The Greatest Pod: Daniel Kraus talks about Ben from Night of the Living Dead

We have NY Times Best-Selling Author Daniel Kraus join us to talk about his love of Ben, the main character in the seminal zombie movie NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD! 

We discuss the impact this character had on a young writer and what this movie added to horror film discourse. 

Daniel knows story and seeing George Romero’s world through his eyes sparks a great conversation about what the zombie movie is saying about society.  It’s a bit deeper than “consumerism is bad”, or “society is fragile.” The zombie movie is a unique way to examine who we are under duress and Ben was the original hero of that new genre. To this day he remains an icon in the world of horror so enjoy us talking about why.

 

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His books: The Autumnal (with Shehan, Wordie, Campbell, and Daniel) by Vault Comics, The Shape of Water (with Oscar Winner Guillermo Del Toro), They Threw Us Away, 

The Living Dead (with George Romero!) & more are available at http://www.danielkraus.com/

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