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Revenant Magazine is based out of Seattle and we have a HUGE number of hardcore zombie fans in the NW so we have established a new site for Seattle and NW area zombie walks! Check out www.seattlezombiewalk.com for all the news and info on upcoming zombie walks and events in the Seattle area!
The famous Italian comic book Dylan dog, created by Tiziano Sclavi in the mid 80's has been treated to worldwide success as well as being adapted into the hit film Dellamorte Dellamore (Cemetery Man) starring Rupert Everett. The comic is being adapted for film again, 'Dead of Night' will star Brandon Routh (Superman). Kevin Munroe will take the director's seat with Josh Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly penning the script. Routh is set to play the main character, a private investigator who's life gets wrapped up in the world of the undead. We're really excited about this film!
Exclusive! Interview with Zombie Fest/World Zombie Day curator Mark Menold! - posted 5.7.08 @ Midnight America's new favorite holiday, World Zombie Day makes it's debut this October by way of Pittsburgh horror mastermind Mark Menold. Mark is creator of Pittsburgh's new horror host show, the 'It's Alive!' show as well as Zombie Fest and World Zombie Day! World Zombie Day this year will feature zombie walks throughout the world as shamblers rise and unite to not only attempt a world record but to help local charities. We talk to Mark about the event and his show...
Jon Walmsley treats us to another one of his terrific film reviews. This time it's 'Return of the Evil Dead'. "Although this is the 2nd in the series it is as much of a sequel to 'Tombs..' as Evil Dead 2 is to it's predecessor. i.e. not a sequel at all, but more version 1.5. - Take the 'zombies' from the 1st film, keep the setting more-or-less the same but totally ignore everything that happened in the original and just redo everything from scratch using old footage from version 1 where appropriate."
We are HUGE fans of horror art here at Revenant Magazine, having grown up with a love of horror most our lives and working in association with some amazing artists. Names like Bernie Wrightson, Simon Bisley, Shane Oakley, Nat Jones, Jay Fotos, Jeff Zornow, Tony Moore, D.W. Frydendall and Basil Gogos have plagued the pages of our comics and monster mags and infected our brains with a lust for more amazing horror artwork. Artist RM Hanson recently got in touch with us and
I was instantly hooked on his unique style of artwork. I had to
know more about this amazing artist. Fortunately for all of us,
RM is a really nice guy and we got to chat about his work and
love of all things horror.
Lost Zombies is a very unique documentary that is being put together by users that submit "evidence" of an outbreak that occured on September 7th 2007. Photos, videos etc are being accepted and compiled for the project to document the truth. For more info and to sign up for the project and begin submiting your evidence you can check out http://lostzombies.ning.com/ - posted 5.2.08 @ 1pm
The Dead Pit doesn't really start off particularly impressively, or with much originality. A crazed doctor in a mental hospital is murdering patients and performing bizarre brain experiments on them in the hospital basement. What he's trying to achieve isn't fully explained, except that 'The Brain is a Parasite' and is a barrier to freeing the mind, apparently. Ah, so filling dead peoples heads with formaldehyde and dumping the bodies in a pit is the way to go then.
Click here to read the full review
D.W. Frydendall has been terrorizing the pages of comics for a while now. Having worked on titles like SLG's 'The Haunted Mansion' and 'Satan's 3-Ring Circus' amongst being an illustrator and 3-d animator, D.w's work is absolutely amazing. His work can also be seen throughout the music world on band artwork the likes of Calabrese and The Impossible Ones. We got to talk to D.W. about his love of monsters and zombies and what the future holds.
The upcoming comic from the creative dream team
of Simon Bisley, Alan Grant and Glenn Fabry now has an official
website! The Dead will be published in August from Berseker Comics. "Most of Britain has fallen to an invasion
of zombies. There is no Check out the Official Site and don't forget to check out our interview with Berserker Comics right here at Revenant Magazine!
Jay Fotos has been updating the world of the dead with these insanely awesome pictures of the upcoming '68 zombie mini-bust. '68 is a one shot comic about an uprising of the dead in Vietnam during the war. The story was written by Mark Kidwell with art by Nat Jones and Jay Fotos and if this one isn't in your collection, you should do whatever you can to snag a copy and then keep your eyes peeled for where to put your pre-order in for this amazing mini-bust. We did an interview with the '68 creative team last year which you can check out here We'll be sure to keep you updated about ordering instructions and when we hear of a release date! Stay tuned!
Revenant staff writer and author Wayne Simmons has been working very hard on his upcoming book 'Drop Dead Gorgeous' which will be published by our friends at Permuted Press. To get everyone in the spirit of the dead, Elaine Blakely of Bite Mark Clothing has designed a limited edition Drop Dead Gorgeous tee shirt! "Drop Dead Gorgeous spits out the story of a shell shocked group of post-apocalyptic survivors as they search for purpose in a broken down city. In a world stifled by the very smell of death, they scrape out a new life, fear and desperation giving rise to new tensions and old habits... ...but a new threat, as beautiful as its deadly, crawls out of the lives wreckage, fueled only by feral hunger and several shades of chaos."
Part V of Jenna Pitman's HAVEN series is now posted! Go check it out now and if you've missed a part, the previous chapters are there for you to catch up! - Posted 4.17.08 @ noon New '2' film trailer! - posted 4.17.08 @ 11am
Andy Davis' zombie film '2' was recently selected to screen at the Brazilian film fest, Riofest. We are very excited to have '2' at this years Revenant Film Festival! Check out the new trailer for the film! Be sure to check out our review as well!
We will be syndicating the film reviews of new Revenant friend and fellow zombie fan Jon Walmsley. Jon's reviews will appear here in the Film Reviewssection of Revenant as well as at http://trioxin.wordpress.com/. Jon has two new reviews, Night of the Living Dorks and Planet Terror! Check them out and welcome Jon to our humble horde!
