On Sunday, May 24, get ready to party like it's 1959 at RETRO ZOMBIE TIKI TERROR!, a night of zombie fun set in the tiki wonderland that is The Tiki Terrace in Des Plaines, IL. RETRO ZOMBIE TIKI TERROR! will feature a Polynesian floor show, Zombie Pinups Beauty Pageant, Zombie Costume Contest, raffles, prizes, zombie movies, tiki tunes and, of course, delicious tiki drinks!
10:00 : Zombie Costume Contest Guys & Dolls, come dressed in your zombie finest and compete to win fabulous prizes!
11:00 : Zombie Pinups Beauty Pageant Ladies, put on your sexiest classic pinup outfit and your most gruesome zombie make up, and compete to win awesome prizes! Judging will be based on quality of make up / effects and costume. All contestants will be photographed for a special gallery at ZombiePinups.com; to get an idea of what we're looking for, visit the gallery at ZombiePinups.com, and start planning your character NOW!
Enjoy fine food, tiki drinks, classic music, zombie movies and other Chicago zombie dudes & dames in between events! Every ticketholder gets a raffle ticket, so you never know when you'll win something spectacular.
Tickets are $15.00 in advance, $20.00 at the door. Ticket does NOT include food or drinks. The Tiki Terrace has a full menu of Polynesian-themed food.
RETRO ZOMBIE TIKI TERROR! will take place from 6:00 pm to 2:00 am on Sunday, May 24, at the Tiki Terrace, 1591 Lee St., Des Plaines, IL 60018, approximately 4 minutes north of O'Hare International Airport. Tiki Terrace is located at the NE Corner of Lee/Manheim and Oakton.
RETRO ZOMBIE TIKI TERROR! is presented and hosted by Kitty Zombie, ChicagoZombie.com, ZombiePinups.com and Zombie Army Productions.
It's not "Gory Pinups" or "Bloody Pinups" - it's "Zombie Pinups". Please keep that in mind when submitting! A little blood on an otherwise unblemished complexion does not a zombie make.
Hate Valentines day? Love it? Well it doesn't matter because we have an event for you!
Come join the lovable Kitty Zombie at Neo for "A Very Bloody Valentine"! That's right, Kitty is hosting a night of zombies, zombie pin-ups, and love for all on Valentines Day. Dress up as your favorite dead sex symbol/heart throb. Get dolled up and join the Zombie Pinup contest brought to you by Sinister Visions inc. Winners will be featured on www.zombiepinups.com and don't forget the prizes, one of which will be you and Kitty for a pinup-style photo shoot!
Zombie Pinup contest starts at 1:00 am - get there early to ensure your place as space IS LIMITED.
So bring your sexy self and enjoy a Valentines evening that you are sure to remember.
There is a cover charge and this is a 21+ bar only. Sorry to those not yet old enough. But Kitty has plans for more all ages events soon! So come early for sexy zombie goodness!!!
After the killer server crash from this last weekend, I found a backup from a couple of years ago that at least has the original set of Zombie Pinups, which has been restored. I'll still have to add back everything else by hand, but it's a start.
On January 9th, 2009, the server that ZombiePinups.com was hosted on died a gruesome, horrible death. A few days later, in true zombie fashion, it rose from the dead. Also in true zombie fashion, it was significantly crippled - in this case, the gallery of pinups. Please be patient as we rebuild!
So, you're off from school, work is boring, or you can't stand the throngs of rude people in the frenzy of Holiday Shopping.
You want to get out and DO something....but what?
Well, here it is.
December 14th at 2:30 in the afternoon, Kitty Zombie will be holding the first Zombies on Ice event at Millennium Park in downtown Chicago! Kitty has teamed up with http://www.chicagozombie.com/ and others to be named soon to bring you this fun and festive event.
Now, here is the kicker... we are going to try for the Guinness Book of World Records for most zombies ice skating at one time!
There will be swag, pictures, video, and of course, lots and LOTS of zombies!
Keep in mind this is a PUBLIC rink. Therefore, no dripping/oozing blood, etc. that will dirty up the ice. If we make a mess, we will be asked to leave, and the cops will become involved. We have good rapport with the police because of the success of Zombie March Chicago this summer, so let's not mess it up!
Over the years I've discussed the idea of doing a Zombie Pinups calendar with a number of cohorts, but it never gets done due to time/money constraints.
