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The ZOM-B blog - covering the pop culture invasion of the living dead with info, news and reviews of zombie movies, TV shows, books, comics and games.

New On DVD: Zombie Apocalypse

New this week from the Discovery Channel is Zombie Apocalypse.

"Staggering out of fiction and into a frightening new reality are the living dead zombies. Join scientists and self-styled zombie preppers as they explore the probability and impact a zombie plague would have in the real world. Plus, Apocalypse How will explore the many other ways in which the human race could meet its end. Four different episodes and four different perspectives explore the fact and fiction of flesh-eating monsters and what it would take to prepare for them. In this almost three-hour collection, we ll venture to edge of reality and back to be sure we re ready for the unthinkable. Are you?"

Zombie Apocalypse is available now on DVD.

New In Comics: Night Of The Living Deadpool TPB

New this week from Marvel is the trade paperback of Night of the Living Deadpool, collecting issues #1 through 4, written by Cullen Bunn, illustrated by Ramom Rosanas, and with cover art by Jay Shaw.

"Deadpool awakes from a food coma to find...the zombie apocalypse has occurred! Now, can the Merc with a mouth avoid becoming the Merc in their mouths?! Thrill to the sight of a hideous, rotting-fleshed monster shambling about the landscape...and don't forget all the zombies that he's fighting! (Get it? That first one referred to Deadpool. Who says zombie horror comics can't have a little humor?) Cullen Bunn, writer of the fan-favorite Deadpool Killogy, brings us one of Deadpool's darkest tales ever...and we're not just saying that because it's in black and white (and red)! So ring the dinner bell and nail shut the door, as Deadpool takes on the undead!"

The Night of the Living Deadpool TPB is available in comic shops now and from Amazon on June 24th.

New In Comics: The Walking Dead #128

New this week from Image Comics is The Walking Dead #128.

"After all this time, she should be more prepared."

The Walking Dead #128 features a story  by Robert Kirkman, art and cover by Charlie Adlard, inking by Stefano Guadiano, coloring by Cliff Rathburn.

New On Blu: Kill Zombie!

New this week from Well Go USA is Kill Zombie!, directed by Martin Smits and Erwin van den Erhofs, and starring Yahya Galer, Mimoun Ouled Radi, Sergio Hasselbaink, and Gigi Ravelli.

"A Russian Space station crashes in Amsterdam, releasing a deadly virus that turns everyday citizens into flesh-craving psychopaths. Aziz (Yahya Gaier), his brother Mo (Ouled Radi) and several strangers emerge from jail, oblivious to the mayhem until they team up with a local police officer (Gigi Ravelli). After receiving a desperate call for help, this unlikely band of heroes sets out on an insane rescue mission - and it's going to take a seriously crazy plan if they want to get out alive..."

Kill Zombie! is available now on Blu-ray, DVD and Amazon Instant Video.

New In Comics: '68: Rule Of War #3

New this week from Image Comics is '68: Rule of War #3.

"Face-to-face with the psychopath that murdered his only son, CIA Agent Declan Rule learns the meaning of pain at the turn of a scalpel’s blade. An abandoned airstrip in Vietnam introduces Kuen Yam and his followers to the unlikely agents of Heaven and in New Jersey. The Kuens’ desperate journey downriver delivers them into the hands of a madman."

'68: Rule of War #3 was written by Mark Kidwell, illustrated by Jeff Zornow, colored by Jay Fotos, with a cover by Nat Jones, and a variant cover by Tim Virgil.

New On DVD: Cowboys vs. Zombies

New this week from Phase 4 Films is Cowboys vs. Zombies, directed by James Ryan Gary and starring Michael Sharpe, Patrick G. Keenan, and Kevin L. Johnson.

"Civilization has been ravaged by a nuclear war and the undead have risen to attack what is left of humanity. Shadrach, one of the survivors, watched his life burn to the ground after a devastating attack left him mortally wounded. In his dying breath he sold his soul, becoming eternally enslaved to the forces of Hell. Tormented for centuries, he now has a chance to regain his soul, but to do so he must save an entire town from the living dead while battling his own demons at the same time."

Cowboys vs. Zombies is available now on DVD and Amazon Instant Video.

