Zombie News

Dead Letters

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Dead Letters is a 'zine devoted to artistic and literary expressions of the zombie apocalypse, a horror subgenre pioneered by the films of George A. Romero and expanded upon by countless others in the intervening years since Night of the Living Dead's 1968 debut.

Four times a year, Dead Letters strives to showcase the very best the walking dead subgenre has to offer, from stories to art to critical essays, expanding beyond run/hide/die, and demonstrate that walking dead stories provide a fertile ground for social commentary. As a character stated in the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead: "They're us. We're them, and they're us."

If you're interested in sending submissions to Dead Letters, click here for the guidelines. They are just about at capacity for the March issue, but are looking forward to the June installment.

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Robert Rodriguez does Zombies?

From Bloody-Disgusting:

The Weinstein Co.'s highly anticipated experimental pic -- for which Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez are each set to helm a 60-minute horror tale -- is headed into production in the coming weeks, with Rodriguez readying to shoot his segment on his home turf of Austin, Texas.

Rodriguez's part, "Planet Terror," will be a zombie pic, while Tarantino's section, "Death Proof," will a slasher seg.

Casting hasn't been announced.

The two filmmakers are hammering out concepts for some of the faux trailers and ads that will run between the two pics as an intermission. (The "Pulp Fiction" helmer has always peppered his pics with made up product placement, from Big Kahuna Burgers to Red Apple cigarettes.)

Tarantino is keen this time on shooting a fake trailer for a sexploitation movie titled "Cowgirls in Sweden." Other possibilities include a blaxploitation pic and a kung-fu movie.

"Grind" will be shot in the tradition of the '70s exploitation films that influences both helmers. Variety coined the phrase "grindhouse" to describe the seedy, downtown movie theaters that ran double or triple-features with only brief intermissions.

Rodriguez will likely be the cinematographer on both segments.

The Weinstein Co. plans on releasing "Grind" later this year.

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Shaun Figures

Also from B-D:

Get your first look at NECA's Shaun of the Dead action figure from Cult Classics series 4 inside! Shaun comes armed with his cricket bat, flowers and his box of records. Cult Classics series 4 includes Shaun of Shaun of the Dead, Elvis (Bubba Ho-Tep), Plaid Zombie (Dawn of the Dead), Chucky (Child's Play classic look) and a boxed set for Seed of Chucky. More details coming soon fro next week's NY Toyfair...

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Xombie Chpater 7

From Fango:

The latest action-packed installment of XOMBIE, writer/director/animator James Farr's wildly popular Flash cartoon series, is now up for free viewing at Farr's official website, Xombie Online. Thunder and Light is the seventh chapter chronicling the morbid adventures of Dirge, a wisecracking, embittered but principled ghoul, and his assorted band of companions. The arrival of this chapter marks the end of an eight-month wait for eager fans, as there have been no installments since Chapter 6, The Hands of God, was placed on-line last May. At last count, Chapter 7 has already been seen over 40,000 individual times since its low-key premiere on Monday.