In the best spirit of "You Snooze, You Lose", a group of enthusiastic artists and designers in San Francisco (the birthplace of the Zombie Pinup!) took the initiative earlier this year and produced a calendar that is far superior to anything I probably would have come up with.
Inspired by one of the ZPU online contests earlier in the year, this group set out to do photos to enter the contest, then the project evolved, and we all can reap the benefits! Go to http://www.myzombiepinup.com to see the grotesquely gorgeous results. Hurry! This is a limited edition item, and they've already sold half of them!
War and Social Upheaval Cause Spikes in Zombie Movie Production
There's been a huge spike in the production of zombie movies lately, and many of them seem to be inspired by war. Everything from 28 Days Later to Zombie Strippers make explicit reference to wartime, as did seminal 1968 zombie flick Night of the Living Dead. Is there really a connection between zombie movies and social unrest? IO9.com decided to do some research and find out. Check out their results HERE.
Simon Pegg Calls for a Return to Traditional Zombie Values
Horror Burlesque Fest @ Cobra Lounge Chicago 10/25/08
SinisterVisions.com Presents
HORROR BURLESQUE FEST Saturday, October 25 at Chicago's Cobra Lounge 235 N Ashland Ave 21+
Featuring a ZOMBIE PINUP CONTEST (Winners voted by audience applause; prizes provided by Sinister Visions inc.)
Gore & Burlesque Acts From: Miss Maya Sinstress Colleen D. Evil Tina the Hoolah Diva Miss Bee Sharp Maria the Purple Goddess Amiria Divine
Hosted by The Coffin Banger
October 26 is World Zombie Day!
Contact: Mark Menold, Producer (412) 953-0937 mmenold@theitsaliveshow.com
World Zombie Day Outbreak Spreads to 52 Cities October 26 event to benefit food charities worldwide Pittsburgh, PA – September 8, 2008 – World Zombie Day has gone viral, infecting 52 cities in the US, Canada, Central America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
"The number of cities signing on has far exceeded our expectations", says organizer Mark Menold, who is also producer and host of the Pittsburgh-based television program The It’s Alive Show. "The response is overwhelming. We’re going to bring in substantial food donations as well as set another world record." Pittsburgh owns the current Guinness World Record™ for largest zombie gathering of 1,028 people set last year. "This year, we are going to add all of the zombies from each city to come up with one monstrous total so that everyone can say they were part of a world record", says Menold.
World Zombie Day, being held on Sunday, October 26, features zombie walks with accompanying food drives in participating cities. The hub of World Zombie Day will be a walk at the Monroeville Mall with a food drive benefiting the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. The Mall walk – which is part of the 2008 Zombie Fest – is at the site where George Romero zombie movie Dawn of the Dead was filmed. Zombie Fest is a free, all ages public fan festival celebrating the 30th anniversary of Dawn and all things zombie and will feature vendors, author panels with award winning writers, films, celebrity guests, bands, entertainment and interactive fan activities.
For more information about World Zombie Day or Zombie Fest, please visit www.theitsaliveshow.com.
Ninjas vs. Zombies Halloween Night
No plans for Halloween? Anywhere near Leesburg, VA? Then get your butt over to the Tally Ho Theater for the "World Premiere Bootleg Screening" of NINJAS VS. ZOMBIES!
A web comic about badass babes fighting zombies? What's not to love? The creator says "it's like Power Puff Girls and The Warriors meets Dawn of the Dead."
Shirt.Woot.com has a fantastic zombie take on the classic Norman Rockwell painting "Gossip", wherein the rumor is replaced with the dreaded zombie virus:
As time permits, I'm going to give ZombiePinups.com a long-overdue facelift, both because it needs it and because the site's content has evolved past the current designs.
Now that the Zombie Pinup Phenomenon has become a bit of a juggernaut, ZombiePinups.com will expand to cover ALL things related to Zombie Pinup-ness. This Halloween season we've found a ton of events, products and promotions that have nothing to do with ZombiePinups.com, but which call themselves "Zombie Pinups (or Pin-Ups, or Pin Ups)". Rather than fight this trend, we're embracing it for the cultural monstrosity that it is! We started this thing for fun, not profit, and we're going to keep it that way.
If you are involved in or know of a Zombie Pinup-esque event, product or news item, send it to savage@zombiepinups.com and, if it checks out, it'll get posted here as ZPU News!
Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut-off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crew’s videotape.
