Blog of the Living Dead

The 20 Weirdest Zombie Movies Ever Made

2009-11-13T13:28:00.002-05:00

A new best-of countdown!

See if you agree...

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Construction signs warn of Zombies

2009-11-01T07:33:00.002-05:00

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin drivers making their morning commute were in for a surprise when two road signs on a busy stretch of road were taken over by hackers. The signs near the intersection of Lamar and Martin Luther King boulevards usually warn drivers about upcoming construction, but Monday morning they warned of "zombies ahead."

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Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency - Graphic Novel Review

2009-10-24T20:33:00.009-04:00

Vampires and Zombies are easily the soup de jour. We've read and viewed alot of vampire and zombie movies, TV shows, and novels. There's alot of good and bad stuff out there. Click below -- I'm going to tell you personally about one that I think is one of the good ones.

UPDATE!
Also read about Oct. 27th FVZA's astounding success-- hot off the presses!

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You don’t need braaaaains to join the Zombie Walk

2009-10-16T13:26:00.005-04:00

It's hard to believe, but it's that time of the year again! Yes, I'm of course talking about Toronto's annual Zombie Walk.

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Zombie Outbreak - Call for Entries

2009-09-25T13:16:00.003-04:00

Oh yes, it's time once again for the most brutal, blood drenched, underground independent horror you can find on the big screen.

Horror Society is proud to announce the Call For Entries for...

Zombie Outbreak - with special guest Lloyd Kaufman and a Chicago Premiere Screening of POULTRYGEIST in glorious 35mm.

8 hours of nothing but Zombie Films.

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"The Walking Dead" - a Television Series!!!

2009-08-26T10:49:00.009-04:00

If you've read our glowing review of "The Walking Dead" graphic novel series, you'll know how frigging excited we got when we read that the series may be coming to the tube in the near future!

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'Zombieland' Stars Have A Blast Hunting Down Drooling Flesh-Eaters

2009-07-26T10:34:00.002-04:00

Earlier, we published an article about Woody Harrelson run in with a fan at La Guardia Airport.

Well, no more news on that incident, but here's some interesting facts and news on the new up-coming flick "Zombieland."

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Chainsaw Maid: The Interview

2009-06-29T17:03:00.006-04:00

We, at Blog of the Living Dead, have managed to track down the creator of the wonderful short Youtube claymation sensation, Chainsaw Maid. That very inspired film maker is Takena Nagao, from Japan. What follows is our interview!

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Shock and Awe presents best of B-movie thrills

2009-06-12T13:06:00.006-04:00

Toronto:
Starting at 11:30 p.m. Saturday night (June 13th) and running ceaselessly until 10 a.m. Sunday morning, Shock and Awe contains a mind blowing array of vintage sexploitation, exploitation and horror cult favorites, screened in all their 16 and 35mm projected glory, including such mouth-watering fare as the ’70s softcore gem Mona and the classic ’80s shocker Return of the Living Dead.

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009) - A Book Review

2009-06-10T18:50:00.004-04:00

Plot
An expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem.

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Cannes Film Festival 2009 - The Dawn of a $70 Zombie Movie Called Colin

2009-05-27T19:09:00.004-04:00

While Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz and world premieres of multi-million dollar films like Up and Inglourious Basterds generated headlines at this year's Cannes Film Festival, the surprise story from the 62nd annual fest just might be the "no-budget" British zombie movie Colin made for about $70.

That's right -- not $70 million, but 70 bucks. Less than the cost of an iPod Shuffle.

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2009-05-25T19:06:00.004-04:00

Dark Gothic - Dark life of the gothic subculture, gothic fashion, gothic poems, and gothic people.

This Is (SFL48-2009: Team Deathstar Holiday Chalets)

2009-05-12T16:31:00.004-04:00

Molly Brown was asked to be the scriptwriter for "Deathstar Holiday Chalets," a team competing in the Sci-Fi London 48 Hour Film Challenge. (In case you don't how a 48 hour challenge works, they assign each team a title for a film, plus a line of dialogue and a prop. You then have 48 hours to get a completed film incorporating all of your assigned criteria back to them.)

