Zombie scraps...

Jeffrey Reddick Interview
At Arrow in the Head

Screenwriter Jeffrey Reddick has a lot to be happy about! His first screenplay FINAL DESTINATION broke bank, the sequel (in which he had a story credit) kicked butt, he's presently wrting the DAY OF THE DEAD remake for Steve Miner and his last screenplay TAMARA (Read my review here) got made, hitting the big screen (limited release) on February 3rd 2006...

Read it all right here.

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New Friday the 13th

From Fango:

Variety reports that New Line Cinema, ending a long period of speculation, is moving forward with a new FRIDAY THE 13TH movie. And it's coming sooner than might have been expected; the studio is aiming to have the film in theaters Friday, October 13, 2006. Rather than a FREDDY VS. JASON follow-up, the new feature will go back to explore the origins of Jason Voorhees. That's all that's been reported right now, but we'll be looking into this and bringing you updates just as soon as we can.

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Pet Sematary's Mary Lambert
Joins Fango Guestlist

From Fango:

PET SEMATARY movies director Mary Lambert has joined the lineup of the next West Coast edition of FANGORIA’s Weekend Of Horrors convention, presented by Anchor Bay Entertainment, to be held June 2-4, 2006 at LA’s Burbank Airport Hilton (2500 Hollywood Way). Lambert, who also directed TALES FROM THE CRYPT’s “Collection Completed,” last year’s URBAN LEGENDS: BLOODY MARY and several pioneering music videos by such artists as Madonna and the Ramones, has two new horror flicks to preview at the con: the supernatural drama THE ATTIC and the vampire Western HIGH MIDNIGHT. The Burbank Fango con marks Lambert’s first-ever convention appearance.

Zombie stuff...

Stephen King's Cell
First Two Chapters

That's right...read the first two chapters right here at Entertainment Weekly:

The event that came to be known as The Pulse began at 3:03 p.m., eastern standard time, on the afternoon of October 1. The term was a misnomer, of course, but within ten hours of the event, most of the scientists capable of pointing this out were either dead or insane. The name hardly mattered, in any case. What mattered was the effect.

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Shadow: Dead Riot

From Fango:

DVD contents and the cover art for SHADOW: DEAD RIOT, the women’s prison/zombie/martial arts opus directed by Derek Wan and scripted by the mag’s own Michael Gingold, coming on the company’s Shriek Show label. This R-rated special edition streets March 28 and presents the movie in anamorphic 1.77:1 widescreen with 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Digital audio. Extra features include a behind-the-scenes featurette, an image gallery, the SHADOW trailer and other Shriek Show trailers; retail price is $19.98. Tony (CANDYMAN) Todd stars as the titular executed occultist whose spirit haunts the prison where he was executed 20 years ago; Carla Greene plays a new inmate who senses his presence and battles the resuscitated Shadow and his undead army. An unrated special edition is in the works for a later date to be announced; click here to check out the movie’s official website.

Zombies: La blonde la brute et le truand

This is pretty neat, and we can thank the French for it. (Fear not, scroll down for English). From Asmodée Éditions:

« Pour vous simplifier la vie tous les jours, le Monroeville Mall pense à vous ! »
Tu parles ! Ils m’ont bien eu avec leur pub. J’avais juste besoin de chips et de bière pour continuer la route, alors j’ai arrêté le bahut devant ce centre commercial ultra-moderne perdu au milieu de la Pennsylvanie.
20 minutes pour trouver une place, pas de jeton pour le caddy, des escalators en panne, pas un chat dans les allées, pas de lumière dans le parking… « Le Monroeville Mall, rendez-nous visite, et votre vie n’aura plus la même saveur ! » Le type qui a pondu ça, il mérite la médaille de la clairvoyance.
Tiens, je vais demander à ces types à drôle de dégaine, là-bas, où je peux trouver des chips…

La blonde...

Engore des ambulanciers !

