8th Grade Student Zombie Film -
School of the Dead - posted
6.25.09 at 11pm
What do 3 teachers at a NY middle school do when
they recieve a UFT mini grant? They use the money to integrate
media arts to their creative writing curriculum by having the
students create a zombie short film!
The students at I.S. 145 in Jackson Heights Queens
along with instructors, Jared Beloff, Chad Dictenberg and Chris
McLaughlin have been working on their film, 'School of the Dead'
for about a year and just recently had a red carpet premiere of
the film in NY.
The concept was formed to give the students a unique
opportunity to engage in a collaborative effort by all working
on a high-interest project that they could be proud of. The students
were also able to explore career opportunities in media arts fields
like special effects make-up and storyboarding through consultation
visists to th school by artists.
The students worked on all facets of the production
from drafting original stories and scripts to fundraising and
finally filming and completing the project. Another exciting flip
to this story is that the production was all documented on a blog
by the students which you can read at - The
Zombie Groan Blog The film will also be accompanied by a documentary
of the entire film making process.
This is an inspiring story and who knows, we could
have a young George Romero or Dario Argento on the rise
New
Film - Doghouse -
posted 6.24.09 @ 2AM
When press taglines start
touting a film as a cross between Evil Dead and Shaun of the Dead,
we collectively change our Huggies here at Revenant. The latest
film from Director Jake West has a group of six men who set our
for a weekend in the countryside to reconnect with their masculinity.
After suffering some relationship issues with their female companions
will they find peace?. What they do find is something so horrible
and twsited that they just may find some perspective...to survive.
The film was just released
to UK theaters on June 12th, check out the trailer! www.doghousethemovie.com
Upcoming
Film - Invasion of the Not Quite Dead
- posted 6.21.09 @ 1pm
Invasion of the Not Quite Dead is an independently
financed feature film that is part of the IndyWood
Project. An homage of sorts to classic zombie and b-movie
horror, Invasion of the Not Quite Dead sounds like a blast!
"In 1978 a meteorite crash lands into the
Swiss Mountains, unleashing a deadly virus. Killing everyone within
a 20 mile radius, the incident was covered up by local officials.
Now thirty years later the virus is released onto an unsuspecting
island off the coast of England. A group of survivors must band
together in order to survive the death and destruction of the
once friendly locals in this black comedy horror “Invasion
Of The Not Quite Dead.”
As mentioned, the film is being independently financed
and is employing some unique opportunities to have your name credited
as a producer through some sponsorship options. You even have
the chance to have a zombie makeover and spend a day on set as
a zombie extra if you preorder the film! The project is already
being supported by some horror heavyweights the likes of Tom Savini
and Lloyd Kaufman but the project could use your help as well!
For more information on how to contribute, go to www.theindywoodproject.com
Night
of the Living Dead: Reanimated to screen at the 2009 Revenant
Film Festival on September 26th, 2009 in Seattle, WA!
- posted 6.21.09 @ 11:30pm
We have been following the
progress of the Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated project since
the beginning [interview]
and were one of the first sites to cover the project, which
has recently been setting the horror and art community ablaze
with news that the project is close to wrapping up.
The mass collaborative effort
of this project is one of the most unique expressions of creativity,
and we at Revenant are very pleased to officially announce
that Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated has been chosen as an
Official Selection of the 2009 Revenant Film Festival!
The Revenant Film Festival will be taking place in Seattle, WA
on September 26th, 2009 - more festival details coming soon!
Check out the amazing Limited
Edition poster (shown at left) These posters are a limited edition
of only 500 and are being offered for sale on Ebay for a limited
time so [click
here] to get yours right now!
Upcoming
Zombie Film - The Eaters
- posted 6.11.09 @ 10pm
I got invited to the NY premiere of The Eaters and
I'd just about sell my left leg to go because this looks absolutely
hilarious...
"A Brooklyn band, General Malacarne is practicing
when once again, the power goes out. Little do they know that
this blackout is unlike any other, and that while they relax and
smoke up in the basement, everyone above ground has been transformed
into vicious, undead eating machines."
DEAD MEAT - Serial Zombie Fiction
Blog Review and Interview! -posted
6.7.09
After running this site for quite some time now,
I read a lot of zombie fiction and there is a lot of it that is
mind-numbingly dull...Not the case with the serialized zombie
fiction blog DEAD MEAT which documents the tale of two survivor's
in the small town of River's Edge which has a Bee problem, 'Bee'
is the nickname given to the zombies because they travel in swarms.
DEAD MEAT is written by brothers Chris and Patrick Williams who
definitely have a great story on their hands. We got a chance
to speak with the guys so read on for our review and interview!
Valve
Officially Annouounces Left 4 Dead 2! -
posted 6.1.09 @ Noon
June 1, 2009 - Valve, creators of best-selling game
franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading
technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Left
4 Dead 2 (L4D2), the sequel to the best-selling and critically-acclaimed
co-operative multiplayer thriller.
Coming exclusively to Xbox 360 and PC, L4D2 promises
to set a new benchmark for co-operative action games and become
one of 2009's marquee titles.
"A large part of how Left 4 Dead became 2008's
top-selling new IP on Xbox 360 and the PC was the custom-tailored
gameplay made possible by the AI Director," said Gabe Newell,
president and co-founder of Valve. "With the knowledge gained
from creating the original, new technology, and a passionate team,
L4D2 will set a new benchmark for cooperative action games."
Set for release on November 17, the title adds melee
combat to enable deeper co-operative gameplay, with items such
as a chainsaw, frying pan, axe, baseball bat, and more.
Introducing the AI Director 2.0, L4D's dynamic
gameplay is taken to the next level by giving the Director the
ability to procedurally change weather effects, world objects,
and pathways in addition to tailoring the enemy population, effects,
and sounds to match the players' performance. The result is a
unique game session custom fitted to provide a satisfying and
uniquely challenging experience each time the game is played.
Featuring new Survivors, boss zombies, weapons,
and items, Left 4 Dead 2 offers a much larger game than the original
with more co-operative campaigns, more Versus campaigns, and maps
for Survival mode available at launch.
Supported by a $10+ million marketing campaign,
Left 4 Dead has sold over 2.5 million retail copies since it was
released in November of 2008. Left 4 Dead 2 is targeted for release
on Xbox 360 and the PC on November 17, 2009, and will be launched
worldwide with a multi-million dollar marketing campaign across
TV, Outdoor, and Online.
"Left 4 Dead was backed by our most aggressive
advertising campaign to date, and resulted in a top 5 showing
on two platforms during holiday 2008," said Doug Lombardi,
VP of marketing at Valve. "Left 4 Dead 2 is a larger game
and will be supported with even more consumer and retail advertising
programs than the original."
Left 4 Dead 2 will be featured as the cover story
on PC Gamer and Official Xbox Magazines this month. For more infomation,
please visit www.l4d.com
TO KAKO II: Evil
in the Time of Heroes Trailer!
- posted
6.1.09 @ 12:30am
Greek zombie splatter film
and 2007 Revenant Film Festival Official Selection, To Kako (EVIL)
is being followed up with a proper sequel entitled 'Evil in the
time of Heroes'. This follow-up also features Billy Zane. If you've
yet to see TO KAKO, do yourself a favor and rent or buy it, you
can read our Review here
.
"Three days ago
everything changed. An ancient force transformed people into blood-thirsty
zombies. That wasn't the first time. 2800 years ago, the situation
was the same. EVIL was defeated. Will they do the same today?
Will they revive the TIME OF HEROES?"
Fremont
Outdoor Cinema to host Red. White & Dead Zombie Party in July
w/ Record Zombie Walk and Shaun of the Dead screening + special
guests! - posted
5.31.09 @ 3pm
The Fremont Outdoor Cinema,
a Seattle area Summertime staple is hosting a whole mess of zombie
shenanigans this Summer starting with their 'Red, White &
Dead' Zombie Party sponsored by XBOX
360. The July 3rd event will include a record zombie walk
attempt which will culminate in an outdoor screening of Shaun
of the Dead. The event will also host a special featurette from
local film makers of the new zombie film ZMD:
Zombies of Mass Destruction as well special guest, BREATHERS
author S.G.
Browne who will be signing books.
There is also an appocalypse
survival workshop presented by the folks at Night
Zero.
A Horde of New Film
Reviews! - posted
5.31.09 @ 2:45pm
Jon Walmsley drops 3 new
reviews for your enjoyment! This time Jon reviews Choking Hazard,
Undead or Alive and Exhumed! We also have a review of Zombie Holocaust
from Mark A. Mihalko, check em out!
