Thanks to Kiddo (Suzanne Gregg) for sending this one in. It looks like last year we missed that Hanasaurusrex was giving out some free valentines cards for you to share with your undead loving loved one. It’s four classic quotes on love that are told oh so horribly wrong when spoken by the living dead and perfect to give to someone you care about.

This Freebee Friday, hanasaurusrex brings you Zombie Valentine’s Day cards. They’re so sweet they’re sure to have your love drooling all over you!

To download the pdf to print your own out make sure to head to Hanasaurusrex

Welcome to the Ultra-Nifty-Super-Thrifty Guide to Handmade Zombie Goods, your weekly guide to awesome Zombie-related goods for $10 or less.  I Love Zombies Day is slowly shambling closer and closer, and Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, so here are some great ideas to buy your beloved boy or ghoul.

This week’s items are:

ZOMBIE ring adjustable BRAAAAAAAAINS Rockabilly Psychobilly

This awesome oversized ring is the perfect gift for any zombie lover.

Classic Horror Cutie – Zombie

This little guy is the perfect zombie-soft, cuddly, and quiet.

Plants Vs Zombies Zombie Necklace

Amazing necklace featuring the traffic cone zombie from everyone’s favorite zombie-related computer game!

Zombie Slayer Charm Bracelet

The perfect bracelet for anyone who loves zombie-killing.  Most the weapons-of-choice are featured.

Zombie Unicorn Necklace

I think we now know why unicorns don’t exist anymore…

If you sell awesome handmade Zombie products for $10 or less, or know of any, e-mail a link to littleshopofzombies@yahoo.com, subject line “BuyZombie.com” or convo me through my Etsy store (littleshopofzombies.etsy.com) for a chance to have it featured in one of the weekly posts!

Alan Goldsher created an amazing zombie book in Paul is Undead and as a fan of The Beatles and a fan of anything that comes from Chicago I am happy to share that he has put together the sequel in Give Death a Chance: The British Zombie Invasion 2 and if its even half as entertaining as the first novel will be a must see. Coming in March if you enjoyed the first one you’ll have to be prepping to pick up the new one to see how the British zombie invasion is still going!

The first official book trailer for the forthcoming sequel to “Paul Is Undead,” available March 27.

So if you are going to be home this coming weekend (Starting Saturday February 11th and going through Sunday) and need to catch up on The Walking Dead as well as watch the new episode once it starts up on Sunday… having your television tuned to AMC is the way to go!

The Walking Dead returns with all-new episodes on Sun., Feb. 12 at 9/8c. Which may leave the uninitiated panicking about how they can possibly catch up in time. Worry not! On Sat., Feb. 11 at 8/7c, AMC begins a two-day The Walking Dead marathon on-air covering the full series to date. First comes all six episodes of Season 1 back-to-back on Saturday starting at 8/7c. Then on Sunday, the marathon continues with Season 2 episodes starting at 1:30PM/12:30c, leading right into the Midseason Premiere, “Nebraska” at 9/8c.

Lollipop Chainsaw is a game that has a lot of people interested. I’m sure it has everything to do with with the hordes of undead you are going to be using a chainsaw on and nothing to do with the fact that the main character is a scantily clad woman in most of the screen shots. Still, the fact that one of the pre-order outfits dresses her up like Ash from Evil Dead is pretty damn awesome if you ask me.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced some extra goodies for those of you that pre-order Lollipop Chainsaw in North America. If you put down the cash to guarantee your copy on launch day you can customize the zombie-hunting cheerleader, Juliet with five different outfits. They’ve assured us she won’t be wearing the emperor’s clothes, but there are definitely some nice threads for you to choose from.

There are also a few exclusives to different retailers.

• Amazon – Rockabilly
• Best Buy – Goth Girl & Foxy Funk
• GameStop – Ash from Evil Dead! and a bonus for PowerUp Rewards members in the form of Jimmy Urine from Mindless Self Indulgence

The world is dead, devoured by a plague of reanimated corpses.

Cahz and his squad of veteran soldiers are tasked with flying into abandoned cities and retrieving zombies for scientific study. Deep in infected territory, hundreds of miles from their support vessel, the ever present dangers weigh heavily on Cahz’s mind as he shepherds his team to make quick, clean extractions.

