Fangoria Presents Return of the Living Dead in 35mm At The Alamo Drafthouse

Fangoria is screening The Return of the Living Dead in 35mm at the Alamo Drafthouse in Yonkers, NY this Friday, May 23rd, at 10pm.

The Return of the Living Dead, released in 1985, was directed by Dan O'Bannon, and starred Clu Gulager, James Karen, Thom Mathews, and Linnea Quigley.

The film will be introduced by Fangoria's Managing Editor Michael Gingold.

This is a rare chance to see this zombie classic on the big screen so don't hesitate to get your tickets now right here: Return of the Living Dead.

New In Comics: The Last Zombie: Zomnibus

New this week from Antarctic Press is The Last Zombie: Zomnibus, written by Brian Keene, and illustrated by Joe Wright, Fred Perry, Chris Allen, David Hutchinson, Brian Denham, and Ben Dunn.

"Dr. Ian Scott has spent two years in a Colorado bunker, working on a cure for a zombie virus that devastated the U.S. Just shy of perfecting his vaccine, he loses contact with the West Virginia bunker housing his fiancee, Jen. Now he and a small band of soldiers and scientists must cross what's left of the country, surviving wild animals, natural disasters, desperate humans, and the ever-looming threat of a resurgent zombie outbreak. Presenting the complete post-zombie-apocalypse saga by Shocker and Bram Stoker Award-winner Brian Keene (The Rising, City of the Dead, The Conqueror Worm), all in one voracious volume!"

The Last Zombie: Zomnibus is available now is paperback.

New In Comics: The Shadow #25

New this week from Dynamite Entertainment is The Shadow #25.

"FINAL ISSUE!!! The Zombie Queen of Chinatown and her undead horde have the city in a death's grip, and the Shadow knows that he cannot defeat them alone. Only with the help of his entire network of aides and associates is there a chance that he can save the city."

The Shadow #25 was written by Chris Roberson and illustrated by Giovanni Timpano.

iZombie Is Coming

The CW has released its first promo art for iZombie, the upcoming TV series based on the Vertigo comic book created by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred.

iZombie will star Rose McIver, Robert Buckley, Malcolm Goodwin, David Anders, Alexandra Krosney, Nora Dunn, and Rahul Kohli.

New In Comics: The Walking Dead #127

New this week from Image Comics is The Walking Dead #127.

"DOUBLE-SIZED ISSUE FOR ONLY $2.99! In the aftermath of “ALL OUT WAR” we discover...A NEW BEGINNING."

The Walking Dead #127 was written by Robert Kirkman and illustrated by Charlie Adlard.

New On DVD: The Zombinator

New this week from Inception Media Group is The Zombinator, directed by Sergio Myers and starring Joseph Aviel and Patrck Kilpatrick.

"A fashion blogger documentary turns into a Zombie horror nightmare when college students come face to face with the undead in Youngstown Ohio. Their only hope of survival is a former soldier turned zombie killer (Joseph Aviel) trying to protect them from "The Colonel" (Patrick Kilpatrick), a mercenary working for an evil corporation who developed the serum that causes zombie-ism. Sergio Myers, director and creator made the movie in a record 4.5 days with no script."

The Zombinator is available now on DVD and Amazon Instant Video.

Zombie Short: Steadfast Stanley

Nothing is going to keep Stanley, a loyal and lovable Pembroke Welsh Corgi, from reuniting with his owner, not even the zombie apocalypse, in John Kim's awesome animated short film Steadfast Stanley.

New In Comics: Rex Zombie Killer #4

New this week from Big Dog Ink is Rex Zombie Killer #4.

"Rex the Golden Retriever and his pack of gorillas, pit bulls, and squirrels have reached their so-called 'safe place,' but Rex's human is a prisoner. Will the animals survive a showdown with the soldiers running the bunker?" - Previews

Rex Zombie Killer #4 was written by Rob Anderson and illustrated by Dafu Yu, colored by Juan Romera, and lettered by E.T. Dollman.

New In Comics: '68: Rule of War #2

New this week from Image Comics is '68: Rule of War #2.

"In the blood-soaked jungles of Cambodia, CIA Agent Declan Rule follows his son’s murderer straight into a living hell populated by the hard-wired and weaponized dead. In the skies over Vietnam a plane filled with desperate survivors sputters and coughs, burning its last drops of fuel. And deep in the Southeast Asian rainforest, a human monster hides his face behind a mask of atrocity to raise an army of the damned."

'68: Rule of War #2 was written by Mark Kidwell, illustrated by Jeff Zornow, with a cover by Nat Jones, and a variant cover by Zornow.

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Read The First Chapter Of The Walking Dead: Descent

St. Martin's Press has put the first chapter of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Descent by Jay Bonansinga.

You can read it here: http://smarturl.it/DescentExcerpt

The Walking Dead: Descent will be available in hardcover, Kindle, and Audio CD versions on October 14, 2014.

New On Blu: White Zombie

New this week from VCI Entertainment is White Zombie: Cary Roan Special Signature Edition, directed by Victor Halperin and starring Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Robert Frazer, John Harron, and Joseph Cawthorn.

"Wealthy Plantation owner Charles Beaumont (Robert Frazer) turns to Voodoo Master Murder Legendre (Bela Lugosi) to lure the woman he loves Madeline Short (Madge Bellamy) away from her fiancé Neil Parker (John Harron), by turning her into zombie. Murders intention are to keep Madeline for himself. Neil seeks out Murder Legendre to break the Zombie spell and return Madeline to the world of the living."

