AMC wants to be on your Halloween night schedule, hoping folks will follow the evening’s celebration in front of the TV, for the premiere of the long-awaited “Walking Dead” series at 10:00 PM. My initial reaction, honestly, was that October 31st seems kind of late. I was hoping the show would launch earlier in the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘zombie apocalypse’
Halloween Night Event: The Walking Dead
Posted: 25th August 2010 by Holly in Halloween Costumes, Halloween News, Holiday IdeasTags: the walking dead, TV, zombie apocalypse, Zombies
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UK Reports “SuperBug” Infections — Is the end nigh?
Posted: 13th August 2010 by Holly in Halloween NewsTags: infection, UK, virus, zombie apocalypse
BBC News reports that a new “superbug” infection has been identified in UK hospitals, potentially fulfilling the prophecies of “28 Days Later,” without the monkeys. Although they didn’t specifically say there weren’t monkeys. UK doctors reportedly fear that “Ultimately, [the NDM-1 virus] could produce dangerous infections that would spread rapidly from person to person and [...]
Deliver Me to Hell
Posted: 3rd August 2010 by Holly in Halloween FunTags: hell pizza, pizza delivery, zombie apocalypse, Zombies
When I used to drive pizza, I would sometimes play this game in my head where all of the shadowy figures wandering the neighborhoods for whatever reason where the undead. I would mentally log the places with the most severe zombie infestations, usually while blasting Diemonsterdie on the car stereo. Sometimes this game freaked me [...]
Fathers of the Apocalypse
Posted: 19th June 2010 by Holly in Halloween FunTags: fathers day, zombie apocalypse, Zombies
When the zombie apocalypse hits, one thing most survivors can really use is a dad — someone to protect them, make sure they have food and shelter, and who always, in theory, knows what to do. Zombie movie dads do what they have to do, sometimes, like moms, even if it means their own doom. [...]
App of the Dead and other Apps… of the Dead
Posted: 4th June 2010 by Holly in Halloween FunTags: app, iphone, ipod, zombie apocalypse
The Official George A. Romero App of the Dead has finally been released “in anticipation of … ‘Survival of the Dead,’” which opened in arthouse theaters across the US last week (and is still available to view on Amazon On Demand and several other direct streaming options). OK, so it’s a little late. It’s a [...]
It’s Alive!
Posted: 22nd May 2010 by Holly in Halloween Costumes, Halloween Fun, Halloween NewsTags: artificial life, dystopia, mad scientist, zombie apocalypse
This is one of those news stories that reads like the first chapter of an apocalyptic horror story: Scientists create artificial, self-replicating DNA cells that they plan to manipulate into synthetic bacteria to be released into the air in an effort to reverse damage to the environment. I’m not making this up. To be fair, [...]
Fulci’s Zombie vs. Shark All Over TV
Posted: 18th May 2010 by Holly in Halloween Costumes, Halloween Fun, Halloween News, Holiday IdeasTags: dawn of the dead, windows 7, zombi 2, zombie apocalypse
I was knocked over when I saw the new Windows 7 ad, which features a clip from Lucio Fulci’s 1979 film “Zombi 2″ (aka “Zombie” and “Zombie 2: The Dead are Among Us” in the US). The Italian “zombie vs. shark” scene is a cult classic, but the clip’s relative obscurity made it possible for [...]
Actual Space Zombie Threatens to Spread Infection
Posted: 11th May 2010 by Holly in Halloween Costumes, Halloween NewsTags: galaxy 15, george romero, survival of the dead, zombie apocalypse, zombie satellite
Couldn’t pass on the totally true astro-story going around about the zombie satellite Galaxy 15 that’s tearing through space putting other, working satellites at risk. See, Galaxy 15 isn’t some fried-out dead satellite, but a fried-out satellite that still has power and can’t be communicated with. Will its Earth-bound handlers manage to kill it in [...]
Separated at Undeath
Posted: 10th May 2010 by Holly in Halloween MasksTags: aliens, Icelandic volcano, zombie apocalypse, Zombies
The ghoulish Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull, seen here in an aerial photo via the German tabloid Bild, continues to make the news for its reign of terror over Europe. Not flying planes into that zombie-ash sounds like a good call. Want to dress up as Eyjafjallajökull? Pick up a Goon 12 mask — it’s almost uncanny! [...]
Zombie-tastic Moms
Posted: 7th May 2010 by Holly in Halloween Decorations, Holiday IdeasTags: baby, mother, mothers day, movie, pregnant, zombie apocalypse, Zombies
The zombie plague puts mothers at a distinct disadvantage. While a mother’s survival instinct is strong enough to help her stay alive under horrendous circumstances, she will doom herself to protect and care for her child without a second thought. It’s what moms do. So, in honor of Mothers’ Day, here are five zombie movie [...]