Revenant Film Fest
2008 Winner 'COLIN' gets picked to play at Cannes Film Festival!
- posted 5.26.09
Last year we screened the very unique film 'Colin'
from director Marc Price and Nowhere Fast at the 2008 Revenant
Film Festival. The film won our Special Jury Prize and has since
been on a roll of great acclaim, not to mention the film has since
screened at the Cannes Film Festival! This micro budget film has
really captured the film making communities attention by telling
the story of the main character, Colin through his perspective
as one of the undead. COLIN is a completely visceral, mixed bag
of emotions that is sure to please. We wish Marc and his colleagues
all the best of success with the film and will be sure to bring
you all more news and info on where you can see the film.
Crypticon Seattle 2009 is coming up on June 5 -
7th to the Seattle Center and is featuring a horde of cool horror
guests! Including Ken Foree, Howard Sherman, Michael Berryman,
Adrienne King and tons more!
You can also punish your wallet at the many dealers
tables that will be showcasing all sorts of cool horrormerchandise!
The show kicks off on June 5th at 6pm at the Seattle Center. There
is a host of fun stuff to do and horror icons to meet.
New Limited Edition
Night of the Living Dead Print from Munk One!
- posted 5.26.09
I just got back from a little
vacation and Munk One had dropped a line about his new limited
edition Night of the Living Dead art print. This print of little
miss Cooper is limited to only 200 prints so you better get your
money out and head over to www.munkone.com
to order yours now!
New Short Fiction
- 'Cloister of Teeth' by Alex Mastroianni -
posted 5.3.09 @ Noon
Click the image above to
check out Alex Mastroianni's latest zombie short fiction 'Cloister
of Teeth - Part I: The Maw'. If you haven't checked out Alex's
story 'The Weaponized Dead' you can read that here
New Film Reviews
- posted 4.27.09 @ 6pm
Jon Walmsley serves up two
new film reviews, this time we have Shadow: Dead Riot and The
Serpent and the Rainbow. Click each film below for the review.
Night of the Living
Dead: Reanimated hits post-production! -
posted 4.24.09 @ Midnight
We were among the first
to report about the mass collaborative project Night of the Living
Dead: Reanimted headed by project director Mike Schneider. The
project brings together artists/fans from all over the world to
uniquely reimagine George Romero's 1968 classic film through various
forms of art and animation.
We've been incredibly excited
about the project from the jump and we just heard that the project
is headed into post-production as of today April 24th! To kick
off post-production, NOTLD:R has a new website, new artwork and
a new trailer!
The 2009 Revenant
Film Festival - Accepting Entries! -
posted 4.20.09 @ 8pm
The 2009 Revenant Film Festival
is returning to Seattle's MOHAI this Fall. The exact date is still
being confirmed but is heavily leaning toward a late September
date. The Revenant Film Festival features independent zombie films
from around the world! We've had some excellent films in the past
and now we're calling on all you creative people to submit your
films for consideration in this years festival.
Confirmed date, ticket info, artwork and sponsorship
info is coming soon! Stay tuned! We're looking forward to checking
out your films so please get in touch with us about submitting
your film today!
For full details on last years festival, please
go to:
Upcoming
Film - Zombies of Mass Destruction -
posted 3.28.09 @ 12:30
"Life is wonderful for the people in the quiet,
Island town of Port Gamble. Frida, a young Iranian-American college
dropout is back in town to help her father run the family restaurant.
Tom Hunt, a Wall Street broker, visits his hometown with his outspoken
boyfriend Lance in order to finally come out to his estranged
mother. As Frida, Tom, and Lance take life-changing steps, the
town faces a far greater challenge: A zombie virus outbreak!"
ZMD was filmed in the Northwest coastal ghost town
of Port Gamble, WA and helmed by local NW film makers Kevin Hamedani
and John Sinno of Typecast Films. Check out the trailer for this
brilliant film and stay tuned for more info. on Zombies of Mass
Destruction!
3 New Film Reviews
from Jon Walmsley!
- posted 3.25.09@ 6pm
Our friend Jon Walmsley
drops in with another 3 reviews, this time we have; I Eat Your
Skin, Enter...Zombie King, and Vengeance of the Zombies. *click
the films artwork above to tbe taken to the review.
Lost
Zombies Win Awards at SXSW! -
posted 3.17.09 @ 11:30pm
The user generated content site Lost Zombies - www.lostzombies.com
was onhand at this years SXSW. The online community encourages
users to submit content that documents zombie outbreaks in their
areas.
Lost Zombies was awarded a SXSW Web Award for "Best
Community Site" and was also awarded the prestigeous "People's
Choice Award". Head on over to the site and check it out
and congratulate them for their hard work!
Upcoming
Film - Zombies of the Night! -
posted 3.17.09
"Foot and Mouth has broken out in epidemic
proportions and suddenly people are being turned in to zombies!
It's not a scientific, discover a cure movie - it's a how the
hell am I going to survive this adventure. The idea for the film
was very simple. If I literally woke up to discover my parents
had become zombies - what the hell would I do? Would I believe
it? Would I survive it? Who would believe me?"
British Phoenix Films and Burn Hand Film Productions have joined
together to produce Zombies of the night directed by Stuart Brennan.
The film is just wrapping up past production now and will be released
in the coming months, for more information on the release and
to view a trailer please visit http://www.burnhandfilms.com/inproduction.html
New
Call of Duty World At War Map Pack delivers more zombies!
- posted 3.13.09 @ 11:30am
Zombie fans collectively shat their pants upon finding
out that Call of Duty WaW had a 'Nazi Zombie' multiplayer mode.
Well, more zombies are headed to the title via an upcoming downlaodable
map pack for Xbox 360 and PS3. The game will include a total of
3 maps, 1 of which is entitled "Verrückt" and takes
place in a zombie asylum.
The map pack will be available to download on March
19th for 360 and PS3 gamers and the PC pack does not have a releasedate
yet.
Our friend Elaine Blakely of Bite Mark Clothing
has been designing some of the coolest horror threads around.
The horror fans of the world have been bitten and are snatching
up Bite Mark gear with a voracious appetite for cool horror gear.
Elaine has extended a 15% discount for Revenant
readers which is even more incentive to shamble your undead ass
around in some Bite Mark Clothing! Just enter promo code "Dead15"
for the hook-up!
As if that wasn't cool enough, Elaine has also offered
up one of the very cool 'Dead Walk the Earth' hoodies (pictured
center) as a prize in a contest for our fans here at Revenant!
Dead
Rising 2! Now Official with tasty screenshots!
- posted 3.11.09 @ 11:30pm
The heavily rumored and often
denied sequel to one of the best zombie games in recent history,
Dead Rising 2 has been officially acknowledged. Capcom has been
fairly vague with details about the sequel leaving a lot of people
wondering what the game will bring to the table?
We know that the new main
character likes sporty yellow motorcycle jackets and that the
game takes place in Fortune City, a fictitous Las Vegas setting.
The game also takes place several years after the original game
and a cure, 'Zombrex' has been established and must be taken every
24 hours to be curative. We're hoping Frank West makes a cameo
of some sort.
Capcom Japan will be taking
a backseat to the major development which will be handled by Vancouver
based Blue Castle Games who will be working alongside Keiji Inafune's
Capcom Japan team.
Official
XBOX Magazine Presents: ZOMBIES! -
posted 3.9.09 @ 10:30pm
OXM Presents: ZOMBIES! Your Ultimate Guide to Gaming's
Undead! A supplementary collector's edition guide featuring the
undead in video games. This collector's edition guide will hit
newsstands on March 24th and also includes a 21 page 'Resident
Evil Riot!' covering the history of the popular game franchise.
The lastest issue (April 09') also includes some
extra awesome undead gaming news with sneak peaks at Dead
Rising 2 and the Left 4 Dead Survival Pack! Go grab the April
issue of Official XBOX Magazine on newsstands now! [SUBSCRIBE
TODAY!]
EXCLUSIVE!
Interview with PLAGUE Director Matt Simpson!
- posted 2.25.09 @ 5pm
We reported earlier about the very awesome looking
short film PLAGUE from director Matt Simpson. We spoke with Matt
about the film and he offered to give us an exclusive interview
which takes us behind the scenes of the upcoming film. This is
looking to be quite a promising short film, with great cinematography
and influences like World War Z, this is going to be a film to
keep an eye on!
New Film Reviews!
