premise of the book, according to the Author’s note, is that even zombies need love songs… Or rather, those left when the zombies strike, do. (If you’ve been watching the CW’s new series iZombie based on the comic of the same name, that would certainly seem to be true.) The basic idea is that sometime in your past with the love of your life (who is in all likelihood about to turn into zombie chow), you shared a favorite love song. This book is filled with zombie themed parodies to remind you

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Fox Emm
Apr 23, 2015
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Odium by Claire C. Riley

Odium (Dead Saga Book 1) by Claire C. Riley is a book I’ve had on my ‘to read’ radar for a while. I was intrigued by the idea that Riley polled Facebook users in order to use them in her book. As far as indie authors go, especially those who write zombies or horror fiction, she had a decent pool to choose from with over 3,000 Facebook fans at her disposal. (A feat for small scale publishing, to be sure.) Her website claims that she intends to bring a modern spin to classic horror. The site also named Romero as one of her influences, so I was optimistic to say the least. Description: It’s better to die by the gun than die by the dead. Nina’s life was irrevocably changed when humanity’s dead began to rise. Now, she lives behind the walls. The barricaded cities, erected by the government to protect the remnants of civilization, have become a brutal dictatorship-

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Fox Emm
Apr 15, 2015
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Planet Urth (Book 1) by Jennifer & Christopher Martrucci

Planet Urth (Book 1) by Jennifer & Christopher Martucci is different than the majority of the zombie fiction I have reviewed on Zombie Apocalypse Defense Force because it isn’t actually intended to be zombie fiction, but it still is a very interesting, relevant read for zombie fans. The world has changed. It’s dangerous, deadly. Inhuman creatures rule the planet. Animals have mutated. The land is hostile. But it’s all I’ve ever known. Hunger. Fear. Panic. Those emotions are my reality. They are my every day. I am Avery, and I am seventeen. My father died a year ago. Since then I’ve been responsible for my eight-year-old sister, June. I worry we are the only humans left. Humans have been hunted for centuries, to the brink of extinction. I must fight each day to protect my sister. It is the reason I wake, the reason I breathe. But how long can I go on fighting? How long will it be before

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Fox Emm
Apr 9, 2015
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Nathan Reid’s Supernatural Horror ‘Prey: The Light In The Dark’

Producer Nathan Reid has begun production on his latest film ‘Prey: The Light In The Dark’. Prey’ is based on the graphic novel series by the name ‘Prey: The Beginning’, created by Reid and written by Curtis Clark . This supernatural action film follows a criminal who is transformed into Prey, who can now speak with the dead and is set on righting the injustices that led to their deaths. ‘Prey: The Light Meets The Dark’ will be directed by Mike Grier. Nathan Reid teamed up with Curtis A. Clark to write the script. The film will star ‘X-Men’ actor Tyler Mane as Prey. Oded Fehr, who starred in ‘The Mummy’ and ‘Resident Evil 4’, stars alongside Mykel Shannon Jenkins, known for ‘Undisputed 3’. Masashi Odate (The Last Samurai), Troy Brenna (Thor), Meg Wren (I Am Ali) and many others are on this is movie’s very impressive list of cast members. The release date has not been announced. We will

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 8, 2015
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Dead Days Season One Episode Two by Ryan Casey

(Pardon the author picture. The only cover image I could find for Episode Two was tiny!) Back in January I reviewed Ryan Casey’s best selling Dead Days Season One, Episode One. He was kind enough to send me a copy of the Dead Days Complete Season One Collection (Books 1-6) that is currently available on Amazon (and a myriad of other retailers) to check out and review. So far I have only gotten through Season One Episode Two, but what a ride! Scene Description: 5/5 I may have said it before, but I’ll say it again. I love Casey’s writing style. The level of detail put into each and every scene really drives whatever emotion or action is featured home. There are truly devastating scenes in Dead Days S1E2, just as there are thrilling action sequences. Although the description is often gory (as zombie fiction tends to mandate…), it is still eloquent and very beautiful. My favorite comparison comes from

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Fox Emm
Mar 29, 2015

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Damn The Dead by Phillip Tomaso

