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Title: Zombies
Post by: Canuck on October 13, 2009, 06:53:51 AM
I just saw Zombieland. It was good. And I`ve re-watched a couple since then. So, I was thinking it`d be cool to get peoples list of favorite Zombie-flicks.

I`ll start out with a couple classics...

(http://www.auparadoxeperdu.com/upload/cd_visuel/1231593185_Dawn_of_the_Dead_1978_.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpuNE1cX03c&feature=player_embedded

(http://teotwawkidiary.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/night-of-the-living-dead.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXJrzCheiXw


Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: ahlee on October 13, 2009, 06:57:20 AM
lenny, where you at.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Boston. on October 13, 2009, 07:02:23 AM
(http://www.jabootu.com/images/zl.jpg)

worst zombie movie of all time
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Upgrayedd on October 13, 2009, 07:16:20 AM
(http://www.firstshowing.net/img/fido-poster-big.jpg)

"In the brains and not the chest, head shots are the very best"
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Watson on October 13, 2009, 07:32:58 AM
Me and my friend started a Zombie Night where every Tuesday we would watch a different zombie movie. We've watched well over 60-70 of them. I've also read lots of zombie books such as The Zombie Survival Guide and Word War Z, as well as all the the Walking Dead comics, so I have self appointed myself as a zombie movie expert, and a zombie purist. Here's my personal top 10:

1. Dawn Of The Dead (There cannot be a better zombie movie made than this. The perfect mix of goodness and b-movie shittyness.)

2. Day Of The Dead (An extension of Dawn, but even more post apocalyptic, which is pretty sweet.)

3. Zombie (sometimes referred to Zombie 2) by Fulci

4. Night Of The Living Dead (Gotta give it up to the original. Pretty bold to have a black lead role who slaps a white woman in 1968.)

5. Return Of The Living Dead (Pretty much the only movies to pull off the kitschy, campy thing on purpose without being shitty.)

6. Burial Ground (The part where Michael bites his mom's nipple off after she tries getting all incest on him is amazing.)

7. Return Of The Living Dead Part 2 (That young dude and the old dude that in both of the Return Of The Living Dead movies are way too fucking funny. We call them the Gruesome Twosome.)

8. Fido (A Canadian comedy made in Kelowna. If you guys haven't gotten the chance to see it, track it down.)

9. Flesh Eater (by Bill Hinzman, the dude who played the first Zombie that appears in Night Of The Living Dead. The guy actually used to make instructional videos for companies, and it shows in the movie. It's unbelievably b-movie, but not on purpose.)

10. Night Of The Living Dead 1990 Remake (Actually a pretty good remake and a lot more enjoyable to watch than lots of other zombie movies.)

It should be noted that anyone voting for Dead Alive on here can get fucked and is not a real Zombie fan because that movie is some Troma-style bullshit. Also 28 Days Later is a great post-apocalyptic movie, but technically not a zombie movie, so you can save that one too.

I have high hopes for the upcoming World War Z. If they follow the book, and Max Brook's zombie properness well, it could easily make it into the top 3 best zombie movies ever.

Also did anyone hear they're making a series out of The Walking Dead on AMC? I have high hopes for that too. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22508
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: trafficjam on October 13, 2009, 07:50:08 AM
best zombie stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu0e6T8UjaU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbBw7LuVYqs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSPG9QQg4C0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV1FKU9Oihw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QKqw6gGfYw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuZqgvQtcPc


Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Upgrayedd on October 13, 2009, 07:52:25 AM
Me and my friend started a Zombie Night where every Tuesday we would watch a different zombie movie. We've watched well over 60-70 of them. I've also read lots of zombie books such as The Zombie Survival Guide and Word War Z, as well as all the the Walking Dead comics, so I have self appointed myself as a zombie movie expert, and a zombie purist. Here's my personal top 10:

1. Dawn Of The Dead (There cannot be a better zombie movie made than this. The perfect mix of goodness and b-movie shittyness.)

2. Day Of The Dead (An extension of Dawn, but even more post apocalyptic, which is pretty sweet.)

3. Zombie (sometimes referred to Zombie 2) by Fulci

4. Night Of The Living Dead (Gotta give it up to the original. Pretty bold to have a black lead role who slaps a white woman in 1968.)

5. Return Of The Living Dead (Pretty much the only movies to pull off the kitschy, campy thing on purpose without being shitty.)

6. Burial Ground (The part where Michael bites his mom's nipple off after she tries getting all incest on him is amazing.)

7. Return Of The Living Dead Part 2 (That young dude and the old dude that in both of the Return Of The Living Dead movies are way too fucking funny. We call them the Gruesome Twosome.)

8. Fido (A Canadian comedy made in Kelowna. If you guys haven't gotten the chance to see it, track it down.)

9. Flesh Eater (by Bill Hinzman, the dude who played the first Zombie that appears in Night Of The Living Dead. The guy actually used to make instructional videos for companies, and it shows in the movie. It's unbelievably b-movie, but not on purpose.)

10. Night Of The Living Dead 1990 Remake (Actually a pretty good remake and a lot more enjoyable to watch than lots of other zombie movies.)

It should be noted that anyone voting for Dead Alive on here can get fucked and is not a real Zombie fan because that movie is some Troma-style bullshit. Also 28 Days Later is a great post-apocalyptic movie, but technically not a zombie movie, so you can save that one too.

I have high hopes for the upcoming World War Z. If they follow the book, and Max Brook's zombie properness well, it could easily make it into the top 3 best zombie movies ever.

Also did anyone hear they're making a series out of The Walking Dead on AMC? I have high hopes for that too. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22508

my tattoo artist reads Walking Dead. I'll read a few here and there, its really interesting. And the way the characters develop and deteriorate was very well written.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Choad Muskrat on October 13, 2009, 08:00:50 AM
after a poster on here a while ago introduced me to this game, i found it in a store last week and it's fucking awesome. complicated, but once you get the hang of it, its fun as shit

(http://www.fairplaygames.com/pics/lastnight.jpg)

(http://www.boardgamenews.com/gamepreviews/lastnightonearth/large/gamesetup.jpg)

(http://www.dicebay.co.uk/ekmps/shops/garryj99/images/last-night-on-earth-%5B3%5D-105-p.jpg)
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: MexicanSpaniard on October 13, 2009, 08:14:18 AM
What's been mentioned, Sean of the dead, Resident Evil(s) sort of. I'll watch any zombie flick, shit awful or not. Still haven't gotten my hands on zombie survival guide even though I think I was given a link once. Read World War Z, and if that's going to be a movie eventually of course I'll see it.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Choad Muskrat on October 13, 2009, 08:17:30 AM
Yea world war z was good. I didn't read the survival guide thou, looked boring. Also, resident evil extinction the movie was pretty badass. That list posted is solid, gonna have to check out a couple of those I've never heard of.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Donkey Lips on October 13, 2009, 08:22:10 AM
i remember being a child and super excited when they announced they would make a resident evil movie.  i went ape shit.  then it came out and david gonzales was in it and it wasn't a good movie.  then it came out twice more and sucked more.

day of the dead remains one of my favorites.  this thread gave me some new titles that i'll check out soon.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Nancy Chin The Manicurist on October 13, 2009, 08:25:02 AM
all the obligatory titles have been listed already, so i have nothing left to add but this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y68m23x4Nc
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Cthulhu! on October 13, 2009, 08:59:24 AM
(http://www.happyhorror.com/wp-content/uploads/Shaun%20box%20cover.jpg)


Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: sage on October 13, 2009, 09:23:52 AM
28 days/weeks later have been the only good zombie movies.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: lenny on October 13, 2009, 09:55:46 AM
lenny, where you at.

why helloooooo there.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Canuck on October 13, 2009, 10:11:43 AM
Thanks everyone.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on October 13, 2009, 10:38:16 AM
I'm a zombieholic... Survival Guide was great, and if WWZ is half as good as the book in movie form it could win a legit award.
Romero is the almighty, and Dead Snow (posted above) was decent, not fantastic, but it had some really good moments. The Nazi zombies themselves looked pretty wicked. It was fun.

