Before my screening of Crimson Peak, the new movie from visionary director Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy, Pacific Rim), a sheet labeled “Foreword” was distributed to the attending writers. Here is what it said, in full:

AMC FX has just ordered six episodes 13 episodes of a new show about the undead. The Walking Dead The Strain is about a virus outbreak sweeping the globe that turns humans into zombies vampires. Who said Hollywood didn't know how to innovate?