- posted 2.25.09 @ 11:30am
Our good friend Jon Walmsley drops another tri-fecta
of reviews on us! This time Jon reviews: Plaga Zombie, Zombie
Chronicles and Zombie Death House. Click each film's respective
picture to be taken to the review.
A note to our readers
- 2.23.09 - I wanted to just make a brief post to let our
readers know that I (Geoff) will be taking a short break from
my duties here at Revenant. I have some family matters to attend
to which require my full attention at the moment. I have been
working on some exciting new content that will be posted to the
site very soon and that I am sure you all will really enjoy. I
also wanted to mention to those that have sent submission inquiries,
or any inquiries regarding Revenant Magazine to me over the past
few months...I've had a very trying time with the past few months
and I will be doing my best to get around to everyone in due time.
Please don't hesitate to drop
me a line again to jog my ailing brain. I thank you all for
your understanding and trust and I am happy to be addressing you
all as fans of our little online rag. I'll be back very soon and
encourage you to take up discussions in our forums.
This video popped up on Youtube and depicts a
Capcom zombie game that apparently "has happened again"
and looks to take place in a casino filled with the walking dead.
Could this viral video be an early trailer for Dead Rising 2?
We sure as shit hope so!
New World War Z
concept art! -
posted 1.29.09 @ 3:30pm
New concept art from Max Brooks' World War Z!
This image depicts one of the best parts form the book, the Battle
of Yonkers. If this image is any indication of the calibre that
the film adaptation is going to be, I am very excited. Source:
/Film
We were contacted by director Matt Simpson about
his latest project, a zombie apocalyptic short film entitled PLAGUE.
The film was shot in the UK and is inspired by World War Z. From
the teaser, it's looks absolutely brilliant! Stay tuned
for our exclusive interview with Matt Simpson as well as some
very exclusive stills from the film!
Call
For Entries! Zombie Bites - A Zombie Short Film Compilation from
Wild Eye Releasing! -
posted 1.13.09 @ 12:30am
Our friend Mike Schneider gave us some info. on
a very interesting zombie short film compilation that Wild Eye
Releasing is putting together and Wild Eye is putting out an open
call for entries. Here's the info:
-=Zombie Bites=-
Attention Zombie Short-Film Makers,
Wild Eye Releasing is currently accepting
entries to their short film collection 'Zombie Bites'. All short
zombie themed works (< 10 minute duration) may be considered
for entry in this collection. B/W or color, silent or sound, animation
or live action, this is the chance to have your short works receive
a full DVD release.
To enter, submit your works on DVD,
VHS or mini-DV formats. (Submitted materials will not be returned.)
Please include a short description
as well as: Title, Director, Cast + Crew, Filming Location and
Approx. Budget.
Upon acceptance to the project, filmmakers
will be presented with contracts of inclusion covering compensation,
royalties, and terms of distribution.
Submission Deadline is March 15th,
2009.
Send your works to:
Wild Eye Releasing
Att: Zombie Bites
PO Box 391
Roselle, NJ 07203
New
Interview! Steve Romanko talks to us about The Hell Patrol
- posted 12.31.08 @ 10am
We reported about this indie film a while back and
we were really captivated by the awesome film posters and the
great teaser trailer. We had to know more about this film so we
got in touch with Steve Romanko who gives us all the details about
this indie zombie flick.
New
Book Review - The Mammoth Book of Zombie Comics
- posted 12.31.08 @ 10am
John Reppion comes through with a review of 'The
Mammoth Book of Zombie Comics' edited by David Kendall. The book
is a highlight of some of the most influential zombie comics to
be published. Check out John's complete review for much more about
the book!
Film Review Triple
Threat! - posted
12.17.08 @ 6pm
Jon Walmsley brings us a trio of reviews with
his latest reviews of Dead Set - The hit UK zombie Television
show, Night of the Seagulls - A classic tale from the Blind Dead
series, and Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead from Troma
Films! Click each films respective image below to be taken to
that films review! Also be sure to check out Jon's website listed
at the top of each review!
EXCLUSIVE!Interview with Sherman "Bub"
Howard - posted
12.02.08 @ 1:15PM
We took a bit of a break for the Thanksgiving holiday
but we're back to bringing you the best in news of the dead.
With our return comes an exclusive interview with
Sherman Howard, the very talented actor who portrayed Bub in George
Romero's 1985 classic 'Day of the Dead'.
Monsters HD's 'Thanksgiving Day
of the Dead!' -
posted 11.19.08 @ 11:30pm
Monsters HD is giving you zombie fans something
to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Day. Skip that third helping
of Granny's cranberry sauce and stuff your face with some of the
best zombie films on Monsters HD this Thanksgiving Day! Featuring
classics such as George Romero's 'Day of the Dead'!, Robert Kurtzman's
'The Rage'! and TONS more of your favorite zombie films!
Save yourself a few pounds and feast your eyes on Monster HD's
'Thanksgiving Day of the Dead!' Check out the Monsters
HD Website for more entrails! You can also check out the widget
above for an extra helping of gore!
Our November Freshly Dug features the beautiful
ghouls from myzombiepinup.com as they appear in the limited edition
13 month calendar! Ring in the new year with 13 of the hottest
vintage style pinups fresh from their graves! This 13 month calendar
is a super limited edition of only 1,000 so now is the time to
get yours and get a few for your friends for the holidays!
We have one calendar to give away so click the logo below to check
out our Freshly Dug and enter the contest!
EXCLUSIVE
- Interview with Deadheads director
Brett Pierce! -
posted 11.17.08 @ 5pm
I was very excited to get the chance to talk with
director Brett Pierce about the film Deadheads that he is making
with his brother Drew and a host of talented cast and crew. This
film looks great and we can't wait to see more!
Two coherent zombies, Brent and Mike awake to find
themselves reborn from the dead. Mike, having no recollection
of his untimely demise finds an engagement ring in his pocket
and realizes his purpose. The two then set about on a wild road
trip to find Mike’s lost love Ellie.
Being a zombie does have it’s downfalls as
Mike and Brent are being stalked by a bravado band of zombie ass-kicking
bounty hunters with a shady secret!
Upcoming
Zombie Short Film - The Hell Patrol -
posted 11.16.08 @ 11am
This news was posted on our forum and it's sounding like The Hell
Patrol is shaping up to be an interesting short film. The poster
artwork is really cool too! Here's the synopsis:
Heavily influenced by Romero, World War Z and "The
Walking Dead" graphic novel, director Turner Van Ryn and
Producer Steve Romanko weave a tale of defeat and redemption in
the face of an enemy that will never stop. "The Hell Patrol",
is currently in production in Corning, California. It stars Pisha
Wayne as Lt. Sandi Fletcher and Scott Levy (Adventures of Johnny
Tao, Fight or Die, The Helix...Loaded) as Sgt. Mark Daniels.
EXCLUSIVE!New Film Review - Last of the Living
- posted 11.15.08 @ 2pm
We had the very exclusive opportunity to check out
Logan McMillan's new zombie film 'Last of the Living'. Here's
a snippet from our review:
“Last of the Living is the feature film debut
of director Logan McMillan (Gorilla Pictures) of New Zealand.
McMillan has proven his artistic versatility in film having worked
on award winning short films and dozens of music videos for local
musicians. McMillan definitely has a winner with Last of the Living,
a breakneck zombie film that injects a high dose of hilarity!
“
World
War Z Movie News - Director Announced! -
posted 11.14.08 @ 9:15am
World War Z, the best selling book by Max Brooks
has been in pre-production for quite some time now. We are very
pleased to hear that the film now has a director by way of Quantum
of Solace director Marc Forster. World War Z is a UN researchers
recount of life after a world wide zombie outbreak that obliterated
many parts of the world as told through interviews with various
people from all over the globe.
J. Michael Straczynski is penning the script and
the film will be produced by Brad Pitt's Plan B under the Paramount
Pictures banner. This is very exciting news and we will be sure
to bring you the latest news about casting news and more as soon
as we hear it!
New
Film Review - Zombie Wars
- posted 11.13.08
Jon Walmsley delivers his latest review with a review
of Zombie Wars!
"Of the criteria by which I rate zombie films,
originality is possibly the hardest to satisfy. Considering zombie
films have been in existence since the 1930's it's getting rather
tricky to rattle out some truly original ideas these days. Having
said that, Zombie Wars does present some new ideas that I'm sure
haven't been thought of before. Zombies farming humans.
