![]() Hell, even my father-in-law asked to come along to the theater when it opened- and, trust me, he’s not what I would call a zombie- guy. And while the film wasn’t the first of its kind that decade (see Shaun of the Dead circa 2004), Zombieland had a broad stroke appeal that seemed to speak to more than just the horror fan in-the-know. Zombies were my first love in horror, so of course I was excited to see this new take. ![]() ![]() Most of my friends and family were not all that interested in the genre and it often took some coercing to get them to go along with it. However, about a decade ago, the struggle was very real. Yes, these days it’s easy to find a non-horror loving companion to accompany me to the movies when the need arises. Movies like It (2017), Get Out (2017) and A Quiet Place (2018) are shattering box office records, our television and streaming platforms are overrun with horror content like Stranger Things and The Walking Dead and the sheer number of adaptations coming out and in the works tell us that we are more than certainly living in a true Stephen-King-aissance. Sure, these days horror seems to be more “in” than it has been in a long time. As a burgeoning horror fan in the mid-2000s, it became rather apparent fairly quickly that not everyone in the world was as into the genre as I was.
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