It's always exciting when a truly cool event comes to my home town of Toronto, and "Nuit Blanche" is truly one cool event. As described in Now Magazine: "Exhibits and installations by 205 artists take over Toronto's downtown core from dawn to dusk, beginning Saturday (October 4) for the third annual Nuit Blanche." Among the 205 installations is one that immediately caught my eye -- "Zombies in Condoland." read on Read Full Story
Pittsburgh, PA, September 28, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Thirty years ago, Monroeville Mall was overrun by zombies. Only two humans survived the ordeal – and one of them is returning to the site of Dawn of the Dead next month. read more Read Full Story
The Great White Snark runs an amusing site that goes about "skewering geek entertainment - movies, TV, comics and curiosities". He's put together a Top 10 list that covers what he feels is the best of it's kind as it relates to what has become an new obsession of his -- in this case, the kinds are "media" (from video games to porn) and the obsession is "Zombies." read on Read Full Story
A wave of Zombie survival manuals have popped up recently, this one included, telling people what they should do during an outbreak of zombies. Thing is, nobody’s talking about what people shouldn’t do during a zombie outbreak. Fortunately for you, our Zombiephile has scoured popular zombie movies and has isolated the Ten WORST Things to Do During a Zombie Outbreak. Sit back, enjoy, and take notes.read on
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In my never-ending search for interesting and informative pieces surrounding zombies and their ilk, I came across this University of Stanford paper on Zombies. I think this would definitely fall under the more "informative" (or at least "exhaustive" -- or do I mean "exhausting") pieces I've ever wrangled up. Here's a Table of Contents to pique your interest: 1. The idea of zombies2. Zombies and physicalism3. The conceivability argument4. Are zombies conceivable? 4.1 Arguments for4.2... Read Full Story
White Zombie has to be one of the most unappreciated horror films of all time. It came worryingly close to never being finished, the Halperin brothers (Victor and Edward – producer and director) rarely feature in histories of the genre and it hardly ever resurfaces on TV or reissue. read more Read Full Story
I recently came across a short film by a group of very funny filmmakers, Yellowhammer Films. They have quite a selection of hilarious shorts they've put together, including one called "Zombie Roommate." For all you people who've ever had a roommate, there'll be a special place in your heart for this one! watch it here Read Full Story
It may be hard to believe, but the Library of Congress named the 1968 low-budget horror movie "Night of the Living Dead'' to the National Film Registry in 1999 as a film deemed "historically, culturally or aesthetically important.'' read more Read Full Story
Chainsaw Maid is a seven minute claymation Japanese short, about a maid who goes above and beyond in the call of duty department, laying to waste a host of claymation zombies "Dead Alive"-style, with the trusty family chainsaw. Not since "Evil Dead" have I been so amused by entrails and pus! My hat is off to the creators of this no-holds barred claymation bloodbath. Watch it here! Read Full Story
Recently, I received a mass email from a site intriguingly called "Mailorderzombie," requesting feedback/input (in the form of MP3 audio) on the three remakes of "Night of the Living Dead." They are Cousin Savini's 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead, John Russo's 30th Anniversary edition of Night of the Living Dead; and Jeff Broadstreet's 2006 Night of the Living Dead 3-D. Mailorderzombie.com features a weekly audio podcast celebrating straight-to-DVD Zombie flicks, and is a really well... Read Full Story