QUARANTINE opens nationwide on October 10th. However, we have passes to an advance screening in Chicago - send us a photo of yourself as a zombie:
Send your photo as an image attachment to an email
Send us a link to the image online (make sure it's not Friends Only!)
All photo entries will be posted to HauntedHouseChicago.com; screening pass winners will be selected at random from all entries; we will also select Grand Prize Winners from the photos - the best zombies will get prize packs with exclusive Quarantine merchandise!
TO ENTER, send your photo to savage@chicagohorror.com with the Subject Header "QUARANTINE ME!". Include your real name and preferred email address. That's it! C'mon, Chicago - show us your BRAAAAAAINS...
DEADLINE: October 8 at Noon. Winners will be notified of the time and location of the screening shortly thereafter.
DISCLAIMERS: Providing incomplete information (no name, bad email address) means you won't win anything. Please don't send us a photo if you don't want it shown to the world - that kind of defeats the purpose. Winners will be contacted directly by Quarantine's promotional company and any issues or complaints should be taken up with them - HauntedHouseChicago.com / ChicagoHorror.com / ChicagoZombie.com / ZombiePinups.com are providing this opportunity to you because we're nice and we love you, but once we deliver your info/photos to Quarantine, it's out of our hands.
Thanks to all the lovely undead ladies who turned up at the Chicago Horror Film Fest Zombie Pinups Beauty Pageant! Click the photo below to check out pics!
Zombie Pinup Contestants should be at the Portage Theater no later than 30 minutes prior to the event (6:30 pm); there will be no performance aspect, and there is no sign-up. We're not that formal.
Zombie Pinups Beauty Pageant at the Chicago Horror Film Festival 2008!
Sinister Visions Presents the Zombie Pinup Beauty Pageant, Saturday, September 27th at 7:00 p.m. at the Chicago Horror Film Festival. The CHFF will be held at Chicago's Portage Theater, 4050 N Milwaukee Ave.
The contest will be hosted by Chad Savage (unless he finds somebody better) and judged by Zombie Pinups/Fearwerx/Zombie Army Productions Diva CHRYSTYNE, Zombie Army Productions favorite zombie Kitty, and surprise judges yet to be announced!.
Zombie Pinups get in free on Saturday - Regular zombies get in for 50%!
Judging will be based on quality of make up / effects and costume. There will be a First, Second and Third Prize.
All contestants will be photographed for a special gallery at ZombiePinups.com; winners will, of course, be featured on the main page at ZombiePinups.com.
To get an idea of what we're looking for, visit the gallery at ZombiePinups.com, and start planning your character NOW!
The Flashback Weekend 2008 2nd Annual Zombie Pinups Beauty Pageant was a huge success! Thank you everybody that participated; special thanks to host John LaFlamboy and our judges Reggie Bannister, Chrystyne, Dementia and Kitty!
Zombie Pinups & Halloween Art This Weekend in Chicago!
HALLOWEEN IN MAY AT THE NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE GALLERY, CHICAGO
The Annual Halloween Art Exhibit in a special exhibition at Chicago’s darkest gallery now that we're Halfway to Halloween! Live Performance, Zombie Pinup Contest and more await the weekend Celebration of Halloween Art.
Opening Night: Friday, May 30th Performance by Mark Bose Haunting beats by Pa5cal 8:00 pm - 11:30 pm 21+
Saturday Night: May 31st Zombie Pinups contest hosted by Chad Savage Put on your sexiest classic pinup outfit and your most gruesome zombie make up, and compete to win ghastly prizes! Judging will be based on quality of make up / effects and costume. All contestants will be photographed for a special gallery at ZombiePinups.com; winners will, of course, get optimal placement. To get an idea of what we're looking for, visit the gallery at ZombiePinups.com, and start planning your character NOW! Spooky Sonics by DJ Brianne 8:00 pm - 11:30 pm 21+
Friday, May 30th: Dark musical performance by Mark Bose. Haunting Beats by DJ Pa5cal.
Saturday, May 31st: Chad Savage hosts a Zombie Pinup Beauty Pageant! Spooky Sonics by DJ Brianne.
Both nights 8:00 pm - 11:30 pm 21+.