Interview with 'Awakening' comic creators Nick Tapalansky & Alex Eckman-Lawn! - posted 4.15.08 @ 12:30pm Awakening is a new title from Archaia Studios Press
from writer Nick Tapalansky and artist Alex Eckman-Lawn. The story
centers around the small town of Park Falls and some mysterious
deaths/attacks. Detective Derrick Peters is retired from the police
force but receives a visit from Cynthia Ford, the town crazy who
claims to have an explanation to the recent mutilations. She utters
one word...zombies. Is she crazy or does she have some valid insight
into what is happening? You'll have to grab the upcoming collected
hardcover edition and immerse yourself in this stunning mystery!
We just did a GREAT interview with Nick and Alex about the title so I emplore you to check it out!
Earlier this week, we featured the awesome shirt company mini cassette tees in our Freshly Dug section. The fine folks at mini cassette have given us a few shirts for you freeloaders to snatch up. All you have to do is tell us your favorite horror film and why in 25 words or less and you can be sporting one of these superfine shirts from mini cassette tees! mini cassette tees feature designs for both men and women and come printed on high quality shirts in various sizes. Get your ass in gear and win this gear compliments of mini cassette tees and Revenant Magazine!
Dread Central has just received some info. about the specs of the 40th anniversary dvd of Night of the Living Dead as well as Diary of the Dead both titles will be out on DVD May 20th. Night of the Living Dead 40th anniv. DVD Duane Jones' Final Audio Interview Diary of the Dead DVD specs Audio Commentary with George A.
Romero, Director of Photography Adam Swica, and Editor Michael
Doherty
At Revenant, we are constantly on the lookout for cool horror and sci-fi clothing. We were big fans of Nostromo Design and I still have about 4 of their shirts. When I found out that Danny from the now defunct Nostromo was heading a new design company, I was elated. Introducing mini cassette, featuring some of the coolest threads around! From sci-fi and horror to retro gaming and more, mini cassette has you covered! They are our Freshly Dug of the month! Stay tuned for a mini cassette contest! check them out in our Freshly Dug section!
As more and more zombie films spring forth from their graves, you'd expect after all these years that the genre might be showing a little wear. Then comes a film that puts a whole new spin on the walking dead. Gregg Bishop's 'Dance of the Dead' is just that film. The story revolves around the night of the big high school prom, as the dead rise from their graves to feast on the flesh of the living, an unlikely band of heroes emerge...the losers who couldn't get dates to the dance! Dance of the Dead recently played SXSW in Austin to packed crowds and has received rave reviews thus far! We spoke with Dance of the Dead director Gregg Bishop about Dance of the Dead and eating Texas Barbecue! Read the interview!
Upon first hearing about the upcoming comic 'The Dead' what initially struck me was the insanely awesome creative team of Simon Bisley, Alan Grant and Glenn Fabry. I have been a fan of their respective works for a long time now and they are now highly acclaimed in the industry. Naturally, when I discovered this team was to be working on a zombie comic, it was excellent news. The story begins right in the thick of the outbreak and follows a group of firefighters who are trying to secure their surrounding area in hopes to take back the city. We spoke with 'The Dead' publisher Berserker Comics about the book, check out the interview by clicking the button below!
‘Creepers’ is the short film from acclaimed film makers CJ Johnson and Nick Thiel. The story is a sc-fi/horror hybrid that draws inspiration from classic sci-fi films like The Thing and Aliens as much as it does from zombie films like Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead. We got the chance to talk to CJ and Nick about the
film and they give us the full scoop about the film and production
as well as what we can expect from their film.
It's been about a year since Paramount optioned the film rights to Max Brooks' smash hit 'World War Z' in which a journalist accounts the unfolding of a zombie epidemic throughout the world, as told by various personnell and survivors. The script was written by J. Michael Stracynzki and AICN recently just got their hands on a full script, check it out! "The world of the film reminds me of CHILDREN OF MEN on the page. Realistic but set in the near-future, in the aftermath of the zombie wars. We see a flashback to Gerry being given his assignment to write a report about 'where the system worked, where it didn't, how and in what ways the various organizational infrastructures failed.' It's a politically shitty job because no one wants to know that they were responsible for anything that went wrong. Gerry's hesitant because it's going to take at least six months away from his family, just as the world is starting to right itself. He takes the job, and as he travels to his first interview, we see how hard travel has become. I hate going through airport security these days, but at least I don't have to strip naked and subject myself to a blood test. Yet."
We talk with Make-up Effects Artist Brian Sipe about the special effects industry and showcase some of Brian's incredible work.
"The
Final Day" - Diary of the Dead DVD contest Grand Prize winner! Click to view all winning videos! Upcoming zombie MMO EXANIMUS looks totally amazing! - posted 3.23.08 @ 7:30pm
Exanimus is an online 3D massively multiplayer online game created in a world where the dead live and roam the earth, attacking the surviving living. While most of the world is dead, there are small pockets of survivors that exist in barricaded cities scattered across the planet. Players of Exanimus will have the option of playing as a living survivor or as one of the dead roaming the earth. Exanimus will allow players to experience a new type of MMO based on the horror genre. Exanimus will feature challenging game play and visually "intense" environments. Currently Exanimus is in development by the Rotten Corpse team of TMSGames. FEATURES
I'm a little late in posting this news but the March 2008 issue of PC GAMER Magazine has an awesome 12 page article all about the zombie games that will invading our PC and console gaming systems this year. The games covered are: Dead Island- We heard about this game a few years back and thought it was six feet under, lo and behold you can't keep a good thing down and the game looks brilliant! Dead Island puts you on a tropical island infested with the dead. You must use your wits and cunning to evade and survive or be lunch meat for the dead! Left 4 Dead- groups you with other players for an interesting cooperative play. As a group of survivors you must make your way through rural and urban areas and utilize your teams skills. Each player has their own unique advantages and weaknesses and you must band together to escape the growing hordes of the dead. An interesting feature in L4D allows you to also play as the dead, that should make for some exciting multiplayer matches!Lost Souls - A thrilling new zombie themed Half-Life mod adds a whole new scare element to the game. Of course with the addition of the undead, there are also features removed from the original game which creates adds a fresh intensity to the game. Dead Space- As lone space engineer Issac Clarke you receive a distress beacon from USG Ishimura, little do you know the Ishimura has been overrun with flesh-morhping creatures that can shapeshift and inhabit the flesh of humans. Drawing inspiration from classic sci-fi films like Aliens and The Thing, Dead Space looks amazing and we can't wait to sink our plasma cutters into it. Other notable games include: Condemned 2: Bloodshot, Dead Wake, Necrovision and Nearly Departed.
