Topics discussed include ghosts, saints, World War Z, Wynonna Earp, wendigos, and a fair amount of speculative theology.
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Link: The band Street Angel on discogs.com
Link: The song "What's Following the Grave," by Christian metal legends Bloodgood.
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I liked the idea that ghosts and zombies are kind of opposites --- ghosts being spirits without bodies and zombies, bodies without spirits. If nothing else, this reinforces Incarnation Theology, because both seem to be "incomplete" beings.
ReplyDeleteI wonder when you'll get to witches in these minisodes.
Agree on incarnation, body & spirit belong together.
DeleteSPoiler: no witches. Our theme was monsters, and even though witches are Halloween-ish, we didn't think they met the definition of monster.
Let me tell you a tiny little subgenre that could have been squeezed into this episode - the idea that portions of a body can remain alive to get revenge. Or better yet, that if transplanted can cause the new body to do that.
ReplyDeleteThink about the movies -
Mad Love - serial killer hands transplanted on concert pianist
Body Parts - serial killers limbs transplanted on multiple people
The Hand - Michael Caines disembodied hand attacks
The Beast with 5 fingers - another hand attacking people (or is it?)
Definitely seek out Mad Love! The others? Not so much.
Great idea! And on the romantic comedy side, you have Duchovny & Driver in Return to Me. Late wife's heart is transplanted into another woman ... and ... LOVE !!!
DeleteMy all-time favorite zombie treatment is the Newsflesh trilogy by Mira Grant. Titles are Feed, Deadline, and Black-out. Brilliant what if - intersections of zombies, Government power, social media/blog culture, presidential campaigns,and much more.
ReplyDeleteAnd there is an obscure bit in Rev. 9:6 - after being stung by demonic locusts, people will seek death, but death will elude them. Kind of zombie - ish to me.
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