Dans Zombies Chaque joueur va contrôler trois personnages - Une blonde, une petite frappe et une grosse brute - prisonniers d’un centre commercial envahi par des centaines de zombies affamés.
Chaque personnage a des capacités propres : la blonde ne sert à rien (c'est quand même elle qui rapporte le plus de points de victoire à la fin de la partie), si ce n'est à attirer les zombies par ses cris. La brute est un gros costaud franc du collier, une sorte d'artiste du marteau des clous et du calfeutrage, bien utile pour barricader les portes et empêcher les zombies d'entrer. Quant à la petite frappe, elle dispose d'un argument de choix pour faire valoir son point de vue de petite teigne malingre, un revolver qui ne servira pas à tuer des zombies, mais plutôt à faire basculer les décisions collectives en sa faveur.

Pour survivre, tous ces personnages n'ont qu'une seule solution, trouver une sécurité précaire dans des zones qui ne sont pas encore envahies par les morts-vivants et oublier toutes les belles valeurs de solidarité ou d’humanité. Plutôt les autres que vous !


Chaque zone peut accueilir un nombre limité de personnage, et sera tôt ou tard soumise à l'assaut des morts-vivants. Les personnages devront choisir de resister, ou de fuir dans une autre zone, en fonction des alliances et des traîtrises du moment.

La brute...

Monroeville Mall, le bonheur de vivre !

Trois zones du centre commercial sont particulières :
Le PC de surveillance du centre commercial, d'ordinaire utilisé pour l'observation du sauvageon dans son milieu naturel, est ici bien utile pour savoir où les zombies vont se masser. Celui qui le contrôlera jouera en premier, et saura où ne pas aller (s'il est sympa, il pourra toujours partager cette information avec les autres joueurs. Mais vous en connaissez beaucoup des vigiles sympas vous ?).

Dans le parking, un camion est renversé et les courageux qui parviendront à le fouiller pourront y trouver du matos qui sera peut-être utile pour sauver sa peau. Malheureusement, le parking n'est pas sûr, et les personnages qui s'y trouvent sont à la merci de toutes les attaques de zombies.

Le troisième lieu spécial est le supermarché qui est trop grand pour être entièrement sûr. Six personnages pourront s'y trouver ensemble (les autres lieux, à part le parking peuvent en contenir beaucoup moins), mais l'assaut des zombies y sera plus dur à contenir.

Et le truand...

Zombies n'est pas un jeu de combat, mais un jeu de négociations. La destruction des zombies ne sera que ponctuelle, en fonction de vos intérêts du moment, et ne pourra pas enrayer la menace inéluctable des morts vivants. Votre seule chance, garder en vie le plus de vos personnages lorsque les secours arriveront (de toute façon, ils arrivent toujours trop tard).

Chaque action du jeu, de la fouille du camion à l'élection du chef de la sécurité, en passant par la designation des victimes de la masse grouillante des zombies sera désignée par un vote entre les personnages présent sur le lieu de l'action.
Qui sera jeté en pâture aux zombies pour que les autres s’en tirent ? Qui contrôlera le poste de sécurité ? Qui pourra aller farfouiller pour trouver un peu de matériel ? Pas de place pour les faibles, il faudra négocier, embrouiller les autres, construire des alliances, trahir, bref il faudra survivre !

Zombies est un jeu de Nicolas Normandon illustré par Aleksi Briclot et Benjamin Carré.

English:

Mall of horror is a "survival Horror" game.

The goal is not to kill the greatest number of zombies but simply to survive. You must flee from place to place while zombies try to devour the inhabitants of this cursed town.

Each players controls 3 characters: a gorgeous blond, a big guy and a thug. Each one will gather a certain amount of points at the end of the game.

Each place in the mall has different characteristics. They may contain varying numbers of characters and may give some bonus items which will help your survival.

Mall of horror is a simple game with very fast actions. You'll be able to play ten minutes after you bought the box.

The main challenge will actually be to manage the movements of your 3 characters and above all you'll have to know how to negotiate with the other players.

