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Was That a Crypt Keeper Tribute Zombie on “The Walking Dead” Last Night?
Whenever makeup master Greg Nicotero directs an episode of “The Walking Dead,” you can expect a fun little “zombie tribute” to pop up at some point. In the past, Nicotero’s tribute zombies have paid homage to films like An American Werewolf in London and the work of George Romero, as well as RoboCop and even Lucio Fulci’s Zombie.
Nicotero directed last night’s mid-season premiere of “The Walking Dead,” and a zombie featured early on in the episode looked a whole lot like one of horror’s biggest icons.
We tend to wait until Nicotero himself confirms an homage before operating under the assumption that it is one, but we’ve got a strong feeling this was yet another intentional tribute on Nicotero’s part. In the first scene after the opening credits/first commercial break, Carol approaches a downed/trapped walker, sticking a knife into its brain.
The walker, well, he damn sure looked like our good pal The Crypt Keeper!
From the rotten off nose to the clouded eyes, and even down to the gnarly teeth and hole in his cheek, this zombie was a dead ringer for the host of HBO’s “Tales from the Crypt.”
This HAD to be intentional, right?!
Despite her character, Mia, dying in season one of “Dexter: Resurrection“, Deadline reports that Krysten Ritter will return for season two.
No word at this time on who Ritter will play in the upcoming season, including whether or not this means the series may resurrect her serial killer character also known as Lady Vengeance.
It is a series that has brought characters back from the dead before, after all. And that’s if Mia died at all; even Ritter has teased not to count her character out yet.
Ritter joins the previously announced Uma Thurman, who reprises her character Charley in season two.
The new season finds Dexter Morgan caught between two killers — one notorious and the other terrorizing New York in ways no one ever anticipated — all while battling his greatest enemy yet: a mid-life crisis. Harrison continues his own pursuit of justice as father and son face their darkest chapter.
Michael C. Hall will be back as Dexter Morgan in the upcoming “Dexter: Resurrection” Season 2, starring alongside Uma Thurman, Jack Alcott, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Kadia Sarif, Dominic Fumusa, Desmond Harrington, and James Remar.
They’ll be joined by series newcomers Dan Stevens as The Five Borough Killer, Bokeem Woodbine as NYPD Homicide Captain Mixon, Nona Parker Johnson as Harrison Morgan’s new love interest Fiona Mixon, and Brian Cox as The New York Ripper.
You can stream the first season on Paramount+ now. Daniel Kurland wrote here on Bloody Disgusting last year, “Somehow, against all odds, Dexter: Resurrection is good. Really good.” He continued, “With any luck, Dexter: Resurrection’s second season will maintain this momentum and consistency, rather than going off the rails like in the past.”
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