Zombies reportedly attacked Austin… ok not zombies but the road signs over a popular Austin Texas roadway read things such as, Zombies Attack.. run!!, The End is Near!!. Regardless who did this.. its damn funny. Here is a news video from the website Kxan.com

Source: Kxan.com

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Fido was directed by Andew Currie and was released in march of 07. As soon as this movie started I knew i would love it. If you love zombie movies this movie is for you. The whole concept of this movie is so twisted. Head coffins, Zombie slaves, ZoCom. Timmy Robinson isn’t a popular kid. He is picked on by two bullies. His father has already purchased life insurance on him because he feels little timmy will be picked off before he is too old. 

The Robinson family buys a zombie and it becomes timmys best friend after the zombie, Fido, saves timmy from the two bullies. A string of events unfold that are both comical and well mostly comical that start with Fido eating the mean, rude, old woman Mrs. Henderson. From the devices that keep zombies at bay to the dark but comical humor this movie is perfect for any zombie fanboy. I give this movie a 5/5.

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Amit Baadkar was the director, writer, and actor in his short zombie film we originally posted here. You can view the short film here forthedeadtravelfast.com/zombie-apartment/

Here are the thinkings of the director and writer of the zombie apartment.

Hmm so where do I start. I made this bloody flick during the summer semester for my editing concepts class. We had to make a 2-5 min video like a music video or a documentary or just a short film. We had like 10 days to come up with a rough cut. So I had bought this nice HD camera Canon HV20 for doing some of my VFX stuff last year and this was a great opportunity to put it to good use. Oh great camera btw. I mean its not pro stuff but it’s the best HD camera under 1000 bucks.  I’m a great fan of Horror Sci-Fi genre and wanted to make something in that vein.

I came up with this zombie story inspired by several flicks like 28 days later, dawn of the dead and REC. I didn’t want to spend too much cash on this thing. Just wanted to do shots that were realistically possible for me. So I called my best pals Nikhil Sinha, Jeet Sorap and Dhruvi Shah. I cast Nikhil as the star Zombie ..Cuz, well, he just suited the role. Myself as the main character and Dhruvi shah as the female human/zombie. Jeet was my makeup artist for the Zombie and also DP for the corridor shot. Frankly speaking I really did not plan out the shots that much. No storyboards, nothing .We just framed the shots as we went along. Basically the story was divided in to 3 parts, the first one at the leads characters house, Second one, the Zombie struggle in the corridor and the last one at the female characters home.

Corridor struggle
My apartment building had this really narrow, scary looking corridor that was perfect for the corridor struggle part. Makeup was a really important part for this film and we spent a lot of time on that. Dhruvi brought all her makeup stuff; I got some red paint, thinner and fake blood. Jeet mixed and matched all that stuff and started painting Nikhil’s face. Once that was done I prepped Jeet and Nikhil and started the shoot .we didn’t use a tripod. I wanted to give it that freaky hand held look like cloverfield, Rec and Blair witch project. Jeet did a great job with the camera and Nikhil…well what can I say he’s a natural Zombie. There were times during the struggle where I really felt like I was going to die. He really pulled it off.. The shivering, the sounds, the deadness in his eyes. It was a great shoot. Overall we ended up splattering a lot of blood on the walls and on ourselves. Poor Nikhil ended up scrapping his knees pretty bad. We were using a real knife so we had to be extra careful. It was fun (Not so much fun for the landlady though). There was a part in the film where there’s a dead corpse (Jeet) rested against the wall. I needed a really bloody mess for this shot and I was not inclined to actually do this on set so being a Visual effects student I faked the shot .I took a still photograph of Jeet lying against the wall, photoshoped blood and stuff in it and added fake camera shake and voila. Also the flies, which I quickly created in AfterEffects.

End scene
The last scene was what we shot second. Dhruvi was going to be in it and she was excited. Jeet did the makeup and anyone who’s not acting held the camera. I’m a great fan of POV (point of view shots) and I used em quite a bit in this film. This scene had some VFX shots. There is a shot where I wanted the zombie to raise his head with a knife stuck in his eye. We could have done it with makeup and props but we didn’t have time to do it and didn’t have any materials to do it .I decided to add a Computer Generated (CG) knife in post production . One good thing was that I could use this shot for my Matchmoving class as a final project. So I had Nikhil raise his bloody head without the knife. I then tracked this shot, Then created a CG knife and wound and composited them on the face. There was another shot where there is blood splatter on the camera lens. Obviously I can’t splatter blood on my camera so I did this in post. Was really easy actually. Just had to find pictures of blood splatters, add focus blur and composite it in. The grand finale had Nikhil and Dhruvi screaming their guts out, which looked hilarious on set though. Had to take several takes cuz we couldn’t help ourselves from laughing.

Beginning Room Scene
The first shot was done in my room. I had my friend Mahendra Bhadrecha do the camera work. Were easy shots really. Just had my monitor screen in front of my face to give a nice lighting. Yeah that’s about it.

Well I spent the rest of the time editing and doing the VFX for the shots. Took me a while to do the ‘Knife in the eye’ shot. But I got em all done. Spent 15 days on the whole project from conception to final. I found this really cool zombie sound resource online with all the zombie snarling, and biting sound FX that I needed and took music from several soundtracks from Akira yamaoka’s Silent hill tracks, 28 days later soundtrack. Yes that’s why I cant put this film up for anything majorly commercial. I’m going to have a friend compose some music scores for me sometime later. Well it was a great experience. Always had dreamed of making a film like this. I want to thank my pals Nikhil, Jeet, Dhruvi, Mahendra and my editing instructor Chris Sollars for their help. I also want to extend special thanks to my parents for their support and encouragement.

