Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities)

'The Walking Dead' recap, episode 314: 'Prey'

2013-03-17 17:56:00

Ahh, I love a good game of cat and mouse! Sunday night's installment of The Walking Dead on AMC was basically sixty minutes of the Governor stalking Andrea over hill and dale, through forests and plains, into abandoned warehouses and, finally, to the...

'The Walking Dead' recap, episode 313: 'Arrow on the Doorpost'

2013-03-10 18:40:00

"Arrow on the Doorpost"? More like "Arrow on the SNOREpost"! Just kidding. I understand that not every episode can be action-packed from start to finish with major plot twists, characters dying and hordes of zombies being slaughtered in exotic and...

Halloween 2011: Zombies attack!

2013-03-12 17:49:00

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'The Walking Dead' recap, episode 312: 'Clear'

2013-03-03 18:37:00

Good God this show is depressing. It's fun to look at dead bodies and blood and guts a little bit, but then you throw in all the nihilistic conversation and abandoned long distance hikers and by the end of the episode you're just like ._. This episode...

'The Walking Dead' recap, episode 311: 'I Ain't a Judas'

2013-02-24 19:13:00

This was one of those "bridge" episodes. Nothing really happened, but it set up a bunch of stuff. Listen people: it's not my favorite thing either, but it's a thing. So I don't need to give a spoiler alert here, because there isn't really anything...

'The Walking Dead' recap, episode 310: 'Home'

2013-02-17 19:16:00

Holy Hannah! What the heck was all that you guys? Axel is dead (Good night, sweet prince), the Governor strapped it up and gleefully squeezed off rounds on the prison stronghold, Glenn is having major leadership and relationship issues, and Daryl and...

'The Walking Dead' recap, episode 309: 'The Suicide King'

2013-02-10 19:25:00

And we're back! After a two month break for the holidays and football playoffs, AMC's The Walking Dead returned to the airwaves Sunday night with a fairly strong effort to kick off the final eight episodes of season three. Sunday night's episode, The...

Mardi Gras, Grammy red carpet and The Walking Dead

2013-02-11 05:08:00

Welcome to Mardi Gras week. Even on a Monday, Internet users have plenty to gawk at as New Orleans avoids allowing a celebration to get in the way of a shooting, the Pope resigns for the� first time since the Middle Ages, and Jack White brings down...

Those damn copy editors

2013-01-03 06:39:00

Back in December at Language Log, the urbane Mark Liberman commented on a text distorted by a ham-fisted attempt to convert British English to American, saying, "God save us from such copy editors." That provoked a spirited defense of copy editors in...

Owings Mills author makes dystopian debut with 'The Listeners'

2012-12-22 00:00:00

Harrison Demchick is by his own account an optimist. He doesn't think that human society or our ruling institutions have become irredeemably corrupt. He didn't make one single preparation for this past Friday, when the Mayan calendar came to an abrupt...

You'd have to be a Scrooge not to like 'A Christmas Carol' at Toby's

2012-11-29 03:30:00

One thing that Ebenezer Scrooge does not get is a good night's sleep. That's because pesky ghosts keep appearing with reminders that he needs to reconsider his grumpy life. Ever since Charles Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol" in 1843, audiences have...

'Once Upon a Time' recap, 'Into the Deep'

2012-11-26 06:13:00

After a two-week break, our favorite fairytale drama is back and luckily things have changed. Aside from the premiere, "Into the Deep" has been the only episode this season to not have character flashbacks. This was great in terms of plot momentum and I...

Defining characteristics: The last of the original Baltimore Zombies has been part of this city since being first infected in 1996; a true leader -- if all zombies ate brains with the gusto he (it?

2013-03-12 00:00:00

Defining characteristics: Peculiar to Baltimore, where she (it?) is seen as endearing by some of her fellow zombies, an irritant to others; hangs out mostly in Hampden, although has spread throughout the city; subject to some trademark disputes, but that all seems to have been cleared up now.

2013-03-12 00:00:00

Remember, you have to destroy the brain. If you're not strong enough to smash a zombie's head in, you'll need some finesse. They're collectors items now, but the crab knives from Carvel Hall Cutlery of Crisfield were the choice implement for generations of crab pickers on the Eastern Shore.

2013-03-12 00:00:00