The 4th installment of Jenna Pitmann's serial fiction story 'HAVEN' is now online!
THE DEAD ARE ON THE MOVE! Most of Britain has fallen to an invasion of zombies.
There is no Wow! this is going to be one to grab! More info coming soon!
Revenant staff writer Wayne Simmons sinks his spurs into Andrew Wiest, director of Dead Noon for a review and an amazing interview. Dead Noon is the tale of vengeance and the undead in the Wild West. Featuring six-gun slingin, undead skeletons and other walking dead honchos...Dead Noon sounds like a classic! It even has horror icon Kane Hodder!
Gregg Bishop's Dance of the Dead just played at SXSW and recieved some glowing reviews and a particularly stellar review from Bloody-Disgusting. "Tex writes, "DANCE explodes like a shotgun blast of pure teen comedy and devastates everything in its path with a battery of torn off limbs, bashed in brains, severed spinal cords and a night at the prom that makes CARRIE look like PRETTY IN PINK... DANCE OF THE DEAD is the best horror comedy of this or any other year. Now bring it on!"
Toy developer NECA has been releasing pictures of toys that could have been. Those taunting bastards...today they released an image of Roger from Dawn of the Dead. Try not to shed a tear for this fallen figure, Roger wouldn't have wanted that.
We stumbled upon the very awesome artistry of Kevin Saunders of www.zombieyou.com Kevin's art is seriously awesome and he was nice enough to offer up one of his brand spanking new 'Zombie Diner' shirts for the yummy zombie vixens out there. One winner will also recieve a badass print from Kevin as well! Click the button for more details.
One might predispose that a book about zombie chickens would be low-brow and intellectually void. That is certainly not the case with author Eric D. Knapp’s ‘Cluck: Murder Most Fowl’, a literary romp through the world of undead chickens, and underdog anti-heroes. With a unique blend of comedy and good vs. evil,
Cluck manages not only to unfold an entertaining story but also
to be incredibly humorous and very well written.
We've been fans of Rotten Cotton since the days of Blackest Heart Media so it came easy for us to offer our support in helping to promote Rotten Cotton founder Shawn Lewis' film 'Black Devil Doll". "A young, moist, buxom teen vixen finds herself hurled into an odyssey of forbidden sex and unspeakable violence after an innocent evening dabbling in the occult. What started as a simple child's game has now become a fight for her life! What is this evil that she has summoned from beyond? And why does it have a fro? What kind of horrific acts will she be subjected to? And what price will her super-hot, half-nude friends have to pay? But more importantly, how much Caucasian blood will have to be shed to stop....the BLACK DEVIL DOLL?!!" Shawn's a stand-up guy and has given us two wicked shirts to give away. Click the button to enter...
There is also an article on horror.about.com which also slates the release as May 20th. We're working to confirm a date for the release and will report our findings. In the meantime, check our review of the film.
EMCE Toys, the brand that brought classic ‘70s
toy company MEGO back from the dead this year, announced that
it is releasing four 8” poseable action figures based on
characters from the seminal 1968 cult zombie classic NIGHT OF
THE LVING DEAD. The heads are sculpted by fan favorite James Brady in the classic MEGO rotocast plastic style, and the figures are packaged in MEGO-style blister packaging with illustrations by original MEGO artist Harold Shull. The first two figures to be released are Bill Hinzman
as the “Graveyard Zombie” from the film’s opening
scene, and Duane Jones as “Ben”, the rifle-toting
hero. Later this year, EMCE will release Judith O’Dea as
“Barbra” and Kyra Schon as the “Karen Cooper
Zombie”. All figures are approved by the actors or their
respective estates and are timed to the 40th anniversary of NIGHT
OF THE LIVING DEAD.
Stone's War is one of the most intriguing storylines for a zombie film and we have been pretty excited about the film. Stone's War is set during WWII in 1942. Captain Stone (Andrew Tiernan) leads a platoon of American soldiers on a mission to destroy an enemy bunker. When they arrive at their destination, they join forces with a Finnish Special Forces squadron lead by Captain Niemi (Jouko Ahola) and Lt. Laasko (Miko Leppilampi). As the combined forces assault the enemy bunker, they are met by the same troops they had killed moments earlier during an ambush. The living dead? Evil forces? or SS experiments gone wrong? We had the chance to speak with Stone's War director Marko Mäkilaakso to talk about the film.
We recently featured the awesome apparel of designer Elaine Blakely in our Freshly Dug section. Elaine designs, prints, and packs all orders herself and these very awesome shirts are a limited edition of 250. Elaine just inftected us with some Bite Mark swag so now is your chance to get bit and win your undead ass some Bite Mark merch!
