Welcome to Mail Order Zombie!

Since 2008, Mail Order Zombie has covered zombie movies, zombie movie music, post-apocalyptic and zombie literature, zombie comics, zombie games, zombie operas, etc. Weekly, Brother D brings the reviews, and Miss Bren joins him for the weekly Feedback Discussion. Zombie news from around the world is covered in the Zombie Beat, and interviews with zombie media makers round out the show.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Mail Order Zombie: Episode 159.5 - HorrorHound Weekend Indy 2010

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Brother D and Miss Bren attended all three days of HorrorHound Weekend Indianapolis 2011, spent a few extra days in Indiana to hang with Need-a-Nickname Scott and Tracey, flew home Wednesday night . . . and uploaded Mail Order Zombie Episode 159.5 with coverage from the HorrorHound event! Prepare your ears for interviews, contests, criticisms, good times and Corey Feldman!

Email us at MailOrderZombie@gmail.com or call us at 206-202-2505!
Palavr.com Forums - http://palavr.com/forum.php/

The Dead Infested - http://www.thedeadinfested.com
Robert R. Best - http://www.robertrbest.com/
The G.O.R.E. Score - http://thegorescore.com/
Tony Schaab - http://tonyschaab.com/
Daniel Horne - http://www.danielhornestudios.com/
Midnight Syndicate - http://www.midnightsyndicate.com/

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Miss Bren and Need a Nickname Scott play Kinect Bowling



The score of the game was lost to the ages . . .

Thursday, March 24, 2011

'A Cure for Dead' web series launches!

From director Wes Young, one of the recipients of 2009's Fresh Meat Newcomer Award at last year's Dead Letter Awards, has launched his new web series A Cure for Dead. From the website at http://www.acurefordead.com:

The Series

A Cure for Dead is a new zombie web-series from Wes Young. It’s True Blood meets Zombieland. With this show we are attempting something that has not been tried with the web-series format yet. We want to create a fun, exciting and sexy series that would be like a show seen on HBO or Showtime.

We intend to release two episodes a month with each episode being around five to eight minutes in length.

Synopsis

A ZOMBIE virus has spread across the world. A group of biomedical engineers has been working for the last year and a half to develop a cure that will stop the spread of this vicious disease.

Supplies were low and they became more desperate. Then one day they had it. A successful treatment of the virus led several test subjects to be completely cured.

Not having and abundant supply of resourses at their disposal in their remote lab, they decided to make the long journey to what has now become known as “The District of Nevada”. It’s a heavily fortified city just over the Nevada border. The District of Nevada has a much larger lab that is capable of mass producing the cure they have developed.

Just before the Bio-Engineers leave on the crusade to deliver their cure, one of their test subjects breaks loose in the lab and attacks the four scientists. Their supplies are destroyed and only one vile of the cure remains intact and only one man, Arlin Cann survives this attack.

He now has to take it upon himself to deliver this last vial of the cure and possibly save humanity.

His defense skills are minimal at best. He runs into a Trio of survivalists who pride themselves in their zombie killing skills. Cassie, Emma, and Tread are a rough and tumble team that has survived the beginnings of the zombie apocalypse by sticking together. At first they are reluctant to help Arlin because it goes against their instincts and puts them into excessive danger. But they realize this may be humanities last hope to recover from this vicious plague.

They join him on his long journey to help him deliver and protect the cure from zombies and many others who may want to get their hands on the Cure.

And here's the first episode!

Mail Order Zombie: Episode 159 - Zombie Honeymoon, See the Dead, The Infection

Download Mail Order Zombie #159 here!

Twas the Thursday before HorrorHound Weekend, and all through the . . . um . . . podcast . . . ? Whatever . . . This is Episode 159 of Mail Order Zombie, and this week, Brother D gets back to business and reviews the movies Zombie Honeymoon (dir. David Gebroe) and See the Dead (dir. Robert W. Filion). Need-a-Nickname Scott is on vacation this week, so Brother D also tackles the regular round-up of zombie news in the Zombie Beat, but before Scott took off, he sent in a review of the novel The Infection by Craig DiLouie. Miss Bren helps D tackle nearly a month's worth of emails and voicemails in the Feedback Discussion (the Discussion was kicked off with a call-in report from the recent Monster Mania Con, courtesy of Zombart!).

Email us at MailOrderZombie@gmail.com or call us at 206-202-2505!
Palavr.com Forums - http://palavr.com/forum.php/
Rondo Hatton Awards - http://rondoaward.com/rondo/rondos.html

See the Dead - http://vimeo.com/3274678
See the Dead (high definition) - http://www.vimeo.com/1737661