Then the unbelievable happens. After years of encountering nothing but the undead, the team discovers a handful of dishevelled survivors in a fortified warehouse with dwindling supplies.

Surrounded by hordes of ravenous corpses, Cahz is faced with the terrible responsibility of determining the five passengers who will escape in the helicopter. While those left stranded must continue to fight off the infected and starvation long enough to be rescued.

After reading the excellent zombie novel, Domain of the Dead, I have been waiting anxiously for the arrival of its sequel. After the long wait, it finally arrives, and it delivers one of the most intense stories about survival I have seen in the genre.

Before I get to the review, I have comment on the extraordinary cover art to this novel. Craig Paton is an excellent cover artist and even as I write this review I look over and see the cover art and how superbly detailed it is. Well done Craig. The greatest zombie novel cover of 2011? I’d say so.

This novel was a joy to read from the flick of the first page to the last. Domain of the dead was such a powerful tale and I regard it as one of the best in the genre. With this in mind, I was worried that the sequel wouldn’t be as good …well, have no fear, because not only does it hold its own, it lunges at you, pins you to the ground and makes you plead for mercy.

Gore: Iain McKinnon’s descriptions of the undead are grotesque, down to every minute detail. The way he describes the undead is powerful and compelling, each zombie was given its own personality through the precise detailing. The author doesn’t tell you that the undead were once people with their own lives; he brings you into the world and lets you see for yourself. Iain’s descriptions of the undead— ranging in stages of decay—are realistic and just plain morbid. Not very many authors can describe the undead without drowning in a pool of clichés, but Iain’s voice is fresh and I still can’t shake off some of the images that this novel stamped into my mind.

Writing: Iain McKinnon has a masterful control of language. Throughout reading this novel, I was tantalized by his vision of the corroding environment and how nature responds to the fall of mankind. For a moment I thought that Iain McKinnon’s descriptions have improved since Domain of the Dead, but the more I think about it the more I realise that his descriptions in Domain were restricted to the boat. In Remains of the dead, Iain’s writing is given a chance to flourish beyond the constraints of the boat. What confuses me is why this book doesn’t have over 100 reviews on amazon, but it seems that most of the zombie novels that do receive a lot of reviews are flashy, full of shock and awe action. Remains of the dead isn’t about shock and awe; it’s a gritty and realistic hell on earth. Then I got to thinking about Steinbeck. Steinbeck has written some great classics such as ‘Of mice and Men’ and ‘The Grapes of Wrath’. But it seems that a lot of people I talk to aren’t fans of Steinbeck because he gets too heavy with description, or they have trouble grasping what the author is trying to project. But fans of Steinbeck understand the finer points to his writing, understand that it isn’t meant to be flashy, it’s just real and raw storytelling. Those who have read Remains of the dead know that it is a well written adventure, and that it isn’t about shock and awe; it’s about raw emotion and real people. Does that make Iain McKinnon the Steinbeck of the zombie genre? Get a copy and judge for yourself.

Characters: Remains of the dead gives you real people, with real emotions and real fears. Throughout the story Iain McKinnon lets you get to know these characters and the strong dialogue really gives them life. This book will mess with your head, trust me, you will see what I mean. Throughout the story, you can see Cahz’s frustrations build as he continues to survive out in the rotten world, which made this story seem very real.

Overall: This is by far one of the best novels in the genre. Iain McKinnon tantalizes you with his magnificent control of language and you can really feel the world crumble around you. The action scenes are well orchestrated, mix that with the excellent descriptions of the undead and you have a real nightmare on your hands. It’s good to see Iain McKinnon developing a cult following, more people are realising how strong he is as a writer. The genre is in need of more novels like this, and his writing helps the genre’s image. Buy it, read it and I guarantee it will remain in your head long after you put it down.

Available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

So there’s a lot of information popping up about the Zombie X Chainsaw Rail Attachment. I mean just look at the thing. It’s a chainsaw attached to a Picatinny rail with a power button on the left side. So… they have a fully functional chainsaw that you can attach to a gun and it totally works.

I can’t wait until they figure out a way to insert this into a movie.

[via: Dvice.]

