Zombie Art Submission: Robert Elrod

Robert is no stranger to Zombie Nation, and has submitted yet another killer zombie illustration (my favorite one yet!) - fully equipped with Vincent Price!

Enjoy!

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Night of the Creeps

Night of the Creeps, brought to you in the year 1986 by the guy who brought us all The Monster Squad, Mr. Fred Dekker. I don't know how this one slipped under my radar for so long, but goddamn it is great.

The plot is very similar to that of Slither, which I also love, but Night of the Creeps did it first, so kudos to the notion of outer space slugs turning us all into the walking dead. Killer special effects, tons of gore, surprisingly funny writing, and one of the most weird-ass openings to any movie I have seen yet. Only in the 80's. Do yourself a favor: Watch it. Now.








Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Part Six
Part Seven
Part Eight
Part Nine
Part Ten
And yes...Part Eleven

Keepin' it killer,
RM

Nation Undead - 2009 Updates

Patrick and the guys from NationUndead.com sent me some updates for their upcoming zombie epic that only YOU can make happen. First order of business - Spread the word! tell your friends and your friends of friends. Want to participate in viral marketing? I know I do! Send a self-addressed envelope to PO Box 18437 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55418 to get FREE STICKERS.
Damn right. Stick them anywhere and take pictures too! you can post them on nationundead.com!
I know alot of you guys, including our followers; are actors and filmakers. So what better chance to make a zombie movie of epic proportions? Learn more about this brilliant idea HERE and get your submissions in before October 31st 2009!

If you wanna make me a zombie movie, that would be cool too ;)

And while on the topic of submissions: As always, feel free to send us anything you please. Art, news, questions, comments, love. I get all gitty and shit when you guys send me stuff, so make my day! iLovetheUndead@gmail.com

Peace, Love, Brains.

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Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead is a first person shooter for the PC/Xbox...about motherfucking zombies.



You play as a team of four survivors (on your own, or with four friends, which is DEFINITELY the way to do it) and fight your way to safety. The zombies are fast and merciless and capable of some crazy mutant feats, but the AI is where this game gets really crazy: rather than have fixed re-spawn points for enemies and locations for items, the game figures out your playing style and the zombies and items are arranged accordingly, making no two playthroughs the same.

Excuse me while I crap all over my living room floor....

Because the premise of this upcoming video game is brilliant.
The video game is called "Prototype". A zombie killing superhero. What? What is that sound?....Oh, that's the sound of my prayers being answered. Nice.

'Dead Snow' Posters

I cant say much about these posters....other than, I wish I had them all! awesome!!!

Hands of Doom T-Shirts

New severed zombie hand t-shirts available from The Horrors of Skeleface! Designed by yours truly, and only $18! Click on the shirts to order, for boys and girls both dead and alive!

Love, R.M.

Romero being Romero

Well, Heres an untitled trailer from Romeros latest B-movie. And at first impression it looks like.....errr.....Romeros latest B-movie. I guess We can all argue that his recent movies have its own sense of charm. It is hard to be critical of a legend such as Romero, but I must say his legend lives in 1968, and 1968 only. Everything else is just comedy to me, and thats great....if it is meant to be funny.... is it?

If you are a Romero fan, I apologize. But although I will definately see this movie, I cant say im really excited about it.



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The purest form of genius.

This, my friends....is probably one of the most spectacular animations I have ever seen. I cant explain how much I love this. It is seriously 12 minutes of unadulterated mad genius. And yes...it includes many zombies as well.



// spm stamp of approval.

extraordinary creativity in the art of killing zombies.

This film is still in post-production, so this footage is still to be fine-tuned. However, it still gets me excited to see this new zombie flick which promises babes and martial arts. check out the doc and updates here!

To ALL of you...

Have a great set of holidays, shamblers!

Keep your f@#%ing candy canes sharp and close...

Heart,
R.M.

Los Tiki Phantoms

Spanish-Skele-Zombie-Surf-Rock. Word.

Lunch Time Zombies

I felt like drawing a cute lil zombie today during lunch. Then I got carried away and ended up coloring it a bit.
Hope you like it


P.S. To all you ZOMBIE NATION FOLLOWERS:

You guys rock!