Because Mall of horror is mainly a game of diplomacy... and betrayal.

Content:
1 game board
5 covers for closed places
21 characters token in 6 colors
30 miniature zombies
6 voting boards
4 dice
1 cover for the dice
21 action cards
1 Security Chief badge

Game Duration: about 60 minutes
Ages: 14 and up
Number of Players: 3 - 6 players

Zombie-ish News

Special dEaD Interview

From SPecial dEaD:

Horror-Movies.ca just posted their exclusive interview with the directors of the Special dEaD.

The link is below. Hop on over and give it read. If you're already interested in the film, then you'll learn a little more about it. It's really a good interview.

If you don't know anything about then film, read it, then you'll be interested, or disgusted, or ashamed for even have taken the time to read it.

Horror-Movies.ca Directors Interview

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Adrienne Barbeau Autobiography

Yes, you know you love her from The Fog and Creepshow, not to mention many non-zombie films! From Fango:

Adding to an already impressive 2006 booking of genre notables (see our previous news item here), Del Howison, proprietor of the Burbank, CA horror bookstore Dark Delicacies (4213 West Burbank Boulevard), has announced that actress Adrienne Barbeau will appear in person on Wednesday, May 10 to sign her autobiography THERE ARE WORSE THINGS I COULD DO: FROM BROADWAY TO B MOVIES…OR BUST.

The hardcover book (available March 12 from Carroll & Graf) covers Barbeau’s acting career, touching on her time on Broadway (in GREASE, from which the title is derived) as well as in Hollywood, as she offers up tales concerning her roles in horror faves like THE FOG, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, SWAMP THING and CREEPSHOW. Additional topics include her time spent as a go-go dancer prior to breaking into acting, her five-year marriage to director John Carpenter, her involvement with the defunct Showtime series CARNIVÀLE (for which she won a Best Actress in a Television Drama award from The Women’s Image Network), her past romance with Burt Reynolds (during the production of CANNONBALL RUN) and her marriage to a much younger man, writer Billy Van Zandt (and subsequently giving birth to twins at age 51). The actress, who will next appear on screen in director Daryl Goldberg’s supernatural film UNHOLY (alongside BUFFY alumnus Nicholas Brendon; see our most recent item here), will commence signing her 325-page memoir at 7 p.m.

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I Am Legend Remake

This might really be considered "vampre news," but seeing as though the original film is on so many zombie film list, I figured this news was relevant. From Bloody-Disgusting:

Dark Horizons discovered that Warner Brothers is close to a deal to rent New York's Kingsbridge Armory as a studio set for a movie version of Richard Matheson's famous apocalyptic novel I Am Legend reports the New York Daily News. Warner is in the process of closing a deal to rent the entire 190,950-square-foot first floor interior of the armory for seven months from February 27th through September 30th. I Am Legend, which was originally set in Los Angeles, centers on the lone survivor of a plague that has transformed the world's population into blood-sucking vampires. It has undergone many development changes over the years with differing people ranging from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Will Smith involved.

Zombie Happenings...

Steve Grainger Interview

Check out Hatefuldisplay's latest interview with Steve Grainger, aka, The Last Resort Man from the indie favorite Come Get Some!, and director of the upcoming Come Get Some More! right here.

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Special dEaD

From Fango:

In regards to THE SPECIAL dEaD’s storyline, the synopsis reads: “When a zombie plague infects Camp Special Dude, a dude ranch for the mentally handicapped, a ragtag band of campers and counselors struggle to survive the night. Led by the indifferent, nunchuck-wielding head counselor Mac and his wheelchair-bound sister Dale, the unlikely heroes fight their way off the mountain as, one by one, they’re picked off and join the ranks of the walking dead. It’s a campy stampede of blood, boobs and gore as some ‘very special’ people show that they can kick some serious undead ass.”

