BY AARON SAGERSForget zombies or vampires, but when it comes to microwave ovens, horror novelist and comic book writer Steve Niles has a scary problem. It turns out that the creator of Remains - the supernatural zombie comic adapted for a Dec. 16 movie on the Chiller Network - cannot run the microwave while also on the phone. Much like a walking dead uprising throws a monkey wrench into someone's everyday life, the microwave obliterates the phone signal when Niles is conducting an interview.
Kitchen appliance disruptions aside, Niles is having a pretty good run. After bringing elements of the Frankenstein and zombie mythos to the worlds of Batman and Superman (in Simon Dark and DC Infinite Halloween Special) - as well as creating his own originally scary stories like 30 Days of Night, Wake The Dead and Criminal Macabre - Niles is credited with a crafting a horror renaissance in comics. Niles is also a horror pundit and personality, appearing on Spike TV's "Zombie Vs. Vampire" Deadliest Warrior.
Now, his story Remains is the basis for Chiller's first original movies. Starring Grant Bowler (True Blood), Lance Reddick (Fringe, Lost), Miko Hughes (Pet Sematary), Tawny Cypress (Heroes) and Evalena Marie (Are We There Yet?), and produced by Synthetic Cinema International, Remains is about zombies in post-apocalyptic Reno, Nevada, who make things exceedingly challenging for survivors as they grow steadily stronger, smarter and more aggressive by the minute.
Niles spoke with Paranormal Pop Culture and a group of other journalists about the new movie, which airs Dec. 16, at 10 p.m. (interview after the jump).
Now, his story Remains is the basis for Chiller's first original movies. Starring Grant Bowler (True Blood), Lance Reddick (Fringe, Lost), Miko Hughes (Pet Sematary), Tawny Cypress (Heroes) and Evalena Marie (Are We There Yet?), and produced by Synthetic Cinema International, Remains is about zombies in post-apocalyptic Reno, Nevada, who make things exceedingly challenging for survivors as they grow steadily stronger, smarter and more aggressive by the minute.
Niles spoke with Paranormal Pop Culture and a group of other journalists about the new movie, which airs Dec. 16, at 10 p.m. (interview after the jump).