Zombies

Restricted Zombieland film footage released today

Today MySpace Trailer Park debuted exclusive restricted footage from the upcoming film Zombieland. Zombieland opens in theaters on October 9th. Columbia Pictures’ horror comedy focuses on two men who have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies. Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is a big wuss – but when you’re afraid of being eaten ….

Win one of two 20 disc box sets of the Haunted Histories Collection on DVD

On September 29th, learn the true stories behind vampires, zombies and more with a spine-chilling Megaset from History featuring over 18 hours of the bestselling Haunted Histories series. To celebrate the ‘Mega’ release, FilmFetish is giving away two complete sets of the monster box set for readers to enjoy. PLEASE NOTE: To be considered to ….

New pics and a poster for French zombie film Paris By Night Of The Living Dead

Fangoria has posted some exclusive photos from the French indie horror short Paris By Night Of The Living Dead, which follows the story of a young married couple trying to survive in a post apocalyptic Paris filled with zombies. The film was directed by Grégory Morin (Dernier cri, Belle ordure).

Win free screening tickets to Yoroi Samurai Zombie and 20th Century Boys

I recently posted the schedule for the upcoming New York Asian Film Festival, which is taking place June 19th to July 5th at the IFC Center and Japan Society in New York City. The festival features over 50 films, shorts, and special events, along with more than a dozen guest filmmakers. I just received an ….

Pontypool gives a new spin to the zombie genre – along with a new trailer

Below is the trailer for Pontypool, a psychological thriller about a deadly virus that infects a small Ontario town, and a small radio station whose morning team starts taking reports of extreme, bloody incidents of violence related to the infections. Bruce McDonald (The Tracey Fragments) directs Pontypool, which stars Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle and Georgina ….

Zombies of Mass Destruction moves to the big screen

Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain are now attached to adapt the Red 5 comic ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction for Benderspink films, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Originally created by actor Kevin Grevioux, who recently appeared as a human-turned-Lycan in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, the comic follows an elite team of soldiers sent on ….

Chiller Theater Spring 2009

Title: Chiller TheaterLocation: Hilton Parsippany, One Hilton Court, Parsippany, NJ 07054Link out: Click hereDescription: Horror, comic and movie fan and memorabilia convention. Guests will include: John Amplas Martin Dawn of the Dead George Romero Director Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow 2 Eric Roberts Star 80 The Dark Knight Heroes Luigi Cozzi Director of Contamination, Starcrash ….

Original Night of the Living Dead returning to theaters in 3D

Night of the Living Dead is getting a unique dimensional twist that promises to pull viewers closer to the undead action. The team at Legend Films and PassmoreLab is bringing new life to the undead by converting the previously colorized genre-defining zombie film into 3D. The enhanced 1968 George A. Romero cult classic is slated ….

Timothy Olyphant to redo George Romero horror The Crazies

Timothy Olyphant (Go, Live Free or Die Hard) is attached to star in Overture Film’s remake of The Crazies, the 1973 George A. Romero horror film that Breck Eisner (Sahara) is directing. The low-budget cult classic The Crazies originally starred Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones, Lloyd Hollar, Lynn Lowry, Richard Liberty, Richard France, ….

Enjoy cult classic horrors during Monster HD’s Thanksgiving Day of the Dead

This Thanksgiving, Monsters HD will be airing the network’s traditional undead buffet with all the trimmings, called Thanksgiving Day of the Dead. This year includes premieres of the George Romero cult classic Day of the Dead and the neo-classic, The Rage, from director and special-effects master, Robert Kurtzman. Day of the Dead (1985) In this ….

Woody Harrelson: zombie killer

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Woody Harrelson will soon be splatting zombie heads, in the Ruben Fleischer horror comedy Zombieland. The film follows a mismatched pair of survivors who find friendship and redemption in a world overrun by zombies. Harrelson will play Albuquerque, one of the two men. Film Fetish Trivia: According to various reports, ….

More about the horror Virulents, plus two more Max Payne posters

Firstshowing reports that director John Moore’s next project, after Max Payne’s post-production and PR wrap up, will be the comic adaptation of the comicbook Virulents, which was previously speculated, and is apparently now confirmed. Moore told MTV in an interview “There’s a touch of macabre ridiculousness to it. I think we’ve seen a lot of ….

Dawn of the Dead film review

When there’s no room in Hell, the dead walk to the mall. That was the message of horror master George Romero’s 1978 anti-consumerism flick Dawn of the Dead. This 2004 remake by first-time director Zack Snyder takes away a lot of the social message, and fills it instead with plenty of head-blasting zombie-killing mayhem and ….