When horror hits our backyard we get very excited. Crypticon Horror Weekend is coming to Seattle May 23-25 with the biggest horror convention the NW has ever seen! Special guests include: Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead, Devil's Rejects), Betsy Palmer (Friday the 13th), Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th fame), Lou Perryman (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2), Jason Mewes (Jersey Trilogy, The Tripper), Ari Lehman (The original Jason), Shawnee Smith (SAW) and many more! Crypticon will also feature vendor tables with tons and tons of horror swag to purchase! The convention will be taking place Memoral Day weekend at Seattle's Doubletree Hotel - 18740 International Blvd. Seattle, WA 98188. Advance tickets are on sale now so don't miss your chance to attend this awesome horror convention and hang out with horror icons as well some of the Revenant staff members! For more details on the Crypticon Seattle Weekend and to check out one of the most beautifully designed websites, go to: www.crypticonseattle.com
‘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. David awakes to find himself in what appears to
be a car accident. When he comes to, he scrambles out of the car
and into a somewhat serene setting. As he explores, David encounters
a horde of infected ghouls. As he flees, he hears the screams
of Sarah who he helps to rescue from a group of ghouls.
click here to watch the entries in the Diary of the Dead video contest. One lucky film maker will be selected by George himself and have featured placement of their short film on the dvd release of Diary Of the Dead!
I Want Your Skull is an online and print collection of all things skeletal. From cool photos of skulls to amazing sculptures and more, I Want Your Skull is full of good stuff. Issue #4 of I Want Your Skull just came out and is being snatched up pretty quick and for good reason. Issue #4 is a super limited edition, hand numbered out of 500. Featuring the works of 35 top artists as well as interviews and more, I Want Your Skull wants your skull planted in the between the binding of issue #4, We teamed up with I Want Your Skull to give one lucky reader their own very own limited edition of I Want Your Skull #4!
Online comics are hugely popular right now and Zombie Commandos From Hell is definitely one of the better ones out there. Zombie Commandos From Hell is a futuristic splatterpunk tale with zombies from the mind of Steph Dumais. We got to talk with Steph about the comic, check it out...
In his first independently financed film since he gave birth to the modern zombie film 40 years ago with Night of the Living Dead, George Romero returns to put an even more modern spin on the zombie movie genre. In the opening sequence of the film, we see a news
lady reporting in front of an apartment complex where a man has
just murdered his family and then himself. As the news lady reports,
the bodies rise from their gurney’s and attack paramedics
and police. The infection has begun. We then see a montage of
clips from various sources as this video hits various media and
trickles down the technological grapevine.
The third installment in Jenna Pittman's Haven is now posted! New Article! Truth
or Fiction? The Walking Dead. -
posted 2.15.08 Excellent new article by staff writer Mark A. Mihalko. This piece covers the origins of the zombie mythos in Haitian Voodoo. Check out this great article and tell us...the walking dead, truth or fiction?
Win a Zombiefriends.com t-shirt from Revenant Magazine and Zombiefriends.com! - posted 2.13.08 @ 11pm Enter for your chance to win a Zombiefriends.com t-shirt courtesy of Zombiefriends.com and Revenant Magazine. Zombiefriends, Social Networking for zombies!
George talks Diary with Dread Central! -posted 2.13.08 @ noon
Enter now for your chance to win one of these hand crafted, custom zombie action figures from Peril Unlimited. Each figure is completely custom made by Peril Unlimited's Mike Jones and is a limited edition of 500. Each figure also comes packaged in it's own body bag! Mike has plans to create a whole mess of these awesome zombies so keep your eye open at Peril Unlimited for more custom zombies. Be sure to check out our interview with Mike Jones as well!
New Diary of the Dead Clip "Arrow" - posted 2.10.08 @ 5pm SRC: IGN
It's been a long time since we've heard any news about George Romero's Diamond Dead that the news of it's forward movement was excellent news. Diamond Dead is the story of an undead rock band named Diamond Dead whos manager uses her savvy to skyrocket the band to stardom despite their cravings for human flesh. "I got a phone call two days ago, before I came here, from the producer saying 'We're back!'" says Romero who is on the road to promote his latest Dead film 'Diary of the Dead.
Being the purveyors of the putrid that we are here
at Revenant, we are on a constant hunt for cool zombie-themed
clothing and when we found Bite Mark Clothing, we figured you
guys would dig them too. Bite Mark Clothing is our new 'Freshly
Dug!', check them out!
Blue Underground have outdone themselves with the incredible 2-disc special edition of The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue which hits stores on February 26th. This amazing release of a classic is completely
restored in high-definition from the original camera negatives
and looks incredible. The SE release also features an incredible
Dolby 5.1 surround which really adds to the ominous tone of the
film. The release is also loaded with extra content including
interviews, poster galleries, trailers and tv spots. Be sure to
enter our contest
to win your copy after checking out our review.
Dead Air is actor-writer-director Corbin Bernsen's latest 'zombie' film which was initially supposed to be released last year. The plot involves a viral attack that causes people to become enraged and tear eachother to shreds. No word if Corbin will be reprising his role as L.A Law attorney Arnie Becker in the film 'Sued by Danny Boyle!' "A plague in the form of a toxic viral gas is unleashed at a major sports event in Los Angeles. The gas turns it's victims instantly "into an immediate rage of insanity and violence" ]. Controversial talk show radio host Logan Burnhardt (Moseley) and his production team are caught up in the middle of the chaos, and only blocks away from the explosion site, they begin to receive reports of rioters in the streets and listeners continue to call in reports of their first hand experiences. In addition to those infected by the virus, the terrorists, lead by Abir (Negahban), responsible for the attacks attempt to make their way to Logan's studio, killing anyone in the way." Check out the official site and new trailer 2 new film reviews – Colonel Kill Motherfuckers & White Zombie! – posted 2.5.08 @ 1PM
click the artwork to be taken to that films review
The zombie film has been shifting gears recently as film maker's are taking the subgenre in new and exciting directions. The lastest film from director Marc Price and Nowhere Fast Productions is a film entitled 'Colin' and is the first feature film of it's kind to portray the story through the eyes of a zombie named Colin. We got the opportunity to speak with 'Colin' writer and director Marc Price about the film:
It's a rarity to find cool zombie action figures these days. Custom figures have taken some of the wind out of the corporate toy maker's sails (pun intended). Mike Jones has created Peril Unlimited, his at home custom toy studio in California. Zombie figures are his specialty and these are some of the best looking zombie sculpts I have ever seen. We got to talk to Mike about his figures and Peril Unlimited, check out the interview!