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Land of the Dead gore highlight reel

George A Romero's Land of the Dead was really strange...I realized this when I was trying to explain the scene where a midget gets shot in the face during a zombie cage fight. I myself enjoyed the hell out of the whole bloody thing. Whether you like the story with all its politics or not, I think it can be agreed that the zombie effects were exceptional. On the Unrated DVD, a video highlighting the finer points of zombie carnage was included.

Enjoy.

Head Like a Hole music video

Video for the New Zealand band "Head Like a Hole," which was banned from TV until after 10:00 pm for the chainsaw shenanigans.

'Dead Snow' at Sundance Film Festival

Zombies are pretty frightening, but Nazi zombies?! ah crap...

Director Tommy Wirkola brings us a new horror-comedy called "Dead Snow" which will be screened at Sundance. They did a great job on the zombie designs! Check out the trailer HERE

Dead Set Miniseries

Dead Set is a British miniseries based around a zombie attack during the reality show "Big Brother".
At first I was skeptical about the premise, but after watching the first episode, I am a believer.
It is amazing. There are 5 episodes, and every episode is great!

All episodes can be found on Youtube. Most episodes are split into parts.

Here is episode 1: part 1 of 5
Part 2/5
Part 3/5
Part 4/5
Part 5/5

UPDATE - youtube took these off recently! I will try to get these somewhere somehow, so dont worry!

If you liked 28 days later...youll love this!!!!

Enjoy
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Jason Chan tells the untold zombie story...

This is a recent work of art from Jason Chan
I love the color and style, not to mention the scariest zombies around....children

World War Z Director

So I saw James Bond: Quantum of Solace yesterday, and it was awesome. What is even better, is that the Director of Bond; Marc Foster, is directing the up and coming World War Z adaptation.
Brad Pitts Production company - Plan B is head of the film, which gives me lots of hope. Because Brad Pitt knows his shit.


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World War Z: Movie Details

Max Brooks World War Z is a book im sure most of you know. If you dont, you need to go buy that book right now. It is an excellent piece of zombie work - which is why it is becoming a movie :)
from what I hear so far, this movie will not let us down.
The movie follows a journalist, named Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt?). He travels all around the world conducting interviews with survivors of the zombie outbreak. It feels like this could be a documentary-style film, but from what ive gathered it will be much more than that.
"Aint It Cool News" reported that they have seen the script written by J. Michael Straczynski, and had this to say:

"I love this script. Love every dark, somber, upsetting page of it. This is a horror epic, a serious, sober-minded adult picture waiting to be made, and it's one of the best pieces of screenwriting craft I've encountered in a while."

Although Straczynski's resume doesnt impress me with his long list of babylon 5, and Jake and the Fatman credits - It maybe an impossible feat to ruin such an awesome concept such as World War Z, but it remains to be seen.

This movie is schedualed to be released in 2010

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New Zombie Haikus - updated

keishoku shukun sent in these zombie haikus - pretty clever!

Feet raking slowly
Lifeless hands reaching outward
Empty eyes searching

All the time on Earth

Nothing to lose. No boundaries.

Forever hungry

Lifeless shells rotting

Something keeps them moving on

Nothing else matters

Great gnashing of teeth

Tearing. Eating. Never full.

Damnation on Earth

No self worth at all

No identity to bind

They are prisoners

If you got a zombie haiku, send it in, and well post it!

stay hungry out there::.

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Grand Theft...Zombies?

The Fighting Hellfish have released this kick-ass mod for Grand Theft Auto 4 called Long Night. It puts your Russian gangster up against an army of the undead. See it in action:



The mod can be found here. As I myself lack the means to play it, I can't comment on its quality, but if anyone's got a review of it they want to kick our way...we'd love to hear it.

Killer Weapons

Howdy folks,
My good fiend Chris Crammer (previously posted about regarding his sweet zombie comic) sent me this link the other day for ZOMBIE TOOLS! Most appropriate. Most awesome. Check it out NOW!!!

Zombie Pub Crawl 2008!

