I’m very much looking forward to this film for a variety of reasons - I like Jennifer Carpenter’s work in Dexter and The Exorcism of Emily Rose, I can stand Jay Hernandez, even though I hated Hostel (one or two), but the main reason I want to see this flick is of course - ZOMBIES! I’m hoping for slow zombies but have been disappointed a lot lately.
Check out the trailer and more content after the jump:
Rick is turning himself into a zombie. So far, more than 24 hours of tattoos – costing over £4,075 Canadian – have got him halfway there and made him a minor celebrity on the internet, where people can’t decide if he’s a body modification visionary or mentally ill sicko.
Read more about Rick at Bizarre Magazine. Coming to us via boingboing.com
And he’s Canadian too. I love this country. Reminds me of a story of a man who came to a friend who was counseling him wondering why he couldn’t get a job. Was it his prison record? Maybe. Most likely it was the tattoo of the axe dripping blood prominently featured on his forehead.
This just in! Britney Spears is a zombie created by the Chernobyl disaster. She sure looks toxic to me:
[source Perez Hilton]
Not your typical Valentine’s Day
The day of love turns into the day of the dead when dozens of zombie-clad citizens stagger through the streets of Eugene.
Valentine’s Day, the holiday for love, lust and… zombies. That’s right, of all the days of the year, the undead of Eugene chose Valentine’s Day to once again roam the earth.
Whether the zombies were suffering from supernatural heartbreak, were beckoned back from the dead by lovelorn souls, or were just plain necrophiliacs, was not really clear. But nonetheless it was a very popular night to be dead.
8:00 p.m. - More than 80 zombies (or rather, the people who were dressed as zombies) in varied states of semi-animated life congregated at Pioneer Cemetery, their eyes sunken, overwhelmed by their lust for flesh…
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Zombie 21
“When hell is full, the dead shall walk the earth…
But why wait until the end of days to see your mug as a mound of undead rot? With the aid of a photo master illustrator Rob Sacchetto will hand illustrate a custom portrait depicting YOU as a brain chasing ghoul.
By simply providing a clear headshot, you can stop wondering what you’d look like as an animated corpse on a hunger crazed killing spree!
Become a member of the damned undead. Buy your Zombie Portrait today!”
Go to zombieportraits.com to get undead.
Once the movie biz gets into swing again this year and I make a little dough I think I’ll send $80 and a photo of myself to be zombiefied by Canadian artist Rob Sacchetto. While I’m at it I think I’ll pick up his “know your zombies” poster as well. Your stuff rocks Rob! I love the Dawn of the Dead reference in the quote.
For more samples check out the Zombie Portraits set on Mr. Sacchetto’s Flickr page. Creepy… We Canadians do love our zombies.
I wish I had a pet zombie to mow my lawn.
Anyway, to the info. Here’s an update on Fido from horror-movies.ca:
Goon was SOOO wrong. He told you all that FIDO was pushed back to June 15th and man oh man was he wrong. Never believe goon I tell yuh. Its coming to theatres March 16th in Canada, but June 15th in the US. Oh wait…. ok so maybe Goon was half right, but I wouldnt trust him. He has shifty eyes. On a serious note, FIDO is gonna kick some serious ass and I am stoked for its arrival.
Carrie-Anne Moss, Billy Connolly and Henry Czerny star in Fido, a biting satire set in a small town lost in the idyllic world of the ’50s. The sun shines every day, everybody knows his neighbor, and zombies serve as gardeners, milkmen and servants. Here lives a young boy (newcomer K’Sun Ray) and his best friend – the family zombie named Fido. All is well until Fido’s domestication collar goes on the fritz.
It’s a story that could rip your heart out – literally! With saturated color that recalls the Technicolor era, the film marks the second feature from Vancouver director Andrew Currie (Mile Zero). Script is by Currie, Robert Chomiak and Dennis Heaton. Producers are Blake Corbet and Mary Anne Waterhouse of Anagram Pictures.
That’s cool. Canada gets it release before the U.S. I’m not sure why that’s happening but it’s good for me as I happen to be in Canada. To our friends in the U.S. who want to see the flick, come on up and watch it with us. We’re glad to have you.
Another movie we’re looking forward to! Starring the whacky Scottish comedian Billy Connolly as a boy’s pet zombie, Fido, was filmed here in Vancouver and in the Okanagan almost two years ago now. We’re still waiting to see it.
Fido was screened at the Toronto Film Festival last year and was well received there. It has once slated for release on March 9, 2007 has been pushed back until June 15, 2007 according to MoviesOnline.ca.
Here are a few reviews:
Postscript: A sad bit of trivia around Fido was when a 23 year old extra performer died of a morphine overdose while on set. I’m not naming him here as I’m sure his family has had enough of this story. You can do some research for yourself if it’s that important to you.
He was working on the film at a Lake Country location on July 14th, 2005 when he was found unconscious in a change room trailer. Efforts to revive him failed.
The coroner said he was found with a small Tylenol bottle containing morphine pills. While he’d complained of a tooth ache, no medication had been prescribed. Apparently a family member was prescribed morphine after surgery and that’s where it came from. The young man had been seen with some of the family member’s medication in past.
Perhaps we’ll see the film dedicated to his memory.
If a zombie falls on the mall escalator and no one is around to hear it does he still go "Rarrrrr"?
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