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Harvard Medical School Doc Writes Book On Zombie Science

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We’ve seen zombie lore spun one million different ways but if looking at it from a realistic standpoint, how and why would an outbreak occur? What’s the difference between a healthy human brain and one belonging to the undead? And, more importantly, how could we fight back against a horde of zombies?

These burning questions – and a few more – are explored and theoretically answered in The Zombie Autopsies: Secret Notebooks from the Apocalypse. Written by Dr. Steven Schlozman, a child psychiatrist who holds a position at Harvard Medical School, the novel takes a look at the science behind a fictional zombie outbreak that is spread through an airborne virus that breaks down brain functions the same way Mad Cow Disease does.

Check out CNN’s interview with the zombie expert here and if you’ve read the book and/or are interested in some of the science behind it, he’ll be part of a live Twitter chat tomorrow starting 12:00 PM EST hosted by @cnnhealth.


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Matilda Firth Joins the Cast of Director Leigh Whannell’s ‘Wolf Man’ Movie

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Pictured: Matilda Firth in 'Christmas Carole'

Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.

Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things),  Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.

The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).

Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.

Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.

Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.

In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.

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