Doing pieces on the fans of the horror genre here and there is always fun and it's always interesting hearing from other fans.
Here I asked 'How old were you when you saw your first horror movie? what was it and what effect did it have?'
And here are some replies I got.
Carrie-Anne
"I was about 5 and I stole my parents video of The Howling. I think it messed me up a bit and definitely opened my eyes to hippie sex! I wanted to dance around a bonfire naked for years after that ... Haven't had the chance to ... Yet ;-) lol"
Ned
"My grandmother used to watch late night horror movies and (when I stayed with my grandparents) used to send me to bed when they came on. I think I was around 9-10 when she relented and let me watch KISS OF THE VAMPIRE. I fled the room before the credits were over and made a crucifix out of matchsticks and hid it under my pillow just in case. In my defence, the beginning of Kiss of the vampire is still pretty creepy to this day."
XJigsawX
"For me my step dad showed me JAWS when I was like 5 and damn, to this day I won't watch JAWS even though people tell me it was really corny and bad but after this movie I was certain that if I used the toilet a shark would eat me, or if I went near any water. I hate boats like mad thanks to this"
Pietro
"Think the first one i remember was From Dusk til Dawn, I was around 6 and I mostly thought it was gross because the vampires explode into slime or chunks or something"
Scout
"I was tricked into watching Ghost Ship when I was about 9. It scarred me for life and after a few years of being terrified of my own shadow, I started developing an interest in the Macabre."
So are you like me? that on a Sunday you often have a few hours to kill before doing jobs, getting in shopping for the week. Well here is a list of some zombie related fun time killers I've found on my Internet hunting. So take a load off and have a whack at these.
Simple, fun, and if you need an avatar for something this is a fun waste of a few moments. Not alot of options to choose from and the site could run smoother but it's neat.
Very girly and very limited choice but the out come is still kinda cute and would make good for a lazy avatar for a website or totes your myspace page.
A short text adventure where you click links to your choices. But this is damn funny and sarcastic, if you like something that's not serious this is great, fantastically written and witty.
If you can get past the 30 second advert, then the attack of loads of small girly adverts it is worth it. Simple but a fun play around and the results look pretty cool. The placements are abit all over the place and hard to sort out but when you get the hang of it, it works.
A personal fav of mine, this game is both cute as hell and so fun to play it even gets pretty hard at times. You get get this on XBOX 360 and the PC and it's very worth it. Never played it? the link takes you to a fun demo.
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That's about all I hunted down for now, hope it passes some time for other bored zombie fans.
Before you think WOW that's awesome! I will admit I just cleared some doubles/unwanteds from my collection and instead of selling them for like 20p or at best 99p on ebay I thought I would have a small give away. Retweet or share this from NOW until the 24th of October and win 1 of 8 DVD's all work and all are UK region only.
Here are the selection.
You will win one of these at random and you can enter more then once! 8 winners (or losers depending on what you get) will be picked 24th and will be contacted the following week and have their prize mailed out to them!
It was a blast! I've never been on a zombie walk but have always wanted to and to be honest it was JUST like I thought it would be. There was a wide range of people there the young, the old, men, woman. There was groups of friends, people alone, couples, even families there to join in the zombie fun and it was really ace. There was no drama, everyone just got on and had fun, alot of fun.
It was alot of walking but not a huge oh my god my feet are killing! amount or anything. And the lines in the bar for drinks weren't that bad, you'd line up for a ride in Thorpe park longer to be honest, I think all bar staff were informed before hand maybe and it was all hands on deck for the freaks haha.
I think the only real killer thing of the whole event was the £5.40 ranged drinks.. but it is London ha so yeah me and my friend got one drink and that was pretty much it. Maybe next year when I got the funds there will be more drunkness but it was such a nice event and everyone was so amazing you could just gel really well with everyone without the aid of dutch courage.
It rained off and on so I had to re-apply my arm make-up over and over and over... but other then that the weather wasn't too bad at all! I wish I had done alot more to myself cus so many people just looked amazing but sadly I'm good at cosplay but not good at fake gore haha.
