Zombie Museum Day Trip

Yesterday, Whisk and I drove to Evans City, a small, but busy place just north of Pittsburgh.  Why would I drive there?  Because they have The Living Dead Museum of course.  Evans City is also the home of Evans City Cemetery which was featured in the first scenes of Night of the Living Dead, the original zombie movie.  A few years ago Whisk and I went on the hunt to find Nicholas Kramer there and had a great day.  Since then they have rebuilt the chapel that was in the movie.  It was rebuilt with the donations from movie fans who wanted to see it restored.

Here are a few cool picture we got from the museum.

Today the Whisk and I are barricading the doors and windows with all the scrap wood we can find.  We'll watch scary movies all day and she'll make great food.  Perfect Halloween.

Kickstarter Report: Tropes Zombie Edition

+Pete Spahn is the main man behind Small Niche Games.  He's created several great gaming products such as Guidebook to the City of Dolmvay, Blood Moon Rising, The Inn of Lost Heroes and he also does a zine, Brave the Labyrinth.  And as the TV commercials say,...and much, much more.  Now he's giving a Kickstarter a try...well, not a try, he's already delivered on two other successful Kickstarters and last night his Tropes Zombie Edition funded.

Pete has developed a great game around the genre of zombie survival horror.  Imagine having the family over, or the guys and everybody plays a character then unleash the zombies.  Have The Walking Dead playing in the background, or Night of the Living Dead.  Does that not sound like a great night?  Back Peter's TROPES: Zombie Edition!

Oh, and don't forget to order the pizza before the game starts. 

I Got Zombie Signs!

I went to the Halloween store with the wife.  She pushed buttons and then ran away in case the display jumped at her.  Displays were very cool and expensive.  Near the back I found these two zombie signs.  Metal signs.  I've been digging the tins lately and I think these will look nicely on my wall.  We met a couple inside the store and they asked where we got them.  I told them where they were, but that we had gotten the last one of the Zombie Research Facility.  The girl said "That's the one I want." 

Not today woman.  It's my zombie sign.

Zombie Obstacle Course!

This looks so fricking fun!

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!

Moonshine and Zombies

Mountain Bill said he saw them runn'n down the trail a ways.  Four of them grab'n jugs of moonshine.  Probably looking to drink some and sell some.  Get money for that weed they like.  Make'em crazy.  Stupid they already is.  When Dan heard he nearly flipped his kettle.  Started wave'n his gun around say'n he's gonna shoot somebody.  The man's got four hundred jugs in his shed, but he still kill his mama if she took a sip without pay'n. 

I recognized one of the boys, Miller's son.  Cursed with the ugly ass orange hair of his.  Make him stick out like turd in a soup bowl.  I think Clayton is his name.  Clayton or Connor.  Not sure.  He tends to stick with the Irish.  And the Irish stick among themselves.  But I get along fine with Miller and wanted to let him know what his son had done.  Let'm know Dan would be look'n for him and the other boys.  I suspect they Irish too.

Miller live at the end of Smelter's Holler.  About halfway up the mountain or so.  He and ten other Irish families live among the pines near the old coal mine hole.  I brought my gun and about ten shells, but if I be need'n it I won't make'n it home. 

When I walked in Smelter's Holler I could see that somethin' was wrong.  This one feller was covered in the pox.  I know the disease can kill out a holler in a couple days, but never seen it this close before.  Man opened his mouth and it had all gone black.  Not a tooth in sight.  He let out this scream that made me think of hell.  Before I knew what I was do'in my shotgun had blasted his head off his shoulders. 

Then they came.

I saw about ten of them, staggering around, covered in something that smelled like the devil himself.  Same pox, same black mouth.  I recognized one them as Miller.  His eyes all gone dead.  White as a fish's underbelly.  Damn pox got'm all.  Whole holler infected. 

I reloaded, tried to step back into the woods, but they's on me pretty quick.  I shot one woman with long black hair, stale blood covered her face and in her hand I swear to god she had a half eaten arm of a child.  The buckshot knocked her back a good twenty feet.  Hit in the belly.  Even though she was nearly in two she still came at me just the same.

When Miller swiped at me I dropped the shell I had in my hand and hit'm in the face with the stock.  It staggered him, but he kept a com'n.  Soon there were three.  I turned and ran.  I'm not a light footed fellow at all and can't tell you how I did it, but when I reached the bottom of the mountain, I dropped to the ground think'n my heart was gonna explode.

There was Dan, with his dogs and his boys.  Ready to charge up there and get his payment in blood.  I warned him. Warned long ago.  His stuff was the only stuff that could stop the pox.  Charge'n people like he did was wrong.  People was dy'n and changing.  It weren't right.  Before I could say much, Dan had his boys light the torches and they headed up.  Gonna cleanse the holler. 

My chest was still ach'n.  I put my hand on my heart and that's when I seen it.  A part of the old boy's skull in my arm.  Never even felt it.  I plucked it out, it felt like chalk, crumbled to dust between my fingers.  Now as I see it I gots two choices.  Head down to Dan's shed, shot the boys he's got guard'n, probably get myself killed.  Or go home, get one last meal.  Say good-bye to Blue, make sure the neighbor I'll take care of him.  Then go walk'n in the woods.  Take care business myself.  Not gonna let Dan burn me. 

I can't say I'll miss it all that much.

Zombies vs. Disney

Calling all gamers, time to show everyone that zombies are way cooler than Disney.  Happy Whisk has put out the call to vote for her friend Lo Mo to win a cake contest.  That's right, cake zombies!  All you have to do is go over and Vote Here.  This is a couple of pictures from her Plant vs. Zombies cake.  The red pepper still looks undecided.

Here is her main competition.

So here is your chance to show Disney in all its saccharineness and cavity created sweetness, to go to hell.  Show them that zombies rule the day....and the cakes.

Zombies!

Prepare to be jealous. Unless you have one of these already. I found this little treasure in the bargin trough at Borders last night, Whack a Zombie: You Can't Keep a Good Zombie Down. No words were truer. Inside this little box is a 5" inflatable punching bag zombie (the kind with the sand in the bottom) and a fact book about zombies. And this is what started this blog.

Here are ten signs that you might be a zombi.


The ladies from Disney love zombies too:


If you spot any zombies please report them to the center.


One of the best combinations in the world Star Wars and Zombies.


Here is an automatic crossbow to take out that zombie horde in your backyard.


There were so many great zombie songs to choose from, but this one is the best.


Well this one is pretty funny too.

Here are some famous zombies you may recognize.


And if you are hungry you can always snack on some Gingerbread Zombies. They're Yum-ooo. Hmm sometimes don't you wish Rachel Raye was a Zombie? Or is she? Hmmm.


Cafepress has so many awesome t-shirts that I want to order a new wardrobe.


And I'll leave you this the wikipedia of Zombie survival...just in case.