The idea of zombies setting up concentration style
camps for captured humans to spend their life in is a great concept,
which is sadly not nearly fleshed out enough here to be truly
memorable. These Zombies keep humans in a farming complex, some
of them working to farm vegetables and suchlike which is used
to feed the human prisoners to keep them alive, and some of the
luckier prisoners are put out to stud, in order to keep the human
population growing."
New
Film Review - Zombies Zombies Zombies
- posted 11.13.08
Jon Walmsley checks in with a new review of the
recently released to DVD film Zombies Zombies Zombies!
"ZZZ, (an apt abbreviation if ever there were
one) will certainly be compared to Zombie Strippers, although
the difference here is that the strippers are the heroines and
not the undead. Opening at a strip club, a new dancer is trying
her hand at the noble profession of 'whopping her norks out to
the general public for a fee', but not doing very well. So far,
so very Zombie Strippers. However for some reason which I cannot
remember (hey, it was over a week ago I saw this) a zombie virus
has been let loose from a local scientists lab and infects a load
of people. So, zombies attacking the club means that everyone
within has to band together to protect each other. Oh yeah, that's
an original idea. Lock a load of people in a building for an hour
or so while zombies roam around outside. I've not seen that before.
New
Book Review – Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide By Glenn
Kay! – posted
11.1.08 @ 1pm
I had a blast reading this one, here's a snippet
from my review…
“Glenn Kay has managed to craft one of the
ultimate, up-to date guides to zombie films with an astonishing
thoroughness and true fanaticism. His 342 page, soft cover book
‘Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide’ with a foreword
from Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) is the perfect addition to any
zombie fans collection. Featuring a brief introduction to the
origin of the zombie mythos in Haitian lore and then moving on
to the zombie’s birth on film in the 1930’s on up
to 2008’s Diary of the Dead from George Romero. There is
also a wealth of information on the flourishing independent zombie
movement as well as foreign films, which I highly enjoyed.”
Cases
of rare “Respiren Flu” reported in parts of the United
States! –
posted 10.31.08 @ 6pm
Early reports of a rare respiratory infection ‘Respiren
Flu’ have been coming in from parts of the United States.
The pharmaceutical company Soteria Industries promptly released
a new non-prescription drug ‘Toxicil’ to combat and
contain the illness.
Soteria has established a website that you can consult
with descriptions of symptoms and further information on where
you can purchase Toxicil if you are displaying symptoms of Respiren
Flu. Consult
the Soteria Website by clicking here
HAPPY
HALLOWEEN FROM REVENANT MAGAZINE!! - posted
10.30.08 @ 8pm
SPLATTER:
Murder, Monsters, Mayhem & Gore
An Art Exhibition of Bloodlust -
posted 10.29.08
Friend of Revenant, aritst Bryan Barnes dropped
us a line about an extremely unique art exhibit that he will be
showing at entitled 'Splatter: Murder, Monsters, Mayhem &
Gore'.
Artists featured include: JOHN WAYNE GACY, CHRIS
VON STEINER, HEIDI TAILLEFER, J. C. GARRETT, UGLY SHYLA, MIKE
CARUSO, RENFIELD, KEVIN JOHNSON, EXECUTION STYLE, BRYAN BARNES,
RAYMOND SANDOVAL, NICHOLAS LOPEZ, TONY WARD, JEFFREY DAHMER AND
MORE!
Opening Reception October 30th, 2008
7-9 PM - $10 Cover
Plan to be there, even if it kills you!
Exhibit runs through November 30th, 2008
General Gallery Hours: Wednesday thru Saturday 1-7pm
Antebellum
Gallery
1643 N. Las Palmas Ave
Hollywood, CA 90028
323 856-0667
Be sure to check out Bryan Barnes' Official
Site as well as our Interview
with Bryan from earlier this year!
Valve's
"Dude, Where's My Thumb?" Left 4 Dead Contest!
- posted 10.28.08 @ 5pm
October 28, 2008 - Valve, creators of best-selling
game franchises (Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike)
and leading technologies (Steam and Source), today announced a
Zombie Photo Contest that ties into the $10 million marketing
campaign for its upcoming Xbox 360 and PC thriller, Left 4 Dead.
The contest challenges gamers to take a creative photograph of
themselves in front of one of the outdoor media placements in
London, New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle and the
San Francisco Bay Area. Contest rules and submission guidelines
can be found at www.l4d.com/contest/
. All entries will be reviewed and judged by Gabe Newell, president
and founder of Valve. The top 25 entrants will win a free copy
of Left 4 Dead, and the overall winner will receive a new gaming
PC from AMD. Left 4 Dead is due for release on the Xbox 360 and
PC on November 18 in North America and November 21 in the rest
of the world.
Gavin
Castleton's upcoming zombie themed album "Home"
- posted 10.27.08
Gavin Castleton is poised to release his latest
album entitled 'Home'. Recovering from a breakup after a tumultuous
6 year relationship, 'Home' is a sonic recount of Castleton's
rocky relationship from the coffee-shop flirtation beginning to
the mauled-by-zombies-while-his-girlfriend-leaves-in-a-helicopter-with-some-army-dude
end. Castleton even enlisted the aid of his ex-love to retell
the story. The latest single 'Unparallel Rabbits' due out tomorrow
10.28.08 is a great track that is very musically diverse which
is understandable considering that Castleton has drawn on a wide
range of musical influences from Peter Gabriel to King Crimson
and Prince.
'The B-side for the Unparallel Rabbits Single is
a remix of a song by Gruvis Malt (Gavin's band from 1995-2005)
called “Since 1968,” about a 4-legged zombie that
wins The Annual Monster Dance Party (due to his quadrapedic approach
and undead persistence). The remix was masterfully crafted by
NY electronica act The
Overclock Orchestra(who have a new record due out in November)
and mixed by grammy-winner Rob Pemberton.
You can check out the first single "Unparallel
Rabbits' and the B-Side 'Since 1968' right
here and be sure to check out Gavin's
Official Website
New
Film Review - City of Rott -
posted 10.27.08
Jon Walmsley is back with another review, this time
Jon covers the animated zombie feature City of Rott from Frank
Sudol!
"Right, I feel it's about time I try out something
new here. Up until now I've seen big-budget Hollywood horror,
foreign language zombie flicks, gory comedies, and the ubiquitous
shot-on-video fan productions. Where else can this genre go? How
about a one-man production, animated, OTT zombie gorefest? Well
here we go. Frank Sudol pretty much single-handedly put this little
number together. And by single handed I mean he directed, voice
acted, designed, animated, scored, edited, produced, scripted,
and just generally did EVERYTHING. That is one hard-working dude!"
Call of Duty World At War
- Nazi Zombie Gamemode! -
posted 10.27.08
Waves of zombies are storming through our video
games currently. That's no problem for us, well...affording all
of these awesome games is a bit of a problem. The latest big game
title to feature the walking dead is Call of Duty World At War.
The game features a nazi zombie game mode which puts you in an
old fort which you must fortify and barricade against hordes of
zombies.
News from today's
Seattle Zombie Walk for World Zombie Day! -
posted 10.26.08 @ 10:35pm
The
dead rose from their graves in West Seattle today for the annual
Seattle Zombie Walk on World Zombie Day! We were a formidable
army of roughly 150+ zombies that terrified the care-free citizens
of West Seattle. The people of West Seattle were great and actually
had a lot of fun as cars honked and stopped to snap pictures.
We headed up California Ave. in pursuit of the fresh
brains towards the Admiral Junction. We were even intercepted
by some rednecks (actors) who attempted to denounce the undead...but
were quickly devoured by the horde. We then ended up at Jackson
Park where we played soccer with a severed head as other zombies
socialized and then disbanded to head seperate ways in search
of fresh brains and cold beer. We took a bunch of video today
and we should have that posted very soon! You can check out some
pictures from the walk by
clicking here!
New
Left 4 Dead User Interface screenshots! -
posted 10.24.08 @ 1:30
Valve Software sent us a bunch of User Interface
screenshots from their upcoming title Left 4 Dead. The interfaces
are in-game shots of some of the gameplay modes.
Zombies
invade GTA4's Liberty City in new Downloadable Content!
- posted 10.24.08
It's that time of year, zombies are coming out of
the woodwork! Zombies are exploding on World of Warcaft and the
recently released Saints Row 2 even has an in-game zombie game.
Well, now for all those that wanted zombies thrown into their
GTA games will be pleased to hear that Rockstar has released some
downloadable content which features a "Quarantine" and
warns of a "contagious disease".
