Parasitology mira grant6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() In his memoir Nerd Do Well, Simon Pegg finds that fast zombies “forgo the winning subtleties of the genre in favour of less cerebral scares” (234). Among true horror aficionados, there’s contention over which is superior to the other. At the very least, my specific horror of zombies has led me to ponder the implications of the two major subspecies: the truly undead, shuffling zombie and the quick, infected zombie. So, despite being a horror weenie, I’m a bit more acquainted with the stuff than a similarly spookable Jane who wisely avoids the stuff altogether. This year’s entry was the X-Files episode “Home.” After reading this review of it on Tor.com, I found myself reading every summary of it I could find and even chanced a glimpse at some screencaps until I was starting getting reluctant to turn off the lights. But, despite (or perhaps because of) my aversion, I find myself, once a year, embarking on an oblique horror binge by reading the Wikipedia entries for horror films and spooking myself silly. (It’s something about the tone, not the gore.) I mean, I’m really glad I watched Cabin in the Woods, because it’s a very useful text for me critically, but I also stayed up until 2 AM in the morning, serene in the knowledge that Pumpkinhead would inevitably jump out of the shadows and set my bed on fire. ![]() It is no secret that zombies terrify me and I’m the kind of weenie who can barely stomach horror films. ![]()
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