The Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse

A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead. Got news tips? E-mail me at cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com.

The role of Lori Grimes has been cast for AMC’s TV adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s Walking Dead. Welcome Sarah Wayne Callies of Prison Break fame to the cast! (The Ausiello Files)

If you want to incorporate zombies into your wedding ceremony (and who doesn’t?), you might follow the lead of this couple who did exactly that in a touching way. (Offbeat Bride)

Get all the details on Weekend of Horrors, May 21-23 in LA. There’s a pretty stocked Re-Animator panel that includes writer/director Stuart Gordon and actors Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Robert Sampson, Bruce Abbott and Dennis Paoli. (Bloody Disgusting)

Love Left 4 Dead so much you want to cuddle it while you sleep? Then this plush Boomer toy is your dream come true.

Look below for an embedded trailer for an awesome-looking short film called Serum 1831, about a drug that revives the dead, then visit the website for more info.

Survival of the Dead is available on numerous VOD platforms as of today. If you’d rather torture yourself with more clips, head over here. (Dread Central)

Thanks to Andre Hernandez and Peter Bower for great news tips today!

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Season one of the audio drama We’re Alive is done, making it the perfect time to review it as a whole. As one of the few episodic audio dramas around and perhaps the only ongoing such series that tells the tale of a zombie apocalypse, We’re Alive is well-positioned to make waves in the zombie world.

The story follows a relatively familiar zombie apocalypse plot arc. We start with a small group of soldiers, called to report to duty to deal with some sudden and extreme “rioting.” The rioters turn out to be flesh-eating freaks that turn their victims into more of the same. The soldiers flee, find other survivors and hole up in an abandoned apartment building.

As in so many stories of the type, the narrative follows the group as they fortify their tower, look for supplies and survivors, encounter other groups of survivors and face the zombies. The basic story elements are familiar. What sets We’re Alive apart is the twists. This is not a Dawn of the Dead clone set in a tower instead of a mall. It has its own unique personality, based in its original take on the zombies themselves, its distinctive cast of characters and its unusual format.

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Final reminder: George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead debuts tomorrow on Amazon, Xbox 360 and PS3 VOD. Here are three new pics to whet your appetite. (Dread Central)

And if you are in Chicago May 6, maybe you should enter this contest to see an exclusive screening of Survival of the Dead with a post-show Q&A with George Romero. Awesome! (AICN)

A new political party in the UK is fighting to give zombie equal rights, including allowing them to marry the living. (BBC)

Fight twenty different monsters, including zombies, in Chillingo’s iPhone tower-defense game Monster Mayhem. Word is, it’s the first of four different zombie-related games coming from the developer.

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A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead. Got news tips? E-mail me at cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com.

More Resident Evil: Afterlife coverage, in the form of an interview with Wentworth Miller (aka the guy from Prison Break). (FEARnet)

There’s a new trailer for “dead things in space” videogame Dead Space 2 but I can’t find an embeddable version, so you have to go here. (Kotaku)

Check out this trio of stills from upcoming Italian zombie movie Eaters (and read more about it on my list of top ten anticipated zombie releases for 2010). (Dread Central)

Japanese sleazeploitation zombie film Big Tits Zombie 3D gets a poster. It’s got big tits, but no zombies, strangely. (Shock Till You Drop)

There have been many milestones throughout the eighty-year history of the zombie in Western culture. In today’s world, where zombies are such a part of everyday life that every college campus is aswarm with games of Human vs. Zombie, zombies are used in advertising and we get a new zombie movie or game released every few months, it’s easy to forget our roots. To make sure that doesn’t happen, I’ve compiled a quick overview of ten great moments in zombie history, from the earliest days to modern times. Without these milestones, we wouldn’t be where we are today. Remember and rejoice.

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A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead. Got news tips? E-mail me at cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com.

With the VOD release of George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead just days away (April 30!), the final greenband trailer has surfaced. Find it embedded below. (Yahoo Movies)

Speaking of Survival, it premieres in New York City May 16 and you can get in free if you dress up as a zombie and join a flash-mob style zombie walk (well, the first 300 lucky undead, anyway). (Dread Central)

Zombies on a cruise! That’s my four-word synopsis of the utterly ridiculous-sounding Spring Break Zombie Cruise, a new project from writer Matt Pitts (Fringe) supposedly in the pipe for a 3D realization. (Dread Central)

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A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead. Got news tips? E-mail me at cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com.

Some clever computer folk dug into the guts of the new Left 4 Dead 2 DLC “The Passing” to get this list of upcoming Mutation game types. Are they all real? Only time will tell. (Destructoid)

Speaking of “The Passing,” there sure are a lot of cool Easter Eggs that nod to other zombie greats in the episode, covering everything from Shaun of the Dead to Plants vs. Zombies. (The Zed Word)

The classic “guy brings tragically killed girlfriend back from dead only to learn there are consequences” plot is the fuel for the movie Kiss the Abyss. Guys, you need to learn: never bring your girl back from the dead, it won’t end well. The trailer is embedded after the break and it looks great. (Quiet Earth)

There’s a new clip from George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead embedded below. Remember, it’s coming to VOD April 30 and theaters May 28. (Fangoria)

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Zombies. They love to fight stuff. And Etsy designer Tina Seamonster loves to make shirts documenting that. You may recall she was the one behind the awesome “Obama punching a zombie” shirt that was the first-ever Fashion Zombie entry. Now she’s combined two of the Internet’s favorite things — narwhals and zombies — into one awesome shirt-based deathmatch, illustrated by Chuck Knigge. As the woman herself says, “I am pretty sure that the elusive narwhal can totally take a zombie. Given the right conditions, like in the water, of course.” Can’t argue with that.

You can get one of these shirts, in green (pictured) or pink, for $20 from her shop. She makes them in small batches, so they may sell out and/or not be available in your size. Just keep checking back, she makes more from time to time. To see the design on a model, click through the “Read the rest of this entry” link below.

I’m attempting to assemble an all zombie-themed wardrobe. Fashion Zombie is my weekly post detailing the coolest zombie-themed clothes and accessories I can find. Check back every Monday for another look at the hottest zombie apparel.
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A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead. Got news tips? E-mail me at cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com.

Entertainment Tonight Canada visited the set of Resident Evil: Afterlife and brought back video, which is embedded below. (Entertainment Tonight Canada)

St. Louis gets Con-Tamination 2010, a horror con that will feature a Day of the Dead cast reunion. It happens April 30 through May 2. (Dread Central)

For just $150, you can buy Resident Evil heroine Jill Valentine in convenient toy form. (Kotaku)

The “high school football plus zombies” comedy Play Dead gets another behind the scenes look. Video embedded below. (Bloody Disgusting)

Coscom Entertainment has released Zombie Fight Night : Battles of the Dead, a novel about a post-apocalyptic future where the the undead battles all manner of opponents –real and fantastic, from bigfoot to samurai warriors — in gladiatorial combat.

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A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead. Got news tips? E-mail me at cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com.

There’s a cute nod to Dead Rising in the Left 4 Dead 2 DLC episode “The Passing.” (Destroyed Controller)

Speaking of “The Passing” there’s a promo video for it embedded below. And in case you forgot, it came out today.

The Deadworld comic miniseries is being reprinted in a 288 page collection this July. It’ll set you back $25. (ComicsMonster.com)

The horror-comedy movie For Love of Zombies is holding an open casting call for would-be zombies Saturday, May 8 in Richland, New Jersey. There’s a teaser trailer below to give you an idea what you’re getting yourself into.

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