"Attention Citizens,
There is a virus sweeping through Grand Theft Auto IV turning
many unsuspecting players into Zombies. If you've seen the special
Zombie-with-yellow-briefs player skin running around during Grand
Theft Auto IV multiplayer, then you may already know that the
virus can be contracted in any and all multiplayer modes and is
spread when an unsuspecting player kills someone who has the infection
(BE ADVISED: The infected DON'T necessarily have to be wearing
the Zombie skin, some show NO SYMPTOMS!). The signs of infection
are:
- Access to the zombie skin
- having the Achievement "Let Sleeping Rockstars Lie".
With the all-new Viral Infection feature at the Rockstar Social
Club, members can now see whether they are currently infected,
the number of total global infections and the number of infectinos
in the last 24 hours. Digging deeper, Social Club members can
also browse a color-coded world map tracking the spread of the
infection worldwide, including breakdown for all 50 US States."
www.rockstargames.com/socialclub
Seattle
Zombie Walk for WORLD ZOMBIE DAY Oct. 26th in West Seattle! -
posted 10.23.08 @ 6pm
Join us in West Seattle as we combine undead forces
all across the globe for a simultaneous, worldwide zombie walk
for World Zombie Day! Here's all the details:
3:45 We gather at the back of the
Rite Aid parking lot. The parking lot there is huge and there
is lots of free residential parking all around that area.
Rite Aid- 5217 California Ave SW West Seattle WA 98136
(just south of the Alaska junction)
(We recommend that you take the bus
because we’ll be walking far from the car area anyways)
Plus, the 55, 54, 21 and 22 buses go straight to the California
Alaska junction. The 54 will drop zombies off directly at the
Rite Aid on California.
4:00 The horde is assembled and moves
along California towards Alaska. We detour to Jefferson square
which would be great place to shop for "braaiiins" at
the Safeway and maybe the hazmat suit guys want to come out again
and attempt to keep the crowd “safe”. Then we shamble
along to the Junction of California and Alaska for more zombie
mahem. Where is that zombie marching band? Drums? Tuba? Then we
trek up California to the Admiral Junction which is about a mile
away. We pass a church where some ministers will surely be doing
some zombie apocalypse preaching at us. (Ahem, Ministers?) We
keep plodding along California and eventually end up at Admiral
Way.
6:30ish We arrive at the Admiral
Junction. Once there, there's nearby dinner choices.... There's
pizza (cheap option), Angelina's for Italian(2311 California Ave
Sw
Seattle, WA 98116, and an Indian restaurant for dinner.
7:30ish 21+ zombie time.
Cocktails at 7:30pm to 8:30pm at Mission (2325 California Ave
98116)
8:30 Karaoke at Yen Wor from 8:30
until you’re zombied out.
(2300 California Ave 98116)
New Zombie Fiction!
Jenna Pitman's 'HAVEN' part VIII and Mary Goff's 'INMATE NO. 762030'
- posted
10.23.08
Click on the title images to be
taken to the stories!
We return to Jenna Pitman's 'HAVEN' for part VIII
in one of the most exhilerating chapters yet!
Mary Goff of www.pretty-scary.net
sent us her short story 'INMATE NO. 762030', an incredible read
about the peculiar crimes of Alice Tucker, AKA 'INMATE NO. 762030'.
New
Film Review - Dance of the Dead
- posted 10.18.08 @ 1pm
Now out on DVD from Ghost House Underground, I give
my take on Gregg Bishop and Joe Ballarini's Dance of the Dead.
"The zombie comedy is a difficult niche-film
to make if you intend to please your audience. With benchmarks
like Return of the Living Dead and Shaun of the Dead as the zombie
comedy torch-bearers, most other ‘zomedies’ are heavily
scrutinized by genre purists. Gregg Bishop and Joe Ballarini have
managed to craft a very fun teen comedy zombie film that captures
the essence of 80’s horror films and pays tribute to those
aforementioned films."
George has an addiction, it's not the typical addictions
that plague the Hollywood or less fortunate-type. George is...a
zombie and his friends have gathered for an intervention before
George eats everyone in sight. With the aid of a professional
interventionist and George's friends, will they be able to help
satiate George or will they all become dinner?
Fangoria had the chance to speak with ambitious
director JT Seaton about the film and this film definitely sounds
like one to look into. Check
out the interview!
Revenant
Magazine sinks their teeth into SCT's 'Night of the Living Dead'
stage performance! - posted
10.17.08
Revenant's Jenna Pitman gets an early review of
Seattle Children's Theater's stage production of Night of the
Living Dead!
“When I first discovered SCT’s intention
of putting on a performance of Romero’s iconic Night of
the Living Dead, I was shocked. Really? Zombies? On stage? On
a stage for kids?! Apparently yes, that was exactly what was happening.
Then the buzzwords Shaun of the Dead and “not for young
kids” were tossed out and I was fascinated.”
Mail
Order Zombie Podcast Ep. 38 covers the Revenant Film Festival!
- posted 10.16.08
BrotherD and the lovely Bren of The Mail Order Zombie
podcast were nice enough to make the trek up to Seattle from Portland
for the 2008 Revenant Film Festival. BrotherD covered the event
and got a lot of great interviews and coverage about the event
including brief reviews of some of the films and a called in review
of '2' from Steve Holetz of www.bonehand.com.
New
Film Review - Reel Zombies -
posted 10.15.08 @ 11pm
We had the pleasure of screening Reel Zombies at
the Revenant Film Festival last Saturday and the film is one of
our favorite films of the year and even won Best Picture as voted
on by attendees of the Revenant Film Festival!
“Reel Zombies from Mike Masters and David
J. Francis of Primal Films in Ontario, Canada is honestly one
of my favorite films of the year and provides an explosive dose
of hilarity to the zombie subgenre. Having been commercially unsuccessful
with their previous films Zombie Night I and II, Mike Masters
has a vision of crafting his epic zombie masterpiece. The thing
is…after an actual zombie outbreak, the team has some adversity
and a whole heap of stupidity to overcome to pull off the production.”
Dance
of the Dead hits DVD tomorrow October 14th from Ghost House Underground!
– posted 10.13.08 @ 10:45pm
Gregg Bishop’s Dance of the Dead comes to
dvd on October 14th as part of the 8 film collection from Ghost
House Underground!
“On the night of the big high school prom,
the dead rise to eat the living, and the only people who can stop
them are the losers who couldn’t get dates to the dance.
An Official Selection at the SXSW, Atlanta and Sitges Film Festivals,
Dance of the Dead “has cult classic written all over it”
(Ain’t it Cool News.com). Tim Anderson from Bloody-Disgusting.com
claims Dance of the Dead “makes Carrie look like Pretty
in Pink.””
We’ve got 5 copies of the film to give away
so be sure to enter for your chance to win Dance of the Dead on
DVD! [ENTER
HERE]
New
Film Review – Colin –
posted 10.13.08 @ Noon
‘One of the most inventive of recent indie
zombie films, Colin comes to us from UK director Marc Price and
Nowhere Fast Productions. Colin is the name and tale of our main
character who we are briefly introduced to in human form but that
is soon shed as he becomes infected and becomes one of the undead.
The most ingenious aspect of the film is that from then on, the
story is told from Colin’s perspective as one of the undead.’
The 2008 Revenant
Film Festival Wraps Up in Seattle! –
posted 10.13.08 @ 1 AM
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!
Be sure to check out our interviews with Andy
Davis – Director of ‘2’ and Marc
Price– Director of ‘Colin’
New Featured Fiction
– The Weaponized Dead By Alex Mastroianni –
posted 10.13.08
We are pleased to feature the zombie fiction of
Author, Alex Mastroianni. The Weaponized Dead definitely brings
something new to zombie fiction. It’s a brutal story of
war where the undead are exploited by the ugly hearts of man.
New
Film Review – Day of the Dead –
posted 10.13.08
Jon Walmsley drops by with a review of a George
Romero classic. Day of the Dead is Jon’s latest review and
he has nothing but great things to say about the film!
“Now, I was thinking of just doing a 1-line
review for this movie, along the lines of "Day of the Dead
- easily the best Romero Zombie film", but it appears that
(as is often the case), people don't seem to agree with me despite
the fact that I am always right. So apparently I will have to
justify this claim. Now, all of his zombie movies are pretty spot-on
(yes, even Land of the Dead, while not a patch on the others is
still far superior to most other zombie films), and I am sure
most people would more-or-less agree. Where I am in the minority
is in my knowledge that with Day, George got everything pretty
much spot-on.”
The 2008 Revenant
Film Festival - this Saturday 10/11/08 in Seattle!