White Zombie: Cary Roan Special Signature Edition is available now on Blu-ray.

Free Comic Book Day

Tomorrow is the first Saturday in May and that means it's Free Comic Book Day again.

You can find your local comic shop with this store locator: 

New In Comics: Marvel Zombies: The Complete Collection Volume 2

New this week from Marvel is the trade paperback collection Marvel Zombies: The Complete Collection Volume 2, written by Robert Kirkman and Fred Van Lente, and illustrated by Sean Phillips and Kev Walker.

"The Marvel Zombies have left Earth, turning their ravenous attentions to outer space! But when the zombies finally return home and find a tiny pocket of mankind still alive, will they feast on flesh once more - or can they learn how to overcome their all-consuming hunger? Then, dimension-traveling zombies have found their way into the Marvel Universe, and no one is safe! Machine Man, Jocasta, Morbius, Werewolf by Night and the Son of Satan must repel the undead epidemic - but will they uncover the traitor lurking within their own headquarters? And when the Marvel Zombies are unleashed on yet another unsuspecting dimension, can the guilt-ridden undead Spider-Man stop a gruesome history from repeating itself? Collecting MARVEL ZOMBIES 2 #1-5, MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 #1-4, MARVEL ZOMBIES 4 #1-4, MARVEL ZOMBIES RETURN #1-5 and material from MARVEL SPOTLIGHT: MARVEL ZOMBIES RETURN."

Marvel Zombies: The Complete Collection Volume 2 is available now in comic shops and in three weeks from online retailers.

Zombicide In Brooklyn!

Join the Brooklyn Game Lab tonight for a free demo of Zombicide!

Brooklyn Game Lab is located at: 353 7th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

New On Blu: Dead Shadows

New this week from Shout Factory's Scream Factory label is Dead Shadows, directed by David Cholewa and starring Fabian Wolfrom, John Fallon, Gilles Barret, Laurie Cholewa, and Margaux Devy.

"Dead Shadows tells the terrifying story of Chris (Fabian Wolfrom), whose parents were brutally killed 11 years ago, on the same day that the Halley’s comet could be seen from earth. Tonight, a new comet is appearing and everyone in Chris’s building is getting ready for a party to celebrate the event. As the night falls, Chris discovers that people are starting to act strangely. They are becoming disoriented and violent and it doesn’t take long before they begin to mutate into something far beyond recognition! In a fight for survival, Chris tries to escape from his building with the help of a gun-toting tenant (John Fallon: Death Race, Saw II) but will they make it out alive?"

Dead Shadows is available now on Blu-ray and DVD.

Trailer: Zombie Fight Club

Zombie Fight Club is coming!

"Violent activists match prisoners against zombies in a malicious killing game, the good side of humanity has seemingly all but vanished. Now that all order is lost, how will humans create a new century? A world of uncertainty awaits: The end? Hope? Or Death?"

Zombie Fight Club - Trailer by dreadcentral

New In Comics: The Walking Dead #126

New this week from Image Comics is The Walking Dead #126.

"ALL OUT WAR, Conclusion

This changes everything."

The Walking Dead #126 was written by Robert Kirkman and illustrated by Charlie Adlard.

New In Comics: George Romero's Empire of the Dead: Act One #4

New this week from Marvel is George Romero's Empire of the Dead: Act One #4.

"IT’S ZOMBIES VS VAMPIRES—WITH HUMANS CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE— AS THE LEGENDARY GEORGE ROMERO UNLEASHES HIS NEXT UNDEAD EPIC!

Welcome to New York years after the eruption of an undead plague—a city not only teeming with zombies, but also ruled by a vampire!

Who is the ultimate wild card: the undead gladiator Zanzibar...the former cop known only as X…or the southern firecracker called Dixie Peach?

Plus: It’s a terrorizing team-up in variant cover form when the Zombie Godfather George Romero unites with the Zombie King Arthur Suydam!"

George Romero's Empire of the Dead: Act One #4 was written by George Romero and illustrated by Alex Maleev, with a variant cover by Arthur Suydam.

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New On DVD: Harold's Going Stiff

New this week from Genius Products is Harold's Going Stiff, directed by Keith Wright and starring Stan Rowe and Sarah Spencer, and Phil Gascoyne.

"Harold is suffering from a new disease that is slowly turning him into a zombie. A young nurse, Penny, is sent to help ease the symptoms of his illness and they become very close friends. But after an experimental new treatment fails, Harold s condition deteriorates and they end up on the run from a group of violent vigilantes who are out for blood."

Harold's Going Stiff is available now on DVD and Amazon Instant Video.

New On DVD: Long Live The Dead

New this week from Wild Eye Releasing is Long Live The Dead, directed by Richard Poche and starring Megan Porter, Mindy Byram, Stephanie Danielson, Christine Heaberman, Hallie Islava, Christina Johnson, Kendall McCann, Mary Newman, Katrina Sherwood, Erica Rhodes, and Lora Mchugh.

Long Live The Dead is 'a zombie anthology' featuring five short films: "Dweezie", "A Picture to Die For", "Black Bone Woods", "Zoe Dies In The End", and "Here Lies Bud".

"Five tales of Zombie Terror! The dead have risen again and are in search of tender, young flesh - but these are not your ordinary zombie stories, and they will not end the way you think - a refreshing and unique spin on the genre featuring five tales of the undead, all told from a female point of view and featuring zombie urban legends, black magic rituals, and college coeds conjuring the dead from their graves."

Long Live The Dead is available now on DVD.