New In Books: Zombie Tales From Dead Worlds

New this week from author Rhiannon Frater is Zombie Tales From Dead Worlds.

"…ZOMBIES, INFECTED, DEADERS, BLIGHTERS… Zombie Tales from Undead Worlds contains three exhilarating short stories and three white-knuckle novelettes set in alternate versions of an Earth inhabited with frightening variants of zombies to haunt your waking hours and fill your nightmares. In The Blanket, a little boy hides as the end of the world enters his home… In The Scavengers, two unique survivors struggle to carve out a life for themselves while being threatened by the most frightful beings of all: humanity… In The Building, a teenage girl lives in a walled-in neighborhood and hopes to escape to the luxury of the high-rise apartment building that towers over it. But to reach it, she must risk the Deaders that roam the streets… In The Necromancer, a Cleric must deal with hordes of the destructive undead as they threaten a settlement in a futuristic world… In The Race, seven friends scramble to reach the safe zone while evading the dangers of the murderous Blighters and each other… In The False Start, a young couple is torn apart as the undead plague begins to take hold of Austin, Texas… Award-winning author Rhiannon Frater creates vivid new stories set in alternate worlds where people face nightmarish creatures that only desire one thing: to destroy the living."

Zombie Tales From Dead Worlds is available now in paperback and Kindle versions.

Free Book Of The Week: Charlie Higson's The Enemy

Charlie Higson's The Enemy is currently available as iTunes free Book of the Week. They are likely to pick a new book for this honor tomorrow, Tuesday, May 27th, so act fast if you want to download it.

"The Enemy is the first book in a wildly successful and gory teen zombie series by the author of the Young Bond books (about the super-spy's early years). A mysterious epidemic has turned everyone over the age of sixteen into rotting, flesh-easting monsters - and the children of London are banding together for survival. Rolling out new frights on every page, Charlie Higson takes you on an adrenaline-pumping apocalyptic journey that tests his young characters' fortitude and strengthens their allegiances."

The other books in the series - The Dead, The Fear, The Sacrifice are available for $4.99, and The Fallen is available for $9.99.

Once again, this offer probably ends tonight at midnight when iTunes picks a new title for their Book of the Week, so get it while you can.

New In Comics: Zombie Tramp Vol. 2 #4

New this week from Action Lab Entertainment's Danger Zone is Zombie Tramp Vol. 2 #4.

"Now that Janey and her mysterious new friend Morning have reached their destination, things get even more volatile as a friend from the past comes to visit our Zombie Tramp. Double-crosses, revenge, and the Necronomicon all collide in the conclusion to The Taint Train of Terror! Alternate ‘risqué’ variant cover also available (limited to 1,000 copies)."

Zombie Tramp Vol. 2 #4 was written and illustrated by Dan Mendoza.

New On DVD: Zombie Games: The Knackery

New this week from Eagle One Media is Zombie Games: The Knackery, directed by George Clarke, and starring Alan M. Crawford, Gary Whelan, Graeme Livingstone, Peter Meehan, and George Clarke.

"Hunger Games meets Dawn of the Dead! Six contestants. One million dollars. And a horde of zombies. In the near future, a group of contestants prepare to fight to the death on the extreme reality TV show The Knackery, the most popular program on television. With a grand prize reward of one million dollars for the last player left standing, the stakes are high and never more deadly. They are raised even higher when a mass of flesh hungry, genetically modified zombies are unleashed upon the contestants to liven things up a bit..."

Zombie Games: The Knackery is available now on DVD and Amazon Instant Video.

New On DVD: Book Of The Dead: The Eschatrilogy

New this week from Synkronized Films is Book of the Dead: The Eschatrilogy (aka The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead), a zombie anthology collecting three films directed by Damian Morter, and starring Stuart Wolfenden, Sarah Jane Honeywell, Sam Cullingworth, David Frampton, and Neil Adams.

"Matthew spends his days in solitude, collecting and burning the dead. A drifter wanders into his sanctuary, carrying with him a book containing three tales of the apocalypse. As the mysterious traveler begins to reveal his true intentions, Matthew tries to piece together the stories and find the key to saving himself before he becomes just another entry in The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead."

Book of the Dead: The Eschatrilogy is available now on DVD

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.

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.

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