It was a night of terror. Blood all over the streets, people walking in front of cars, stopping traffic...I made a child cry. It was a dream come true.

Check out our pictures! I will update with more pictures as they come in!

Here are thousands of other photos!

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October is a good month for the Undead.

Much to report today brain eaters! First off, Geoff over at Revenant Magazine just informed us about the Revenant Film Fest Wrap up!

Geoff Writes:
The 2008 Revenant Film Festival came to a close this past Saturday night in Seattle, WA. We had a killer time with everyone and thank you to all that came out and had a great time with us! It was a long night of films and you were the best of crowds!

Our entire line-up was an amazing mix of indie zombie films from around the world. We featured: The short film ‘Zombie Undead’ from Director Rhys Davies in the UK which is the short film version of an already in production feature length film, The short film ‘Bernie Franklin’ from Directors Travis Von Rotz (who also starred in the production) and Brandon Swanson from Seattle - which picked up Best Short Film, The Feature Film ‘Reel Zombies’ from Directors Mike Masters and David J. Francis from Ontario, Canada – which won Best Feature Film, The feature film ‘Colin’ from Marc Price of the UK - which won the Special Jury Prize, The Feature Film ‘Grave Mistake’ from Shawn Darling of New Mexico – which featured some of the best looking zombies I have seen in a LONG time and garnered quite a few laughs from our crowd, and to finish out the night we featured Andy Davis’ ‘2’ from Portland, Maine – which we hailed as “one of the best indie zombie films in recent history.”

All films and trailers were very well received and the awarded selections were voted on by festival attendees.Thank you to everyone that has helped us to spread the word about our event, we greatly appreciate the support over the years and we look forward to showcasing the future of independent zombie films at the next Revenant Film Festival!

We want to thank Geoff and Revenant for hosting such an awesome film festival!!

Continue to support Revenant and Zombie culture....or else I will eat you.... Be sure to check out the Interviews with Andy Davis - Director of "2" and Marc Price - Director of "Colin"

I wish I could have made it this year, but be sure I will be submitting a zombie masterpiece next time around!
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In other news, our good friend Kyle Sommers just sent us a website he came across called www.myzombiepinup.com
I personally love pinup models....and I love zombies....but the combination weirds me out. But its still awesome!

Thanks Kyle!








Last but not least, our friend and fellow contributing artist Robert of Monster Portraits
has just completed another amazingly detailed painting that you all should see!
Keep them coming Robert!





You guys Rock!

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The Batman - Zombie Episode

Lil' Rics Superman zombie post reminded me of someone cooler than Superman....

BATMAN!!!.....plus there are alot of zombies in this episode!

The Batman Season 4 - Episode 5: "A Strange New World"



Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Superman vs Solomon Grundy

Solomon Grundy is a zombie supervillain from DC comics. He's the reanimated corpse of a 19th century merchant and started out as a Green Lantern villain, but he's better known as a member of the Legion of Doom. Check out this clip from the Justice League cartoon where Grundy throws down with Superman:

Zombie Squirrel!!

If there is one thing I can appreciate, its cute and morbid. And Anna does it best :)



Check out her site at http://www.rabidnani.net

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Zombies Ate My Neighbors!

Zombies ate my neighbors was a pretty sweet game. Released by LucasArts in '93, the objective was to run around Suburbia and shoot all manner of crazy shit, including lots and lots of zombies, while you collected stuff and rescued regular humans.




















Youtube user Gia Chan did a speed run of the entire game, if you missed it on Sega and Super Nintendo. The playlist is here.

Check out levels 1-8 rightchere:

Quarantine Review

So I went to the midnight showing of Quarantine last night. I went into this movie expecting something a little less than the original. When it comes to remakes i.e. The Ring, Its almost safe to assume that it wont be as good as the original. Granted, I enjoyed the Ring.
[REC] has to be one of my favorite zombie films of all time - and I must throw Quarantine in there as an equal.
I know that is pretty ballsy to say, but Quarantine - in my opinion - held its own. It did an excellent job of expanding the plot for American audiences - explaining what the virus is, and why it is so dangerous. The new set of characters also works or me, and the actors do a great job at the development of their characters. Usually, in a movie like this, its the acting that takes you out of it, but I personally was not taken out of the movie by bad acting, although Jennifer Carpenter gets pretty intense at the end. You also get to see the man behind the camera frequently - thus connecting the audience with the camera. Its hard to say which one was scarier. Because I have seen [REC] a bunch of times, I knew what to expect, and at which points to hide my face. But there were a few pleasant surprises that took me off guard. All in all, I thought that Quarantine held its own - something I wasn't expecting. If you have seen [REC], you will like this movie, if you have not seen it, you will love it.

