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.

There’s a cool new poster for Romero’s Survival of the Dead from Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard. (Splash Page)

Get to know indie filmmaker Joshua Bell, the man behind the upcoming zombie comedy Beverly Lane. It’s about being stuck at the office, during a zombie apocalypse, with a bunch of people you hate. Including mimes. There’s a trailer embedded below. (Dread Central)

More info emerges on the high-school-football/zombie tale Play Dead. The book hits today. The film is a short that evolved from a commission to shoot a trailer for the book, but they’re hoping to shoot a feature if they can raise the money. And the plot concerns a violent rivalry that leads to the death — and subsequent revival as zombies — of one team, who must then win the state championship or be banished to hell. (Fangoria)

The post-nuclear-apocalyptic zombie Western Devil’s Crossing has a new trailer, which you’ll find embedded below. It’s a Western about a man trying to redeem his soul from the devil in the face of the devil’s zombie army trying to take over the post-nuclear wasteland. Original, at least! (28 Days Later: An Analysis)

The remix-culture inspired Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated, which tasked animators to work together to “remake” the classic film, will get an official bootleg release soon to build anticipation for the official, deluxe special-edition DVD release. (Bloody Disgusting)

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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 REC on the way! The dynamic duo of Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza are splitting up to handle two new films. Plaza will tackle REC Genesis, a prequel, while Balaguero handles REC Apocalypse, a sequel. (Twitch)

An oddball TV host faces the zombie apocalypse by running a continuous slate of puppet shows, musical numbers and rescue stations while killing zombies in Rose, an upcoming film from writer/director John Skipp. It starts shooting this summer in 3D and you can get more at the official website. (Dread Central)

Get some behind-the-scenes insight into the creation of the post-apocalyptic zombie world that is the setting for author Mira Grant’s novel Feed. (Whatever)

The Zombie Research Society wants you to know that May is Zombie Awareness Month.

If you’ve been craving an anime-style, downloadable zombie shooter set in Wonderland for your Wii, Zombie Panic in Wonderland answers your prayers. Trailer embedded below. (Kotaku)

A horror blogger goes to Vegas and shoots zombies with machine guns (well, the zombies were just zombie targets but the machine guns were real). (The Horror Section)

Need to do a zombie-bite effect, but don’t have much money? Indy Mogul will show you how to do it for $20, in a video embedded below. (Bloody Disgusting)

Zombies in Edmonton, Canada washed cars to raise funds for a food bank. See, zombies can do good things, too. (Edmonton Journal)

Have you been missing the zombie blog A World on Fire? Its creator promises regular updates will resume May 14. (A World on Fire)

If you would like to dress as a zombie and march on Washington, D.C. with thousands of fellow undead, your chance is coming.

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Two of my favorite things, zombies and vodka, together at last. I couldn’t be happier (unless the person who made this wanted to give me one, anyway). It’s also got a little of that repurposed Soviet flair for extra flavor, which is nice. It’s yet another excellent Etsy find, this time from Sigh Co. Graphics in New Orleans. You can buy the shirt here for a relatively reasonable $18, and check out their other horror-themed fashion in their store.

It’s a babydoll T, which means it would look pretty fruity on me, but would suit the ladies just fine. If only my lady were zombie inclined. Ah well, perhaps they’ll do a printing on a more manly cut (I could use a V-neck zombie shirt for variety’s sake and hipster cred…) at some future date. Until then, I can admire from afar. And you can admire it on a lovely female model in a photo below the break.

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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