Oh yes, it's time once again for the most brutal, blood drenched, underground independent horror you can find on the big screen.
Horror Society is proud to announce the Call For Entries for...
Zombie Outbreak - with special guest Lloyd Kaufman and a Chicago Premiere Screening of POULTRYGEIST in glorious 35mm.
8 hours of nothing but Zombie Films.
This time around it’s Zombie Outbreak. It’s a 8-hour marathon of nothing but Zombie Films.
Everyone loves a good zombie flick and we want to see what you got. Send us your zombie films, shorts, documentary, or music video featuring the walking dead!
Horror Society is bringing you film festivals every 3 months in the City of Chicago, and on November 14th we will be bringing you a flesh eating filled 8 hours of Independent Underground Horror.
Submission is simple and real cheap. We understand that indie filmmakers are doing these films for the love of filmmaking and not always for the money. Some of you break the bank, and max out your credit cards to make these films, so we keep the submission fees real cheap so you have the chance to get your films screened like they should be seen.
Fees are only $20 for a short, and $25 for a feature length film. We want your films to be seen by the people that will appreciate them. No early submission discounts, or late submission fees either. Simple and easy, like it should be.
Your film submission must be received no later than October 14th, 2009. No late entries.
So if you think your film has what it takes to be a part of the Zombie Madness, then submit it now! This festival will feature 8 hours of brain eating film fun, a zombie makeup contest, vendors, special guests, Q&A's, giveaways, and more!
More information at the website:
http://www.horrorsociety.com/festivals
Mitchell Wells (Festival Director)
admin@horrorsociety.com
Ph. 773-706-9836
Friday, September 25, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Surviving (TEST)...
You may be here because you've stumbled upon a live computer terminal in a dilapidated building-- in a ravaged land awash with blood, death and destruction. Anything you can glean from these articles will hopefully help you to stay alive... a little longer. We have only time to write these last few messages -- links to other sites that may help you.... don't make the same mistakes we've made...
Zombie Pandemic Survivor Guide
It's not easy dodging and weaving your way to survival with a pack of hungry flesh-eating undead at your heels!
We know-- we've been there-- any help will do-- we've scoured through past zombie apocalypse survival guides and instructions at "Blog of the Living Dead" -- we're more than happy to help. These next few articles may just save your hide...
PS: Hidden (in plain site) in these summaries is a three word phrase. If you put this phrase together in the proper order, and follow the instruction when clicking on the last word-- you may very well be elegible to win an AWESOME T-SHIRT from T-Shirtbordello!!! The window is small and closing. Don't be left outside, pounding on the door to be let in.
Disease Control and Prevention -- and Zombies
The US Government Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- www.cdc.gov, motto is: "Saving Lives, Protecting People, Reducing Health Costs", has finally come to the realization that there could very well be an impending Zombie Apocolypse, and that the good citizens of the United States of America need to be prepared. What follows is pulled directly from their website:
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Weapons of the Living Dead
When placed in sudden imminent danger, people will do just about anything to survive. So we thought we'd celebrate the unconventional, and sometimes hilarious weapons our heroes have used against the living dead.
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10 Worst Things To Do During a Zombie Outbreak
A wave of Zombie survival manuals have popped up recently, this one included, telling people what they should do during an outbreak of zombies. Thing is, nobody’s talking about what people shouldn’t do during a zombie outbreak.
Fortunately for you, our Zombiephile has scoured popular zombie movies and has isolated the Ten WORST Things to Do During a Zombie Outbreak. Sit back, enjoy, and take notes.
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New Years Resolutions for the Zombie Apocalypse
It's that time of year again, where we all make promises to ourselves we have no intention of keeping, then are shocked when we break them.
Want to keep your resolution?
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Zombie "Help-line"
With all of this talk about real zombies-- read our earlier article regarding a WikiLeaks video capture of a zombie or zombies(s) outside a top secret American Army Base (http://zombie-night2.blogspot.com/2010/11/wikileads-and-yes-zombies.html), I think this initiative is one well over-due.
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WikiLeaks and yes-- Zombies
If you've not been hiding under a rock for the past few days, you will have read a lot about the WikiLeak website, and it's release of many top secret documents.
Many American officials are up in arms, saying these documents contain information that could endanger their soldiers and diplomats abroad.
But some of these documents are mind-blowing, and one, in fact, makes reference to "zombies."
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ZOMBIE CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead
Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry is currently on tour with his latest (and strangest) book, ZOMBIE CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead (Citadel Press, $16.95). This is a nonfiction book in which the author interviews over 250 experts in law enforcement, forensic science, medicine, the military, the clergy, the law and others to ask how they think the real world would react and respond if something like Night of the Living Dead ever happened. The book includes comments and observations by experts ranging from 9-1-1 operators to Homeland Security, from county coroners to SWAT team commanders. It also features interviews with pop culture icons including Max Brooks, Brian Keene, David Wellington, Tony Todd and scads of others. The book is a hefty 400-plus pages and fully illustrated by top ‘zombie artists’ from around the world. It even has a Zombie Apocalypse Survival Scorecard!
