Richmond Zombie Walk

Richmond, Virginia's Zombie Walk has become an annual tradition attracting young and old undead from all across the east coast. At its heart, the Richmond Zombie Walk is a fundraising parade benefiting various charities. We have costume contests and sometimes stage zombie attacks on poor innocent bystanders (all in the name of fun). So put on your bloody best and join the horror show!

BLOOD! So. much. blood.

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photo: Myk Meñez

I scream. You scream. We all scream for eyes cream, which we all know is blood. The wonderful gooey crap that keeps you meat bags’ tasty brains alive.

Since it is that time of year in which we all like to play pretend, I’d like to tell you about a couple of ways to make some blood using corn syrup, chocolate syrup, food coloring, chocolate powder and all kinds of other tasty things.

The most common recipe includes:

  • 1 cup corn syrup (commonly sold as Karo Syrup)
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 2 tablespoons of red food coloring
  • A few drops of green food coloring

Throw all of that in a blender, mix for a few seconds and presto! You’re good to go. Of course the amounts of each will vary to your preference in consistency or color. So don’t be afraid to experiment.

You can actually find a ton of blood recipes online, but we thing the ones here are the best.

If you’re interested in sprucing up your undead look for the big event, then stay tuned this week for information on our annual zombie make up workshop, where we’ll go over how to make things like fake blood, torn flesh and proper zombie attire.

Have fun and remember, WE’RE COMING TO GET YOU!

It’s not official until …

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Illustration by Abigail Larson

For the past couple of years we have been fortunate enough to have Abigail Larson create amazing zombified event posters. This year she has out done herself again with our rotten little friend above. So with that, the event is officially official.

Like last year we will have prints available for $5 each at the pre-walk meetup on Saturday, October 27th at 1pm at Byrd Park out by Boat Lake.

Not only that, if you missed getting our 2011 and 2010 Richmond Zombie Walk poster, we’ll have those too.

AND Abigail will be there to sign them if you want. How horribly fantastic!

The Richmond Zombie Walk also has official stuff online that you can’t get anywhere else.. T-shirts, sweatshirts, etc. although this isn’t about us!

There isn’t an emoticon for this, but we [bloody] <3 Abigail.

RICHMOND, WE COME FOR YOU!

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Time to get things all blow’d up. KABOOM!

Oh how the time flies when you’ve got nothing to do but pick maggots out your own rotting flesh.

RICHMOND, WE COME FOR YOU!

After months of scavenging for rodents along the sewers of the James River, your zombie masters have returned to the surface and are hungry for human flesh and BRAAAAAINS.

Stay tuned for the latest warnings news.

October 27th can’t come soon enough.

Thank you RVA. You’re the best.

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Photo: Kencredible

Thanks to all the zombies and spectators who braved the cold and drizzle yesterday.

Congratulations to all of our contest winners.

Special thanks to Abigail Larson, the Richmond Fencing Club, the Virginia Lottery, Style Weekly, Lilbat, The Byrd Theater, The folks with the Zombie Film Festival, Clippi Headren, Typhoid, Myles, Tony, Liam, Jennifer, Diane, Audrey, our willing attack victims. Thanks to everyone for your donations to the American Cancer Society and most of all for making the Richmond Zombie Walk a memorable one.

See you next year on Saturday, October, 27th!

Bloody kisses and brains, DeadMason and GreyMatter.

The year of Plants vs. Zombies

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At this year’s Richmond Zombie Walk, we will have a special costume contest category: Best Plants vs. Zombie costume. Whether you’re a zombie-destroying plant or a member of the zombie army on the hunt for BRAINS, the best Plants vs. Zombies-themed costume will win a Virginia Lottery prize pack, including scratcher tickets! Check out the Virginia Lottery’s Plants vs. Zombies scratcher ticket on-sale now at a retailer near you.

In addition to this, we’ll be giving away $20.00 Plants vs. Zombies game download coupons to our zombie walk participants.*

*Recipients of download coupons and of the costume contest prize pack must be 18 years or older.