We had a great time at Flashback Weekend and saw more cool things than you can shake a stick at! Seriously at times it felt like I was one of the bobble heads looking around at the neat stuff. So here is a little gallery of cool stuff we saw:

Teddy Scares! - They’re undead teddy bears. Erin bought two of them. We’ll have a full post about these things soon!

 

George Romero! - ‘Nuff said.

 

Our very own Jef - Hanging out with the stars of NOTLD. (Bill Hinzman shown)

 

Decomposing Heads - Perfect for your mantle.

 

Elvira and Svengoolie - Two Horror Show legends on stage together

 

Zombie Beauty Pageant - What’s not to like?

 

Nate - With Texas Chainsaw Massacre celebs Caroline Williams and Marilyn Burns

 

We had a great time and can’t wait until the next convention!

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Poise, beauty, and BRAAAAAIIIIINS - these girls had it all. Flashback Weekend’s annual Zombie Pinup Contest was a fun event that showed that beauty really is only skin deep (rotting, stinking skin that is). You can view our photos of the event here.

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It was a parade of fear yesterday as Chicago horror legend Svengoolie hosted the Flashback Weekend Costume Contest. Our very own Jef Porkins did a stunning job with his own makeup but sadly it was a man in a monkey suit (Planet of the Apes, specifically) that won Best in Show. You check out all our pics from the contest here.

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Zombie fans who are NOT going to be in Chicago to visit us this weekend at Flashback Weekend but are in the Portland Maine area should definitely check out the annual Zombie Kickball event. If combining the words “zombie” and “kickball” doesn’t do it for you, I don’t know what will.

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Whether you live in the New Jersey  or Pittsburgh area,  this weekend (June 20-22) you have two chances to make it out to a horror convention!

Happening in New Jersey is the Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, with the Night of the Living Dead 40th Anniversary Tour with George A. Romero (Legendary Zombie Director), Judith O’Dea (Night of the Living Dead 1968), Russ Streiner (NOTLD 1968), Bill Hinzman (NOTLD 1968), Kyra Schon (NOTLD 1968), Goerge Kosana (NOTLD 1968), Marilyn Eastman (NOTLD 1968), and John Russo (co-writer, NOTLD 1968). Other guests include Sergio Stivaletti (FX on Dellamorte Dellamore), Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead 1978), Shawn Roberts (Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead), and an American Zombie preview with director John Solomon.

Also happening is the HorrorHound Weekend Pittsburgh, with Tom Savini (FX Legend/ Director/ Actor and more), Bill Moseley ( Night of the Living Dead 1990, upcoming Dead Air), Ottoviano Dell’Acqua (THE WORM-EYED ZOMBIE!, Zombi 2), Howard Sherman (Day of the Dead 1985), John Amplas (DayOTD 1985), Greg Nicotero (FX Legend and more), Allan Troutman (Return of the Living Dead), Mike Christopher (DOTD 1978), Beatrice Ring (Patricia, Zombi 3), Leonard A. Lies (DOTD 1978), Jim Krut (DOTD 1978), Clayton Hill (DOTD 1978), Sharon Hill (DOTD 1978),  David Crawford (DOTD 1978), David Early (DOTD 1978), Frank Serrao (DOTD 1978), Nick Tallo (DOTD 1978), G. Joe Shelby (DOTD 1978), Al Cliver (Zombie, The Beyond), and also includes a screening of the original 1978 Dawn of the Dead and a Savini-Thon film festival.

If you are attending either show, send us your zombie-filled pics, and have fun!

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So it seems the YouTube “Internet Zombie Movie” we told you about at the beginning of the month is taking off. You can keep up to date on it by visiting their site/ blog, YouTube channel, and forum. Seems like they’re taking this all somewhat serious. I’m interested to see what they pull off.

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NYC Zombie Crawl organizer Doug Sakmann left this comment on our post regarding the NYC Zombie Crawl. listing tons of great photos and videos from the event. Check them out! Thanks Doug!

NYScene.org - Full report with pics and video
http://www.nyscene.org/events/zombie2008/index.html

Driven By Boredom
http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/dbb-gallery/Special%20Events%20and%20Monthly%20Parties/Zombie%20Sideshow%20@%20Supreme%20Trading%20-%205.26.08/index.html

Clint Spaulding
http://flickr.com/photos/instantfun/sets/72157605259970191/

Suzanna Hall - Zombie Sideshow
http://picasaweb.google.com/Suzanna.Hall/941Theater

January and Burning Angel at NYC Zombie Crawl
http://www.nyscene.org/video/zombie2008/i3.html

Morgan Mae and Nicole
http://www.nyscene.org/video/zombie2008/i4.html

Geek and Nerd Blog
http://www.geekanerdblog.com/2008/05/photos-zombie-crawl-2008.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NRJGsYIe70

Apathy Blog
http://saltyliquorice.livejournal.com/253764.html

Zombie Popcorn - Jason Bayless
http://www.zombie-popcorn.com/2008/05/a-zombie-day-in-brooklyn.html
http://www.zombie-popcorn.com/

Brains and Beer filmed at DuffsBrooklyn.com at the NYCZombieCrawl.com
http://www.blip.tv/file/94828
(This link goes to the video shown below…)

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I came across this video while looking for old trailers. Seems like this YouTube user is trying to put together a world-wide zombie movie using the site to collect ideas and videos to build a zombie movie around. We’ll keep an eye on this and see what happens.

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Need some zombie gore for your zombie endeavors? Head over to Gorify for some good old fashioned zombie blood, zombie rot, zombie pus, or get yourself a complete zombie kit. And while you’re there, learn some zombie make-up tricks (check out our earlier post about Gorify here). Great for zombie walks or your independent zombie film!

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This month’s contest winner Suzanne (aka The Hippie Zombie) sent us these awesome pics of a zombie birthday cake she made for her son Chris’ 24th birthday. The cake is red velvet to give that nice color on the inside. Both Chris and Suzanne are huge zombie fans and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate your birthday! Happy Birthday Chris!

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