Coming Soon

• Fri 10 Oct ’08 Zombie Prom III
  In Brief: In the spirit of all good zombie franchises, Zombie Prom returns to Happy for a third internment. Featuring live dead music by Voodoo Savage and His Savages, Knife Fight, The Death-Rays, Newtown, The Ghastlies, Market Value and DJ Bride of Pinbot. Dress to distress …

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Latest News

• Feb 2-5 ’08 Can zombies hum?
  In Brief: Camp A Low Hum 2008 has a zombie short planned. Paw your way through the links at the top of the CALH website for more info…
• Oct-07 Zombie call list
  In Brief: Wellington company Epilogue TV are in the process of bringing a z-based web-serial to life. Think of it as a soap opera set after a zombie outbreak. Dates are TBC, but crew and z-extras should check the website for details.
• 10-Oct-07 Living with the Dead
  In Brief: Dark Horse are to publish a new 3-part comic featuring the work of 2Chum’s Ben Stenbeck. From the man himself: “…there’s over 100 zombies in the first 15 pages!”.
• 3-Oct-07 Zombie Reckoning
  In Brief: Justine and Andy return from the DOCNZ 2007 Summit and Festival with plenty of food-for-thought. Thanks to everyone who took the time to look at our first couple of scenes.
• 13-Apr-07 Return to Hell Island
  In Brief: A quiet Friday the 13th at Bar Bodega with horror-punk-rockers Horror Story. Filming a music video (and potential DVD extra) for Sons of Hell Island, the title track from the band’s latest EP.
• 13-Apr-07 2007 Wellington Zombie Walk (Event Website)
  In Brief: Speculative at the mo’, but it looks like the dead will again walk the windy streets in April…
• Mar–Apr–May–07 Vignette pre-production
  In Brief: Derek has now moved into a new (much larger) studio, the ’gnette cast are now sharing shelf-space with sets and extras from the upcoming Cassette music video.
• Mar-07 Go you Bo–gan!
  In Brief: Congratulations to like-minded academic Dave Snell (aka Burton C Bogan) for securing funding for research into New Zealand bogan and heavy metal culture.
• 9-Feb-07 Bogans and Ovines
  In Brief: Due to last-minute rescheduling we now have a morning engagement with 2 Chums (Zombie Movie) and an afternoon ’view with Jonathan King (Black Sheep)…
• 29-Jan-07 It was Greg!
  In Brief: The Locals director Greg Page opens his exhibition: It Was Me! at Bowen Gallery (WGTN). The show runs ’til 17 Feb.
• 26-Jan-07 Sons of Hell Island
  In Brief: Grabbed some time with New Plymouth Horror-Punk band Horror Story prior to their gig at Valve. Pics and music video (perhaps?) coming soon.
• 8-Jan-07 Black Sheep trailer (Official Site)
  Coming to NZ theatres March 2007 (and ‘zombie’ is an adjective used in some early film reviews…).
• 31-Dec-06 What kind of zombie are you? (Quizilla)
  This online quiz includes references to the zombie-trope as defined by PJ in Braindead.
• 29-Dec-06 Jaded zombies the new ‘handglove’
  In Brief: Came across an undead pangram:
  ‘Jaded zombies acted quietly but kept driving their oxen forward’.
• 24-Dec-06 Subliminal messages?
  In Brief: You know you’re behind in the edit when even a quiet drink with friends reminds you of…
• 13-Dec-06 Dead before Christmas
  In Brief: Thanks to an invite from the New Zealand Film Commission, we had the opportunity to discuss zombie horror with directors Jonathan King (Black Sheep) and Ellory Elkayem (Eight Legged Freaks, Return of the Living Dead 4 & 5). Fingers-crossed we’ll be able to arrange a more formal interview…
• 6-Nov-06 Black Sheep at the Toronto International Film Festival (TV3 Film)
  Video including film excerpts, audience reviews and the red carpet interview from the Midnight Madness screening of Black Sheep.
• 2-Nov-06 Horror Stories (Scoop)
  Notes from the Script to Screen writer’s room event on writing for horror movies (that we missed due to our covering the Auckland Zombie Walk).
• 2-Nov-06 The Greatest Line in Kiwi Film (Scoop)
  A line from Peter Jackson’s Bad Taste has been voted New Zealand’s best in a poll run by TV arts programme Frontseat.
• 2-Nov-06 Auckland Zombie Walk
  Zombies, pirates and fairies mingle on Queen St.
• 31-Oct-06 (Halloween) Auckland Zombie Walk (Event Website)
  In Brief: As luck would have it, we’ll be in Auckland for Halloween – and this walk is a night-time affair…
• 21-Oct-06 Behind the scenes of Aim High
  Pics from the shoot at Wellington High.
• 17-Oct-06 Aim High location shoot
  In Brief: Spent an evening at Wellington High on the location of Aim High, a zombie-short by first-time filmmaker Amohia Dudding (pics soon).
• 14-Oct-06 Pics from the Wellington Zombie Walk
  Portrait of an invasion.
• 13-Oct-06 (Black Friday) Wellington Zombie Walk (Event Website)
  Map and after-party details.
• 27-Sept-06 Capital to host zombie-walk (Capital Times)
  Capital Times report on the upcoming inaugural Wellington Zombie Walk (13 Oct 2006).
• 23-Sept-06 Suspect to field-test teaser-trailer
  In Brief: Justine and Andy to preview trailer to select attendees at the 2006 Expanding Documentary conference.
  View teaser: View Teaser-Trailer: Flash | View Teaser-Trailer: QuickTime

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