We, at Blog of the Living Dead, have managed to track down the creator of the wonderful short Youtube claymation sensation, Chainsaw Maid. That very inspired film maker is Takena Nagao, from Japan. What follows is our interview!
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Chainsaw Maid: The Interview
Friday, June 12, 2009
Shock and Awe presents best of B-movie thrills
Toronto:
Starting at 11:30 p.m. Saturday night (June 13th) and running ceaselessly until 10 a.m. Sunday morning, Shock and Awe contains a mind blowing array of vintage sexploitation, exploitation and horror cult favorites, screened in all their 16 and 35mm projected glory, including such mouth-watering fare as the ’70s softcore gem Mona and the classic ’80s shocker Return of the Living Dead.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009) - A Book Review
Plot
An expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Cannes Film Festival 2009 - The Dawn of a $70 Zombie Movie Called Colin
While Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz and world premieres of multi-million dollar films like Up and Inglourious Basterds generated headlines at this year's Cannes Film Festival, the surprise story from the 62nd annual fest just might be the "no-budget" British zombie movie Colin made for about $70.
That's right -- not $70 million, but 70 bucks. Less than the cost of an iPod Shuffle.
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Monday, May 25, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
This Is (SFL48-2009: Team Deathstar Holiday Chalets)
Molly Brown was asked to be the scriptwriter for "Deathstar Holiday Chalets," a team competing in the Sci-Fi London 48 Hour Film Challenge. (In case you don't how a 48 hour challenge works, they assign each team a title for a film, plus a line of dialogue and a prop. You then have 48 hours to get a completed film incorporating all of your assigned criteria back to them.)
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Yes, a Gay Zombie Flick: Otto; or, Up With Dead People
Even as an ardent, tireless fan of zombie cinema, I’ve never seen anything quite like Otto; or, Up With Dead People. Existing in some heretofore undiscovered common ground between the arthouse and the grindhouse, Otto is a tale of a young gay zombie in a cruel world that’s as dead in its own way as he is.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Breaking News: Woody Harrelson Attacks Zombie Photographer: Fantasy Becomes Reality
There are few that have not heard about the zombie attack that took place at La Guardia Airport. Apparently there was a zombie disguised as a photographer and he was attacked by the infamous Woody Harrelson. Wait, before you re-read the first two sentences and think that I am insane, it turns out that the entire incident was simply a case of mistaken identity.
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Hater
DAVID MOODY self - published Hater online in 2006. Without an agent, he succeeded in selling the film rights to Guillermo del Toro (director, Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy 1 & 2, and the upcoming Hobbit series) and Mark Johnson (producer, The Chronicles of Narnia).
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Friday, February 13, 2009
Weekend of the Living Dead
Charlotte, NC., hosts a tribute to the pioneer who revived zombie movies without spending an arm and a leg.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
The Walking Dead - A Review
The Walking Dead is a post-apocalyptic tale of survival in a world over-run by lumbering blood-thirsty zombies.
Sound familiar?
Well, in the wonderful graphic novel series by Robert Kirkman, it's far from familiar!
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
‘Zombie Girl,’ Spurred by ‘Rings’ Director, Makes Horror Films
Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- While her fellow sixth-graders were chatting online and dreading their first pimples, 12-year-old Emily Hagins was making a zombie movie.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Archives of the Dead
Todd Jordan and his wife are big fans of the Zombie genre. In fact, they are such big fans that they decided to create a website/database of all things zombie related, including a Zombie Blog, Zombie Links, Zombie Memorabilia (with Zombie Soundtracks, Scripts, Artwork and Promotion Guides, and yes, Toys and Action Figures). There's Book and Comic sections, Masks and Prop sections, and so much more.
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Monday, December 22, 2008
Dead Set -- the Review
Blog of the Living Dead has run reviews of movies, and books, and games. We haven't done television yet. In fact, to be honest, we didn't even realize there was television on our favourite subject to review!
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