Just a quick head’s up on a new zombie comedy webseries called American Heart. I just watched the first episode and it was pretty damn funny. It revolves around a small group of survivors consisting of the town sheriff, his younger sister, her “secret” boyfriend, an aging ex-tv sci-fi actor, a reality TV host and her camera man. While the whole “mockumentary” style has been beat to death recently, the creators of American Heart do a great job at keeping their first episode fresh, with good pacing and humorous dialogue. There’s a second episode up, which I will be watching tonight. I suggest everybody check this webseries out and let us know what you think of it.

Thanks to Tomb Svalborg, one of our readers from Sweden who sent us a link to I am NOT Infected – a new web series that debuted earlier this summer. They’re already up to episode 10, but you can start back at the beginning here. It’s a good mix of humor and horror, and actually has really nice acting and special effects for a web series.

Grim Santo and _kelly.King have been long-time readers of the ZRC and they both sent us this little gem – The Outbreak. It’s a choose-your-own adventure style MOVIE that runs in a web browser! I mean how freaking cool is that? Check out the trailer below:

Napoleon Dynamite, er, I mean Jon Heder is set to star in a new web-only zombie comedy called Woke Up Dead. The series will be composed of 50 three minute long videos. This is more than likely the same Woke Up Dead announced by NBC earlier this year, although it looks like a new media company has been assigned to the project.

We somehow missed that Episode 3 of Dead Patrol is now online. Check it out.

NBC is developing a new web-based series with Omnicom Media Group Digital, called Woke Up Dead, about a college kid named Drex Greene, who…well, wakes up one day to find out he’s a zombie, and how he deals with it. They’re letting advertisers get in at the ground floor to help pick how they want their product integrated into the show. Omnicom’s CEO Matt Spiegel was quoted saying “This is the first time that programming with the distribution potential of NBC Universal will be centered from the start around advertisers”. It’ll be shown in 50 three minute episodes, but there’s been no launch date set at the moment. The whole “product placement” aspect of this gives me the feeling that this will be nothing more than an attempt of co-opting a much loved genre to make a few bucks for the network. To me, this just sounds like Saved By The Bell: The College Years, with zombies.

Episode 2 of Dead Patrol is now online. The last episode produced a lot of discussion, so let’s keep it civil this time.

I like to look at it as the sequel to every zombie movie ever made,” Scott, 33, said. “Most (zombie) movies take place in the city; they show all the destruction – this is the country’s point of view.

We’ll keep you up to date as to when the web series will premiere.

Back in September we told you about Dead Patrol, a web video series. The first episode is finally online, and it was well worth the wait! It’s really well done for a web series. I’ll be anxiously awaiting episode 2.

What wonderful times we live in. Computer technology and the Internet have enabled independent filmmakers to produce films and distribute them to the world easily, cheaply, and quickly. There are several online-only zombie serials going on now (for example the excellent War of the Dead and the upcoming Day of the Dying Living) and to add that list is Dead Patrol.

Dead Patrol starts in October but you can check out their trailer here. The series focuses on an army squad who is tasked with setting off nuclear devices in urban areas in order to clean out the undead. It’s a great idea and the quality looks outstanding for a web-based series. I’ll be looking forward to watching when the series starts.