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iZOMBIE

I have always been a horror fan but never much of a zombie fan. Im more of a vampire kind of girl myself. As a teenager, I devoured Anne Rice and Stephen King novels and spent hours at the video store choosing just the right scary movie. I never left with a zombie film.

These creatures just did not appeal to me. They were excessively violent, clumsy, stupid and grossly unattractive. They had one goal and that was to eat the brains and sometimes the flesh of the living. At least vampires have some fun. They don’t age, only have to drink blood, and can think and speak. In fact vampires tend to be quite clever. Zombies are basically on life support until they decay. How boring!

I finally saw George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead in my 20s. I surprised myself by liking it but to be fair it is an intelligent film. These days zombies are everywhere. It’s a zombie media apocalypse! In the last five to ten years there have been many new incarnations of the zombie. There is a zombie to fit every horror fan’s taste. Fast, funny, productive, romantic,  intelligent and in the case of iZombie, the new CW series, downright cute! I guess because I’ve never been a fan of traditional zombies I can appreciate the new fangled sort. I learned of iZombie last year and became intrigued as it reminded me of a book I’d read and enjoyed  a few years ago with a similar plot called My Life As A White Trash Zombie. I had hope that iZombie might be a gem in the sea of crap that is called TV these days.

I was not disappointed. I found my gem in the pilot. iZombie was created by Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars) and stars Rose McIver as Liv the Zombie. The show is loosely based on a graphic novel of the same name.

Liv Moore was a medical resident when she attended a party where she and other guests were attacked by zombies. A number of the guests were killed outright but Liv survives and becomes part zombie. She takes a job at the Medical Examiner’s office to avoid killing for brains. Her new position becomes her true calling. Liv discovers she absorbs the memories of the brains she eats which ultimately helps her solve the cases of those that were murdered. I thoroughly enjoyed this fun little show. A horror/comedy/drama hybrid with some brains and blood tossed in it was definitely worth the hour of my time.

Liv is likeable,  sweet, cute  a badass! I was skeptical because well the CW is home to 90210 and America’s Next Top Model. Even with the limitations of teen TV, iZombie comes out on top. I’ll be watching. 

LITTLE MISS HORROR NERD’S RATING: 4 1/2 out of 5

If you watch and like this series pick up a copy of the book I mentioned, My Life As A White Trash Zombie.

You will like that too.