- posted 10.7.08
Join us for the 2008 Revenant Film Festival this
Saturday, October 11th from 4pm-Midnight at Seattle's MOHAI! The
Revenant Film Festival features independent zombie films from
around the world! We have some truly great films this year and
we are very excited to share them with everyone!
We also have a bunch of awesome prizes and goodies
to give away at the event from some of our sponsors like dvd's
from our friends at Danger After Dark, Custom t-shirts from Bite
Mark Clothing, and Left 4 Dead promo items from our friends at
Valve Software! It's going to be an awesome evening and we look
forward to seeing you there!
Tickets are available at the door for $21 - MOHAI
is located at 2700 24th Ave East Seattle, WA 98112. It's adjacent
to Husky Stadium and right off the 520 bridge.
Click the banner below for more info. and to check
out film trailers of the featured films!
The 2008 Seattle Zombie Pub Crawl was an absolute
BLAST! Thank you to everyone who came out and had a great time
with us. An enormous thank you to Cleo Zombie as well for leading
us zombies!
Our night was complete as we shambled into the
Dubliner to the tune of 'Thriller'! It was a great evening and
we look forward to seeing everyone next weekend and throughout
October at all the events.
Click the album
cover to check out the pics!
New
details on the next Romero film!
- posted
10.3.08 @ noon
Various sites broke the news today about details
of the next Romero zombie film with a working title of 'Island
of the Dead'. It was reported last week that the film currently
in production will not be a sequel to Diary of the Dead and will
be a zombie film set on an island where a group of survivors are
tasked with surviving or preserving the risen dead in hopes of
finding a cure for the outbreak. We also now know that there is
a ferry boat involved in the story somehow. News site AICN got
a good on-set scoop and some terribly blurry pictures but it's
cool to see the set. There was also an open casting call for zombie
extras that took place Thursday in Toronto. Casting agents were
on hand to cast 40+ zombie extras for a scene in the film. There
is still no word on a follow-up to Romero's Diary of the Dead.
Reminder - Join us
this weekend for the Seattle Zombie Pub Crawl! -
posted 10.2.08
Join us as we spill some of Seattle's finest concoctions
into our bloated, rotten innards this weekend at the Seattle Zombie
Pub Crawl! We'll be kicking off the event on Saturday the 4th
of October at 8:30pm starting at The Ballroom - 456 N 36th St.
Seattle, WA we'll be shambling onto to the next bar with fresh
brains from there. Come out and play with the dead!
New
Film Review - American Zombie
- posted 10.2.08
Jon Walmsley delivers another great review, with
his latest take on Grace Lee's American Zombie.
"Zombie movies, possibly the most versatile
genre in horror. Ranging from comedy, drama, satire, straight
up horror, even Zombie Musicals, there are always new and interesting
interpretations of these tales. Currently we are experiencing
a period of Zombie Documentaries, which is the category American
Zombie probably falls into. However that would unfairly suggest
comparisons with "Zombie Diaries" or "Diary of
the Dead", both of which take a more Cinematic, rather than
Journalistic approach that American Zombie utilises. "
New
Pen & Paper Zombie RPG from Palladium Books! - Dead Reign
- posted 9.29.08 @ 7:30
Dead Reign™ is a game of survival, rescue
and revenge. Player characters are both the hunted and the hunters
as they battle the creeping doom that is the living dead and pray
for salvation.
Game Features:
-Zombies have taken over the world.
-Zombies control the cities. Humans hide in remote
wilderness areas.
-Zombies capture, keep and breed humans in food
pens.
-Several different types of zombies.
-Humankind fights to rescue those they can, and
destroy as many of the zombie abominations as they can.
-Player characters are ordinary people fighting
for their very existence or bent on revenge.
-Is this the end of the world as we know it? Can
Earth be reclaimed by humanity?
It was reported today by Bloody-disgusting.com and
Shock Till You Drop that George Romero's latest film will not
be a sequel to Diary of the Dead. The film will still take place
on an island and early reports have stated that there will be
underwater zombies. There's no word yet on whether or not a follow
up to Diary of the Dead is still planned.
It was also announced that Alan Van Sprang will
be starring in Romero's latest film, this will be Sprang's third
film with Romero having appeared in both Land and Diary of the
Dead. Production is currently underway in Toronto.
Certainly one of our favorite weekly zombie flavored
podcasts here at Revenant, this week BrotherD takes some time
to interview Revenant's Geoff Bough about the upcoming Revenant
Film Festival.
Episode 35 of Mail Order Zombie brings the goods
with a review of Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!, but Brother D doesn't
let this movie's headshots stop him. He cracks open the new book
Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide by Glenn Kay, and he tracks
down Geoff Bough from Revenant: The Premiere Zombie Magazine to
talk about the 2008 Revenant Film Festival. (Thanks to Geoff for
the interview!) A few Zombie Aptitude Test answers from the previous
ZAT question slipped through the cracks last week, so Brother
D goes over these, and Bren joins us for the weekly Feedback Discussion
(and manages to sneak in a new contest right in the middle of
everyone's emails and voicemails!).
New
Film Review - The Stink of Flesh -
posted 9.25.08
Jon Walmsley drops in with a review of The Stink
of Flesh!
"Like most people I have often wondered what
happens when a Zombie needs to use the lav, and finally I have
found a film than answers this puzzler. Apparently they just crap
on the grass and leave it there. Honestly, they don't even have
the decency to clean up after themselves! No wonder they've got
a bad reputation."
New
Interactive short film - The Outbreak -
posted 9.23.08 @ 9pm
With "The Outbreak," viewers can stop
yelling -- and start screaming in the characters' bloodied shoes.
Located at http://www.SurviveTheOutbreak.com,
the interactive horror short lets viewers make key decisions for
the characters, with immediate results.
For example, in one scene a character breaks a leg
while fleeing from zombies. The action freezes and the viewer
is presented with a choice: "save her" or "leave
her." Make the right choice, and the film continues on, where
you are faced with even more critical choices. Make the wrong
decision, and the viewer gets one final scene before the words
"YOU DIE" appear on screen. But just like the zombies,
viewers don’t have to stay dead forever. They can start
the film over, or click on a chapter menu to see their film path
to that point. They can then re-play a scene and change their
minds. The total length of the film, all options included, is
17 minutes.
The
2008 HP Lovecraft Film Fest & CthulhuCon Oct. 3-5!
-posted 9.22.08
Our friends at Lurker Films are ramping up for their
annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival which is coming to Portland,
Oregon on October 3-5 featuring all sorts of special guests from
the world of horror and Lovecraftia!
"The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival promotes
the works of H.P. Lovecraft, literary horror, and weird tales
through the cinematic adaptations by professional and amateur
filmmakers. The festival was founded in 1995 by Andrew Migliore
in the hope that H.P. Lovecraft would be rightly recognized as
a master of gothic horror and his work more faithfully adapted
to film and television."
New
Seattle Zombiewalk updates! -
posted 9.19.08 @ 10:15am
There are a ton of zombie events coming to
Seattle in October! We have recently updated the Seattle
Zombiewalk website with all the latest on the upcoming events
here in Seattle! We kick off the scary season this year with a
zombie pub crawl in Fremont on October 4th! Join us for the 2008
Revenant Film Festival the following weekend on October 11th.
We also have plans for the World Zombie Day Walk on October 26th
among other great events! Click the banner below for more details!
New Interview –
B. Alex Thompson, writer of Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls Vs Zombies!
– posted 9.16.08 @ 7:35pm
Who wouldn’t love a great story of hot chicks
kicking some zombie ass? Well, we’re all in for a treat
because Approbation Comics upcoming title ‘Chaos Campus:
Sorority Girls Vs. Zombies’ is heading our way in October!
The story follows three of the Epsilon Alpha Zeta
Upsilon (EAZY) and Alpha Zeta Zeta (AZZ) sorority girls who band
together to survive the zombie apocalypse- Jamie Schaffer, Paige
Patton, and Brittany Miller.
New Film Trailer –
Deadheads – posted
9.16.08 @ 7:30pm
Two coherent zombies, Brent and Mike awake to find
themselves reborn from the dead. Mike, having no recollection
of his untimely demise finds an engagement ring in his pocket
and realizes his purpose. The two then set about on a wild road
trip to find Mike’s lost love Ellie.
Being a zombie does have it’s downfalls as Mike and Brent
are being stalked by a bravado band of zombie ass-kicking bounty
hunters with a shady secret!