Obviously, Phillips and screenwriter Jared Tweedie did not draw inspiration from the recent spate of grim, serious-minded horror hits like SAW II and HOSTEL. “The horror films of the late ’70s and early ’80s were the best,” the director says of his inspiration. “And that’s what we set as our model. THE SPECIAL dEaD is campy, extra bloody and gory, not to mention some boobs thrown into the mix. Horror films of late have gotten away from the fun aspect, but we didn’t. A lot of these new horror movies have 10 to 15 minutes of actual monsters or zombies or vampires; the rest of the time they sit around talking about how they’re going to survive the night or get away. Not THE SPECIAL dEaD. It never lets up; it’s a balls-to-the-wall good and bloody time from the beginning to the end.”

THE SPECIAL dEaD will premiere in Hollywood at the end of February, and Phillips hopes fright fanatics and potential distributors will appreciate his genre combo. “It’s EVIL DEAD meets SOMETHING ABOUT MARY or SHAUN OF THE DEAD meets SOUTH PARK,” he says. “But whatever it is, it’s funny, scary and definitely worth watching for any horror fan, or comedy fan for that matter. THE SPECIAL dEaD was made for horror fans, and I feel they’ll love it.”

Check out the website for the trailer and more.

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Win a Date with Tamara?!

From the Tamara webiste:

City Lights Pictures is offering an exciting date with the hot young actress Jenna Dewan, the star of the sexy horror film, Tamara . So here's your chance to have an exciting night at one of New York's celebrity hotspots, Duvet for a romantic dinner with Jenna in one of their 30 unique beds, accompanied with 400 thread count sheets, bathrobes and slippers.

CONTEST RULES

To enter you must E-mail Jenna at jennadewan@citylightsmedia.com and in 25 words or less explain why she should go on a date with you. Pics attached are a plus.

All E-mails must be received before Monday, January 30 th 2006

Must be 18 or older to participate

Applicants must reside in the New York Metropolitan area

The winner of this contest will be selected by Jenna Dewan and City Lights Pictures, LLC

Go here for more details.

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Martin Screening in NYC

This is only very tenuously zombie related.

From Fango:

Brooklyn, NY’s BAMcinématek at the BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Avenue) has announced the all-35mm-print lineup for “Some Kind of Horror Show,” an eclectic assortment of genre fare ranging from vintage vampires to Japanese ghosts to North American slashers, running March 6-30.

The reason I mention this is as follows:

• Monday, March 27: George A. Romero’s MARTIN at 6:50 and 9:30 p.m.

This is a good opportuntiy to see Martin on a big screen. Click here for more details of the other titles showing and ticket information. If you're lucky enough to live near this theatre (Paul Auster and Jonathen Lethem appearing for a screening of Smoke! You lucky people!), you should definitely check this out.

Zombie odds and ends...

Anthropophagus

From Fango:

ANTHROPOPHAGUS has been delayed for a number of reasons, he says. It took some time getting all the materials, and then we ran into some technical issues which have finally been corrected. Obviously, given past problems, we found it much more important to correct them and delay the release than put it out on time with the problems, even at the risk of people grumbling about its delay. But it all seems to check out now, and the release will be a rockin' one; it should be ready to ship by the end of this month. The package includes an anamorphic 1.85:1 transfer of the uncut movie, with audio tracks (both mono) in English and Italian with new English subtitles; Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut 2: The Horror Films (an hour-long documentary, in Italian with English subs); a 2005 live appearance by stars George Eastman and Zora Kerova discussing ANTHROPOPHAGUS; alternate opening credits sequences; and trailers. Retail price is $19.95.

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My Dead Girlfriend

Also from Fango:

Brett Kelly, Canadian director of the BONESETTER movies and THE FERAL MAN, passed on a bit of news and a photo from his latest project, the horror/comedy MY DEAD GIRLFRIEND. Written by John Muggleton, the movie is described as �FAWLTY TOWERS meets THE EVIL DEAD and stars Kelly as a guy who accidentally runs over and kills his gal pal (Caitlin Delaney). But she's not gone for long; she comes back as a flesheating zombie, which puts a bit of a strain on their relationship. Ralph Gethings was in charge of FX on the movie, which will be released by an as-yet-unnamed DVD company later this year.

