Carly Turro

Bunkheads, the new zombie apocalypse sitcom available on Amazon’s Prime Video is a throwback to the classic sitcoms of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s that will have you laughing so hard you’ll bust a gut, literally. But be careful, all those organs spilling out are sure to attract the undead or those looking for comedy that could only be conceived in our current media landscape. It’s seems we’ve reached the saturation point of Zombie pop culture with nearly 10 years of The Walking Dead on television, Zombie Run events held annually in major cities across the country and Plants Vs. Zombies close to being considered a classic video game. Somehow in this world of ours Zombies are as culturally accepted as Minions, with Kindergartners to Grandparents getting a chuckle out of their shuffling, brain-munching antics. Given the fact that zombies are no longer relegated to splatter filled horror films by George Romero and Paul W.S. Anderson, but are taken for granted as a source of family entertainment, it seems only