Awesome that this thread would get started today... any minute now I have a copy of the Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks graphic novel getting sent here to the office.

Zombieland: fucking hilarious and awesome. The opener was like the opener of fully flared, just replace the skating with the undead. A pretty good quality copy of it is on ISOhunt. Fucking Woody rocks in that shit!
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: busey on October 13, 2009, 11:27:21 AM
(http://www.culturemagazine.ca/joyentsite/images/The_Fall/28dayslatermovieposter.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-CzbdnUql3U/SV8-zVNpWjI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/djdHH_PPxX0/s1600/28_weeks_later.jpg)

28 weeks later/dawn of the dead remake remains to be one of the most intense intros i have ever seen.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on October 13, 2009, 11:33:28 AM
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any minute now I have a copy of the Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks graphic novel getting sent here to the office.
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I haven't even heard of this.  Gotta go hunt it down.  Is it just a graphic novel version of the last couple chapters of Max Brooks' book?
Yep!

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grim-- we need to set up some quality skate/beer/zombie time down here in the swamp man.
Fuck dude, you know it! Couple more weeks and I'll be visiting you man! It's insane that we haven't done this ages ago!
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: 1992 on October 13, 2009, 12:11:36 PM
Dead Alive.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: pancake man on October 13, 2009, 12:19:49 PM
It appears that we are all well versed in the survival guide, and I now have new movies to rent/buy/download. Has anyone heard about that zombie game that's played on college campuses?
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: magicstickyhand on October 13, 2009, 12:28:42 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMNry4PE93Y
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: cool spot on October 13, 2009, 05:10:29 PM
has anyone read pride and prejudice and zombies? my sister was supposed to send it to me when she finished it, but she never did. supposedly it is pride and prejudice edited to take place in the middle of the zombie apocalypse.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Locbrew on October 13, 2009, 05:26:19 PM
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Dead Alive.
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I wanna know how many gallons of blood was used in Dead Alive.

It says that they used 300 liters of blood in the final scene alone, that plus the lawnmower scene=shit tons.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on October 13, 2009, 08:11:22 PM
The lawnmower scene... CLASSIC. That, and "I kick ass for the Lord." haha Fucking rat monkeys!

Hate... I forget exactly where I'll be visiting, but I'll be going to a few rural schools in that general area, after I do my work I'll be able to come visit the fort. I have some cousins out there too, so it's on man.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: BallDontLie on October 13, 2009, 08:47:39 PM
Hopefully this game will come out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZadzDKWWz24
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Watson on October 14, 2009, 12:07:20 AM
Yeah to all the people talking about the Dawn Of The Dead remake, that one was actually a really good movie, despite my hatred for fast zombies. It was just a really well done movie.

Also one that came out recently that surprised me was Dance Of The Dead. It's corny and all the characters are so stereotypical, but it was worth a watch. There is a scene where they take some crazy landscaping vehicle to a crowd of zombies. Basically like a giant lawnmower. It's gruesome.

Choad - I'm pretty sure I was the one who turned you onto Last Night On Earth. Glad you found it. That game is so fucking fun.

Grim - What's the art like in the Zombie Survival Guide graphic novel?!
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Beer Keg Peg Leg on October 14, 2009, 02:55:12 AM
Would you fuck a zombie chick if she was still kinda hot?
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: rocklobster on October 14, 2009, 05:16:28 AM
has shaun of the dead been mentioned already?? 

it warms my heart to find a fan of zombie movies...  one guy i used to skate with was a huge zombie movie fan, so i sent him WWZ which he loved... 

as for WWZ becoming a movie, i like the idea but i dont think it will get done well...  too many stories with too many interesting characters... they should do the book like a tv series, kinda like band of brothers... that way you dont lose out on the characters and story line....

last blood is a pretty good zombie comic... started reading it online recently and its about vampires who are trying to save the last remaining humans from the zombies so they have a supply of blood... pretty cool concept...
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: busey on October 14, 2009, 05:35:35 AM
Would you fuck a zombie chick if she was still kinda hot?
yeah, just don't put it in or around her mouth and you're fine. it'd make for a good campfire story after too.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on October 14, 2009, 05:55:11 AM
Not down for crotch rot...
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Choad Muskrat on October 14, 2009, 07:49:07 AM
Choad - I'm pretty sure I was the one who turned you onto Last Night On Earth. Glad you found it. That game is so fucking fun.

word. yea I couldn't remember who posted about it before, thanks! It's quite the board game, the only thing is the rules are pretty overwhelming at first, causing a few arguments. But now that we've played it a few times it's going a lot smoother. It doesn't help that we are drunk and on drugs every time we play hehe.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: MexicanSpaniard on October 14, 2009, 08:28:19 AM
Yeah to all the people talking about the Dawn Of The Dead remake, that one was actually a really good movie, despite my hatred for fast zombies. It was just a really well done movie.

Also one that came out recently that surprised me was Dance Of The Dead. It's corny and all the characters are so stereotypical, but it was worth a watch. There is a scene where they take some crazy landscaping vehicle to a crowd of zombies. Basically like a giant lawnmower. It's gruesome.

Choad - I'm pretty sure I was the one who turned you onto Last Night On Earth. Glad you found it. That game is so fucking fun.

Grim - What's the art like in the Zombie Survival Guide graphic novel?!

The one where one of the characters is filming the whole thing with his handy cam?
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: brycickle on October 14, 2009, 09:32:03 AM
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Yeah to all the people talking about the Dawn Of The Dead remake, that one was actually a really good movie, despite my hatred for fast zombies. It was just a really well done movie.

Also one that came out recently that surprised me was Dance Of The Dead. It's corny and all the characters are so stereotypical, but it was worth a watch. There is a scene where they take some crazy landscaping vehicle to a crowd of zombies. Basically like a giant lawnmower. It's gruesome.

Choad - I'm pretty sure I was the one who turned you onto Last Night On Earth. Glad you found it. That game is so fucking fun.

Grim - What's the art like in the Zombie Survival Guide graphic novel?!
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The one where one of the characters is filming the whole thing with his handy cam?
You might be thinking of Diary of the Dead?
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Watson on October 14, 2009, 11:17:04 AM
Yeah you're thinking about Diary Of The Dead, and that was terrible. Sad really how hard Romero fell off. Land Of The Dead was hardly watchable, and Diary Of The Dead is the worst. After watching countless zombie movies me and my friend Lane have decided the two worst things are implied gore, where you never actually see anything, like when someone gets shot it is a quick edit of a guy with a dot drawn on his head throwing his head back, and then quickly cut to blood spraying on the wall. Terrible. But even worst than that which it seems like almost all zombie movies are doing now (even looks like it's going on in that Dead Snow trailer) is computer gore. Where the person acts like they are getting shot and then some FX wizard digitizes blood spraying from them. It looks fucking TERRIBLE!!!

Choad - Yeah obviously that game is always played while drinking which obviously causes some confusion. Luckily after I bought it on a road trip, and got it home, one of my friends told me that he had played it lots before so we sort of had a mentor to guide us through our first games, give us strategy tips and all that shit. Ever listen to the ambient soundtrack it came with? Ahahah terrible. We just put on metal instead. Makes it way more fun.

