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The zombie keeps the score

January 01, 2022 by Varya Clark in Books, MV Clark, The Splits, Zombies, Writing, Psychology

Reading The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk, I realised I might finally have found a way of explaining what The Splits is about.

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January 01, 2022 /Varya Clark
The Body Keeps the Score, zombies, zombie, literary horror, literary zombies, Bessel Van der Kolk, trauma, PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Complex Trauma, Developmental Trauma, Attachment theory, John Bowlby, attachment trauma, evolution of the zombie, meaning of the zombie trope, mind-body relationship
Books, MV Clark, The Splits, Zombies, Writing, Psychology

Title Fright : Train to Busan v 28 Weeks later

May 22, 2020 by Varya Clark in Film, Pandemics, Politics, Title Fright, Zombies

I want to zoom in on the transformation of the father into a zombie…

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May 22, 2020 /Varya Clark
Train to Busan, Robert Carlyle, Yeon Sang-ho, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, zombies, zombie pandemic, horror film, family horror, horror cinema, best zombie films, great zombie films, La Horde
Film, Pandemics, Politics, Title Fright, Zombies

Coronavirus - will we see a better world?

March 29, 2020 by Varya Clark in Zombies, Politics

In The Splits there’s no root and branch transformation. I hope this will not be the case after coronavirus. I hope we see real change.

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March 29, 2020 /Varya Clark
pandemic, Spanish Flu, coronavirus, covid-19, dangerous bodies, infection, contagion, contagious disease, infectious disease
Zombies, Politics

Title Fright - Train to Busan versus World War Z

December 11, 2017 by Varya Clark in Title Fright, Film, Video, Zombies

I initially intended to pair Train to Busan with La Horde, but Twitter said no.

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December 11, 2017 /Varya Clark
World War Z, Train to Busan, zombie, horror, film, titlefright, Title Fright, #titlefright
Title Fright, Film, Video, Zombies
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Digital edition of original 1990s Splits leaflet

November 14, 2017 by Varya Clark in Zombies, Comedy, The Splits

A higher quality version from a friend's digital archive. A big improvement on the one I found down the back of the couch and scanned in. Please share.

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November 14, 2017 /Varya Clark
Zombies, Comedy, The Splits