Yes, The Dead is coming this month. Africa’s first zombie film that has a huge hit or miss response from audiences (some say it’s too slow some say it’s 110% perfect for a post apocalyptic Africa.) Visually it looks as if it’s hit the nail on the head but as someone who hasn’t seen the film quite yet I can’t give it a plus or minus for full content but these trailers do make it look amazing.

The first horror film entirely filmed in Africa, THE DEAD takes the zombie legend back to its original roots and has justly been hailed as “superbly crafted…it’s a knockout” by the Village Voice, “one of the finest zombie films I’ve ever seen” by the Horror Channel, Bloody-Disgusting declared it “one of the most buzzed-about films of the year.”Anchor Bay Entertainment proudly announces the February 14th Blu-ray™ and DVD release of THE DEAD, the critically acclaimed horror film that wowed both audiences and critics worldwide.

SYNOPSIS
When the last flight out of war-torn Africa crashes off the coast, Lt. Brian Murphy (Rob Freeman) is the solesurvivor in a land where the dead are returning to life and attacking the living. On the run in a hostile and inhospitable parched landscape, Murphy has to use his wits and ingenuity if he is to get home alive to his family. When he crosses paths with local solider Daniel Dembele (Prince David Osei), a man frantically searching for his son, they join forces. Two desperate men from two very different cultures fight side-by-side to survive across the incredible vistas of Africa as the world around them succumbs to the deadliest of viruses.

It is that time of year again!! Zombie Gras will be invading Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on Saturday, February 11th, 2012 from 10am until 6pm. Zombies will start at Geppi’s Entertainment Museum at 10am where make-up artists, vendors and characters will be roaming the halls to the tunes of our undead DJ. There will be a special guest appearance by Jim Krut, the Helicopter Zombie, from the George Romero classic Dawn of the Dead. Also, a very exclusive reemergence of Devin Hannon’s famous ZombieNation exhibit will be here along with Devin who will be signing his art.

At 1pm all zombies will process down Camden St. to Pickle’s Pub to kick start the Zombie Gras Bar Crawl and Scavenger Hunt with contests and prizes! Zombies can bar crawl their way around the Inner Harbor on the Orange Line of the Charm City Circulator taking advantage of the various exclusive specials at each stop along the way and end up back at Pickle’s Pub to end the crawl with more contests and prizes!! Check in to receive a wrist band for the bar crawl and the scavenger hunt will be at Geppi’s Entertainment Museum, wrist bands will be handed out from 10am until 6pm (bar specials will be good all day and night). Zombies crawl for free and the living must pay $10 admission to the museum to receive a wrist band. ***Must be 21 to receive a wrist band***

Bars in the bar crawl: Pickle’s Pub, Tir Na Nog, Houlihan’s, Dick’s Last Resort, Pratt St. Ale House and Frank and Nic’s West End Grill.

Contests: 1:30pm- Best Zombie, Best Zombie Couple and Best Zombie Family; First person/team to finish scavenger hunt; 6pm- Best Surviving Zombie and drawing for winner from remaining finishers of scavenger hunt.

Parking: All day parking will be available in the North warehouse Lot of Camden Yards (right outside the museum) for $10, there is also parking at the Hilton Hotel. Geppi’s is also accessible via MARC Train, Light Rail, MTA Buses and Charm City Circulator.

Any questions please contact Sarah Jones – jsarah@geppismuseum.com

You can find out more information at

First off I’d like to thank our reader Michelle for shooting over some more on site shots of Abraham Lincoln Vs Zombies as the new ones are released give us more hope about the undead in the film who we still don’t have an official plot from. Knowing the studio’s history it will be loosely based on the novel (and film) they are riffing on, also we know it should feature over the top gore just hopefully done on film and not cgi’d in after.

The zombies in this set of photos look more undead than the first day’s shooting so I’m wondering if it’ll be a progression of the undead or that makeup is looking a little better on these shots. We’ll all of course see when the film comes out but it looks like we have some great shots of the undead here…. oh and Abraham Lincoln to be sitting getting his makeup done. Yes it’s a shot of our hero to be… I can’t wait to see him swinging in axe into the undead. Ideally that’s not just wishful thinking on my part!

While the brutal Civil War rages on, Abraham Lincoln must undertake an even more daunting task; destroying the Confederate Undead!