Cheer’s,

Amit Baadkar,

I love horror movie posters. I’m not talking about the new photoshop images, im talking about the old school posters. They were original, scary, and sometimes very very messed up. I’ve collected the top 5 here

for you. I hope you enjoy.

5. A Nightmare On Elm street.

We all know about this movie. The Wes Craven flick released in 1984 about a serial killer Freddy Krueger who kills teenagers in their dreams.

4.  House on Haunted HIll

This movie was released in 1959. Frederick Loren has invited five strangers to a party of a lifetime. He is offering each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in a house. House on Haunted Hill has since become an all time horror classic.

3. The Maniac

This movie was released in 1980. It was obviously back in a time when bad horror movie spin offs were found everywhere. This movies plot consists of a serial killer who kills young women in New York to redeem himself from the abuse he got from his mother as a child. The movie isn’t too good. But hey the poster is great.

2. Beast of Blood

Directed by Eddie Romero this 1971 flick depicted a mad scientist who creates a monster. After, he cuts the monsters head off he keeps him alive with a special serum the mad scientist has created. Again, the poster is great you can decide about the movie.

1. Brain Dead aka Dead Alive

This movie has been hailed by many as one of the greatest zombie movies ever made. Peter jackson directed this 1992 movie. Braindead is often cited as the goriest film ever made and, according to Wikipedia, used more fake blood than any other movie in history. Called by the some the best zombie scene ever  happens when Lionel confronts the hordes with his trusty lawn-mower, prior to facing his super-charged undead mother. In my opinion this is a great movie and best of all best horror movie poster i’ve seen.

Night of the living dead could perhaps be called one of the greatest if not greatest zombie films ever made. For The Dead Travel Fast is pleased to introduce the full length movie right here for you to watch. Please enjoy and lets hear your feedback on other classics or new classics you would like to see on For The Dead Travel Fast.

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So at one point you may encounter a zombie apocolypse. What should you do? Where should you go? What do you need to know? For The Dead Travel Fast has your guide to surviving this apocolypse.

Step 1 Do Not Panic

Nothing could be worse than everyone around you freaking out. Yelling, screaming, falling down and worst of all slowing you down. The cops will not be able to save you. They don’t even believe zombies are real. You will have to survive on your own. There is no reason to be afraid. Zombies are dumb, slow, and slower. If you panic you will just become even dumber and slower then the zombie.

Step 2 Know What You are Running from

Zombies are dead friends, relatives, neighbors and anyone other human being that died and now wants to devour you. If you are bitten your future is very bleak. Zombies are slow, they moan a lot and they will not talk.

Step 3 Prepare Yourself

This is obviously the best tip around. Do not wear high heals to run away from zombies. Do not wear loose baggy clothing. Longer hair will also be a problem.  When you are preparing Clothing and hair is not the only thing to concern yourself with. Do not stay in your apartment unless its a fortress with safe houses, guarded access, and not to mention a get a way plan.  Your get away plan is very important. Do not stick to the main Roads. They will be packed with the walking dead and soon to be dead.

Step 4 Weapons

Guns are great. They are quick, not to messy, and best of all, can be used from a safe distance. There are several problems with guns including the inevitable running out of amo. Any other weapon you can carry with you is very recommended. Swords, Knifes, Bats, screw drivers, pencils. Whatever you can use to hit the head is a plus.

Step 5 Survivors

While it is great to search for survivors make sure they haven’t been bitten. This can ruin your whole plan. Look at the irritable guy who is looking kinda pale and has covered a lot of his body even when its not necessary.

This is but a small reference to a million and one things that can happen in a zombie apocolypse. Please refer to the Zombie Survival Guide for a complete set of instructions.

This is a pretty nice zombie short film. Its not filled with blood and guts. The famous duo penn and teller face a zombie infestation.. except Penn dies before Teller can starts filming his thoughts. Its a great short film that i really enjoyed.. Maybe its because i am a huge fan of Penn and Teller but either way i absolutely love it. The film was done by the great guys at Ghost Works and directed by Teller and Ezekiel Zabrowski.

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The Final Day won the myspace content that George Romero had conducted. I will be putting all the top winners on here in the next day, but like i promised here is number 1.

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Paul Del Vecchio is a big time up and coming director. His short films have been featured on major motion pictures like Diary of the Dead. I will be putting more of his short films up shortly. Believe me they are all amazing.

You can find pauls personal website at Triple E Productions

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Under the award winning direction of Zach Snyder, the 2004 remake of the 1978 screenplay from the mind of George Romero won the Golden Trailer for best horror/thriller movie for the year.

Unlike most horror movies of the day, this movie leaves out nonsensical themes like “love conquers all, cuddles and family values,” this one cuts right to the chase with one liner’s like “Tell him to shoot Burt Reynolds”. Cut to headshot.

This movie is entertaining to the audience of today, complete with armies of the undead, being decapitated with chainsaws and main characters being turned into flesh eating zombies.

This will keep you on the edge of your seat until the moment that the zombies enter your living room and get you as well.

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