Blue Underground have given one of my favorite films the much deserved special edition treatment. The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue 2-disc special edition is LOADED with special features and extra goodies sure to please. The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue Special Edition dvd is being released on February 26th, 2008. You may be even more pleased if you win your copy from Revenant Magazine courtesy of Blue Underground! Also known as LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE and DON’T OPEN THE WINDOW, this carefully constructed and beautifully photographed tale of the undead roaming the English countryside comes from acclaimed Spanish Director Jorge Grau. Now fully restored and remastered in High Definition from the original camera negative, Blue Underground is proud to present THE LIVING DEAD AT MANCHESTER MORGUE in this 2-Disc Special Edition bursting at the seams with exclusive new Extras!"
I know by way of experience the tribulations that can often be involved with independent film making. In 2006 we stumbled upon a film trailer for Travis Nicholson and Blake McClure’s zombie film ‘The South Will Rise Again,’ a story of rednecks, zombies, meth labs and karate. The trailer is one of the best we’ve seen in a long time and we were hooked on the film since. We did an interview with Travis about the film and were excited to see the finished film. Unfortunately, the production has run into some budgetary constraints… a well known obstacle of the independent film. That’s where you discerning zombie fans have the opportunity to spearhead the effort to help get this film made! The film crew is accepting donations on their website and a little goes a long way. These guys pour everything they have into a project like this to entertain us. So if you can find it in you to take a moment and donate a couple bucks to this production, it would mean a lot to us here at Revenant and even more to the guys working hard to get their film off the ground. All donations, big or small, will also get a screen credit on the finished film! Please spread the word around to your friends, your school, your family, myspace, anyone that you think would want to help get this great film made. Thanks for your time and I hope that as fans, we can organize an effort and all be watching this film soon!
Diary of the Dead Film Clip! -posted 2.1.08 @ 12pm Source: STYD
If you missed out on last year's smash hit 'Raise The Dead' from Dynamite Ent. then chances are the undead broke through your safehouse and your brains are probably still floating around in their putrid guts. Revenant Magazine's own John Reppion along with co-writer Leah Moore, artist sensation Hugo Petrus, with covers by Sean Phillips and Arthur Suydam (both of Marvel Zombies) have crafted this excellent story of survival horror in a world plagued by the living dead. This collected hardcover edition is jam-packed with awesome goodies including 120 pages of story, behind-the-scenes material, interviews with the writers and an awesome introduction by none other than Max Brooks! I emplore you all to march your shambling asses to your local comic or book shop on February 4th and feast on the flesh of the (!) ... I mean buy the Raise The Dead Hardcover. If that's too far for you to shamble, Amazon has your fix.
An excerpt from our review: "American Zombie is the brainchild of acclaimed documentary film maker Grace Lee whose 2005 documentary The Grace Lee Project was well received. The Grace Lee project chronicled Grace Lee’s quest to contact women all across the country with the same name as her in an effort to bring to light societal prejudices towards Asian American women. American Zombie is quite a departure from her previous works and
finds Lee teamed with John Solomon, who both play themselves in
the film to document the lives of an undead community in Los Angeles.
The two quickly find that a virus, brought on by a violent death,
is turning members of the community into zombies."
An excerpt from John Reppion's review: "The book sets out to cover as many different zombie related topics as possible and, with section titles ranging from Voodoo Religion and Origins to Zombies in Marvel Comics to Zombie Party Hosting, C. D. certainly gives it his best shot. Brenizer’s opening section, Zombies in History – A Historical Review of Zombies, Real and Imaginary, covers much of the same territory as I did in my article The Zombie in Folklore, Myth and Legend which was published here on Revenant Magazine a while back [LINK]. This is not exactly a criticism but gave me a taste of what was to follow, namely that, as interesting as much of the information contained within AZGOC! is, it is often stuff that I have already seen covered elsewhere. The book’s value therefore lies in its Swiss Army Knife type approach to the zombie genre; packing information and reviews of films, video games, and board games along side detailed notes of the different kinds of zombies seen in all of the above, folkloric tradition and so on."
We've been following the production of Stone's War (formerly War of the Dead) for a few months now. This ambitious film is helmed by acclaimed director Marko Mäkilaakso and was shot on location in Lithuania. The film has wrapped principal and is now in the post-production process. No word yet on a US theatrical release date but we will be sure to follow-up on this one. "March 1942. Captain Martin Stone (Andrew Tiernan - 300, The Pianist) leads an American unit on a mission to destroy an enemy bunker; joining forces with an elite platoon of Finnish soldiers; Cpt. Niemi (Jouko Ahola - Kingdom of Heaven) and Ltnt. Laasko (Mikko Leppilampi). The troops are torn apart by the same enemy soldiers they had killed a few minutes earlier in an ambush. The living dead? Evil forces? Or SS experiments gone wrong? Directed by Marko Makilaasko. Also Starring; Samuel Vauramo, Mark
Wingett, Andreas Wilson, Antti Reini and Magdalena Gorska."
The film is being distributed by Little
Film Company. For more on Stone's War and some cool behind the scenes video, go to:
It's a rarity nowadays to come across artwork that is both chilling snd thought-provoking. San Diego artist Bryan Barnes' artwork captures the beauty in darkness. The things that we would rather forget and the things that terrify us. His artwork features images of cancer patients, vericose veined women, and other images of gruesome humanity. His art and photography is inspiring and reminds the viewer that there is fragility in everything. Life has it's ugly endings but there can be a sense of hope and optimism in the darkest of events and the most dire moments of life. We got the chance to speak with Bryan about his art and how he got started in his craft.
