John Sears | May 6, 2011
Could the ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ occur in Wisconsin? Zach Snyder thought so. Would it involve beer? I’m just guessing, yeah: Beer for beer and shot for shot, when all 50 states belly up to the bar, few can hold their own with Wisconsin. Binge drinking – we’re No. 1. Percentage of drinkers in the population – [...]
John Sears | May 6, 2011
It’s coming to the point where I expect to see Zombies splashed into every conceivable project as a plot element, or conversely, every conceivable social ill explored using Zombies as a metaphor. Commercialism? ‘Dawn of the Dead’. Distrust of the military? ‘Day of the Dead’ Rage in the culture? ’28 Days Later’ Corporate Malfeasance? Every [...]
John Sears | May 6, 2011
One of the key strategies we engage in here at the ZRC is to cultivate support and relationships with up-and-coming stars and behind the scenes types in the independent film world. There are really two prongs to this strategy; first, just by talking and socializing with people you can expose them to alternative ways of [...]
John Sears | May 5, 2011
Here at the ZRC we try to use appealing, non-gruesome artwort in what might be called a more ‘cartoon’ like style (from the pen of our very own Art and Technical Director) to help open the mind of the public about the possibilities of Zombie-Living coexistence. We’re also not above employing adorable mascots like Zombie [...]
John Sears | May 5, 2011
I was informed about ‘Zombina and the Skeletones’ on Twitter and then kind of forgot to follow up on it until now, which just shows… err.. how busy I am with many other ZRC projects, yes. Perhaps a tiny bit unfortunately for the ZRC’s mandate, despite the name of the band, we’re not dealing with [...]
John Sears | May 4, 2011
Sometimes we get a bit of gentle ribbing from the various ZRC Friends in the Horror news biz, since we have such a singular mission and focus, and so I had a bit of advance warning about this slightly… satirical take on a new Think Geek Anti-Zombie product coming out: And now a tasty little [...]
John Sears | May 4, 2011
I was all prepared to be unhappy about this story but then got a pleasant surprise, or at least, a potentially pleasant one: Focus Features and LAIKA, the companies that gave us the standout animated feature CORALINE, take another venture into genre territory with the 3D stop-motion movie PARANORMAN. The long-gestating zombie project now has [...]
John Sears | May 4, 2011
Wow. It’s not going to be hard to find a copy of ‘Dead Island’ on the shelves in America now, folks; finding a Japanese game company that isn’t in bed with Anti-Zombie bigots is another matter: Dead Island publisher Deep Silver has joined with industry giant Square Enix to distribute Techland’s upcoming zombie action title [...]
John Sears | May 4, 2011
Uggh. Just… ugh: There is a plague sweeping the land, and you must prepare yourself. Are you ready for the creeping dread of unpaid bills? The sheer, unrelenting horror of bankruptcy? The non-stop terror that are creditors? Will you live to survive another day, or will you succumb to the apocalypse of Zombie Economics? … [...]
John Sears | May 4, 2011
There’s a nifty contest going to provide a caption to some art of Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer as Zombies: Attention—Zombie lovers– come up with a caption for this clever little portrait of the undead husband & wife! … If your caption is chosen, you will win a signed-by-Neil 100 WORDS print from Neverwear. way [...]