Now on to some pics!
So there was a pre-meet photoshoot that me and my friend went too and met up with a few awesome zombies there before we headed over to the starting point of Tate Modern. Some peoples costumes needed alot of looking after through the day but they looked amazing.
There was a fair few kids in zombie get up and it was so cool to see, not only did they look really good but it's just great to see that younger generations are into the world of horror and aren't busy smashing bus stops. These two were some of the best kid zombies I saw all day and I think part of a family that had come along.
Now I've been into the cosplay scene a good 8 years now and at every convention I have been too all the best works of costume are by woman and woman pretending to be men, they always seem to put the most work in so I am used to a female dominated hobby but at the zombie walk.. the men stepped up and there was so many amazing costumes by everyone, I mean everyone looked great but most the ones that really stood out to me were by the men folk.
I think this guy might have come alone but I did not see him out of character ONCE all day. He was great with the public he stuck to the rules and wasn't in their face or over doing it, just kept really in character and to the rules, he was one of my favourites.
I'm so glad I am not scared of clowns cus this guy was scary looking and I don't think there is anything more sinister then a clown zombie. He was hugely popular with fellow zombies and the public alike.
Really like these guys outfits too, nice to see more of the 'pale look' zombies.
There was alot of Left 4 Dead Hunters at the event and loads and loads of Resident Evil related costumes as well, was a big draw for cosplayers as well as just normal horror/zombie fans and it was easy to pick out the types.
More pale then I normally am haha.
Zombies on a bridge.
Soon the staff got us all together and went trough everything. The staff were very good, and tried their best to make sure everything went ok but there will always be a hand full of people who don't listen and mess it up for everyone but there wasn't too much bad things that went on but I'm pretty sure there is one pissed off BMW driver wishing he'd gone in reverse..
Thank you to all the awesome staff who made the event possible.
Soon we headed off in a huge glorious mess of people.
I love how the dark grey zombie looks like he was taken from a zombie movie and photoshopped into all the colour, He was another zombie I never saw out of character and was really entertaining to watch. I wish I'd gotten a better picture of him.
It was great but I feel so sorry for all the normal people trapped in a small space with very slow moving zombies and having no idea what the heck was going on.
Unsure of the gender of these two grannies (sorry!) but thought that was really original and their outfits looked really great, they even hobbled like half granny half zombie.
We left a trail everywhere we went, alot of zombies dripped blood along the floor and it was easy to know where the trail was going. We got lost a few times, I feel a little longer waiting for people to catch up between pubs would have been nice.
Also zombies vs power rangers, no one knows why or how but there was a masssssiiiive group of people dressed as power rangers and it was crazy, chaotic and so funny,
I enjoyed this guys outfit, another pretty original concept and another in character player.
Just a bunch of great looking zombies, loved all the effort that went into so many outfits.
This was another of my favs, I love how it looked like he was more of the attached zombie then the victim, well thought out and just looked great, didn't see anything else like it, well impressed.
All my love for these ladies it's like my two favourite things combined, Disney and zombies. They looked very good and were really into the acting too and also a better picture of that amazing clown zombie.
The youngest zombie we saw! I love the look of 'what are you looking at?' from the baby. It was so nice to get the family get into it, he seemed to be enjoying it well enough and not phased at all by the other monstrous people walking around, that kids going to be hella cool when he's older, also such a cool dad bringing him along.
I enjoyed the photobombing zombie in the Shaun from Shaun Of The Dead pic haha.
Also someone brought a brain you could really eat! good idea : D bet that didn't survive the trip home!
I met some really great people along the way, chatted to so many people and hopefully will stay in touch with.
Remember you can still help donate to this great cause more info here WORLD ZOMBIE DAY
Also have some videos! One of the organisers talking about the event.
And here is my clip from the day in music video form.
My world zombie day vid.
Already thinking of outfits for next year!
Anyway much love all fellow zombies and if anyone wants one of the pictures posted here email fucingzombiesblog@hotmail.co.uk
Carrie-Anne
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