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Zombie Preparation for the UK
Show me a zombie fan, and I’ll show you someone who has read The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. Anyone who has read the ZSG can tell you how detailed and thorough it is – Max obviously did some serious research before he wrote it. Or did he? Sure, the book has a zombie timeline in the back, which [...]
Zombies + Robots = Zombotica Party
Love Zombies? NO? Well, love robots, then? Yeah, I thought so. Portland, Oregon radio station PDX.FM has you covered. The people who brought you Baconfest are bringing you the zombie party of the year – Zombotica. From their website: It won’t be the end of the world — it’ll be better. Be prepared for: live music contests sock ‘em boxing [...]
Coming Soon: Devil’s Crossing (a Zombie Western!)
Guys just wanted to let you know about an up-and-coming zombie western flick. Should be out around April. Devil’s Crossing will eat you alive. Blood, guts, explosions and that’s before the zombies even arrive. What happens when the devil raises hell in a town already soaked to the brim in evil? Try fighting flesh-eating zombies with a puny six-shooter – [...]
Left 4 Dead 2 BANNED In Australia?!! – UPDATED
It’s a sad day for our Australian zombiephiles.
The Australian gaming commission has declined to give Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 a rating after it was reviewed this month, effectively banning the zombie game in a country that requires that all video games have a rating.
World War Z Movie Details Firming Up
When we first heard that Max Brook’s World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War would be made into a movie, we could hardly wait. Now that more details about the World War Z movie are shaping up, this Zombiephile is having trouble staying in his seat. Here’s the info on the World War Z movie as it [...]
World War Z Movie Update
Well, Zombiephiles, there’s good news and bad news about the upcoming World War Z movie. The bad news: the release date has been pushed back to 2010. The good news? Another two years means that Brad Pitt’s Plan B Productions will have plenty of time to get the movie right. Although copies of the script are supposedly circulating around the [...]
Upcoming Zombie Movies – October 2007
Well, Zombiephiles, it’s been a good year for Zombies and zombie movies, and it looks like 2008′s just going to get better. This year saw several good zombie movies – there was Fido, and more recently, the Zombie Diaries, not to mention Resident Evil Extinction and 28 Weeks Later. But what’s on the horizon? Our zombiephile examines some of the hottest current and upcoming zombie movie titles – so you don’t have to.
Day of the Dead Remake
– We posted a trailer for this one earlier this year – with a tentative release date still set for “2007,” zombie fans are starting to wonder when the new “Day of the Dead” is actually going to hit the theaters…
Diary of the Dead
Not to be confused with The Zombie Diaries,, Diary of the Dead is George Romero’s first written-and-directed zombie movie offering in some time…
World War Z
Ah, this is the Zombie movie that we’re all waiting for, and it’s the one that we’re hearing the least about. There haven’t been many changes to the status of this project since the last time we reported on it here at the Zombiephiles…
Controversy Flares as Resident Evil 5 Takes Zombies Back to Their Roots
Resident Evil 5, the latest and greatest Zombie game on the near horizon, debuted a near-orgasmic minute-long trailer at the recent G3 video game convention, but the game’s cutting-edge graphics, eerily realistic cityscapes and terrifyingly large zombie hordes weren’t enough to quiet the complaints from some gamers that Resident Evil 5 may be the first truly racist Zombie video game. See the controversial trailer and find out why some advocates want RE5 banned before it’s even completed.
Zombies Attack! But Can J. Michael Straczynski Handle “World War Z” Fans?
Max Brooks’ bestselling zombie novel, World War Z is being adapted into a movie by acclaimed science fiction writer J. Michael Straczynski. Do you think the Babylon 5 creator has what it takes to tackle the biggest zombie movie of all time?
DOTD Remake – Will Any of the Original Remain?
The Zombiephiles review the latest “Day of the Dead” trailer and discuss the Day of the Dead video remake. Will any of George Romero’s classic zombie horror movie survive?