Stephen
Lindsay's 'Jesus Hates Zombies' gets the Arthur Suydam treatment
- posted 9.12.08 @11pm
Stepehen Lindsay's popular comic anthology "Jesus
Hates Zombies" about the zombie-slaying messiah is being
reissued and given a new special cover art by famed zombie artist
Arthur Suydam of Marvel Zombies and Raise the Dead fame. The rerelease
of 'Jesus Hates Zombies: Those Slack-jaw Blues' will also feature
a new short story entitled 'Jesus Hates Zombies...and Sasquatch'.
All you have to do to procur this great anthology
is tell your local comic slinger to order it for you or you can
also buy directly from Alterna
Comics
You can check out the Suydam art - pictured to the
left and thanks to Geeks
of Doom! for the scoop!
New
Film Review - The Ghost Galleon -
posted 9.12.08
Jon Walmsey delivers another dose of the dead with
his latest review of The Ghost Galleon from the Blind Dead Collection.
"When even the box of a film says it is considered
a 'surprising' film warning bells should really start to sound.
Whereas the first 2 Blind Dead films take place around atmospheric
ruined medieval cities this particular entry involves an obviously
fake miniature galleon ship, which I assume we are supposed to
believe is a full size vessel."
New
Film Review - Boy Eats Girl
- posted 9.12.08
Jon Walmsley delivers a review of the Irish teenie
zombie flick, Boy Eats Girl.
"It starts off slowly, with some boring guff
about some school kids who are apparently big losers, but all
look like they are in their early 30's. One of these 'kids' has
a crush on Samantha Mumba but is too wimpy to do anything about
it. After assuming she's rejected him he goes home and pretends
to hang himself, but his mother walks in and accidentally finishes
the job for him. Luckily by means of ultra-fast montage she's
able to resurrect him using some medieval books from her local
church, but finds that one of the pages in the book is missing,
and the Resurrection has some rather awkward side effects - a
hunger for human flesh and the ability to turn the living into
the walking dead. Oh well."
Saints
Row 2 for XBOX 360 - Now with Zombies! -
posted 9.11.08 @ 11:10pm
The GTA inspired game Saints Row 2 is now catering
to the zombie fans with the addition of an in-game zombie game.
The following is from Gamespot.com
"There's the option to simply upgrade your
crib's overall theme from something cheap and run down to something
much classier, or upgrade your furniture piece by piece. However,
even the cheapest of entertainment centers gives you the ability
to play one of Saints Row 2's hidden gems: a video game within
the game called "Zombie Uprising." Rather than a retro
arcade game, this is actually a fully 3D zombie game that applies
the look and feel of the regular game to a darker, more zombie-filled
setting. In it you need to survive wave after wave of undead with
a limited number of weapons and fellow survivors. It may be a
poor man's Left 4 Dead, but it's still a very cool throw-in that's
indicative of just how much there is to do in Saints Row 2 if
you go around looking."
Zombie
Chronicles - Serialized zombie fiction by J. Melzer!
– posted 9.9.08
Permuted Press proudly presents a brand new serial
novel by James Melzer: The Zombie Chronicles. The Zombie Chronicles
will be serialized free in both text and podcast (audio book)
formats.
"When an asteroid passes by our planet and
leaves a trail of death in its wake, a quarter of the population
have become the living dead.
Twenty-five years later the zombies are under the
control of the government. Citizens are chosen to participate
in Project Mirror, a cloning project in which their "mirrors"
are used as food for the undead. When one man discovers that something
in his blood is being used to create an army of super-zombies,
he decides to help his mirror escape. In doing so he uncovers
a secret so guarded that the powers that be will stop at nothing
to eliminate him and all those that he loves.
The Zombie Chronicles is an edge-of-your-seat thriller
that will take you on an adventure beyond your wildest imagination
and leave you wanting more with each episode."
A message from our
friends at World Zombie Day! –
posted 9.8.08 @ 10:30am
World Zombie Day is the mass collaboration of Zombie
Walkers all over the globe who will all conduct zombie walks in
relative unison on October 26th 2008. Headed by the folks at Zombie
Fest and The It’s Alive Show, The kickoff to the World Zombie
Day walk begins at the Monroeville Mall.
Stay tuned here at Revenant for details on the Seattle,
WA WZD walk and don’t forget to check our interview with
World Zombie Day curator Mark Menold!
New
Film Review – 28 Weeks Later
–
posted 9.8.08 @10:15am
Regardless of the technicalities of whether or not
the 28 Days films are considered zombie films or not, it’s
safe to say that they made an impact on modern zombie films. Revenant
reviewer Jon Walmsley delivers another great review with his latest
review of 28 Weeks Later.
"One of the classic discussions regarding the
28 days\weeks films is of their legitimacy as Zombie films. There
are numerous pseudo-zombie flicks that I love but would not include
in this Blog as they don't meet the criteria. Cronenbergs 'Shivers'
& 'Rabid' or the recent 'I Am Legend' are such examples, and
don't get me started on The Evil Dead series. (Why people think
of these as Zombie films is beyond me. They're people possessed
by evil demonic spirits, Sheesh!). With 28 days\weeks later the
decision is tougher. Yes, they're still officially alive and yes,
they run and don't shamble. Also, they apparently die of malnutrition
which I don't recall happening in any other zombie flick."
New
Freshly Dug! Humerus Products! –
posted 9.5.08 @ 12:20am
Humerus creates some of the best zombie swag around!
From their line of Zombie President merchandise to new designs
like the iZombie shirt, Eye Heart Brains design and the ever-popular
Zombie Evolution Poster which I have displayed here in my office
at Revenant HQ. The guys at Humerus have something for all zombie
fans so that’s why we are proud to feature Humerus as our
‘Freshly Dug, Cool Shit We Dig’ of the month!
You can check out the Freshly
Dug page and be sure to enter the Humerus contest for your
chance to win a Humerus prize pack of a shirt, sticker and poster
from your friends at Revenant Magazine and Humerus!
Please be sure to stop by the Humerus
Website and order some of their great merch! Tell them Revenant
sent ya!
Revenant
Magazine's hands-on Left 4 Dead Review! -
posted 8.30.08 @ 8:10pm
Valve invited me to a hands-on play of a few levels
of Left 4 Dead today at the Penny Arcade Expo and to sum everything
up, Left 4 Dead is the King of survival-horror gaming. ...note
to Valve, put that tagline on the box art! heh!
I played a 4 player co-op match and it was insanely
intense and there are some genuine scary moments peppered throughout
the game. I wanted to get a sense of what it was like to be isolated
from your party members and it definitely makes the game MUCH
tougher if you intend to be a lone-gunmen. The game is set-up
so that you have to work together in order to survive and with
waves of zombies coming at you from dark alleys and rooftops,
you'd be devoured in seconds by yourself.
The new character models look pefect. I know there
was some belly-aching about the updated artwork and new charachter
art but it fits the game great. This game looks so fluid and crisp
that at times you just want to sit-back and watch it. Valve was
spot-on when they said that playing Left 4 Dead is like putting
you into a zombie movie and that is made paramount by having to
co-op with your teammates to stay alive.
I could make a list of all the awesome games coming
out this Fall but if I could pick only one, it would without a
doubt be Left 4 Dead.
Be sure to enter for your chance to win a limited
edition Left 4 Dead t-shirt from us here at Revenant Magazine!
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New
Film Review - Versus -
posted 8.30.08 @ 8pm
Reviewer Jon Walmsley weighs-in on some foreign
zombie fanfare with a review of the Japanese zombie film Versus.
"I love my Asian zombie films. Junk and Bio-zombie
were reasonably decent if rather cliched, while Wild Zero and
Stacy were full on classics. Then there is Versus - a Zombie film
I’ve had on my shelf for some time now waiting for an appropriate
time-slot for viewing."
New
Zombie Undead Trailer!
- posted 8.29.08 @ 5:30pm
Zombie Undead is the new feature zombie film from
British Director Rhys Davies. The film revolves around a biological
terrorist attack that releases a releases a plague. We got an
early glimpse of the film and it looks spectacular. Rhys dropped
us a line today to inform us that a new trailer for the film is
now online! Click the "view trailer" button below to
check out the new trailer.
We will be screening the short film version of Zombie
Undead at the 2008 Revenant Zombie Film Festival! Be sure to come
to the event and check out this amazing film! Click here
for more about the 2008 Revenant Film Festival.
Go
Buy Zombie CSU By Jonathan Maberry! -
posted 8.29.08 @ 7:30pm
Bram Stoker Award Winning Author Jonathan Maberry
has just released his latest book 'Zombie CSU: The Forensics of
the Living Dead'. I just picked it up today and so far it's an
amazing read merging fiction with how certain City, state and
Federal agencies would respond to a zombie outbreak.
