The Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse

A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

Max Brooks, the man who brought us the infamous Zombie Survival Guide, has now released a FREE iPhone app that lets you scan your friends to see if they’ve been infected. (Tech Republic)

Director Frank Darabont sat down with TIME magazine to give a nice interview about The Walking Dead. (TIME)

Zombie slayer Bruce Campbell sits down to discuss zombies, acting, and other things horror. (Seattle Times)

On the off chance you still don’t get it, here’s ten reasons why you just have to watch The Walking Dead this Sunday. (Bloody Disgusting)

Spoilers ahead as we’ve got video (after the break) of the first five minutes of The Walking Dead. (28 Days Later Analysis)

If you’re in Victoria, BC be sure to check out the Zombie Feast Film Festival tonight. (28 Days Later Analysis)

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I know I’ve mentioned my admiration and appreciation for the work of Eric Weiss’s Zombie! project here once or twice (hint: the second most recent Fashion Zombie was from Weiss’s collection!). Seems other people are getting the message, too — Weiss’s Zombie! project is the subject of a nice little story from AMP magazine.

Not only do you get a cool little Q&A about the band/project and its origins, you also get a full stream of his album, a solid disc full of horror-inspired rock and roll in the vein of classic Misfits. My favorite is “Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things,” at least partially for creating a piece of art that lives up to the awesomeness of the title. Check it out, and have an awesome Halloween!

A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

The band Radioboxer sits down in an interview to discuss surviving the zombie apocalypse in a Q&A. (Miami New Times – Crossfade)

Danny Newman discusses why Denver is set to become the zombie capital of the world.(Ed: It’s no coincidence TIZA is based in Denver…) (Westword – Show & Tell)

Colorado University is offering a class on zombie survival, and we’ve got video after the break. (Colorado Daily)

Geo social check-in app SCVNGR has infected random players with the zombie virus in an effort to spread it to the world in a fun new game. (Wired)

NPR talks zombies!? Beth Accmando gives an interview about her time playing a zombie in the short film My Boring Zombie Apocalypse. (NPR)

An announcement was made today that the mock dock World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries 2 is currently in production, and there’s a nice one sheet poster to go with it. (Dread Central)

Scientist Phil Plait gives an awesome breakdown on zombie science and how zombies are a theoretical possibility. (Blastr)

Dawn of the Ted is a zombie short even your girlfriend will want to watch, because it features zombie teddy bears. I’m not kidding, there’s video after the break. (Moviephone)

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A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

Need some college credit and don’t want to take underwater basket weaving? Well there’s a college that now offers a class on zombie apocalypse survival. (Point Park Globe)

We’ve got some video (after the break) of the world wide zombie invasion that AMC hosted to prepare the world for The Walking Dead this Sunday night. (FEARnet)

There’s also about twenty times more footage of the invasion which we can’t embed located here. (Dread Central)

There’s some news and release info on Deadland, the latest in a proud line of post apocalyptic zombie films. (28 Days Later Review)

Also surviving the cutting room floor is the announcement of Play Dead, which brings together two of my favorite things, zombies and football. (Fangoria)

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A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

There’s an awesome video (that we can’t embed) of an interview with Frank Darabont, the director of The Walking Dead. (FEARnet)

A couple of Florida students just finished shooting Residents Evil, a zombie comedy, and talk about it in this interview. (The Alligator)

Kevin Tenney sits down for a nice interview about his latest film, Brain Dead. Too bad the movie sucks (read my review of Brain Dead). (Fangoria)

A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

There’s some teaser news of the new Call of Duty: Black Ops game which centers around a Russian dictator causing a zombie outbreak through chemical warfare. (Device)

The latest Nazi zombie flick A Chance In Hell is under fire for featuring scenes revolving around concentration camp experimentation. Check out the trailer after the break and judge for yourself. (io9)

Scotland’s beautiful Glasgow will be overrun with zombies during a walk on October 31. (Herald Scotland)

A few cities will be premiering the Walking Dead pilot episode on the big screen! (Dread Central)

There’s a few really nice behind the scenes images from episode one of The Walking Dead. (Dread Central)

Speaking of The Walking Dead, AMC is staging a 24 hour zombie invasion in cities all over the world. (Dread Central)

Our own Cory Casciato sits in with the Denver Diatribe podcast to talk about the level of his city’s zombie preparedness and other Halloween-centric topics. (Denver Diatribe)

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At long last, The Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse is available in T-shirt form! Thanks to the excellent Alert/Sigilantes Design, you can now show your love for the website in convenient shirt form! This is a very limited edition — less than twenty of these suckers exist, basically two in the common sizes, small through Xl, in both male and female. And I am offering them up to you, the readers of the site, for $20, shipped ($15 for the shirt, $5 to ship). For more details, a look at the back and some photos of the actual shirt, venture below…

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A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

Zombie walks, Zombie Walks, and ZOMBIE WALKS… oh my!

• Canadians will have more to fear than just unruly hockey players when a zombie walk hits Toronto October 23. (The Star)
• Sarah Palin’s neighbors, the Russians, will be holding a zombie walk in Moscow October 23 as well. (Uiargonaut)
• The undead (zombies, not politicians) will gather in Washington DC October 23 for a nice little walk downtown. (NBC Washington)

Sarah Wayne Callies, who plays Lori Grimes in The Walking Dead, gives an awesome interview about the show and her hopes for its success. (LA Times: Hero Complex)

A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

If you love zombies, running, or just walking at a reasonable pace, there’s probably an event in your area coming up.

• Zombie survival “tag” will take place October 22 in Norfolk, VA. (Wavy)
• There’s a zombie walk/festival at Pierce College October 28. (Pierce Pioneer)
• The New Jersey crowd is having a zombie walk October 30 and they’re going for the Guinness World Record. Hopefully the cast of Jersey Shore will be horribly mauled and eaten. (Buy Zombie)

Amber Entertainment has purchased the film rights to Stronghold, a graphic novel about a zombie attack in the Middle Ages. (Shock Till You Drop)

The German film Rammbock has been retitled to Siege of the Dead and is slated for a UK exclusive DVD release October 25. We’ve got the trailer after the break. (28 Days Later Analysis)

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A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

There’s some great behind the scenes special effects images for the upcoming awesome that is The Walking Dead. (Dread Central)

AMC is offering thousands of sweet, sweet American dollars to zombie fans in their Spread the Dead contest to get the country pumped for The Walking Dead. (FEARnet)

In case you missed Robert Kirkman at the Spike Scream Awards 2010, here’s a link to the epic new NSFW clip for The Walking Dead. (Dread Central)

Want to know what it’s like for an actress to play one of the undead? Well here’s a link to a video (embedded below, as well) of one woman’s makeup progress from start to finish. (FEARnet)

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