John Sears | June 7, 2011
It’s always good to keep an eye on Tom Savini and George Romero; they pop up unexpectedly from time to time and when they do it’s rarely good for the Differently Animated, ‘Creepshow’ aside: Tom Savini is a freaking legend, the guy has provided us with some of the greatest gore f/x for years, using [...]
John Sears | June 7, 2011
Ignoring the thick layer of scorn heaped on the Differently Animated by the usual suspects at Dread Central, this sounds like it could be a winner: Let’s face it … just because you’re a rotting, shambling, undead thing with a hunger for human flesh doesn’t mean that you don’t need anyone to look out for [...]
John Sears | June 7, 2011
We wanted to highlight yet *another* apparently successful Zombie Public Event here on the ZRC blog, and also to point out how even the most peaceable and outgoing Zombie activities can suffer slander from the Mainstream Media, as well as unfortunate bias from organizers: On Saturday, hundreds gathered in downtown Boston for the seventh annual [...]
John Sears | June 6, 2011
We love Zombie Walks, marches, public events of almost all sorts here at the ZRC. In fact, next Saturday we’re attending the big 4th Annual Zombie March in Chicago and we’d love to see you there. However, news of this ‘Zombie Crawl’ in Brooklyn being used to collect footage for a movie about Zombies attacking [...]
John Sears | June 6, 2011
Noted internet hate merchant ThinkGeek isn’t satisfied with repeatedly earning the ZRC’s ire selling flagrantly Anti-Zombie products, oh no; sometimes they have to take a product that could be gently subversive of the prevailing negative stereotypes of the Differently Animated and ruin it with their ad copy. Example: It’s What Zombies Crave – Little ice-cubes [...]
John Sears | June 5, 2011
Europe has gone absolutely nuts with the Zombie bashing! Here’s yet ANOTHER European film that bashes the Differently Animated coming out, this time from Scotland: Attack of the Herbals” is a “Evil Dead”/”Shaun of the Dead” style horror comedy, independently produced and shot in the North East of Scotland. Jackson McGregor returns to the tiny [...]
John Sears | June 5, 2011
Sometimes I sincerely wonder if the universe is alive, malignant, and focused on thwarting both good taste and the advance of Zombie Friendly media. When someone essentially reboots the plot of ‘Plan 9 from Outer Space’ as a modern day indie film, you have to wonder if the world is out to get us: A [...]
John Sears | June 5, 2011
I know I probably sound like a broken record of late, talking about how the ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ is being used by mercenary and unethical capitalists to accumulate lucre while spreading hate, but they really will try and sell you anything with fears of Zombies. The latest example: BBQ Beef Tactical Sammich Tactical Sammiches are available [...]
John Sears | June 5, 2011
We mentioned this fun event before on the blog, a fun chance for the Undead to get out, have a Tiki themed party and enjoy themselves. Here’s a quick update to note that the event went off without violence or disruption, and hey, there are fun photos to be gazed upon as well. Sorry we [...]
John Sears | June 5, 2011
Unfortunately I came to this story a bit late, but it’s still a fascinating example of how a complete lack of cultural sensitivity can lead to even initially well-intentioned people making terrible faux pas. Case in point: Creators of a railroad safety mascot named Brainy are sending him to the Memphis Zombie Massacre on Friday [...]