November 4, 2011
Zombie Race
Last weekend was just before Halloween and on Saturday I ran in a zombie race. Basically all the "Humans" were let loose and shortly after the "Zombies" started chasing us. We had to find a "Keys to Humanity" in each of 4 safe-zones in the woods. It was pretty fun. Below is a picture of the team I ran in with my friends Allison and Amy, and our new friend Nora, Amy's new roommate. (Allison and I were in matching clown costumes.)
Labels: zombies
May 24, 2011
Zombies ... A Survival Blog
My friend Bridgette shared this link with me - Its a pretty hilarious explanation of what to do in case of a Zombie Outbreak. What's awesome, is that its the official blog from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention. Its tongue-in-cheek, and its actually intended to get people thinking about what would happen in an actual emergency, such as a natural disaster like a hurricane or earthquake, etc. Fairly clever.
Labels: zombies
January 8, 2009
Ahh...Zombies!
My roommate and I sat down to watch Night of the Living Dead (1968) which is sort of the grandfather of zombie survivor/horror films. We mistakenly rented the infamous '30 Anniversary' edition which contains bogus added footage at the beginning and end of the film (although it was created by the co-writer of the original screenplay and features the same actor playing a zombie who playing the same zombie in the original version's opening sequence...).Afterwards I thought it would be cool to see every zombie survivor/horror film made. Thats a very unpractical goal, I loved the remake of Dawn of the Dead (2004) by Zach Snyder, who went on to direct 300 and has the Watchmen coming out soon. And I really enjoyed the spoof Shaun of the Dead (2004).
So after doing a little research on wikipedia and the IMDb I was surprised by just how many zombie films have a story that directly links back to the seminal 'Night'. It was so complicated I thought it worthy of a flow chart explaining all the connections.There you have it. In looking these films up, it seems that most of them are probably not so worth watching. But its pretty interesting that one film could spawn 18 (or more) sequels, unofficial sequels, remakes, etc.
If you want to see Night right now, you can for free on Google Video (apparently due to a printing mix-up its been in the public domain for years)