Rocklobster - Yeah I heard about that comic, that actually is a fucking amazing concept. Is it executed well in the comic?
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Choad Muskrat on October 14, 2009, 11:33:58 AM

Choad - Yeah obviously that game is always played while drinking which obviously causes some confusion. Luckily after I bought it on a road trip, and got it home, one of my friends told me that he had played it lots before so we sort of had a mentor to guide us through our first games, give us strategy tips and all that shit. Ever listen to the ambient soundtrack it came with? Ahahah terrible. We just put on metal instead. Makes it way more fun.


Ah lucky you, I had to read the rule book twice and basically teach everyone how to play when I still didn't really know what I was doing myself. You figure it out though, just lots of rules.

And yes, we had that CD on repeat last time we played. And yea it blows pretty hard, there's a couple tracks in the middle that kinda get you into it thou.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Locbrew on October 14, 2009, 12:31:50 PM
I remember one of the characters in land of the dead had a Antihero board, when the zombies finally got him, they tossed that shit in the ocean.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: rocklobster on October 14, 2009, 02:17:19 PM
I remember one of the characters in land of the dead had a Antihero board, when the zombies finally got him, they tossed that shit in the ocean.

yeah i remember seeing that board...  the character was itching to get chomped, he faulted on all the basic rules of zombie survival...

Watson: ive only read the first issue on my iphone and its pretty good so far...  im trying to torrent the rest of it now, but no one is seeding...

anyone read marvel zombies?  how does that work out??
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Watson on October 14, 2009, 11:32:37 PM
Dude, Marvel Zombies is lame. I read a few. The heroes are dead, but they are still reasoning, using their powers, etc.

Not the kind of zombies I'm into.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: rocklobster on October 15, 2009, 12:17:14 AM
Dude, Marvel Zombies is lame. I read a few. The heroes are dead, but they are still reasoning, using their powers, etc.

Not the kind of zombies I'm into.


thinking zombies suck... i like my zombies slow, mindless but relentless...
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Watson on October 15, 2009, 12:59:06 AM
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Dude, Marvel Zombies is lame. I read a few. The heroes are dead, but they are still reasoning, using their powers, etc.

Not the kind of zombies I'm into.

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thinking zombies suck... i like my zombies slow, mindless but relentless...

These are the ONLY zombies!
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on October 15, 2009, 08:35:00 AM
Grim - What's the art like in the Zombie Survival Guide graphic novel?!
Super good... black and white with painted grayscales. When i get home I'll take a pic for ya man.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Watson on October 15, 2009, 09:41:34 AM
Don't worry about it. My brother just called me last night and told me he is buying it for me for my birthday! STOKED!!!
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Choad Muskrat on October 15, 2009, 09:54:19 AM
I watched Night of the Living Dead (1968) last night for the first time. It was really fucking awesome. I had seen the re-make but never the original for some reason. The music score was so good in the OG.


(Gotta give it up to the original. Pretty bold to have a black lead role who slaps a white woman in 1968.)


Slap? More like a closed fist punch to the face haha he knocks her the fuck out, then un-buttons her shirt too. I was lol'ing

I also watch Fido last night, and was very entertained. Definatly see that flick, it's good for many laughs. Although I did want to beat the shit out of the dad the whole movie, dude was a straight pussy.



Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Choad Muskrat on October 15, 2009, 10:02:01 AM
Oh yea, Fido, I was also hoping dementedly that the mom was gonna get it on with fido, the way they were eye fucking each other the whole flick, but it never happened.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Locbrew on October 15, 2009, 10:44:15 AM
I got my Zombie Survival Guide sitting right next to me. I let my friend borrow World War Z like a year ago, I see it sitting on his desk at his house, I just forget to ask about it.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: layzieyez on October 15, 2009, 04:50:23 PM
Alright, I have to put it out there.  Who else is preparing for a zombie apocalypse?  I've got a kukri machete for some head chopping action once I'm out of ammo, handsets, flashlights galore, survival gear/supplies, and I'm still shopping for a good shotgun.  I'm also working on a zombie screenplay (heaven knows I've seen plenty of bad zombie movies and it wouldn't hurt to attempt one myself).  One thing I hate about where I live is that I know that I probably wouldn't last too long if a zombie epidemic broke out.

Favorite zombie movies are Dead Alive, 28 days/weeks, and the Dawn of the Dead remake (I love the classic one too, but not as intensely).

How long do you think you'd last?  I'd reckon 3 days to a week for myself (I imagine dying trying to protect my wife and kids even though I know they'd only die next).
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on October 17, 2009, 08:13:10 AM
Me and my wife would be fine here for a few days, but I'd be more inclined to take a backroad to Jackson, Louisiana where my brother lives. He's got a ton of guns, a proper stash of hurricane food, plus he'd be deputized since he's a state security worker. Both of us are really good shots, but then again, so is every dude in Jackson that hasn't accidentally killed themselves already.
I'm on call for our state Environmental Protection/DHS service, so we'd probably camp in one of the prisons or state mental hospitals (which is like a prison/hospital in terms of fortification) and chill. Food forever, low population, lots of arms, meds, and buildings that can be sectioned off in case of an outbreak inside. 

Won't be heading to the infamous Angola, though. Dixon Correctional, Feliciana Forensic and East Louisiana State Hospital would be the places to go.

COME TO JACKSON WE ARE STILL ALIVE

Anyway, for HATE and Watson here's some of the art (sorry for the wait)...
Cover:
(http://www.grimcity.com/slap/recordedattacks/1.jpg)
Each chapter starts off with the geographical location and date:
(http://www.grimcity.com/slap/recordedattacks/2.jpg)
Art sample (from towards the beginning of a chapter, no spoilers here):
(http://www.grimcity.com/slap/recordedattacks/3.jpg)
Another art sample:
(http://www.grimcity.com/slap/recordedattacks/4.jpg)

There aren't many words, but it's cool seeing the last part of Survival Guide get this treatment. It'll only take you 10 minutes to get through it, but it's pretty fucking rad. Better for those that read the book already though... this is more of a suppliment than a stand-alone piece. Art was consistent and I thought it looked good... the zombies especially.

PS- this was an unused graphic I did before I knew that True Love was a scam:
(http://www.grimcity.com/truelove/DAVECOMP.jpg)
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: sven thorkel on October 17, 2009, 07:07:29 PM
so today was zombie walk day. all these people get together and walk around my city dressed as zombies while being annoying. they always end up at the skatepark so that's where i see them. i saw two guys dressed up as the guys from icp. one even had a weed medallion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJha-CTtZX0&feature=related
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: rocklobster on October 18, 2009, 01:04:09 AM
zombie survival wise, i think im pretty fucked in singapore...  the only people who have access to firearms are the police and military, so we are going to to have to go melee....  my family probably wont survive long, we dont stock up much food...  i would probably stay in my room and jack off till my laptop ran dry, then i would jump out of my 7th floor window...  if you cant beat them, join them...
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on October 18, 2009, 05:26:40 AM
Excellent looking stuff man.  Thanks a lot!.  Oh and when the shit goes down, we can establish a route between Polk and Hammond.  We'll just have to avoid the Rouge.
Fuck, no doubt about that one. I work in BR and I avoid it on the weekends. I love BR, but traffic is regular. Before Katrina, I could make it from my house to a parking spot at work in 45 minutes flat, now it takes two hours... sometimes longer on the way home.

...just in case I'm at work when the zombiepocolypse eventually happens, see if you can get any homies to pick me up off the roof of the Claiborne building. I can repay in porn.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Beer Keg Peg Leg on October 18, 2009, 05:59:00 AM
zombie survival wise, i think im pretty fucked in singapore...  the only people who have access to firearms are the police and military, so we are going to to have to go melee....  my family probably wont survive long, we dont stock up much food...  i would probably stay in my room and jack off till my laptop ran dry, then i would jump out of my 7th floor window...  if you cant beat them, join them...

