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Great news for us zombie fans, as AMC has announced that a Walking Dead spin off series is to be made. It's to feature a totally different plot and cast, while still set in the same zombified universe! To be honest with you, I'd watch loads of different spin offs of the great zombie drama.… Continue reading AMC announce new Walking Dead spin off show!!
Keeping with the zombie theme, AMC has just released the new poster for season 4 of "The Walking Dead". What awaits for our survivors this season? Will the Governor get his revenge? Will Rick get his head in gear and cope with the latest arrivals at the prison? Will little ass kicker finally kick some… Continue reading Teaser poster of The Walking Dead, Season 4 revealed!
In a departure from the usual wargaming stuff, we go to the realms of movieland and the undead, Ladies and Gentlemen, prepare for Tom Savini's Death Island!! Ok, so if you don't know who Tom Savini is, you might as well be a zombie! Serious fans of the horror genre will instantly recognise the legendary… Continue reading Crowdfunding Spotlight: Tom Savini’s Death Island movie campaign on Indiegogo
Now I'm back from my holiday, I want to point out this new KS from the guys at Aftermath Mods. If you recall, earlier this year they had some success with the modular terrain warehouse campaign, and they are back this time with something that will appeal to modern wargamers and RPGers. These 2D maps… Continue reading Crowdfunding Spotlight: 15mm-32mm Terrain Maps Aftermath Mods Kickstarter
Well, well well, I thought it was time to put up a review about the latest zombie movie everyone's been talking about (mainly for negative reasons...) World War Z. I had seen much about this movie on the net, before even seeing the film there were plenty of rumours and spoilers that I thought were… Continue reading Grinning Skull at the movies: World War Z
http://youtu.be/sTdxH-pJf5Q I'ts been a just over a year since the bathsalts zombie phenomena first came to our attention through the media, when on 26th May 2012 bath salts user Rudy Eugene tried to eat the flesh off homeless Ronald Poppo's face, while high on the synthetic drug. While you might think things are quiet on… Continue reading Bathsalts zombies: A year on.
Just a quick post to tell you that if you enjoyed the Zombieland TV pilot from Amazon, well sad news is it's been cancelled. It seems they will not be carrying on with the series, which is a shame, but not something any of us should loose sleep over. It was OK, but like I… Continue reading Amazon call time on Zombieland TV series.
For those of you who are anticipating the release of Pendraken's 10mm modern zombie miniatures, take a look at the greens over on the Pendraken forum! Sculpted by the very talented industry veteran, Phil Lewis, these little survivors are going to be a great addition to the forthcoming range in this scale. I myself will… Continue reading 10mm Zombies: Pendraken zombie survivors preview!
Dedicated 15mm wargamers will already know about Two Hour Wargames, current crowdfunding project, but for those who don't, i'll enlighten you.... This is of particular interest to zombie wargamers, whichever scale (28mm or 15mm) The ATZ indiegogo campaign. Best of all, is the release of the 15mm survivors and their zombifyed versions. Also featured in… Continue reading Crowdfunding Spotlight: All Things Zombie: Final Fade Out. Indiegogo Campaign
I thought I'd better let you know, that the long anticipated TV remake of the hit zombie movie, Zombieland is available to watch online now, its an Amazon funded half hour show, in the same vein to the film, and without spoiling it for you, I'll leave you to make up your own mind about… Continue reading ZOMBIELAND Pilot Episode on Amazon Instant Video!
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