Click here to see more photos, poster art and a trailer.

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Tamara

From Bloody-Disgusting:

Click here to see where things go horribly for Tamara.

Zombies in Fango!

I sometimes debate as to whether or not I want to pick up the latest Fango. It's been hit and miss with me, frankly, since they started putting more than just a few color panels in the middle of the mag. I miss the days of the black and white course grained paper. That's just me. Times change and everything becomes flashy...and Fango hits issue #250. Seems like issue #150 was just yesterday...
Anyway...so, pick it up, or no? I say pick it up. Here's a few zombie reasons why:

There’s a big ol’ George Romero interview in which he retrospectively takes a look at Land of the Dead, a big article on Tamara, and one on the Masters of Horror series (Dance of the Dead, The Homecoming). There’s also a page on Night of the Living Dead 3D, a snippet for Jamie Russell’s Book of the Dead, and, of course, a smattering of zombie flicks on the Video Chopping List.

It's also that time of year again...time to vote on Fangoria's Chainsaw Awards:

Land of the Dead is up for Best Wide-Release film, John Leguizamo is up for Best Actor for Land, Robert Joy for Best Supporting Actor for Land, Mr. Romero for Best Screenplay...you guessed it, for Land. Also, Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger are up for Best Makeup/Creature FX...for Land. That's all as far as zombies go...you'll have to pick up the issue, or click here, for the rest of the runners. Don't forget to think hard on both the Worst Film and your vote on who next to induct into the Fangoria Hall of Fame.

Speaking of Fango...you can go here, to their site, to possibly win an All Soul's Day DVD--the deadline is Feb. 6. Want to up your chances of winning this particular movie? Go to All Things Zombie and enter DeadKev's contest as well. This one ends sooner--Jan. 31st.

Zombie stuffs...

Big Screen Zombie Action

Haven't seen Fulci's Zombi or Evil Dead 2 on a big screen? Well, here's your chance...there's also Grave of the Vampire.

Saturday FEB. 4th, 2006
Showtime - 8 pm $12

ZOMBIE - We Are Going to Eat You! The dead are among us again in this Italian DAWN OF THE DEAD rip-off that is a bloody, shocking masterpiece in its own right. All the walking dead eye-impaling, throat-tearing and flesh-ripping you can stand! We dare you to see it! Dir. Lucio Fulci .. Italy .. 1979 .. 35mm .. 91 min. .. Color

EVIL DEAD 2: DEAD BY DAWN - Bruce Campbell and the Evil Dead are back to swallow your soul in Sam (SPIDER-MAN) Raimis gory, gleeful Larry, Moe and Curly (and Shemp!) inspired horror comedy. The dead wont stay dead when a ancient incantation awakes something evil in the woods. Dir. Sam Raimi .. USA .. 1987 .. 35mm .. 85 min. .. Color

GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE - Father and Son -- related by Blood! Anyones Blood! Cult faves Michael (DRACULAS DOG) Pataki and William (THE LOSERS) Smith are the vampirific relations in this rarely-screened horror obscurity written by David (THE SOPRANOS) Chase. Dir. John Hayes .. USA .. 1972 .. 35mm .. 95 min. .. Color

All shows are now conveinently located at the International House at 3701 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

Thank the folks at Exhumed Films.

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Silent Hill Poster Vote

Click here to vote for your favorite fan made Silent Hill poster.