True, however every man in that country is trained for two years in ass kicking.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: nice weather on October 18, 2009, 06:34:28 AM
In all honesty, sorry rocklobster, but I think Singapore is too densely populated for you to survive. you should probably focus on learning how to fly a helicopter and find out where to get one. Your only chance for survival is becoming really good at Mirrors edge and Left 4 dead on Xbox 360. Combine the two and find yourself a rooftop singapore helicopter and gtfo.

As for myself, i can't really say right now what I would do. Weapons are hard to come by, and I don't even possess a leather bodysuit(as suggested by Beer Keg in the 2012 zombocalypse thread) yet.
Before reading the Zombie Survival guide I was still convinced I might make it to the northern sea to fortify one of the stilted houses there. The tides would do all the work for you essentially and grant you safety for a few months maybe. But that seems more and more unlikely, it's a good 1000 kilometers from here to there, so I might be better off finding something in the Alps....

And no, i wouldn't fuck the hot zombie. Maybe from behind while I split her skull with a battle axe, but that's really the only way I could imagine it.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: kinky john on October 18, 2009, 10:00:31 AM
Driving today with my girlfriend, we saw an old chap who clearly had one wooden leg and the other one was a tad iffy to boot, resulting in an uncomfortable looking lurching gait. A split second after seeing this she spurted out "zombie!!", then sniggered like a child. Then confessed to feeling guilty.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: layzieyez on October 18, 2009, 02:16:10 PM
Closest building to post up is the hospital I work at which is a brisk 10 minute walk.  The structure sucks since there's way too much glass on the 1st floor, a bridge into the 3rd floor from a parking lot, and it's only 7 stories.  There is a helipad, but no helo permanently parked there.  The submarine base which would be the best option is a 20 minute drive with nothing but woods (or at least too much of it) in between.  I could see chancing that excursion only to be turned around.  The other base 15 minutes away looks too easy to penetrate, or at least that's how it looks with the civilian contracted security posted at the gate.  Yeah, it's not too promising.  On a separate note, just think how many obese people would be some of the first to die.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: pancake man on October 18, 2009, 03:18:49 PM
fat zombies... interesting thought, would their legs give out quicker than usual?
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Watson on October 18, 2009, 03:21:23 PM
I think I'd do okay in a zombie apocalypse. No guns and all that shit (because I live in Canada), but I live in the prairies, and if you can make it outside of the city limits, it's VERY sparsely populated. If you can get out of the city alive (which I am sure I could in the opening hours of an outbreak), I'm sure I could find a little farm or something that I could fortify. It wouldn't be necessary to build a fortress because you'd probably get so few zombies roaming out there you could pick them off as they come along. I'd try and find something small and unassuming where me and a group of homies could make our stand rather than a finding like a school or something and try making it into a fortress. As we all should have learned from various zombie material, if you find a place too good, eventually you're gonna run into a group of crazies who think your place is too good also and will take it from you.

Also I think a good line of defense would be to find somewhere that is not very accessible by humans so that there is no way zombies can make it to you. Like in a mountainous area where you could set up in a cave or on the edge of a cliff at a steep climb. That way the zombies have no way of climbing to get you. And if you are far enough into the forest, you are gonna get very few zombies even making it to your area. Problem with that is you are so far away from any form of supplies you either have to stock up like crazy first or be good at living off the land.

Another strategy if you can handle it is to head somewhere where half the year it's really cold. (That's why a small farm in Saskatchewan would be good.) Then in the winter time when the zombies slow down and for sure would freeze completely, that's when you bundle up and do most of your searching for food and supplies. Also you could do outward sweeps of your area, killing zombies that are too slow to attack you or are frozen solid. This way when spring hits, you have a really good buffer zone where you know there are little to no zombies around. Word.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on October 18, 2009, 03:54:40 PM
layzieyez: a regular medical hospital? Prolly should avoid that man... regular hospitals will more than likely be the fist to get overrun with those fuckers before they realize what's going on.

Hate: you know it brotha! Zombiepocolypse has a great possibility of providing some good times. I mean, aside from the human devastation and all.

I'm glad to see skaters taking a stance on this... I figure it'll be skaters, the military, and maybe some separatist militias left over. Two out of three ain't bad!
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: nice weather on October 18, 2009, 06:12:15 PM
I think I'd do okay in a zombie apocalypse. No guns and all that shit (because I live in Canada), but I live in the prairies, and if you can make it outside of the city limits, it's VERY sparsely populated. If you can get out of the city alive (which I am sure I could in the opening hours of an outbreak), I'm sure I could find a little farm or something that I could fortify. It wouldn't be necessary to build a fortress because you'd probably get so few zombies roaming out there you could pick them off as they come along. I'd try and find something small and unassuming where me and a group of homies could make our stand rather than a finding like a school or something and try making it into a fortress. As we all should have learned from various zombie material, if you find a place too good, eventually you're gonna run into a group of crazies who think your place is too good also and will take it from you.
If you had been in a bar while saying this, and I were a Leather trenchcoat wearing, aged Zombie Hunter, I'd totally stand up from my place at the sparsely lighted end of the bar and walk up to you and say that that's dead people talk.
Technically you could shoot all the single Zombies that enter your perimeter, but that would mean you'd have to stand guard 24/7. (Also you said you don't have a gun.) If one would still make it into your perimeter, and take notice of you, he would probably start to moan and thus attract all other zombies in the area.
The Zombie survival guide tells us that zombies can hear and smell way better than we do, so the odds that they locate you at night, before you manage to kill them with a pitchfork, hairspray&lighter or javelin are pretty low. I might believe you that you could hide there for a good 14 days (amount of days until rage zombies would slowly starve away), but since you said you "preferred" the good old fashioned "relentless" zombie, you're in for a long stand off. You might as well just drive to the cottage to grab a piece of rope and end it right there where the scenery is nicer.


Personally I'd prefer my outbreaks with rage zombies, just because it'd be over quicker, so once I eventually make it to my hiding point and fortify it, it'd only be a matter of surviving for a few weeks before I could go on my first eradication missions.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: layzieyez on October 20, 2009, 12:32:07 PM
It's a navy hospital, but I still wouldn't hole up in there.  I would have liked my chances in San Diego better just because of Naval Amphibious Base Coronado.  S.E.A.L.s just make me feel more safe (until they become the infected).
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Watson on December 13, 2009, 05:28:54 PM
You know I was just thinking about it, and as ridiculous as it sounds do you think any government agencies out there actually have contingency plans for a zombie outbreak?
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Beer Wizard on December 13, 2009, 05:47:47 PM
http://www.blip.tv/file/2603522/
(The song)
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: oyolar on December 13, 2009, 06:00:54 PM
You know I was just thinking about it, and as ridiculous as it sounds do you think any government agencies out there actually have contingency plans for a zombie outbreak?