Visit the official website at www.zombiecsu.com
Archives of the Dead
Todd Jordan and his wife are big fans of the Zombie genre. In fact, they are such big fans that they decided to create a website/database of all things zombie related, including a Zombie Blog, Zombie Links, Zombie Memorabilia (with Zombie Soundtracks, Scripts, Artwork and Promotion Guides, and yes, Toys and Action Figures). There's Book and Comic sections, Masks and Prop sections, and so much more.
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Physicalism and the Walking Dead
I absolutly love this continued discussion on the reality behind the idea of zombies! Maybe it's a sign of the times. Lord knows we're living through some pretty extraordinary ones.Justin, a reader of Blog of the Living Dead, has written a fascinating response to the following question (posted on his site:):
My name is Phil, and I am studying physicalism in college right now.
Physicalism dictates that everything is physical and in a very real sense the fact that the brain is the "Sum of its parts." What Vonnegut aptly referred to as "a dog’s lunch."
Recently I have been reading a lot of material about the impossibility of zombies from the physicalist’s standpoint.
Physicalism contradicts zombiism. A zombie, which is physically the replica of a normal human, is very different from its original self mentally.
How the heck will Justin resolve these contradictions???
How the heck will Justin resolve these contradictions???
Are Zombies Logically Possible?
In yet another piece discussing the feasability of the very concept of "zombies" (the first piece we dug up-- a University of Stanford paper written by Robert Kirk-- can be read here), we bring you, Are Zombies Logically Possible, and Why it Matters, where the author, William Seager, digs even deeper into the subject, and in an exciting unexpected twist, even refutes the Stanford paper!!
In yet another piece discussing the feasability of the very concept of "zombies" (the first piece we dug up-- a University of Stanford paper written by Robert Kirk-- can be read here), we bring you, Are Zombies Logically Possible, and Why it Matters, where the author, William Seager, digs even deeper into the subject, and in an exciting unexpected twist, even refutes the Stanford paper!!
Pittsburgh, PA, September 28, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Thirty years ago, Monroeville Mall was overrun by zombies. Only two humans survived the ordeal – and one of them is returning to the site of Dawn of the Dead next month.
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University of Stanford Paper on the Philosophy of Zombies
I my never-ending search for interesting and informative pieces surrounding zombies and their ilk, I came across this University of Stanford paper on Zombies. I think this would definitely fall under the more "informative" (or at least "exhaustive" -- or do I mean "exhausting") pieces I've ever wrangled up.Here's a Table of Contents to pique your interest:
- 1. The idea of zombies
- 2. Zombies and physicalism
- 3. The conceivability argument
- 4. Are zombies conceivable?
- 4.1 Arguments for
- 4.2 Arguments against
- 5. Does conceivability entail possibility?
- 5.1 Objections based on a posteriori necessity
- 5.2 Other objections
- 6. Other issues
- 6.1 Mental causation
- 6.2 The function of consciousness
- 6.3Other Mind
The Zombie Zeitgeist
You know the drill: You wake up, and it’s The Day. Outside, the neighbor’s car is on fire; a truck careens through pedestrians into a wall and explodes; smoke rises in the distance; your bloody, disheveled daughter is eating the mailman’s leg; and the inexorable zombie horde shuffles ever forward. So begins the rest of your (likely short) life.
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Who will fight the Zombies?
There are truly great zombie movies, and then there are zombie movies that aren't. You may know the latter as anything with "Resident Evil" or "Why Video Games Should Never Be Made Into Movies" in its title.
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Vehicles of the Dead
Most zombie movies have a few things in common. You have staggering, ashen-faced undead staggering through rubbish-strewn streets. You have a small band of mostly attractive young people fighting to survive.
And to survive, they need a good, reliable car.
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How to KILL a Walker-- Video!
As we wait for the October return of The Walking Dead, the good people at AMC have put together a Video How-To...WATCH HERE!
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Read about the game and its development...
Zombie Pandemic - Multiplayer Adventure Game (Developers)
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The boys at Pixel Pandemic, a small group of Copenhagen game developers have issued a press release surrounding their new browser-based adventure game, "Zombie Pandemic." It's an online massive multiplayer role playing game, and, best of all, it's free!
READ THE PRESS RELEASE HERE!
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Zombie Pandemic - The Interview (#1) Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Intrigued by the prospect of an online, massive multi-player zombie game, we interviewed the developers of Zombie Pandemic.
HERE'S THAT INTERVIEW!
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Zombie Pandemic -- Free Online Multiplayer Beta is Live - The Review! Sunday, November 7, 2010
A while back we interviewed the makers of the Massive Multi-player Online Game "Zombie Pandemic". We waited, and waited and now the waiting is over. Their Beta site is up, and free to try out and explore! No Access codes necessary!
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The End is HERE! Zombie Pandemic Out of Beta!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
The End is HERE! Zombie Pandemic Out of Beta!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
"Zombie Pandemic", the browser based MMORPG is out of Beta-- Version 1.0 is live -- and FREE!
READ THEIR PRESS RELEASE HERE
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Zombie Pandemic - A Quick chat with the developers -- and perhaps an Easter Egg (Interview #2)Friday, February 18,2011
Blog of the Living Dead continues to follow the intrepid team of artists, programmers, producers and everyone else that have come together to create awesome games-- online, offline, wireless...
Zombie Pandemic is one of these.
We've chatted with the producer Thomas Bjørn Krogh-Jacobsen, for a quick follow up to our discussion prior to, and during development.
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