Jonah S. Rubin (he/him)
Dr. Clare SammellsHello everyone! I just switched handles, but I'm still teaching anthropology at Bucknell University, specializing in tourism & food in Bolivia and Antarctica. Plus, I have a zombie film recommendation for everyone, just reply with what genres you like! #introductions #zombies #anthropology
@csammells did you see warm bodies? Just taught it in my monsters class. Just barely beat out Fido for last spot on my syllabus, mostly because of the secondary lit i could pair it with.
@js_rubin Indeed! It's my favorite rom-com zombie film, although Sean of the Dead is great for that too (with more commentary on capitalism to boot). I used it in class on the assumption that students would be largely familiar with Romeo and Juliet (although that wasn't always the case).
@csammells mine picked up on the Romeo and Juliet aspects. I was super impressed!
Shawn of the Dead also great for teaching the Euro migrant crisis. Was high on my list too, but it was a class on all monsters, not just zombies (unfortunately).
@js_rubin All Monsters are good! Children of Men is another good one for migrant crises (although there are no monsters other than human ones).
@csammells The humans are always the real monsters!
grateful wolf@csammells: queer rom zom com? #zombies
@gratefulwolf Thanks for this challenge! I will admit this is a difficult one, in part because zombie films are often up to their ears in toxic masculinity. But let me offer a few options.
@gratefulwolf I haven't seen the 2013 All Cheerleaders Die (even an expert doesn't have time to see everything out there) but it does appear to involve a lesbian romance?
@gratefulwolf Fido involves a romance between the living and dead (much like Warm Bodies) but is it hetero, so I guess one could debate whether that is "queer."
@gratefulwolf I believe that one of the main characters in Wyrmwood is a lesbian, but the fact that I'm unsure of this now suggests it's not central to the plot. :-) Plus, not a rom-com.
@gratefulwolf But now I will be on the lookout! Thank you!
If you are willing to accept hetero rom-coms instead, I would recommend Sean of the Dead and Warm Bodies.
@gratefulwolf There was a 1970s film that involved a polyamorous throuple -- I'm looking for the name. But that wasn't a rom-com; their queerness was a foil to justify the usual outcomes in such films.
@csammells i'll ask a mate of mine who has worked as a grip on (i think) quite a few horror films… where's the 'Lost Boys - Undead'?!? #QueerRomComZom
@gratefulwolf Thanks! Aren't the Lost Boys vampires? I'll check out your suggestion though -- keep them coming! 😃
@csammells: Lost Boys are vampires (with a queer tinge) - i'd watch a remake with them as zombies! similarly Interview with the Vampire (1994) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110148/