I hope so. If the U. S. doesn't then I don't know how much longer I can live here.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: frisco on December 13, 2009, 06:11:29 PM
all of this zombie talk has gotten me quite hyped, need to watch some epic zombie movies, and of course buy the survival guide. I think all the zombies in Vancouver would be too nice to kill anyone, theyd be too environmentally conservative and polite, id probably get by with some golf clubs, this however coming from someone who hasnt read the guide, fuck i need to regroup
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: layzieyez on December 13, 2009, 07:14:38 PM
http://hotfile.com/dl/20536298/b94d005/The_Zombie_Survival_Guide.pdf.html
Oh, look at that.  In PDF form no less.  I want all the pals to make it out alive.  Nothing is worse than zombies fucking up the site with shitty posts.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: crest on December 13, 2009, 08:16:39 PM
Zombieland was pretty awesome. I want to make a zombie short movie some day; maybe this summer i'll get to it finally.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: TheFreshSC on December 13, 2009, 08:25:58 PM
  if    when the zombie apocalypse happens, i can only hope to be out of southern california
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Blue Fescue on December 14, 2009, 12:24:30 AM
Yeah, Zombieland was awesome
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Donkey Lips on December 14, 2009, 06:34:47 AM
can zombies swim? my guess is no, but they could probably flail around until they reach shore. this would make an island escape very tricky, as you would have to probably plan it for an island in salt water. this way the bleeding/decaying zombies would become shark treats.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Garth Marenghi on December 14, 2009, 09:17:42 AM
Sparsely populated areas would be good, but what if Walking Dead type roaming hordes existed? Picking them off one by one wouldn't quite work.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on December 14, 2009, 09:39:16 AM
can zombies swim? my guess is no, but they could probably flail around until they reach shore. this would make an island escape very tricky, as you would have to probably plan it for an island in salt water. this way the bleeding/decaying zombies would become shark treats.
In the Max Brooks' mythos, they don't swim, but they walk around the bottom of the ocean, occasionally coming up on shore unexpectedly.

Also, they don't bloat up and rot the same way a regular corpse does, the virus that causes them to zombify turns their liquids and tissue toxic to pretty much every living thing... from dogs to microbes.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Beer Wizard on December 14, 2009, 09:41:45 AM
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can zombies swim? my guess is no, but they could probably flail around until they reach shore. this would make an island escape very tricky, as you would have to probably plan it for an island in salt water. this way the bleeding/decaying zombies would become shark treats.
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In the Max Brooks' mythos, they don't swim, but they walk around the bottom of the ocean, occasionally coming up on shore unexpectedly.

Also, they don't bloat up and rot the same way a regular corpse does, the virus that causes them to zombify turns their liquids and tissue toxic to pretty much every living thing... from dogs to microbes.
Zombie sharks?
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Beer Wizard on December 14, 2009, 09:43:19 AM
(http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/UbiquitousER/zombie-sharks.jpg)
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: nice weather on December 14, 2009, 10:02:49 AM
(http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/UbiquitousER/zombie-sharks.jpg)
although I don't see how they are worse than normal ones.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: poocrusher on December 14, 2009, 10:29:18 AM
If anyone is intersted in an awesome zombie website with reviews, news and other shit.

http://www.inevitablezombieapocalypse.com/ (http://www.inevitablezombieapocalypse.com/)

Also, this is the best zombie comic series I've found, "The Walking Dead"

(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e384/metaskateboards/walking-dead.jpg?t=1260815221)

Monster Island is a free zombie novel that is posted online.

http://www.brokentype.com/monster/ (http://www.brokentype.com/monster/)
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Garth Marenghi on December 15, 2009, 12:42:41 AM
Thanks to whoever mentioned Crossed, does the trick while waiting for new Walking Dead issues.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Watson on December 15, 2009, 12:47:22 AM
can zombies swim? my guess is no, but they could probably flail around until they reach shore. this would make an island escape very tricky, as you would have to probably plan it for an island in salt water. this way the bleeding/decaying zombies would become shark treats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSPG9QQg4C0
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: ChrisGilmour on December 15, 2009, 07:51:45 AM
does "Chud" Count?

if so C.H.U.D. 2 Bud the CHUD
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Alan on December 15, 2009, 08:53:08 AM
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006FMCB.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)

In this film they just chill in their sunken submarine near the coast and then take a stroll across the bottom of the sea to the beach and attack innocent bystanders. But then again, not all underwater zombies have SS training.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Narcissus on December 15, 2009, 10:14:50 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cYdH46HqpE
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Watson on December 15, 2009, 10:16:07 AM
I don't know, Zombieland was entertaining, definitely because of Bill Murray, but there was a lot of stupid shit in it. I guess I'm just sick of seeing schtick/comedy zombie movies. And rage zombies. If Zombies are such a huge genre right now, and every sites old Romero as influences, and people love The Walking Dead, why can't we get a classic, post-apocalyptic, serious zombie movie?

In my opinion there hasn't been a real, proper zombie movie since Fulci's Zombie 2 in 1979. 30 years for fuck's sake!!!
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: TheFreshSC on December 15, 2009, 09:53:36 PM
Zombi 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qah3Q9BnRHM
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: gutterhead. on December 16, 2009, 01:00:22 AM
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0C2k05-cdlM/SNik2ivn10I/AAAAAAAAAQY/QPBU9QJ3dVM/s400/front.jpg)
One of my all time favorite albums
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: crest on December 16, 2009, 02:50:05 AM

Also, this is the best zombie comic series I've found, "The Walking Dead"

(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e384/metaskateboards/walking-dead.jpg?t=1260815221)

i havnt read many comics but this looked cool so i downloaded it and after reading the first issue it seems pretty sick; definately going to read a few more. heres a link to the torrent if anyone wants to download them


http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/143758953/the+walking+dead?tab=summary
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Donkey Lips on December 16, 2009, 05:32:04 AM
does anyone know which one burns hotter - gasoline or kerosene? i'll need to know this when the hordes come.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on December 16, 2009, 07:52:33 PM
If anyone is intersted in an awesome zombie website with reviews, news and other shit.

http://www.inevitablezombieapocalypse.com/ (http://www.inevitablezombieapocalypse.com/)

Also, this is the best zombie comic series I've found, "The Walking Dead"

(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e384/metaskateboards/walking-dead.jpg?t=1260815221)

Monster Island is a free zombie novel that is posted online.

http://www.brokentype.com/monster/ (http://www.brokentype.com/monster/)
Just wanted to publically gnar you and bump this thread... on my way home I stopped in a fucking great comic shop and picked up the first 5 of the 10 trade paperbacks (was going to be $75 usd but the clerk and another dude there and I had struck up a nearly hour long comic, movie, and zombie geek orgy so he charged me 66.60 instead), I'm halfway through the first one and I'm fucking hooked like... like a fucking crack whore. It's different than WWZ, but it's really good. Thanks for that.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Alan on December 16, 2009, 11:47:46 PM
I'm already eying the Compendium. Thanks for the heads up, Poo!
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: nice weather on December 17, 2009, 07:58:42 AM
How do I look at .cbr files? I'm so excited! halp!
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: nice weather on December 17, 2009, 08:36:35 AM
Figured it out, grown up.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Choad Muskrat on December 17, 2009, 08:42:57 AM
I don't know, Zombieland was entertaining, definitely because of Bill Murray, but there was a lot of stupid shit in it. I guess I'm just sick of seeing schtick/comedy zombie movies. And rage zombies. If Zombies are such a huge genre right now, and every sites old Romero as influences, and people love The Walking Dead, why can't we get a classic, post-apocalyptic, serious zombie movie?

In my opinion there hasn't been a real, proper zombie movie since Fulci's Zombie 2 in 1979. 30 years for fuck's sake!!!

seriously. movies like 28 days later are entertaining, but I wants my slow zombies dammit!
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Locbrew on December 17, 2009, 09:49:18 AM
I thought Savini's remake of Night of the Living Dead was good.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on December 17, 2009, 09:58:08 AM
Goddamnit.... now I have to go track this down
Yeah, it's insane... good art, good story, rotten undead everywhere... better than Max Brook's graphic novel in the respect that there's a lot more depth to it, though Max's book was just a supplement to the Survival Guide. This is a serious must-have.

Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: jildo on December 17, 2009, 10:07:51 AM
The zombies in the Omega Man are so bad, but that movie is too good.

