We were all looking forward to getting our mitts on some of the new Night of the Living Dead Mego style toys at last weekend’s Flashback Weekend, but unfortunately they were not available. Scott from FearWerx wrote us to say:

Greetings!

Scott from FEARWERX dropping by with an update about the MEGO Night of the Living Dead figures.
A small setback with the manufacturers in China have pushed the release date for these toys back to October.
So the bad news is that eager fans will have to wait.
The good news is that they’ll be here in time for Halloween!
And thank you for the Zombie Reporting Center for giving these toys a write-up.
Keep up the good work!

I’m glad to hear they will still be available, though I am more than a little bummed I wasn’t able to get the “Graveyard Zombie” figure signed by Bill Hinzman!

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Just a quick reminder that Hell’s Ground (aka Zibahkhana) is out today on DVD! It will be available in the UK on August 4th.

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Awesome news for Michiganders and Midwesterners alike! Michigan is the newest home to a HorrorHound Weekend show, with HorrorHound Weekend Detroit happening October 24-26. While they names is a little misleading, since it is actually taking place in Ypsilianti, MI (which isn’t in Detroit), we are still excited to be having a show happen in our backyard. Tom “Thrill Me” Atkins (Night of the Creeps) has already been announced as a guest, with more coming soon! Watch here for more updates.

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A supposed media leak revealed several new video games that may be under development, the coolest of which is Spider-Man vs. Marvel Zombies. According to the source, the game takes place in the year 2149 in “a warped version of Earth” where everyone’s favorite web-slinging superhero must fight the zombie hordes or become a zombie himself. If this takes place in 2149, wouldn’t Spider-Man be dead?

At any rate, this is all still rumor until any official announcements are made. As usual, the ZRC will do our best to keep you updated!

Via Joystiq.

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Has reality television jumped the shark? Or is it simply fighting the shark underwater? Either way, somehow VH1 approved a pilot called America’s Next Top Zombie Idol. The plot is simple: “Eight zombies live together and compete for the winning spot in a reality TV competition”.

No word yet on how they will compete, but I’m guessing that it will revolve around the only thing zombies are good at: eating human flesh. It couldn’t possibly be worse than The Search For the Next Elvira, could it?

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Just came across some new info that Ken Foree is now starring in the Serbian zombie film called Zone of the Dead (aka Zona mrtvih). Here’s the film’s summary from it’s site:

In the industrial town of Pancevo a dangerous biochemical toxine becomes airborne in the middle of the night, poisoning the inhabitants. The infection spreads all over the town and it seems like the Armageddon is happening.

Meanwhile, a police-escorted prisoner transport supervised by Interpol sets off to Belgrade. A seemingly routine assignment escalates into a hellish fight for survival. The route leads the transport through Pancevo, where they encounter an ecological disaster and infected people who are trying to kill them. Interpol agent Mortimer Reyes (Ken Foree) soon realizes that their only chance for escape from the zombie hordes lies in allying with the dangerous, mysterious prisoner.

Beware or be dead…

 

I’m excited to see what a Serbian viewpoint on zombies would be, and excited to see Foree back in the zombie genre. It’s set for release in Serbia around December, so hopefully we would see it over here not too long after that. But with no North American date, it could be awhile before we see it. We’ll keep you up to date on any info regarding this film. See more photos from Zone of the Dead over at Arrow In The Head News.

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I came across this article on the Arkansas Democratic Gazette about the history of zombies, mainly in cinema. While this article is a very simplified history, and doesn’t give any new information that most readers of the ZRC wouldn’t already know, it does make an interesting comparison of zombies to the mummy. Mostly about how filmmakers learned how to make a slow, shambling monster to be scary:

 

The Mummy (1932 ) did the considerable trick of making people scared of something they could outrun. Mummies have been sneaking up on people ever since. Zombies learned from mummies. Producer Val Lewton’s shadowy I Walked With a Zombie (1943 ) put the audience in the zombie’s shoes.

It’s an interesting point on the idea of monsters who are traditionally slow and weak still having the ability to be horrifying and dangerous. Will this comparison come in handy this week with our ZMON? featuring The Mummy? We’ll see…

Also, check out this Arkansas Democratic Gazette article, with blurbs from George Romero, on zombies running and more.

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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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Here’s the new TV commercial spot for Flashback Weekend, happening June 27-29 in Rosemont, IL. Come see the ZRC, live in person!

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