Third Tales from the Crypt movie - Ritual

From Bloody-Disgusting:

It's been a long long time since we've heard anything about the third and final Tales from the Crypt film entitled Ritual. Today DVD Times writes, "Tales From The Crypt presents RITUAL, a chilling tale of a young doctor caught in a web of voodoo, lust and greed, from the producers of “House of Wax” and “Gothika.” To escape the chaos of New York City, Doctor Alice Dodgson (Jennifer Grey) takes a job as the personal physician to a wealthy plantation heir on the island of Jamaica. Upon arrival she discovers that her patient, Wesley, believes he’s possessed and under a voodoo spell. Wesley’s brother pressures Alice to find out what’s wrong, but whispers of a voodoo cult grow when the locals begin to die under gruesome circumstances. Presented in 1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen with English Dolby Digital Surround Sound and optional Spanish subtitles, there are no listed extras. The DVD will be available to own on May 2nd.

Synopsis:

Inspired by director Jacques Tourneur's 1943 classic "I Walked with a Zombie," this new offering explores the mystical and sensual, yet often times terrifying world of Voodoo spirituality. A dedicated oncologist, Dr. Alice Dodgson (Grey), must compromise her strict belief in western medicine when she encounters the mysterious Obeah culture on the Caribbean island of Jamaica. Hired by wealthy American Paul Clayborne (Sheffer), Alice travels to the exotic locale to treat a cancer patient, Paul's brother Wesley (Lapaine). Upon her arrival, Alice finds herself immersed in the rhythm and harmony of this foreign civilization. Immediately, Alice is besieged by the locals with tales of zombies and possession. Though she dismisses the fantastical yarns as tropical ghost stories, what she is about to experience will change her point of view. Gradually, Alice learns about the magical and musical native culture while she attempts to treat the despondent Wesley with her proven scientific methods. Wesley reluctantly buys into Alice's enduring optimism. Making her job much more difficult, the emotional attachment that Alice and Wesley share as doctor and patient gradually develops into stronger feelings of love and desire. Alice finally comes to the realization that Wesley is not only suffering from a unique strand of cancer, but is also a victim of a powerful Voodoo Priest! Her first move is to figure out who on the island wants Wesley dead, and why. Alice must ultimately submit to the strange and sensual native culture to save her beloved Wesley's life, facing off against a seductive Voodoo queen as she fights fire with fire.

And now for a little culture...

You make the best coffee, Zombie Jane Wyman.

Here is a piece painted by Jimmy Mack the Heart Attack. For those of you who don't know, Jane Wyman was an actress, she starred in Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows in 1955, which inspired the Todd Haynes movie Far From Heaven in 2002 (which might explain why Rock Hudson is black in this painting). She was also Ronald Reagan's first wife.

Zombie News

To answer a question that was posed to me...are there any movies with cowboys and zombies?

Well, there is the indie production The Quick and the Undead. And back in May of last year, there was this announcement at CHUD.com:

Speaking of the Man with No Name and Old West archetypes, Chow will also strap on the six-shooters to play an undead-destroying gunslinger named Rellik in director Andrew Goth’s The Wretched, which will finally satisfy the demand for an entry in the elusive “zombie western” genre. I recently caught Goth’s debut, the cop-horror flick Cold & Dark (I should have a DVD Rack review of it some time soon), but I’ll say that his new flick should look great at the very least. Chow was long attached to a western about a vengeful Chinese rail worker (possibly reuniting him with John Woo), but that seems to have vanished. Personally, I’d rather see him blasting zombies to pieces anyway.

Synopsis:

The name of a young Bounty-Hunter is spreading across the West. That name is Twenty-One. It comes from a left hand that bears six fingers. His deadly reputation comes from his right hand that wields a gun. Twenty-One is bringing his latest quarry to justice when he meets the enigmatic Rellik. It seems the men have two things in common; both are Bounty-Hunters and both are stupendously fast with a gun.

While it's also mentioned here, here, and here, I don't know where it is in regards to its production, if it is at all.

(Thanks Nate).

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Deadpit.com's Februrary show will be featuring Scott Goldberg director of The Day They Came Back. Also on this show they talk to Randy Gaston of The Horror Newsletter, review a zombie flick Hide & Creep, and more! Join Uncle Bill and the Ctreepy Kentuckian here, as well as check out past shows.