The National showcase of Halloween Art continues its series of showcases this year with a very special contest and art exhibit! The Nineteen Hundred and One Gallery has been serving up some of the finest dark art exhibitions & performances in Chicago! Zombie Pinups is one of HAE associate director Chad Savage's many projects, and we knew it was eminent for a crossover with the Annual Halloween Art Exhibit, and now that time has arrived! Join us the last weekend in May when Halloween Art is in full bloom and the best dressed zombies walk away with the prizes! Guest DJ's, performances and a ghastly great time is in store for those not afraid!
TO COMPETE: Come Dressed to Kill! Retro pinup style is the order of the day, with an undead twist! For inspiration visit the gallery at http://www.zombiepinups.com!
What if a thousand zombies raided downtown Chicago? Yeah, that's what we had in mind...
Dress-up and make-up as your favorite undead and come to Chicago's first-ever zombie walk! These things have happened all over the U.S. and Canada, but never in our lovely city. We look to change that..
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Please RSVP on our Facebook event page so we have a loose idea of how many will show and can plan accordingly, and mark your calendars for the 21st of June!
We strongly encourage you to leave any suggestions or comments you may have on the boards, so we can incorporate them into our outline of the event and any subsequent meetings.
The more people the better, so invite your friends too! Invite the people you hang out with! Help us break the record of 1,125 zombies!
You can see a couple of Chad Savage's zombie paintings along with zombie works by artists like Gary Pullin, Jeff Zornow and many others at the MF Gallery in NYC - http://www.mfgallery.net - opening reception this Saturday, April 12th at 7:00 pm. Free beer for all zombies! 157 Rivington.
Win FREE passes to the Chicago screening of DIARY OF THE DEAD!
ChicagoHorror.com has been given 15 pairs of passes to a preview screening of George Romero's newest zombie movie Diary of the Dead and to celebrate, we're having a Zombie Photo Contest!
Send in a photo (or photos) of yourself in your Zombie Finest by February 12th. 15 winners will be chosen from the photos submitted and given tickets and posters for the advance screening - we can't post specifics about the screening, but are awaiting permission to post the date so you can plan around it.
Photos should be sent to savage@chicagohorror.com. All entries will be posted to this site after the 12th. Photos may either be sent as an attachment to an email, or you may send links to your pix. If you send links, MAKE SURE that they work - if your MySpace profile is set to private, sending a photo link won't work, and your entry will be deleted.
Winners will be announced on the 13th and given the specifics of the screening.
ZombiePinups.com is having its second annual Zombie Valentine online contest. From now until February 14, 2008, send in YOUR Zombie Pinup photos and win fabulous prizes. YES! FABULOUS PRIZES! ALL photos submitted between now and 2/14 will be entered in the Zombie Valentine Contest, with judging taking place the 15-20th, with winners being announced the following week. Judges will be announced at ZombiePinups.com shortly.
Entries will be judged on the quality of the zombification, and adherence to classic pinup style. Prizes will be announced shortly (we're still gathering sponsors).
We had a great night at Neo tonight! Special thanks to a fantastic, bloody good show from Maya Sinstress and Spooky Heather, our hosts Dan & Angelena, and all the lovely undead ladies who entered the contest.
Our good friends at FearWerx now have their infamous Zombie Survival Kits back in stock! I picked one of these up a couple years ago before they sold out; they're awesome. Get one before they disappear again!!
The Zombie Pinups / Living Dead Girls episode of the Dead Report is featured on the main page of http://video.yahoo.com/ today (Halloween)! Just click the "NEW" link!
ZombiePinups.com is pleased to announce 3 upcoming events (well, 4, actually) and contests for all you undead beauties out there!
First we have a Metal Maniac Monday night event at Neo Chicago's Metal Mondays with a performance by Maya Sinstress and a Zombie Pinups Contest. Visit http://www.zombiepinups.com/contests.html for details!
Weird Chicago is doing the first-ever Chicago-based Zombie Pub Crawl on Saturday, November 24th - visit http://www.weirdchicago.com for details and to buy tickets. Responses to this event were so strong and immediate that they immediately scheduled a second Zombie Pub Crawl for New Year's Eve, complete with a Zombie Pinups Beauty Pageant! Keep an eye on http://www.zombiepinups.com/contests.html for updates on this event as they are solidified.
Zombie Pinups has also confirmed the Second Annual Flashback Weekend Zombie Pinups Beauty Pageant. The first pageant was a raging success with fans and contestants alike; stay tuned to http://www.zombiepinups.com/contests.html and http://www.flashbackweekend.com for details as they become available.
Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut-off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crew’s videotape.