(http://datacore.sciflicks.com/the_omega_man/images/the_omega_man_large_02.jpg)
ahaha
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Brandon on December 17, 2009, 10:31:05 AM
anyone interested in zombie/apocalyptic theory?

http://socialismandorbarbarism.blogspot.com/

http://socialismandorbarbarism.blogspot.com/search/label/zombies

http://socialismandorbarbarism.blogspot.com/2009/10/when-hell-is-full-dead-will-be-mocked.html

check out the bottom two posts and browse through the archives, there is a lot of good writing on the representation of the apocalyptic with heavy concentration on zombie flicks.  the newest post is about black metal to boot.

 
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on December 17, 2009, 12:24:24 PM
^
Sickness.

Anyone here ever see Dead Heat with Joe Piscapo?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jus4GsEkSIQ

...it was better than the trailer, but not by a whole lot. Williams hat a cool character... not that anything can cancel out Joe's presence. Zombie cop buddy movie.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Foray on December 17, 2009, 06:41:30 PM
i had a dream the other night about zombies.  after what seemed like hours of running from them i woke up pretty terrified.  i got bit a few times but it was only temporarily, and i vividly remember just tripping balls when i was bitten. 

then i woke up, fell back asleep and had a dream about getting seduced by a good looking older (30's) lady that works in the same office as me.  i felt like a creep at work that day.   
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: pancake man on December 17, 2009, 07:40:43 PM
i had a dream the other night about zombies.  after what seemed like hours of running from them i woke up pretty terrified.  i got bit a few times but it was only temporarily, and i vividly remember just tripping balls when i was bitten. 
   
I had a dream similar to this, but when i was bitten it was kind of like "Last Stand" in call of duty, where i kept shooting until i had one one shot left, and then shot myself in the head. It was fucked up to actually dream of me shooting myself and dying in my dream. Mad peaceful though.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Watson on December 17, 2009, 10:46:20 PM
I thought Savini's remake of Night of the Living Dead was good.

Touche. I own that one and I like it. But a remake sort of doesn't really count.

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Yeah, it's insane... good art, good story, rotten undead everywhere... better than Max Brook's graphic novel in the respect that there's a lot more depth to it, though Max's book was just a supplement to the Survival Guide. This is a serious must-have.

Yeah dude, Walking Dead is some of the best zombie material ever put out. Definitely better than the Recorded Attacks book. Just as good as World War Z. I read the trade paperbacks and let me tell you it's fucking torture waiting 5 months for each new one to come out. Goddamnit!

I'm sure I already posted it on here but apparently the AMC channel has picked up the rights to Walking Dead and are developing it into a series. If done right, it could be the best thing ever. Also if Brad Pitt's company doesn't butcher World War Z, there me be hope for the hopeless apocalyptic zombie future.

I also just bought this for my brother for Christmas:

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xJY2zq-2Epw/SfUDirhgTAI/AAAAAAAAALQ/ndgkd9syehs/s400/Zombies.jpg)

It kind of just feels like a rip of Walking Dead, but the art and the story are both good enough, and at $19.95, it's probably worth it. Here's some samples I found online:

(http://booksontheradio.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/zombies-2.jpg)

(http://www.dreadcentral.com/img/reviews/zryi02l.jpg)

Stoked on this thread and that there are people into real zombie mythos.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Garth Marenghi on December 18, 2009, 02:07:17 AM
Has anyone seen this?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071431/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071431/)
(http://modculture.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/03/22/morgue.jpg)

Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on December 18, 2009, 04:56:39 AM
Stoked on this thread and that there are people into real zombie mythos.
Well, someone's gotta save these people. Might as well be us fanboys.

I saw that "Record of the Year of Infection" at the comic store I hit up... gonna have to check that out. Gonna pick up the other Walking Dead paperbacks today or soon after though... gotta know what happens next...
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: MyUserName on December 18, 2009, 05:56:46 AM
I think it says a lot about a person when they don't enjoy (or haven't heard of) Shaun of the Dead. Easily my favorite zombie flick and one of my all-time favorite movies ever.

Still haven't seen Diary of the Dead. Let's hear some one sentence reviews.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Watson on December 18, 2009, 06:36:17 AM
Has anyone seen this?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071431/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071431/)
(http://modculture.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/03/22/morgue.jpg)

Suprisingly no, but judging by the synopsis, it sounds like intelligent, talking zombies? If so, bleh.

I think it says a lot about a person when they don't enjoy (or haven't heard of) Shaun of the Dead. Easily my favorite zombie flick and one of my all-time favorite movies ever.

Still haven't seen Diary of the Dead. Let's hear some one sentence reviews.

I don't like Shaun Of The Dead. Good zombies in it, but I just can't stand that fucking fat dude in it. He literally ruins the movie for me. Me and my other zombie aficionado both agree that we could possibly like that movie, but that dreadfully unfunny fat fuck just ruins it.

Diary Of The Dead one WORD review: Balls.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on December 18, 2009, 02:57:11 PM
Shit- I'm in my car, in front of the same bad ass comic shop, with the other five trades in my packpack. Wife's gonna kill me.

Watson: number 11 comes out Wednesday!
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: layzieyez on December 18, 2009, 03:02:18 PM
Holy Shit Guys!  Merry Fucking Undead Christmas!
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9TBM2N7L
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7QHSFN56
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N898WR66
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F704NC1Y
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B1C0E370
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YANJPZCE
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D9GXTJ3V
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JUPNWT75
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EQNCZZ50

^The Walking Dead issues 1-54
For Mac users download Jomic from here: http://jomic.sourceforge.net/
Enjoy!
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on December 18, 2009, 04:39:04 PM
Bump for layzie's links... be warned, once you start you'll wake up the next morning at your keyboard!
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Watson on December 18, 2009, 05:05:56 PM
I can't download it man. The glory of each new Walking Dead for me can only truly be done justice by holding it in my hands and reading each page twice before going on to the next, and then turning the page slowly because I want to savour the delicious anticipation.

For real.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: poocrusher on December 18, 2009, 05:08:48 PM
I know I linked to this up top, but I feel that I should post a review for Monster Island because it embodies not only an excellent take on zombies but its a great novel as well.

"Zombies, as a rule, are more at home in film and video games than in literature. There’s no grand literary tradition stemming back hundreds of years, or even decades for that matter, as there is with vampires. The truth is, the vast majority of zombie novels are utter shit. Even among the good stuff, there’s no single great work, apart from very recent works from Max Brooks arguably, to point to as sterling examples of the form. Well, folks, in a decade or two that will change as David Wellington’s Monster Island becomes recognized for the masterpiece that it is.

Monster Island’s story revolves around two characters, Dekalb and Gary. Dekalb is a former UN weapons inspector leading a mission to retrieve a stash of priceless drugs for a Somali warlord in exchange for a place for himself and his daughter in the new world order. Gary is a rather unusual zombie – a zombie who can still think, thanks to a clever plan devised while he was still alive. The paths of these two intersect fairly early on, with devastating consequences for Gary, then split, taking a number of fascinating individual twists and turns before meeting again for a satisfying climax. The surprises on each characters path are so integral to the story and so inherently satisfying it would be a travesty to spoil any of them, but suffice it to say that both must face dire circumstances in pursuit of what they desire, circumstances that change them and their initial goals.

Both characters are exquisitely wrought and developed throughout the story. Wellington manages to make them both sympathetic, even as they do terrible things. Making a zombie sympathetic to any degree isn’t an easy task, but Wellington isn’t your average hack horror writer. Surrounding these two characters is an excellent supporting cast, on both sides, alive and dead. Not surprisingly, since most of Gary’s companions are mindless dead, the bulk of secondary characters that get attention interact with Dekalb, from the teenage soldiers accompanying him in his mission to the survivors they meet in New York City.