“Zombie CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead”
($16.96, Citadel Press — a division of Kensington Publishing)
follows the case from the first zombie attack crime scene and
collecting evidence to securing the nations’ security and
planning the attack to stop them.
With more than 250 interviews from real-world experts
in law enforcement, forensic science, medicine, the law, psychology,
the military and philosophy, the reader will see how the real
world would react, research and respond to an actual zombie uprising."
Don't forget to check out our interview
with Jonathan Maberry for an in-depth account of the book
and Jonathan's other projects. You can also enter our contest
to win a copy of 'Zombie CSU' but you should go out and buy one
for a friend as well! -
ENTER THE CONTEST
Exclusive
interview with ‘Last of the Living’ director Logan
McMillan! –
posted 8.27.08 @ Midnight
The new indie zombie film ‘Last of the Living’
from New Zealand has generated quite a buzz online recently. We
reported about the film last year, when we first heard about it.
It has since scored some completion funding and has turned out
to be a great film.
Last of the Living revolves around a highly contagious
virus that has transformed almost every human into flesh-eating
zombies. Now it’s up to three bickering, video playing friends,
Morgan, Ash and unreformed rock’n’roller Johnny with
their pick of well-appointed houses to occupy and free rein at
the local Pak-N-Save, to save the world.
We caught up with director Logan McMillan to
ask him some questions about the film, check it out!
Exclusive
Interview! – Michael Todaro & Patrick Pierson of Nation
Undead –
posted 8.25.08 @ 11:30am
Last week we reported on the very interesting indie
film project ‘Nation Undead’, which film makers can
submit their films per region to tell a cohesive story about a
zombie outbreak in the States. With a talented team behind the
project, Nation Undead looks to the creativity of the country
to tell the story. We got the chance to speak with Director Patrick
Pierson and Producer Michael Todaro about the project, check it
out!
New Zombie Blog from
our friends at Zombie Nation! -
posted 8.23.08 @ 1pm
Horror artist and friend of Revenant, RM Hanson
dropped us a line to let us know of a new zombie blog that he
and some fellow artist friends developed. The blog is called Zombie
Nation and features news and events from the realm of the dead!
The latest installment of Jenna Pittman's serialized
zombie fiction 'HAVEN: The Ninth Ring' is now posted! Each prior
chapter is also there if you need to catch up. Take
Me To HAVEN...
Exclusive
Interview with ‘Necro Sex Machine’ Author Andre Duza!
– posted 8.21.08 @ 1am
Revenant’s Wayne Simmons gets the exclusive
opportunity to pick the brains of Author Andre Duza (Dead Bitch
Army, Necro Sex Machine). In this amazing interview, Duza spills
his guts about his latest book ‘Necro Sex Machine’
as well as revealing some news of what we can expect to see from
him in the future! Check it out, only here on Revenant Magazine!
"NECRO SEX MACHINE is a zombie novel in the
most innovative sense of the word. Bloody Mary provides horror
fans with a unique take on the sub-genre, a more intelligent and
elitist creature, albeit equally as murderous, than our more conventional
shambler. Duza’s story-telling remains as sharp as ever,
mixing bizarro style with the ever-divine artwork of fan-favourite
Silverfish, and Fred Moore. "
New
Film Review – Zombie Strippers –
posted 8.19.08 @ 10pm
Just the title alone would be enough for me to know
that reviewer Jon Walmsley would be enjoying Sony Pictures ‘Zombie
Strippers’ starring Jenna Jameson and Robert Englund…
"Themes of morality, conformity, alienation,
existentialism and political satire are just what I would expect
to feature in a film called 'Zombie Strippers'. Ha ha, Who am
I kidding! Strippers turning into zombies is all I was looking
for in this beauty, but there was plenty more than that on offer
in this wee number, philosophy and all."
New
Film Review – Redneck Zombies –
posted 8.19.08 @ 9:55pm
Jon Walmsley dishes out another of his great zombie
movie reviews. On the menu this time is Troma’s ‘Redneck
Zombies’…
"To even remotely enjoy this movie you have
to appreciate the glory that is Troma : independent cinema of
the highest quality. Weighing in at about 0\10 on the acting,
script, directing and intellect scale, Redneck Zombies isn't even
the slightest bit bothered about aiming for the mainstream, and
all the better for it."
I love zombie fans, and I REALLY love the creative
type of zombie fans because that means that I get to take part
in the cool stuff they create. Check out this awesome new zombie
project called NATION UNDEAD…
"The Producing House, Brightline Interactive,
Token Media, Patrick Pierson, and Frame Six-Sixteen present Nation
Undead. This new interactive website establishes the story of
a plague that spreads throughout the country causing fear, panic,
the undead, and eventually a total breakdown of society. The story
will be told from the unique perspective of stringing together
three to five minute submissions from filmmakers from all over
the country. This content will be available at Nation Undead,
in a nine episode arc.
Director Patrick Peirson has divided the United
States into nine distinct zones for the purposes of narrative
cohesion. Each zone is comprised of six to eight States. The different
zones have specific instructions regarding the stories that could
be told in that zone. By using Nation Undead, filmmakers will
have access to specific zone instructions and will be supplied
downloads that can be used in their submission pieces (mp3s, posters,
information on the zombies, video props) that will keep the story
cohesive. Filmmakers will also be able to use our filmmaker's
community to discuss and rate each others' work.
The Website itself features the illustrations of
Jon Dege, photographs by Tom Kanthak of Reaction Studios with
design by Brightline Interactive, RC Johnson.
The
Dead - issue #2 cover and synopsis! -
posted 8.14.08
The Dead #2 is now available in PREVIEWS as are
2 posters from the comic! Here's the synopsis from issue #2:
"A DEAL WITH THE DEAD?
Britain has been overrun by a plague of zombies. In Oxford, Fire
Chief Derek Wall is doing his best to keep his small band of survivors
alive
- and sane. But now, as The Dead pick them off one by one, the
stress is mounting and the group is starting to disintegrate.
Can Derek keep
them together - or does Vinsen hate his boss so much that he's
willing
to make a deal with The Dead? Is it even possible for a zombie
to keep a bargain...or are they all destined to die?retailer 1:10
variant cover by Ashley Wood
Don't forget to check out our interview with Berserker
Comics!
The
2008 Revenant Film Festival full lineup! –
posted 8.12.08
It’s been a crazy week here at Revenant but
we are finally ready to announce our full line-up for the 2008
Revenant Film Festival! We have some truly amazing films this
year and thank you to everyone that submitted their film for consideration
this year. I only wish we had more time so that we could show
everything.
Our full line-up for this year is:
Marc Price’s ‘Colin’
– A visceral film as seen through the eyes of a young man
named Colin who has become one of the undead. A truly gritty and
unnerving film filled with mixed emotions and an amazing ending.
Andy Davis’ ‘2’
- ‘2’ is the story of David and Sarah, two survivors
of an epidemic that turns people into flesh-crazed ghouls. Before
I go any further, I have to say that ‘2’ is most definitely
one of the best indie zombie films I have seen in a long time.
Mike Masters and David J Francis 'Reel Zombies'
– From the camp that brought us all Zombie Night 1 &
2 comes Reel Zombies! ‘Reel Zombies’ follows the film
makers in a documentary style as they set out to complete their
third installment, only this time the film features real zombies!
This hilarious film just might be the death of them!
Rhys Davies ‘Zombie Undead’
– We will be screening the short film version of this amazingly
ambitious feature film. ‘Zombie Undead’ features intense
visuals with stylish cinematography and high caliber special effects.
Shawn Darling’s ‘Grave Mistake’
– Make no Mistake, Grave Mistake is an instant classic of
indie zombie film making! Featuring some of the best zombies I’ve
seen on screen fused with elements of comedy and intense gore!
Travis Von Rotz and Brandon Swanson’s
‘Bernie Franklin’ – A wildly funny
short film about a man who’s in the business of hunting
zombies…amongst other ill-fated endeavors.
The 2008 Revenant Film Festival will be taking place
in Seattle, WA at the Museum Of History And Industry (MOHAI) on
Saturday, October 11th 2008 from 4pm-Midnight! Join us for a fun-filled
night with the undead! Advance tickets are on sale now for $15
and will also be available at the door the day of show for $20,
get your tickets now and save $5!
To view film trailers of the featured
films and to purchase tickets,click the banner link below: