Sep
28
2004
You’ve decided to make a break for it (or you’ve been forced to leave your fortified shelter due to a breach or lack of supplies). You’re going to brave the zombie badlands, and seek some refuge in the relative wilderness.
What do you need?
Glad you asked, this section tries to prepare you for life on the run from the zombie hordes, as you give up the relative safety of permanent shelter, and flit from one temporary strongpoint to another.
It isn’t going to be easy, good luck!
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Sep
19
2004
You’ve decided to sit tight and wait out this “biblical” event. Good, now there are a few things you need to get on RIGHT NOW! before the undead hordes come knocking at your door (or if they’re already knocking, before they get some friends with them).
What do you need?
That’s what this section is for. Providing you with some basic information on the gathering of supplies, stock piling of food and water and equiping yourself with some weapons (either advanced or very, VERY basic). You don’t have alot of time, we recommend you read fast and ransack even quicker.
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Sep
12
2004
The dead are walking the streets, the news has nothing of substance to offer and the authorities seem unable to get the situation under control. Rioting, looting, murder and mayhem appear to be the order of the day. You don’t want to stay put, but trying to get out of this mess ain’t gonna be easy either.
What do you do?
Well, you’re going to adapt, or you’re going to join the ranks of the living dead. This section is designed to give you a basic overview of a zombie outbreak, and allow you to make a more informed decision as to what your chances for survival are, whether you stay put or try to run.
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Sep
03
2004
“Let sleeping corpses lie” (1974) directed by Jorge Grau.
(”The Living Dead at the manchester Morgue”, “Zombi 3″ and “Don’t open the window”)
(MF Title: “Ministry of agriculture re-animates the dead!”)
Starring: Cristina Galbó, Ray Lovelock, Arthur Kennedy, Aldo Massasso, Giorgio Trestini and Roberto Posse.
Zombie Film Rating: 
Summary: George is travelling to his house in a remote section of the English countryside, and while stopping for fuel his motorcycle is run over (nope, not kidding) by Edna, who is travelling in roughly the same direction to visit her recovering heroin addict sister Katie.
Naturally Edna offers George a ride to his house, and they become lost in the countryside. Eventually they reach Katies house, immediately following the murder of her husband by a lone zombie. The police attend and immediately suspect Katie, the lead investigator (Arthur Kennedy) is a bigotted old school cop who distrusts the “hippies” he is dealing with, and of course any suggestion of zombies is to be disregarded.
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Sep
02
2004
“Dawn of the Dead (2004) directed by Zack Snyder.
(MF Title: “its about freakin Time!”)
Starring Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell and Michael Kelly.
Zombie Film Rating:
Summary: Loosely based on the 1978 Romero film of the same name, the remake takes place in Everett, Washington and immediately introduces us to Anna, an Emergency nurse at a local hospital. Anna has been on a 12 hour shift, and is running into overtime. She is asked by one of the doctors to track down a patient that had been admitted for a bite wound, after a bar brawl, and we discover the patient has been moved to ICU (which is a little unusual).
Anna finishes her shift and heads home, with subtle warning signs (radio announcements that she flips past, the busy Paramedics as she leaves the hospital) that all is not well in Everett. Oblivious to this (as we would all be at the end of a long day) she arrives home for a romantic evening with her husband, and as the camera fades from a blurred shower scene we notice the Emergency notice on the television.
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