Zombie Honeymoon - http://www.zombiehoneymoon.com/

Resident Evil 5 release date? - http://www.moviesonline.ca/2011/03/resident-evil-5-release-date/
Resident Evil 5 has a release date - http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=18305
Charlie Sheen in The Walking Dead? - http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-creator-begs-charlie-164745
The Walking Dead panel at C2E2 - http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=31412
Stephen King writing The Walking Dead? - http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/03/21/stephen-king-walking-dead-amc/
Meredith Hagner cast in Awakening - http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/emily-vancamp-gets-the-lead-in-abcs-revenge-other-pilot-castings/
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides zombie concept art - http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=75120
Russell off Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Grahame-Smith on? - http://www.tgdaily.com/entertainment/54748-pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies-loses-director-may-hire-author
Deadliest Warrior: Vampires vs. Zombies - http://www.spike.com/video-clips/n5heay/deadliest-warrior-the-deadliest-warrior-pits-vampires-vs-zombies
xbox7752 Deadliest Warrior response - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUKOpPNEkc4
lions4life2 Deadliest Warrior repsonse - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AMFCpRgF5w
Outpost: Black Sun begins production - http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/43226/outpost-black-sun-begins-production
Humans Versus Zombies - http://www.hvzthemovie.com/
Humans Versus Zombies on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/HVZMOVIE
Flesh of my Flesh production diary - http://www.fleshofmyflesh.com/PDiary/
Guerilla Productions - http://www.guerrilla-productions.org/
Toned down Dead Island logo - http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/108651-Dead-Island-Publisher-Tones-Down-Logo-for-North-America
ESRB on Dead Island logo change - http://gamerfront.net/2011/03/dead-island-logo-too-much-for-north-america/7060
Zombie defense course in Pittsburgh - http://dormont-brookline.patch.com/articles/back-off-zombie-brookline-business-teaches-zombie-defense#c
Zomburgh - http://www.zomburgh.com/
World War Z in trouble - http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/03/world_war_z_brad_pitt.html
The Undead That Saved Christmas Vol. 2 open submissions - http://www.undeadinthehead.com/p/call-for-submissions.html

(Various production music produced by Kevin MacLeod.)

Zombie Outbreak Response Team Rambulance

As referenced in this week's Feedback Discussion (Episode 159). Thanks for sending these in, Kim!







Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Rise & Walk to be released in Europe

Wild Wolf Publishing announced the April 2011 European release of Rise & Walk by Gregory Solis (ISBN: 978-1907954047). Rise & Walk is a high octane zombie thriller with forewords from best-selling horror authors, Remy Porter and David Moody; it has already been a huge hit in the US and now, after acquiring the European rights, Wild Wolf Publishing is taking it to the UK and European markets.

From the press release: "The walking dead descend upon a paintball competition in the mountains. Two brave young women join forces with two thrill seekers in a terror filled struggle against the undead. Low on ammunition and supplies, the survivors use anything at hand to fight off the flesh hungry horde. As the party makes their escape they soon realize that there is nowhere to run when the dead Rise and Walk ..."

Rise & Walk (ISBN: 978-1907954047) will be available online and in book shops, as well as through distribution channels and direct from the publisher.

“Fast-paced, bloody, engaging and exciting, Rise and Walk is a blast from beginning to end.” ~ David Moody, author of Autumn
“Zombie fans, you NEED to get this one!” ~ Remy Porter, author of Dead Beat
“Solis definitely has a knack for bringing the dead to life.” ~ TheZombieReview.com

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Mail Order Zombie: Episode 158.5 - Bill Hinzman & a panel w/ Jonathan Maberry

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While the Mail Order Zombie crew recovers from last week's Dead Letter Awards, why don't you sit back and enjoy a chat with Zombie Number One? The movie River of Darkness is hitting DVD shelves at the end of March, and playing against type in the movie is Bill Hinzman, who joined Derek for a discussion about the movie as well as his role in zombiedom. After this interview, we go back in time to 2008 to join Jonathan Maberry, Dennis Tafoya, Edward Pettit and Tony Finan for a panel discussion about our favorite subject. (This panel was conducted when Maberry's Zombie CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead was hitting shelves, and was recorded by The Matt Hatter.) And remember - we're still accepting answers for the current Zombie Aptitude Question!

Email us at MailOrderZombie@gmail.com or call us at 206-202-2505!
Palavr.com Forums - http://palavr.com/forum.php/

Bill Hinzman, Night of the Living Dead's Zombie Number One - http://zombie1.com/

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Mail Order Zombie: Episode 158 - The 3rd Annual Dead Letter Awards

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You are cordially invited to join us at the Romero Theatre for the 3rd Annual Mail Order Zombie Dead Letter Awards where we'll recognize the best in zombie movies and media from 2010! Brother D and Miss Bren are your hosts, and fellow podcasters and Mail Order Zombie Family Members are lined up to present awards like Best Movie, Best Videogame, Best Score, etc., etc. Special musical guests round out the program!

(More detailed shownotes will be made available in the aftermath this weekend!)

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Don't fight over your Zombie Apocalypse: Redemption tickets!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Mail Order Zombie: Episode 157.5 - Adolfo Dorta (Days of the Dead Convention) & Melissa Cowan (Bicycle Girl)

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While Brother D and Miss Bren and getting ready for the 3rd Annual Dead Letter Awards, you'll get to hear an interview with Adolfo Dorta about the upcoming convention Days of the Dead. After we look ahead to that convention, we'll look back at Chattacon 37 earlier this year with a question-and-answer session with Melissa Cowan, aka Bicycle Girl from The Walking Dead. The Zombie Aptitude Test is back with a new professor, and the winner of the Danger. Zombies. Run. DVD is announced.

Email us at MailOrderZombie@gmail.com or call us at 206-202-2505!
Palavr.com Forums - http://palavr.com/forum.php/

2010 Dead Letter Awards - http://tinyurl.com/dla2010
Rondo Awards - http://rondoaward.com/
Classic Horror Film Board Forums - http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/directory

Days of the Dead - http://www.daysofthedead.net/
Chattacon 37 - http://www.chattacon.org/

(Various production music produced by Kevin MacLeod and HorrorVox)