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Party at the Monroeville Mall
If you live anywhere near the Pittsburgh area, you should head on over to Monroeville Mall this weekend. As many of you know, the Monroeville Mall is the modern day mecca of zombie films. It is the original setting of George Romero’s most excellent zombie film, Dawn of the Dead. The mall is hosting a zombie themed Christmas party this Sunday. Here’s the skinny on the event: … Read entire article »
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WTF? Seattle is the Zombie Captial of the World?
Absolute insanity. Did I have one too many beers this summer, pass out, and wake up in the Twilight Zone? I can’t believe I missed this story. Over the summer, the great city of Seattle managed to organize the largest zombie walk the word has ever seen. According to the article over four thousand zombies showed up for this. That’s like calling Libya the capital of baseball. Every zombie lover knows that Pittsburgh is the rightful heir to the throne. We got to get the Monroeville Zombie Walkers on the horn and do a little organizing. There is no way Seattle keeps this prize. Next year, we got to take it back. One rotten festering corpse at a time. If not for us, … Read entire article »
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The Ultimate Zombie Walk: The Monroeville Mall
You might remember the Monroeville Mall … it was the place where Romero’s survivors took shelter in the iconic Dawn of the Dead. Conventional wisdom would have you think that the mall was probably torn down ages ago, but it still stands. In fact, the original JC Penny is still open. How’s that for retail legs. Naturally, the town of Monroeville has got a pretty enthused zombie community. The city is, after all, ground zero of the zombie apocalypse. So for the past few years, they have been paying tribute to the Romero film by doing a zombie walk in the mall. How friggin cool. The Wall Street Journal covers wrote a little piece on it, but I gotta say, I’m there next year. … Read entire article »
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