Phillip Tomasso is a fairly prolific author, especially in horror/supernatural categories. I added Damn the Dead to my reading queue months ago, and am just getting around to reading it. Evidently, although it is his new Arcadia series, it is a continuation in the sense that one of the main characters is from his Vaccination trilogy. That book is also on my to read list, but as I had scheduled Damn the Dead for this week it appears we’ll be looking at just how well this book stands apart from its predecessor. Synopsis: *Damn The Dead marks the beginning of an exciting new stand-alone series from Phillip Tomasso and takes place some 3 years after the conclusion of the best-selling Vaccination Trilogy. Even in the heat of the zombie apocalypse, a time must come to rebuild. Charlene McKinney and her friends are on the run in the mountain ranges of North Carolina. They’ve stolen an 18 wheeler filled with food

Continue reading →
Fox Emm
May 20, 2015
Horror Fuel

A Look At The New Series ‘Lucifer’ Coming To FOX

Over the past year news of TV adaptions of comic books and comic book characters has come frequently. Now DC’s character Lucifer from ‘The Sandman’ comics and it’s spin-off comic titled ‘Lucifer’, is joining the list of adaptions that includes ‘Constantine’, ‘Arrow’, ‘Preacher’, Robert Kirkman’s ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘Outcast’. The character ‘Lucifer’ was created by Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg and Sam Keith, which premiered in ‘The Sandman’ in 1989. The comic follows ‘Lucifer’ as he abandons his throne for the “shinning insanity” of LA. There he befriends a pop star, who is murdered in a drive by, in front of Lux, the night club that he owns. The murder stirs something in him and he vows to punish the people responsible. The detective assigned to the case, Chloe Dancer (Lauren German), is intrigued by Lucifer (Tom Ellis) and his ability to get the truth out of people. Together they set out to solve the case. ‘Lucifer’ is scripted by

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2015
Horror Fuel

Stephen King and Joe Hill’s ‘In The Tall Grass’ Is Being Adapted For Film

Stephen King, the master of the horror novel, has another tale that is being adapted for a film. ‘In The Tall Grass’ is a collaboration between King and his son Joe Hill, which was published back in 2012 in Esquire magazine. You may recognize Hill as the writer of the novel adapted for 2013’s movie ‘Horns’ . The screenplay for ‘In The Tall Grass’ is being written by ‘Cube’ writer-director Vincenzo Natali, who also wrote several episodes of the cannibalistic series ‘Hannibal’ as well as writing and directing the 2009 movie ‘Splice’, that starred Adrian Brody. The film adaption of ‘In the Tall Grass’ is now in preproduction, but no other information is available at this time. The novella follows a young man and his sister, who is pregnant. The two end up fighting for their lives after responding to a young boy’s call for help in a field. Within minuets the two siblings are lost in the field. As

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 10, 2015
Horror Fuel

Flesh Without Soul by Pochassic

Flesh Without Soul is the debut novel of author Pochassic. The book is different than many of the books I’ve reviewed here on ZADF because unlike many in our beloved sub-genre of zombie fiction, this novel is complete. It doesn’t attempt to jump start a series, it’s a stand alone story which is incredibly unique. Book Description: What would you do to save the world? Eliminate racism? End Religious intolerance? Or simply destroy evil all together? Michael Kerr, a recent drop out from his PHD program in bioengineering, is sure he can save the world. It’s a simple plan. Kill everyone on the planet who doesn’t believe in God. Problem is Michael’s unfaltering belief that he is the one and only true God. Now that his plan to cleanse the world has been unleashed all he needs to do is tie up a few loose ends. First save his sister Kara, who runs a small pizza joint in town, and

Continue reading →
Fox Emm
May 7, 2015
Horror Fuel

‘Harbinger’ and ‘Bloodshot’ Being Adapted For The Big Screen

Valiant Entertainment has announced a five-picture arrangement with Sony. The deal will ensure that two of Valiant’s series ‘Harbinger’ and ‘Bloodshot’ will be headed to production for the big screen. ‘John Wick’ directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch will be teaming up to bring the screenplay, written by Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2) and ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ writer Eric Heisserer. The ‘Harbinger’ series follows a group of beings with super human abilities, who are on the run from an organization run by the mysterious Toyo Harada. ‘Harbinger’ was created by David Lapham and Jim Shooter, who was once the editor-in-chief of Marvel. ‘Boodshot’, created by Kevin VanHook, Bob Layton and Don Perlin about a soldier brought back to life by a government agency. After being revived with no memory, the soldier becomes a unstoppable, brutal killing machine. Each title will be have two movies, then will be tied together by ‘Harbinger Wars’, the fifth movie. The series will create