The cause of the zombie plague is not revealed, but it appears to be supernatural for a number of reasons (again, revealing those reasons would spoil some excellent surprises). The average zombie is very similar to the zombies of George A. Romero’s Dead series – slow, nearly mindless (due to brain damage from asphyxiation as the person dies but before the zombie rises, it is explained) and always hungry. These zombies eat anything alive though – not just people, but animals, plants, even grass. And when they do, it fills them with vitality in undeath, healing wounds and giving them strength to go on. If they don’t eat, they slowly wither away and rot like normal dead things (well, normal dead things don’t walk, but you know…).

This is one of the finest zombie stories ever told, in any medium. It’s written in a spare, deft style that manages to pack maximum impact into minimal verbiage. There’s rarely a single word wasted throughout the story, from taut action sequences to tender, human moments to mind-blowing metaphysical revelations. Wellington’s mythology is well-developed, fully compatible with the popular view of the zombie and yet strikingly original in the realm of zombie fiction – I can’t wait to see how it develops in the two sequels. His characters are believable, his settings are real and his prose is gorgeous. This is an essential book for zombie fans – don’t pass it up.
"

http://www.brokentype.com/monster/

I'm glad everyone is stoked on "The walking dead" series.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on December 18, 2009, 10:17:31 PM
I can't download it man. The glory of each new Walking Dead for me can only truly be done justice by holding it in my hands and reading each page twice before going on to the next, and then turning the page slowly because I want to savour the delicious anticipation.

For real.
If I weren't already a comic fanboy to some degree, I'd probably download it... but I like having print in my hand because I just really love print.

I've been devouring these things since I finished getting some work done... I'll regretfully be done by tomorrow, but I'll look into Monster Island for sure.

On intelligent zombies... there's a really really low budget movie out there somewhere that I haven't seen, but I've read all bout it... it's called Shatter Dead, and though everything about the movie's production quality, acting, and effects is on the really horrible side, the movie's supposedly has a really neat mythos of its own. 
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: nice weather on December 23, 2009, 03:37:38 AM
bump for how awesome The Walking Dead is. I was on a train for 9 hours yesterday, started watching some jersey shore first for abouit an hour, then switched to Walking Dead. Didn't do anything else for the remaining 8 hours. Fucking soooo good.

Can't wait to read more.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Locbrew on December 23, 2009, 06:20:22 AM
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I thought Savini's remake of Night of the Living Dead was good.
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Touche. I own that one and I like it. But a remake sort of doesn't really count.

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Goddamnit.... now I have to go track this down
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Yeah, it's insane... good art, good story, rotten undead everywhere... better than Max Brook's graphic novel in the respect that there's a lot more depth to it, though Max's book was just a supplement to the Survival Guide. This is a serious must-have.
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Yeah dude, Walking Dead is some of the best zombie material ever put out. Definitely better than the Recorded Attacks book. Just as good as World War Z. I read the trade paperbacks and let me tell you it's fucking torture waiting 5 months for each new one to come out. Goddamnit!

I'm sure I already posted it on here but apparently the AMC channel has picked up the rights to Walking Dead and are developing it into a series. If done right, it could be the best thing ever. Also if Brad Pitt's company doesn't butcher World War Z, there me be hope for the hopeless apocalyptic zombie future.

I also just bought this for my brother for Christmas:

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xJY2zq-2Epw/SfUDirhgTAI/AAAAAAAAALQ/ndgkd9syehs/s400/Zombies.jpg)

It kind of just feels like a rip of Walking Dead, but the art and the story are both good enough, and at $19.95, it's probably worth it. Here's some samples I found online:

(http://booksontheradio.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/zombies-2.jpg)

(http://www.dreadcentral.com/img/reviews/zryi02l.jpg)

Stoked on this thread and that there are people into real zombie mythos.

where'd you get this at? I work at a bookstore and I'm def. going to special order it when I go back to work.
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Post by: grimcity on December 23, 2009, 09:33:26 AM
^
They had that at the comic shop I stopped at... the chain bookstores seem to only carry graphic novels from Marvel and DC.
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Post by: Locbrew on December 23, 2009, 10:44:45 AM
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They had that at the comic shop I stopped at... the chain bookstores seem to only carry graphic novels from Marvel and DC.

Yeah, I know what your saying, I work for at a chain bookstore and its pretty hard to get the books, but I found it on its site, so I'm going to get my assistant manager to order for me, she always looks at my weird when I get zombie books from there.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Watson on December 23, 2009, 11:05:09 AM
I got mine at HMV, which is a music store chain in Canada, England, Japan, and some other places but not the US. They had a big rack of all these cool books and shit that were inexpensive and good Christmas presents.

I also bought my brother's wife two LOLCats books, and a Punk Rock Activity Book for my other friend. It has all this silly stuff, like a Misfits logo paint by number, and the only number is 1 and 1 = Black. It also has a colour GG Allin page, although it didn't come with a brown crayon.

(http://www.ayejay.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/gg.jpg)

Here's a link to some pages. http://www.ayejay.com/punk-rock-activity-book/
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on December 23, 2009, 02:03:15 PM
Watching Fido right now... why hasn't this flick gotten more attention (not in this thread, I mean in general). It's fucking dope!
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Post by: layzieyez on December 23, 2009, 06:51:11 PM
Watching Fido right now... why hasn't this flick gotten more attention (not in this thread, I mean in general). It's fucking dope!
I really don't know.  It's pretty high on my list of favorite zombie movies.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Locbrew on December 23, 2009, 07:16:34 PM
Watching Fido right now... why hasn't this flick gotten more attention (not in this thread, I mean in general). It's fucking dope!

I was going to watch it on my netflix tonight, but me and my roommate decided on a Clint Eastwood western.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: poocrusher on December 23, 2009, 11:21:58 PM
My favorite non-zombie, zombie movies are

Dead Meat:  Irish Mad Cow zombie movie.

(http://chud.com/nextraimages/deadmeat_screen%20(1).jpg)


and

Black Sheep:  Had the top FX crew in the world...I'd say it has the best practical fx in any movie since Alien(s) or Maniac. 

(http://www.best-horror-movies.com/image-files/black-sheep-ovine-attack.jpg)
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Post by: layzieyez on December 23, 2009, 11:30:07 PM
I watched that black sheep movie.  Pretty damned entertaining to say the least.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: frisco on December 24, 2009, 12:33:35 AM
i havnt read any zombie literature, whether it be novels, survival guides or graphic novels, I saw world war z at a book store yesterday but passed it by, where should i start? whats the best graphic novel?
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: nice weather on December 24, 2009, 02:47:45 AM
dude, check out The Walking Dead. I started reading it a few days ago and haven't done anything else since. So fucking addicting.
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Post by: Garth Marenghi on December 24, 2009, 04:12:25 AM
Watched Savini's Night of the Living dead and wasn't too keen on it. Tried to find a working torrent for Manchester Morgue but no luck. Guess I'll just order the dvd.
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Post by: layzieyez on December 24, 2009, 06:01:29 AM
http://hotfile.com/dl/20536298/b94d005/The_Zombie_Survival_Guide.pdf.html
Oh, look at that.  In PDF form no less.
Link is still up if you missed it the first time.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on December 24, 2009, 06:20:44 AM
i havnt read any zombie literature, whether it be novels, survival guides or graphic novels, I saw world war z at a book store yesterday but passed it by, where should i start? whats the best graphic novel?
Before reading WWZ, I'd pick up Zombie Survival Guide first... it's a good introduction into Brooks' angle on zombies... plus the end of the book has a few narratives of "recorded attacks" from ancient and more modern times... it's a really good primer, and after reading both the Guide and Z, you'll find yourself comparing everything to it. I went through both books in four days and reread parts of them every once in a while... wait till you read about The Battle of Yonkers. Fuuuuuuuu
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Alan on December 25, 2009, 12:59:17 AM
My girl got me this for Christmas, it ought to be a fun read.
(http://scienceblogs.com/bioephemera/2009/03/30/PPZquirk.jpg)
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: nice weather on December 25, 2009, 04:05:36 AM
hahaha, my roomie said he saw that and wanted to pick it up for me, but then opted not to do it, because it'd come across gay.  It left me psyched, but sad.
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Post by: frisco on December 25, 2009, 04:30:46 AM
Holy Shit Guys!  Merry Fucking Undead Christmas!
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9TBM2N7L
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7QHSFN56
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N898WR66
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F704NC1Y
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B1C0E370
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YANJPZCE
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D9GXTJ3V
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JUPNWT75
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EQNCZZ50

