George Romero Teases 'Medically Correct,' Economically Relevant Zombie Autopsies

Talking with i09, George Romero revealed that he's optioned Harvard psychologist-turned-writer Steven C. Schlozman's book The Zombie Autopsies, which is a zombie apocalypse tale with themes of economic collapse. Also: It's (100 percent?) medically accurate. "I think about it like the first Hammer Frankenstein film, which was all about very graphic scenes of brains floating in blood and things like that. I want it to be perfectly accurate, almost shockingly so." So, Night of the Living Dead meets Margin Call? Why not. [i09]

Great Movie Apes: Ella from Monkey Shines

Rumor has it that this week the apes will rise. So in honor of our primate cousins and their varied achievements on film, Movieline will honor one great movie ape/monkey/chimp each day who embodies an admirable quality found in monkeykind. Today, we look to the fearsome potential in the primate race, as embodied by Ella in George Romero's 1988 horror pic Monkey Shines. Who is at fault when a monkey kills... for her master?

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