Go see Quarantine!

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Legos are the blueprints of the future...

A fellow zombie contributor; Izaak B sent me photos of a Lego zombie apocalypse called Zombie Apocafest 2008 at BrickCon 2008 in Seattle, WA

Click on the link for dozens more pictures!

Thanks Ike!







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zombiemccain.com

It speaks for itself...click on the picture to see more!

28 Months Later Director Rumors!

Apparently there are rumors going around that Danny Boyle may have found a Director for 28 Months Later....it remains to be seen!

Read the article HERE

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Simpsons go Zombie in 2009

As you may or may not have heard, next years "Treehouse of Horror" episode will be about the Simpson family turning into zombies after eating bad meat at Krusty Burger. And the best part? they are seeming to take homage to "28 days later" and making them fast and full of rage!
Theres nothing scarier than that, am I right?!

MARVEL ZOMBIES

Marvel Zombies was a miniseries showing the Marvel Universe after a zombie apocalypse turned all its beloved heroes into the walking dead. It's the brainchild of Robert Kirkman, who's become the king of zombie comics with his excellent ongoing series The Walking Dead (featuring art by Charlie Adlard and Tony Moore.)

The covers, painted by Arthur Suydam, were parodies of iconic Marvel covers...featuring the heroes as the undead. It's some mighty good lookins, Marvel comics fan or not. This site here has collected the covers from the miniseries and its tie-ins. Enjoy!

Verrrry Addicting Flash Zombie Game

Im not a fan of Flash games for the most part, but I do love this one...

ENJOY!!! <<<<<

Need a daily dose of zombie?

Artist Rob Sacchetto is slowly amassing an army of the living dead...his excellent blog Zombie Daily is a treasure trove of awesome zombie art, and as the name suggests, it is updated daily! Damn! It's all high quality, usually gory and often hilarious.

























So if you need a daily dose of brains, now you know where to go.

Oh, and if you want to BE a zombie, check out his other site, Zombie Portraits. For $80 plus shipping and handling, Rob will draw you as a rotting corpse. It's significantly less painful than death and reanimation.

Girl vs Zombies

Afternoon of the Dead. Presented by TommyTickleTV.

Up and Coming Zombie Comic!!!

Here is something new for you all to follow up on. Chris Crammer, fantastic illustrator from Minneapolis, is working on a Zombie book and throwing a major, very cute spin on things. Chris has this incredible ability to meld obnoxiously adorable characters with horrific acts of graphic violence. Check out his BLOG and his WEBSITE. This shit is gonna be awesome.

Keepin' it killer.

Midnight Podcast - Corey owns it all

Congratulations to Corey over at Midnight Podcast for taking over as the main host! Root Rot has been infected, and is now eating brains somewhere within the country...

Anyway, Many thanks to Corey for mentioning Zombie Nation on Episode 101!

Thanks for everyones continuing support for the undead, because without you, we are just plain dead.

October 10 is right around the corner

For those who have seen [REC], we all know this remake wont be as good...

But you know your still gonna see it. Im counting down the days. 2 more weeks!

Danny Boyle talks 28 weeks sequel!

The latest news on a "28 Months Later" is small, yet significant...
Danny Boyle commented on a possible 28 Weeks Later sequel last week:
"I have an idea for it [but] I've got to present it and see what people think really because it might be silly really."

When asked whether or not he would direct it, he said it was a possibility. Which is a win-win situation. 28 days was fantastic - as most Danny Boyle films are, but 28 weeks also proves that it can be done without Dannys direction. As long as he is involved, the 3rd installment of "28" will be very exciting!