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 24, 2015
Horror Fuel

Every Zombie Eats Somebody Sometime: A Book of Zombie Love Songs

This week I’m changing it up for the zombie comic or book review and am featuring a comedic parody book. Every Zombie Eats Somebody Sometime: A Book of Zombie Love Songs by Michael P. Spradlin and Illustrated by Jeff Weigel is an incredibly entertaining read and was a nice break from the depressing tales of the zombie-ridden wastelands that typically grace the would be shelves of ZADF. The premise of the book, according to the Author’s note, is that even zombies need love songs… Or rather, those left when the zombies strike, do. (If you’ve been watching the CW’s new series iZombie based on the comic of the same name, that would certainly seem to be true.) The basic idea is that sometime in your past with the love of your life (who is in all likelihood about to turn into zombie chow), you shared a favorite love song. This book is filled with zombie themed parodies to remind you

Continue reading →
Fox Emm
Apr 23, 2015
Horror Fuel

Odium by Claire C. Riley

Odium (Dead Saga Book 1) by Claire C. Riley is a book I’ve had on my ‘to read’ radar for a while. I was intrigued by the idea that Riley polled Facebook users in order to use them in her book. As far as indie authors go, especially those who write zombies or horror fiction, she had a decent pool to choose from with over 3,000 Facebook fans at her disposal. (A feat for small scale publishing, to be sure.) Her website claims that she intends to bring a modern spin to classic horror. The site also named Romero as one of her influences, so I was optimistic to say the least. Description: It’s better to die by the gun than die by the dead. Nina’s life was irrevocably changed when humanity’s dead began to rise. Now, she lives behind the walls. The barricaded cities, erected by the government to protect the remnants of civilization, have become a brutal dictatorship-

Continue reading →
Fox Emm
Apr 15, 2015
Horror Fuel

Planet Urth (Book 1) by Jennifer & Christopher Martrucci

Planet Urth (Book 1) by Jennifer & Christopher Martucci is different than the majority of the zombie fiction I have reviewed on Zombie Apocalypse Defense Force because it isn’t actually intended to be zombie fiction, but it still is a very interesting, relevant read for zombie fans. The world has changed. It’s dangerous, deadly. Inhuman creatures rule the planet. Animals have mutated. The land is hostile. But it’s all I’ve ever known. Hunger. Fear. Panic. Those emotions are my reality. They are my every day. I am Avery, and I am seventeen. My father died a year ago. Since then I’ve been responsible for my eight-year-old sister, June. I worry we are the only humans left. Humans have been hunted for centuries, to the brink of extinction. I must fight each day to protect my sister. It is the reason I wake, the reason I breathe. But how long can I go on fighting? How long will it be before

Continue reading →
Fox Emm
Apr 9, 2015
Horror Fuel

Nathan Reid’s Supernatural Horror ‘Prey: The Light In The Dark’

Producer Nathan Reid has begun production on his latest film ‘Prey: The Light In The Dark’. Prey’ is based on the graphic novel series by the name ‘Prey: The Beginning’, created by Reid and written by Curtis Clark . This supernatural action film follows a criminal who is transformed into Prey, who can now speak with the dead and is set on righting the injustices that led to their deaths. ‘Prey: The Light Meets The Dark’ will be directed by Mike Grier. Nathan Reid teamed up with Curtis A. Clark to write the script. The film will star ‘X-Men’ actor Tyler Mane as Prey. Oded Fehr, who starred in ‘The Mummy’ and ‘Resident Evil 4’, stars alongside Mykel Shannon Jenkins, known for ‘Undisputed 3’. Masashi Odate (The Last Samurai), Troy Brenna (Thor), Meg Wren (I Am Ali) and many others are on this is movie’s very impressive list of cast members. The release date has not been announced. We will

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 8, 2015
Horror Fuel

Dead Days Season One Episode Two by Ryan Casey

(Pardon the author picture. The only cover image I could find for Episode Two was tiny!) Back in January I reviewed Ryan Casey’s best selling Dead Days Season One, Episode One. He was kind enough to send me a copy of the Dead Days Complete Season One Collection (Books 1-6) that is currently available on Amazon (and a myriad of other retailers) to check out and review. So far I have only gotten through Season One Episode Two, but what a ride! Scene Description: 5/5 I may have said it before, but I’ll say it again. I love Casey’s writing style. The level of detail put into each and every scene really drives whatever emotion or action is featured home. There are truly devastating scenes in Dead Days S1E2, just as there are thrilling action sequences. Although the description is often gory (as zombie fiction tends to mandate…), it is still eloquent and very beautiful. My favorite comparison comes from

Continue reading →
Fox Emm
Mar 29, 2015
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