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I was informed of an update regarding Zombie Queen: A Postmodern Post-Apocalyptic Romantic Comedy Horror Film by William Weird:

Respected NEPA-area stage actress Molly McPhearson has left the fledgling independent horror/comedy feature due to an exhaustive work schedule. The role she's vacated is that of the female lead. Filmmakers William Weird and William Berkowitz, however, are currently hard at work at filling her role and are confident that they'll be able to find a replacement soon. The abrupt last-minute departure, unfortunately, will further stall the already vastly pushed back shooting schedule though.

Lots of luck to these folks in filling this role, and hey, if you happen to live near the Nanticoke, Pa area, you might want to audition!

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Got seven minutes? Watch this zombie short, Zombies Ate my Neighborhood.

"Zombies in My Neighborhood" is both a dark comedy and a mockumentary about a zombie film production gone bad.

The lead actor is fresh out of prison, the intern has no clue who these people are, the zombie choreographer hasn't worked in 30 years, and the director may soon responsible for the worst movie of all time.

Watch it here!

No Zombie News Sunday

Sunday is my day of rest. Sort of. I have to go work on other things. But, please do take this opportunity to talk about whatever you want within the realm of zombies--hell, talk about anything. Consider this an open thread...

Some Zombie Comic Action

One new one and a couple of oldies, but always goodies. First the new...

Black Gas

Synopsis:

"A tiny little island off the East Coast of America, that sits on its own tiny little fault in the underlying tectonic plate. An odd little history ignored by almost everyone. Until the night of the big storm, and the creak in the fault line, and the release of something foul from the earth's guts, blown across the little town on Smoky Island. And the only two people on the island who were outside its reach are now trapped on a black spit of rock with a population who aren't people anymore.

They started eating each other an hour ago."

The website is here.

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And now a couple of oldies...

Night of the Living Dead: Barbara's Zombie Chronicles

Put out by Dead Dog Publishing. From Issue #1:

Assailed by nightmares both real and imagined, Barbara, once demure survivor of a night of living hell, finds the dawn no safer as she struggles to survive in a world gone mad. The cannibalistic dead walk the earth, forcing her and a small number of survivors to hide in a concrete prison of their own making and forage for dwindling supplies. Hardened by this satanic apocalypse, Barbara has become a soldier, fighting for her life and the lives of those who depend on her.

Reborn as a warrior, she has assured herself that things can't get any worse. She's wrong...

Check it out here.

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Romero's Toe Tags

Romero:

"The other thing I've got going on is that I've got a comic book coming out that I wrote. DC Comics called me up. They are doing a series called Toe Tags, limited-edition, six-issue storylines, eventually put out in bound editions. The illustrations are great, a guy named Tommy Castillo did the artwork. The plot once again revolves around a dead world. I'm not sure how much I can talk about it. I know there's some stuff they want to keep under wraps. I believe they're going to have advance copies out later this month. I think the first issues comes out in October. It was really fun, man. It was really liberating because it's a longer form than a conventional script. You don't have to worry about, shit, how am I going to shoot this? You just have to be able to draw it.”

Some old info from Ain't It Cool News is here. These were released in October of 2004.

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By the way, some of you who are zombie obsessed and know all about the old news might wonder why I post the old news. It's because this is a new site and I do want to try to cover everything, which means there's a whole lot of catching up. And there's a lot of people who may have missed whatever it is that I'm posting, so I'm affording them the opportunity to check it out if they'd like.

Thanks to Nate for digging up most of this info!

Zombie Things & Stuff

Cell

Stephen King's zombie novel Cell should be available in a few days! You can order it here.

Civilization doesn't end with a bang or a whimper. It ends with a call on your cell phone.