I cant think of another movie I am more excited about seeing...I will be impatiently waiting for this one for a long time.

Diary of the Dead: Review

Screened by: spm & lil' ric
George A. Romero is a great man. He revolutionized the zombie genre and inspired generations to create horror movies of the highest quality. Unfortunately Diary of the Dead is anything but quality. The acting was some of the worst I have ever seen. Really...Plan 9 from Outer Space has better acting. everything from the exposition to the very end was done haphazardly. That being said, Ric put it best 5 minutes into the movie.

"This movie is indestructible"

It really is. This movie made us laugh movie more than anything. Although the zombie kills were beyond creative. George knows how to kill zombies. Whether its impaling children on a wall via bow & arrow, dynamite, or my favorite: sword. At one point, a guy takes out a couple zombies while shooting through a gaping hole of another zombie. Its things like these that make this movie "indestructible".
And what is the glue that holds this movie together? a deaf Amish man named Samuel. Yes, thats right. The true hero of the film. He trows dynamite and carries a scythe which helps him make the most fantastic exit from the movie.

This movie has gotten countless horrible reviews, and we can see why. But in the end, it is a zombie movie, and for that; we love it.

Indestructible.

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Keep sendin' the Z Love!

We have gotten a few submissions in the past week...


First off - Ryan at Tales of the Zombie War sent us some morbidly funny stories like, a hustler who pimps zombie whores....sounds like my biography....
Make sure to read the stories written by Clitoris Rex- they are hilarious!
Check out their site, and make sure to submit your own zombie stories!

.::Stories by Clitois Rex::.
Wrap Yer Weasel, Son
The Drivers
Pete
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And Second, Thanks to Robert for this KILLER Zombie Illustration titled "Blind Date"

Thanks alot dudes, you guys rock!

Keep those contributions coming by shooting us an email! (or in the head - if we turn)

iLovetheUndead@gmail.com

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Bub

The lovable trained zombie


















from the series The Horror! by yours truly.

'Party Food' involves human flesh

Many thanks to our good friend Joe Gillette for this lovely banner...
because if there's a zombie outbreak, McCain is the first to go - wait, he already is the walking dead!

How to make a zombie

The Straight Dope is always a fun, funny, insightful read...it even has an article on how to make your own zombie!

Our source here is ethnobotanist Wade Davis. In 1982 he visited Haiti to see if he could learn the secret of the "zombie powder" that local sorcerers, known as bokors, allegedly used to reanimate the dead. As told in his 1985 book, The Serpent and the Rainbow (a scholarly version, Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie, appeared later), Davis had little to go on but some tantalizing stories and a few contacts. Nonetheless, during his first week in Haiti he managed to meet two alleged zombies who'd been patients at a local psychiatric institute. (One would become the subject of a BBC documentary.) What's more, with the aid of a wad of greenbacks he was able to witness the manufacture of a batch of zombie powder. In a chilling passage he tells of a midnight trip to a graveyard where he watched a bokor and his assistants dig up the corpse of a recently deceased infant, portions of which--Davis is a bit vague on the details--were added to a witch's brew of plants, sea worm, toad, lizard, and fish.

As time went on Davis learned a bit about why zombies were created. Typically the victim had antagonized his family or neighbors, who hired a bokor to do him in. The bokor would spread zombie powder on the threshold of the home of the victim, where he would absorb it through his feet. After falling into a deathlike trance the victim would be buried then later summoned from the grave by the bokor, who would exploit the zombie as a slave.

Read the rest here.

It also has a pretty neat and zombie related article on whether or not PCP turns people into cannibals. Remember kids, ignorance is bliss, but knowledge is power.

Horror! by Skeleface for Urban Threads

Hello everyone,
I was graciously asked to be a guest artist for the Halloween season of my good friend and colleague Niamh O'Connor's killer custom embroidery company, Urban Threads. I was honored to have been asked, and wanted to give something nightmarish enough to qualify, yet appealing enough to a larger audience for them not to be disgusted. This is the tentative result, as I am still awaiting approval, so imagine seeing this embroidered on a sweet messenger bag!

Skeleface or die