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Yes, a Gay Zombie Flick: Otto; or, Up With Dead People

2009-04-16T13:58:00.005-04:00

Even as an ardent, tireless fan of zombie cinema, I’ve never seen anything quite like Otto; or, Up With Dead People. Existing in some heretofore undiscovered common ground between the arthouse and the grindhouse, Otto is a tale of a young gay zombie in a cruel world that’s as dead in its own way as he is.

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Breaking News: Woody Harrelson Attacks Zombie Photographer: Fantasy Becomes Reality

2009-04-15T14:53:00.004-04:00

There are few that have not heard about the zombie attack that took place at La Guardia Airport. Apparently there was a zombie disguised as a photographer and he was attacked by the infamous Woody Harrelson. Wait, before you re-read the first two sentences and think that I am insane, it turns out that the entire incident was simply a case of mistaken identity.

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The undead have invaded our games — again

2009-03-19T21:33:00.005-04:00

Zombies continue to win our hearts and braaains. Here are six reasons why...

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Hater

2009-02-25T12:54:00.003-05:00

DAVID MOODY self - published Hater online in 2006. Without an agent, he succeeded in selling the film rights to Guillermo del Toro (director, Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy 1 & 2, and the upcoming Hobbit series) and Mark Johnson (producer, The Chronicles of Narnia).

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Weekend of the Living Dead

2009-02-13T16:14:00.006-05:00

Charlotte, NC., hosts a tribute to the pioneer who revived zombie movies without spending an arm and a leg.

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The Walking Dead - A Review

2009-02-05T07:18:00.009-05:00

The Walking Dead is a post-apocalyptic tale of survival in a world over-run by lumbering blood-thirsty zombies.

Sound familiar?

Well, in the wonderful graphic novel series by Robert Kirkman, it's far from familiar!

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‘Zombie Girl,’ Spurred by ‘Rings’ Director, Makes Horror Films

2009-01-27T14:33:00.003-05:00

Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- While her fellow sixth-graders were chatting online and dreading their first pimples, 12-year-old Emily Hagins was making a zombie movie.

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Archives of the Dead

2009-01-09T13:32:00.007-05:00

Todd Jordan and his wife are big fans of the Zombie genre. In fact, they are such big fans that they decided to create a website/database of all things zombie related, including a Zombie Blog, Zombie Links, Zombie Memorabilia (with Zombie Soundtracks, Scripts, Artwork and Promotion Guides, and yes, Toys and Action Figures). There's Book and Comic sections, Masks and Prop sections, and so much more.

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Dead Set -- the Review

2008-12-22T12:28:00.009-05:00

Blog of the Living Dead has run reviews of movies, and books, and games. We haven't done television yet. In fact, to be honest, we didn't even realize there was television on our favourite subject to review!

Well, apparently there is-- but only in the UK... for now.

Read the review here!

Physicalism and the Walking Dead

2008-12-14T10:24:00.011-05:00

I absolutly love this continued discussion on the reality behind the idea of zombies! Maybe it's a sign of the times. Lord knows we're living through some pretty extraordinary ones.

Justin, a reader of Blog of the Living Dead, has written a fascinating response to the following question (posted on his site:):

My name is Phil, and I am studying physicalism in college right now.

Physicalism dictates that everything is physical and in a very real sense the fact that the brain is the "Sum of its parts." What Vonnegut aptly referred to as "a dog’s lunch."

Recently I have been reading a lot of material about the impossibility of zombies from the physicalist’s standpoint.

Physicalism contradicts zombiism. A zombie, which is physically the replica of a normal human, is very different from its original self mentally.

How the heck will Justin resolve these contradictions???

You can read Justin's succinct response here!

Are Zombies Logically Possible?

2008-12-09T13:00:00.011-05:00

In yet another piece discussing the feasability of the very concept of "zombies" (the first piece we dug up-- a University of Stanford paper written by Robert Kirk-- can be read here), we bring you, Are Zombies Logically Possible, and Why it Matters, where the author, William Seager, digs even deeper into the subject, and in an exciting unexpected twist, even refutes the Stanford paper!!

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Storytelling Engines: George Romero’s “Dead” Films

2008-12-09T09:40:00.005-05:00

Starting in December, John Seavey has been doing a very interesting series at his blog, Fraggmented, called Storytelling Engines, where he examines the storytelling ideas that make up various comic book heroes.

He has since branched out to include movies.

Learn what John means by "Storytelling Engines" and his take on George Romero's "Dead" films here!