^The Walking Dead issues 1-54
For Mac users download Jomic from here: http://jomic.sourceforge.net/
Enjoy!

how do i read these? what program do i need, i unzipped it and cant read the cbr file
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on December 25, 2009, 05:05:13 AM
You should be able to rename it as a RAR and open it with Stuffit (Mac) or Winzip... but if that doesn't work this will:
http://comical.sourceforge.net/

Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: nice weather on December 25, 2009, 05:44:40 AM
I downloaded a program called stdu reader. its free and only takes a second. Also it has std in its name, which I found funny.

I just read on imdb.com that they're amking The Walking Dead into a tv series and the guy who did Mad Men will be responsible for it. Andthat guy also had something to do with shawshank redemption it seems. Just thought that'd make frisco ejaculate.
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Post by: frisco on December 25, 2009, 07:55:21 AM
I downloaded a program called stdu reader. its free and only takes a second. Also it has std in its name, which I found funny.

I just read on imdb.com that they're amking The Walking Dead into a tv series and the guy who did Mad Men will be responsible for it. Andthat guy also had something to do with shawshank redemption it seems. Just thought that'd make frisco ejaculate.

while I love Shawshank to death, the movie had so many great pieces going for it that the director had everything put out on a silver platter for him, great story, amazing cinematography, strong music and a ridiculous cast, the director, Frank Darabont went on to direct The Green Mile and fuck knows what else, I know his most recent movie "The Mist" was a piece of shit. So I really hope he puts the time and effort he put into shawshank into The Walking Dead and it doesnt turn into a "Mist" type production

however if done right, like Mad Men, which is fucking rad, this tv series could be really sick
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Post by: layzieyez on December 25, 2009, 01:54:43 PM
Just found this so I can't speak on the legitimacy of it (I downloaded it, but I haven't read it yet), but here you go:

http://www.4shared.com/file/110755345/fb4f74e5/Jane_Austen__Seth_Grahame-Smith_-_Pride_and_Prejudice_and_Zombies.html

password to access file:
astatalk
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Post by: Alan on December 25, 2009, 04:39:49 PM
I've just ordered the Walking Dead Compendium off Amazon and afterward I saw how thick this motherfucker is. Now I'm thrice as stoked.

(http://www.boingboing.net/walking-dead-compendium.jpg)
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Post by: CeeyMar on December 25, 2009, 09:49:36 PM
Got Left for Dead 2 on Christmas. Just gettin' my train ownnn.
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Post by: Evil Kraken from the Arctic Sea on December 26, 2009, 08:16:22 AM
Alan: That really looks thick as fuck, thinking about ordering it myself...reading it on the notebook is a hassle... how much is it on amazon?
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Post by: Alan on December 26, 2009, 08:23:36 AM
33€ on Amazon.de, and the shipping was 6€, although I think it's free for Germany and Austria...
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Post by: layzieyez on December 26, 2009, 08:26:12 AM
I'm still playing the first Left4Dead.  I'll get the second one when I'm done squeezing every last bit of fun from that game or the game dips below $20.
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Post by: lenny on December 26, 2009, 08:38:16 PM
ummm... if you guys didn't know, we made a zombie/skate vid over the summer.
here is the latest part we've uploaded, it's not my skate part but you cant see a good portion of my uper-fine acting skills in action.
(im the white guy who cant shoot)

http://www.youtube.com/user/metaskateboards#p/a/u/0/GpIu7ZeOH98
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Watson on December 26, 2009, 09:23:20 PM
I've just ordered the Walking Dead Compendium off Amazon and afterward I saw how thick this motherfucker is. Now I'm thrice as stoked.

(http://www.boingboing.net/walking-dead-compendium.jpg)

Holy shit Amazon.ca for $39.90. That's a fucking amazing price. I'm assuming you haven't gotten it yet? The size of it makes it look like it will be hard to manage reading it. Like the spine will get all fucked up and shit.

Stoked to do an Amazon order. I need two copies of The Satanic Bible. One for me, and one for my friend who lent it to me, I lent it to my ex-girlfriend, and she lost it. Fucking bitch. One spell of destruction coming up.....
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Alan on December 27, 2009, 02:13:19 AM
If various comments on the internet are to be trusted, the quality of the binding is really good, and I haven't found one complaint, so I guess it's all good.

Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: nice weather on December 27, 2009, 03:57:41 AM
I've just ordered the Walking Dead Compendium off Amazon and afterward I saw how thick this motherfucker is. Now I'm thrice as stoked.

(http://www.boingboing.net/walking-dead-compendium.jpg)
fuck it, I'm ordering this. I may have read them all by now, but I need to support this. Too fucking good. Thanks for pointing it out Alan.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: grimcity on December 27, 2009, 07:50:34 AM
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I've just ordered the Walking Dead Compendium off Amazon and afterward I saw how thick this motherfucker is. Now I'm thrice as stoked.

(http://www.boingboing.net/walking-dead-compendium.jpg)
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fuck it, I'm ordering this. I may have read them all by now, but I need to support this. Too fucking good. Thanks for pointing it out Alan.
If you get the book, keep in mind that it goes from volumes one through 8 (volume = trade paperback)... if you can, buy 9, 10 and 11 and you'll be caught up.
Title: Re: Zombies
Post by: Watson on December 27, 2009, 04:04:26 PM
If various comments on the internet are to be trusted, the quality of the binding is really good, and I haven't found one complaint, so I guess it's all good.

My friend told me last night that the first edition of the Compendium had really cheap paper, like almost newsprint, and you could see through it to the pictures on the other side. But they realized they fucked up so re-released it with good paper, and also somehow lowered the price. So now I am scared that if I order it on Amazon, I will get the shitty one.
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Post by: frisco on July 22, 2010, 12:18:05 AM
WORLD WAR Z MOVIE

http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2010/07/22/WORLD-WAR-Z-is-a-go-and-slated-for-summer-2012 (http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2010/07/22/WORLD-WAR-Z-is-a-go-and-slated-for-summer-2012)

Stoked
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Post by: Watson on August 16, 2010, 11:50:55 PM
Hey Zombuddies, my friend sent me this link to a trailer for a new indie zombie movie called The Dead.

Looks really promising to me. Like it's on some old Fulci shit.

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/31035/the-dead-trailer-now-live (http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/31035/the-dead-trailer-now-live)

The Dead - Official Trailer ("All we want for Christmas is this movie" - DreadCentral.com) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e6lP7gksV0#)
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Post by: Alan on August 17, 2010, 01:07:42 AM

Short film Zombies and cigarettes / English subtitle (http://vimeo.com/6481068)
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Post by: nice weather on September 19, 2010, 11:50:44 AM
I Love Sarah Jane (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYxs7Y7ulrM#ws)