Wow! When I first saw this trailer, I was highly impressed with the look of it. Colin is the first independently financed feature from production company Nowhere Fast Productions. The film tells the story of Colin, a man bitten by a zombie who dies and returns as a zombie himself. This is really the first film that will show the zombies perspective and that has us VERY excited. "Colin has more than its fair share of gore, along with several ambitious set pieces including a broad daylight zombie vs. human street battle and an epic housebound siege. It is also an exploration of who Colin was when he was alive through the objects, places and people he becomes attached to. The make-up design is beautifully realized. Humans are sweaty and dirty whilst the zombies are blood-stained and full of character.", says Marc Price. The film is currently in post-production and is aiming for an early 2008 showing. To check out the trailer and for more info. on the film go to: Nowhere Fast Productions 3 New Reviews! - Days Of Darkness, Boy Eats Girl and Zombiemania -posted 1.24.08 @3:00pm
click the artwork to be taken to that films review
Last week we reported about the insanely awesome fan film Marvel Zombies: The Movie. A short but oh-so-sweet film that featured incredible costumes and a high gloss production quality. Today we got an inside look at the making of the movie and learn more about the men behind the monsters in an exclusive interview with creators Jim Ojala and Scotty Fields.
An excerpt from Wayne Simmons' review: "DEADLANDS is an honest-to-hell pulp-fiction zombie romp telling the story of Christian and Cadence, a youthful brother and sister combo employed by the dwindling human population. They’re both Guardsmen, a rag-tag assortment of warriors whose job it is to protect the desert settlements of the few remaining human colonies, warding off an ever-increasing tide of walking dead."
The real one-sheet for George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead was released on Friday. Shocktillyoudrop.com was given an exclusive look at the poster by The Weinstein Co. so this image is legit. There was a version of the poster that hit the web on Friday as well and it is yet to be determined if that version is a fake or if it is an international version of the poster. George Romero's Diary of the Dead opens in select theaters on February 15th 2008
Posted 1.16.08 @ 11:05AM
The 2nd installment of Jenna Pitman's 'Haven' series is now online.
We had the opportunity to throw a few questions to Andy Davis, director of the exciting new zombie film '2'. "2" is a zombie survivalist film. It centers around two survivors in a dying world. The story was dreamed up by Andy Davis (Mud, I'm Sorry) in his late high school years and has been transformed into a nail biting screenplay by author Al Lamanda (Dunstan Falls). Olin Smith (Mud, I'm Sorry) and John Lane (Lobsteroids) will produce this HD feature. " To check out the interview and to view the trailer, Click Here.
Marvel Zombies: The Movie Fan Film - posted 1.14.08 @ 5:00pm source: ZRC Resident Evil: Degeneration Trailer - posted 1.13.08
The trailer for the upcoming Resident Evil CGI feature film 'Degeneration' was included on the recent dvd release of Resident Evil: Extinction. There's not a whole lot of information about the production other than a vague 2008 release date. Diary
of the Dead - Exclusive Trailer
Upon my first viewing of the trailer for this amazing looking Australian indie zombie film, I knew this was going to be a film to keep an eye on. "Axed is a balls to the wall horror epic. It's one guy versus the living, the infected and the dead. " Says director Joshua Long. "I wanted to make my ‘Dawn of the dead’, ‘Evil Dead’ film. I also wanted to top them and the one place I thought I could was gore." Axed looks absolutely amazing and we had the chance to speak with Axed director Josh Long - Check out our Interview.
We've got a bunch of cool new stuff for you guys. First off we have 2 new book reviews from Revenant staff writer Wayne Simmons. His review of Kim Paffenroth's 'Dying to live' and Bowie V. Ibarra's ''On The Last Day' are now up in Book Reviews. Next up, Wayne checks in with Dr. Pus of Library of the Living Dead where the Dr. spills his guts about the Library of the Living Dead podcast and more! Check out the interview here. Last but certainly not least, I'd like to introduce a new addition to the Revenant team, Mark A. Mihalko! Please welcome Mark who has a great new film review of 'City Of The Living Dead' Jorge Olguin's Descendents (Solos) film trailer! - posted 1.4.08
Source: www.bloody-disgusting.com Descendents (Solos) is an upcoming feature film from Chilean director Jorge Olguin. The film is currently in post-production stages and will look to make it's screen appearance sometime this year. Olguin is revered in his country for making highly stylistic features on small budgets. He is currently in production on his third film 'The Call Of The Sea' which is being hailed as the most ambitious fantasy film in Latin America. plot synopsis of Descendents: “A ten year old girl awakes in the middle of a devastating place, and begins to ramble by a contaminated land, in search of food and more people, but she only discovers that she’s in the middle of a war where people are executed in horrible ways by the military covered with gas masks. Soon she will discover that the people who survive the mass executions are people which have severe infections on their bodies. She only finds company on the other small children which have something in common with her, the recurrent dream of going to the sea. In search of this only objective the group of children will try to arrive at the sea, crossing by a city in ruins followed by the dangerous armed military.” Part post-appocalyptic survival story fused with the traditional method of utilizing the undead and the military to satirize current political states, Descendents looks to be a highly promising film. Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George Romero trailer! -posted 1.03.08
A very exciting look into Rusty Nails' documentary on legendary film maker George A. Romero. For more information on Rusty Nails and his upcoming doc 'Dead On', go to www.georgeromerodoc.com
The folks over at www.idratherbeshootingzombies.com have been very generous and have given us some of their very awesome merchandise to give away to you shamblers!
