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.
A car full of revelers dressed as zombies crashed Friday near Portland, Oregon. No one was seriously hurt, but ti took witnesses a while to figure that out, thanks to the makeup. (KGW)
San Diego Comic Con attendees will have a shit-ton of zombie events to attend, including panels on Resident Evil: Afterlife, Max Brooks, Dead Rising 2 and zombie fiction — and that’s just what’s happening on Saturday, July 24! (Dread Central)
Get the scoop on Resident Evil: Afterlife from Niven Howie, the editor. Coming soon, an interview with the caterer! Seriously, I know editor is a pretty important job, but come on! So is grip, but do you really want to read about lighting the movie (unless you make movies yourself)? (Fangoria)
Pen-and-paper RPG types who love zombies should check out Outbreak: Undead, a new zombie apocalypse RPG. (Southern Fried Gamer)
Producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura promises the upcoming Pet Sematary remake will not be watered down for a PG 13 rating. But can he promise it will be watchable? (io9)
If you like reading comics, check out the anthology Zombie Tales Vol. 1 online for free. (Zombie Command)
Filmmaker Matthew Chung talks about making Office of the Dead, a new zom-com about an engineer that accidentally triggers a zombie outbreak. There’s also a trailer embedded below for you. (Fangoria)
If you somehow enjoyed the abysmal Autumn (my thoughts on it here), you might enjoy this brief interview with Canadian actress Diane Selma, who played one of the featured zombies. (Fangoria)
A dull and meandering trailer has popped up online for a previously unheard-of film called Biohazard Zombie Apocalypse. Pointless trailer, generic name — I am having trouble mustering any kind of interest for this one. No other info, but you can watch it via an embed below. (Jaime Writes)
Office of the Dead trailer
Biohazard Zombie Apocalypse trailer