io9: dawn of the dead

Witness The Dawn Of The Re-Enacted Dead

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:00:58 PDT

There's little we like more than people dressing up like the undead and acting out their favorite movie... So, obviously, 2000 people dressed like zombies invading the town where Dawn of The Dead was shot makes us very happy indeed.

The Wall Street Journal has some amazing pics from Monroeville, PA's Zombiefest earlier this month, held in the very mall where George Romero's original Dawn was shot. Consider it a particularly freaky pilgrimage.

(Thanks, Jeff!)

Zombie City, USA [WSJ]

Dawn Of The Dead Re-Enactment

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:55:43 PDT

Ken Foree Enlightens Us About Zombie Hierarchy

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:57:33 PDT

io9 got a chance to talk undeath with zombie enthusiast and actor Ken Foree. You may remember him from the George Romero flick Dawn Of The Dead, or from Stuart Gordon classic From Beyond — or even from new insta-classic The Devil's Rejects. Well he's got a few other zombies coming at you this year and we picked his brain at IESB's Comic-Con party. Find out the answer to that age-old question: Which undead race is superior, fast or slow zombies?

Zombies Will Eat Your Brains... In 3-D!

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:20:00 PDT

When will the 3-D beast's lust for destroying movies be satisfied? Fangoria is now reporting that George A. Romero's legendary 70s classic, Dawn of the Dead, is getting rereleased in 3D. But at least they are refraining from re-editing this staple zombie flick in any way. Producer Richard Rubinstein said, 'George's Dawn of the Dead can be reformatted into 3-D without any editing, and the image looks spectacular!' He goes on to state that it will take about one year to complete the conversion. Do we really need 3D jutting zombie hands pulling out biker gang intestine? Why can't we focus our efforts simply on making better zombie movies right now, and stop relying on the crutch of another man's genius? [Fangoria via Bloody Disgusting]