The "Shaun Luu Horror Fest" is a fundraiser
for The American Cancer Society. Shaun Luu is widely known for his
musical talents, being a huge fan of genre/horror films and being
a very personable individual. Shaun passed away June 10th 2005 at
the young age of 22 from Cancer. Each year his friends and the local
horror/ music scene honors him by attending the Shaun Luu Horror
Fest, on the anniversary date of his departure. The festival features some very amazing films on restored 35mm! Including a very rare print of Cannibal Holocaust. Here's the line-up: Re-Animator - Uncut & Unrated 35mm print TerrorVision - R rated theatrical restored 35mm print SALO - Very rare 35mm print Cannibal Holocaust - Uncut & Unrated film print The fest takes place at the historic Palace Theatre in Syracuse, New York, June 14th 2008. The Palace Theatre Good movies for a good cause. Check out more information at event organizer Jeff Meyer's Myspace
We've been following the progress of Risen for a while now and at one point we were unsure if zombies massacred the film crew as we hadn't heard heads or tails from their camp in a while. Well, it is safe to say that the film is done and has been making the festival circuit with great accolades. RISEN won Best Feature and Best Make-Up Effects at the Chicago Horror Film Festival in October. Plot Summary: We had the chance to speak with RISEN director Damon Crump about the film, check it out HERE
Steven C. Miller's indie zombie film Automaton Transfusion is an absolute smash hit. It has taken the underground and indie film scene by storm and was picked up by Dimension Films for distribution. I am very happy to announce that the Unrated dvd will be hitting store shelves on March 4th from Dimension Extreme. Check out that amazing dvd cover art! Automaton Transfusion is the story of Grover City. A newly reopened government experiment lab finds it's home in the remote location of Grover City. The government experiments with reanimating human bodies to be used as undead soldiers. The experiments take a turn for the worse when the reanimated corpses can't control their lust for human flesh. The city is overrun by the dead and it's up to 4 High School students to fight their way through the dead to find a cure and save their city. Check out our interview with director Steven C. Miller here
We have all been patiently waiting to hear something, anything about the film adaptation of Max Brooks' book World War Z. The book was optioned by Brad Pitt's company Plan B Films last year and not much has been heard until now. A script from writer J. Michael Straczynski has been reviewed at IESB.net and it looks very promising.
We are proud to announce a brand new serialized zombie fiction story from writer Jenna Pitman. Her story 'Haven: The 9th Ring' is now posted in our Featured Fiction section. -posted 12.14.07
...Yawn. We should dub 2008 the year of the remake as many of our beloved horror films get barfed out as Hollywood redeux. Just a brief rundown of what films are getting the rehash: Poltergeist, Friday the 13th, The Birds, The Eye, A Tale of Two Sisters...I know I am forgetting a lot but, anyways... if it weren't enough for the American film market to be regurgitating the Japanese horror market, they have now moved onto the Germans. German film 'Night of the Living Dorks' is to be remade by Michael Showalter (Reno 911, MTV's The State.) Bloody-Disgusting.com has the scoop from Shock Till You Drop, read on: "Today STYD received word from Quarantine producer Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment that Showalter will direct their remake of Night of the Living Dorks for Warner Independent Pictures. Described as "Revenge of the Nerds" meets "Shaun of the Dead," the story revolves around three not-so-cool school friends who decide to try an old voodoo ritual. When they later die in a car crash, they find themselves reborn as zombies, and try to take advantage of their new lifestyle."
In September of 2007 we held our first ever zombie film festival here in Seattle, Washington. We screened some amazing films..from the critically acclaimed 'Zombie Farm', the Greek zombie splat-fest 'To Kako', to the hometown hero 'Snow Day, Bloody Snow Day' and the world premiere of 'Redemption Of The Undead.' 2008 is nearly upon us and with it brings a new year of the Revenant Film Festival. We are now accepting film submissions for the festival tentatively slated for September 2008. We're looking for all types of films...shorts, features, animation and everything else. We are seeking interesting zombie films that capture the essence of the genre and showcase the independent spirit of film making. There are some rules involved so please check out the REVENANT FILM FESTIVAL ENTRY GUIDELINES
*quoted from http://www.mattbillman.com "A year ago ,Mike Carriglitto, an Assoc. Editor from Dark Horse Comics, contacted me Via Email saying he wanted to discuss the possibility of Dark Horse Publishing "Living with Zombies"....Dark Horse publishing is home to Hell Boy, Frank Miller´s Sin City and 300 (all of these are very popular movies by the way)....and tons of other really great comics. I gave Mike a synapsis of what the title was gonna be like in future issues(direction, plot, other things) and never heard back from him or Dark Horse. Fast Forward to a couple of weeks ago and Dark Horse has got a book out now called "Living with the Dead". (curious how similar the two titles are). The description of this comic by Dark Horse´s in Previews magazine is Identical to my description of "Living with Zombies" for the past 4 years, also, in Previews. "Two slackers living it up in a world full of Zombies...." A possible "kicker" to all this is that the writer for Dark Horse´s comic is the creator/writer for the "Mask" movie series starring Jim Carey that we all are aware of, Mike Richardson. With a seasoned movie person on board with Dark Horse like Mike Richardson who is not a regular comic writer ,one can assume many things... My suggestion and plea to anyone reading this..and there may just be two of you...would be to read both of these stories , factor in this information I have given you and formulate your own opinion. THEN. take a few seconds and write either Dark Horse or Matt Billman and tell them they are wrong and that they should either stop crying over nothing (Matt BIllman) crankyfetus@yahoo.com or stop stealing ideas from someone else (Dark Horse) http://www.darkhorse.com/help/contactus.php Matt Billman" ...as much as we hate seeing these types of instances arise, we'll have to give both parties fair credit until we have more information. Judge for yourselves. George Romero Presents...Deadtime Stories! - posted 11/29/07 *quoted from http://www.bloody-disgusting.com "The creator of the movie "Night of the Living Dead" will partner with a writer-actor from Connellsville to film a horror anthology in Fayette County, according to CBS (thanks to 'Capt Howdy' for sending in the story). Pittsburgh-based filmmaker George Romero is collaborating with Jeff Monahan to make George A. Romero Presents ... Deadtime Stories. Monahan has appeared in the films "Lone Star" and Romero's "Bruiser." He says each installment of the anthology will consist of three stories and will be suitable for a DVD or cable TV release. Filming of the first story, "Dust," is scheduled to begin today at the Penn State campus in Fayette County, as well as at a house and graveyard in Connellsville. The second story, "On Sabbath Hill," is to be shot the following week in Uniontown and at Seton Hill University in Greensburg."