What happens on the afternoon of October 1 came to be known as the Pulse, a signal sent though every operating cell phone that turns its user into something...well, something less than human. Savage, murderous, unthinking-and on a wanton rampage. Terrorist act? Cyber prank gone haywire? It really doesn't matter, not to the people who avoided the technological attack. What matters to them is surviving the aftermath. Before long a band of them-"normies" is how they think of themselves-have gathered on the grounds of Gaiten Academy, where the headmaster and one remaining student have something awesome and terrifying to show them on the school's moonlit soccer field. Clearly there can be no escape. The only option is to take them on.

CELL is classic Stephen King, a story of gory horror and white-knuckling suspense that makes the unimaginable entirely plausible and totally fascinating.

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The Rage

Here's the new poster for Kurtzman's The Rage, and don't forget to check out the new website, freshly launched today. I'm still on the fence about this being a zombie movie. I think in the end, it'll be just one more title to fuel the "Is it a zombie movie or not a zombie movie" fire a la 28 Days Later.

I know this poster makes a lot of you guys very happy...but you have to admit, it's rather silly.

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Silent Hill

Here's the teaser poster for the upcoming Silent Hill, and be sure to click here for the trailer.

Kind of creepy in a Twilight Zone episode sort of way.

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Zombie Dolls

Having a hard time figuring out what to get the eight year old neice for her birthday? Check out Zombie Dolls.

Oh yeah. That's attractive.

Some Zombie Film & Fiction

Livelihood

"What if zombies didn't eat brains? How would people deal with their long-deceased relatives, lovers, friends, and enemies? And how would the dead cope with the realization that life really had gone on without them?"

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Severed

From Twitch (downloadble trailer):

A good while back a friendly film-programmer type dropped me a note and told me to be on the lookout for Carl Bessai's Severed. Well, okay, I thought, but it seemed like a bit of a strange instruction since Bessai is best known in these parts for making quiet little family dramas. They're good family dramas to be sure - the man did get Ian McKellan to come to Canada and make Emile for pocket change on the strength of his writing - but what would Carl Bessai be doing of interest to a site like Twitch?

Answer: Zombies.

Shot on location in the forests of British Columbia Severed is the story of a logging experiment gone wrong ... genetically altered tree hormones get into the human population with horrific results. The film just played at Screamfest in LA, so if anybody caught it we'd love to hear what you thought ...

Now, it looked as though we were going to have an exclusive on this but it appears that in the lag between the producers dropping the trailer DVD in the mail to me and it actually arriving they went and made the trailer available in streaming and greatly ad-molested form over on IFilm. But if you want to see the thing without being swamped by ads and you want to be able to download it to hold close to your breast while it whispers sweet nothings in your ear, we've got you covered ...

See what happens when you ignore the NAFTA rules governing the softwood lumber trade, Mr. Bush? Hordes of the undead come to eat your brains! Get the axe!

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"Night of the Zombies"

If you happen to have an account at MySpace, you can check out The Cult of the Bloody Quill, which is currently featuring the zombie piece "The Night of the Zombies" by Jeremiah.

Finally, The Resurrection Game!

From Pretty-Scary:

Amy Lynn Best's very first production EVER, The Resurrection Game, is finally complete. The “zombie-noir” feature was shot on 16mm, and was the first feature film produced by the Pittsburgh-based Happy Cloud Pictures group. Amy not only starred, but produced this film, (and from what i hear, wasn't too shabby on helping out with all other aspects of the production). Amy has gone on to direct several more films for Happy Cloud Pictures, including Severe Injuries and The Spicy Sisters Slumber Party.

Set in the near future, The Resurrection Game tells the story of a world where the dead have begun to walk. The streets are littered with the shambling undead. After the screaming stopped, people just got used to them. Now commercials use the zombie “Infestation” to sell soft drinks, and the most popular nighttime talk show is hosted by a zombie puppet named Necro-Phil. But one night, a down-on-his-luck ex-police detective, Jim Campbell, receives a mysterious video-call from the world-renowned horror author, Christopher Pope. Pope’s sales are plummeting. “Who wants to read about vampires when there are zombies outside on your lawn?” He makes Campbell an offer: one million dollars to discover a cure for the Infestation.