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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?!
Last week we learned that Steve Buscemi had joined the cast of “Wednesday” Season 2 at Netflix, and Variety lets us know that Thandiwe Newton (“Westworld”) has also signed on.
Jenna Ortega is back as Wednesday Addams in the upcoming second season of Netflix’s “Wednesday,” with Steve Buscemi playing the new principal of Nevermore Academy.
Jenna Ortega stars in the hit series as Wednesday Addams, with Luis Guzmán playing Gomez and Catherine Zeta-Jones playing Morticia in Tim Burton’s Netflix series. Christina Ricci also appears in the show, playing a brand new role, with Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester.
“Wednesday” is described as “a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy.” The series follows…
“Wednesday’s attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships.”
Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (“Smallville”) are the writers and showrunners, with Tim Burton executive producing and directing several episodes of the show’s debut season.
We don’t know much about “Wednesday” Season 2 at the moment but Jenna Ortega has promised that the new season will be “bolder” and darker than the first season of the series.
“We’ve decided we want to lean into the horror more,” Ortega said last year.
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