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 Single ‘Resident Evil’. Arrested development? ‘Shaun of the Dead’. Disconnected, aloof modern relationships? ‘Cabine of the Dead’. Misogyny? ‘The Taint’.

You get the idea.

Still, I wasn’t expecting to see the meth epidemic crossed with Zombie-bashing, which clearly shows a lack of imagination on my part, as the ZRC can present to you: ‘Zombie Alley’.

Zombie Alley Concept Trailers And More

An alien virus that turns people into zombies that is turned into meth from the rednecks that find it. It’s only in the United States that something like that could happen in. Where else would you find the properly attuned rednecks to think it’s a great idea to turn a rock that falls from the sky into a drug. I know that’s the FIRST thing I’d think to do. Really.

And what trailers they are, too:

‘Teabag’.. our souls. Uh-huh.

This is mildly reminiscent of ‘In Living Color’ and mildly of having a Q-tip shoved too far into your ear.

‘Zombie Alley’ is raising funds on IndieGogo if you really have a need to support this sort of thing. (I’m not sure, can you chip in after a deadline passes on IndieGogo or what?)

So far, oddly enough, beyond being told that there is a ‘Zombie Apocalypse’, we haven’t seen much for the ZRC to object to. I’m sure that will come later when more money’s been raised:

Zombie Alley A meteor falls from Outer Space and Momma, (the moo-moo wearing, shotgun toting, brains of the operation) and Earl (her greasy, dead beat mechanic son), find the rock, discover it has highly addictive properties, take it back to their auto shop and make white trash meth out of it, which starts a zombie apocalypse.”

This fun Rock and Roll/Horror/Comedy follows a struggling rock band as they wrestle with drugs, sex, rock and roll…and our own unique twist on Zombies and the monster genre, the mutated Momma, Earl, and their “Juicehead” lackeys as they ravage the town and spread the infection in their attempt to build their Evil Auto Empire.

The Zombie Rights Campaign doesn’t care how one becomes a Zombie. Viruses, chemicals, the supernatural, being the only son of God or dying near him; it’s not how you come into the world as an Undead being that matters, it’s that you’re still a person, and we think you should have rights. Naturally this means we’d object to the mistreatment of Zombies made from alien virus-meth as well.

Alien-virus-meth Zombies are People Too. That’s a mouthful.

For anyone playing ‘Zombie Metaphor Bingo’ out there, you can put a counter on ‘Meth Epidemic’. ‘Zombie Alley’ has that one covered.

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