Fangoria Radio got the scoop directly from the man himself that Greg Nicotero (KNB EFX) has plans to dabble into the world of film directing. There are a few projects that Nicotero is eyeing to make his directorial debut on. For the full scoop, head over to Fangoria.com
Easily one of my favorite genre films, The
Living Dead At Manchester Morgue is getting the special edition
dvd treatment from Blue
Underground.The dvd, which hits
stores on February 26th features an all new 16x9 enhanced, high-def
1:85:1 transfer from the original negative. The film will also feature
Dolby 5.1 surround, Dolby Surround 2.0 as well as the original mono
soundtracks.If all that's not enough,
here's the extra goodies breakdown: Disc 1: Disc 2:
Shane Oakley has given us a special treat this Halloween in the form of his incredible zombie artwork.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM REVENANT MAGAZINE!
We first heard about XXXombies about a year ago and have been patiently waiting for more on it after learnin | ||||||
New
Seattle Zombie Walk website! -
posted 5.10.08 @ 11pm
Popular
Italian Comic 'Dylan Dog' gets another film adaptation! -
posted 5.8.08 @ 11:30am
New
Review - Return of the Evil Dead -
posted 5.5.08 @ 11:30am
New
Review - The Dead Pit -
posted 5.1.08 @ noon
Exclusive!
Interview with artist D.W. Frydendall! -
posted 4.29.08 @ Midnight
The
Dead comic launches official site!
- posted 4.26.08 @ 9:30pm
Upcoming
'68 zombie mini-bust! -
posted 4.22.08 @ 2pm
New
Drop Dead Gorgeous shirt from Bite Mark Clothing! -
posted 4.21.08
New
Revenant Syndicate Reviewer!
- posted 4.16.08 @ 11:30pm
Mini
Cassette Tees Contest!
-posted 4..12.08 @ 1:30pm
Night
of the Living Dead 40th Anniv & Diary of the Dead DVD specs
- posted 4.12.08 @ noon
New
Freshly Dug - Mini Cassette Tees! -
posted 4.8.08 @ Noon
Interview
with Dance of the Dead Director Gregg Bishop -
posted 4.2.08 @ 12:30pm
Interview
with ‘Creepers’ writer/directors CJ Johnson and Nick
Thiel – posted
3.30.08 @ 1pm
World
War Z Film Details! - Posted
3.27.08 @ 11:40pm
Interview
with Make-up Effects Artist Brian Sipe! - posted
3.25.08 @ 11pm
Winner
of the Diary of the Dead video contest announced!
posted 3.23.08 @ 10pm
March
issue of PC Gamer Magazine -
Zombies Invade!
- posted 3.23.08 @ 7pm
EXCLUSIVE!
Interview/Review with Dead Noon Director Andrew Wiest!
- posted 3.16.08 @ 3pm
Dance
of the Dead gets a perfect score at SXSW! -
posted 3.11.08 @ 1pm Source: 
NECA's
land of misfit toys! -
posted 3.11.08 @ 1pm Source: 
Zombie
You Contest! -
posted 3.9.08 @ 11pm
Book
Review - Cluck: Muder Most Fowl by Eric D. Knapp
- posted 3.9.08 @ 8pm
Rotten
Cotton/Black Devil Doll Contest!
- posted 3.6.08 @ 11pm
Night
Of The Living Dead figures from EMCE Toys! -
posted 3.5.08 @ 10pm
Automaton
Transfusion on DVD today! -
posted 3.4.08 @ MIDNIGHT
EXCLUSIVE!
- Interview with Stone's War Director
Marko Mäkilaakso - posted
3/1/08 @ MIDNIGHT
Get
Bit! - Bite Mark Clothing Contest! -
posted 2.28.08
Crypticon
Seattle Weekend 2008! -
posted 2.25.08 @ 11pm
Contest
- Enter to win issue #4 of I Want Your Skull!
- posted 2.20.08
Enter
to win a custom zombie figure from Peril Unlimited!
-posted 2.12.08
Diamond
Dead is back on track!
-posted 2.8.08 @ 10pm SRC: 
Freshly
Dug - Bite Mark Clothing!!
-posted 2.7.08 @ 11pm
The
Living Dead At Manchester Morgue 2-disc DVD Review
– posted 2.5.08 @ 9:30pm
Corbin
Bernsen's 'Dead Air' new trailer -posted
2.5.08 @ 6PM 
Interview
with ‘Colin’ writer/director Marc Price!
–posted 2.4.08 @ 6PM
Donate
to help get The South Will Rise Again made! -posted
2.1.08 @ 12:30PM
Raise
The Dead Hardcover! -posted
2.1.08 @ 11pm
A
Zombie Guide, Of Corpse! Book Review
-posted 1.30.08 @ 7:30pm
Upcoming
zombie film Stone's War! -posted
1.30.08 @ 2pm
New
Interview with artist Bryan Barnes! -posted
1.29.08 @ 6:00pm
Upcoming
indie zombie film 'COLIN' looks very promising!
-posted 1.27.08 @ 3:15pm
New
Contest! -posted 1.03.08
4th
Annual Shaun Luu Horror Festival June 14th 2008 in NY! -posted 1.02.08
German
film 'Night Of The Living Dorks' to be remade by Michael Showalter.
-posted 12.8.07
Living
With Zombie co-creator Matt Billman upset over potential Dark Hose
rip-off. -posted 12.7.07
Greg
Nicotero to venture into directing? posted 11.21.07
Image
finally releases XXXombies! -Posted 10.24.07