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!

Abigail Larson at Gallery 5 Tonight

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Our favorite local artist, Abigail Larson, will be showing her latest illustrations starting tonight (Friday, October 7) 6pm at Gallery 5 along with Jonathan Smith. Yay for First Fridays!

We have been fortunate enough to have Abigail create our event posters for the past 2 years. She really knows how to capture the spirit of our event and walk the fine line between the macabre and gross. Check out her 2011 poster and her 2010 poster.

So all of you Richmond undead should crawl out of the ditches, put down that half-eaten corpse and show Abigail some love. You may catch some of your rotting brethren there. *hint hint.

Abigail’s work will be on display until October 28, 2011.

Check out the Gallery 5 event page for details.

AbigailLarson.com

Zombie Film Festival at The Byrd Theater

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Our pals at The Byrd Theater are hosting this amazing event on Saturday, October 29th starting at 11:00 am. (Yes, we realize it’s on the same day as our event, but now you have something to do before and after stretching your legs at the Richmond Zombie Walk. )

If you’re familiar with the original “Litter in the Aisles” video they play before every movie at the Byrd, then you’ll love this zombified parody of it. Can you spot your undead Zombie Walk masters DeadMason and GreyMatter? Bravo to the VCU Brandcenter students who created it.

Litter In The Aisles from Olivia Abtahi on Vimeo.

For more information on the festival, go their Facebook Event page.

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.

Let’s kill zombies for our next vacation!

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What do you do when the zombie apocalypse comes while you’re on your next vacation? You sack up and grab the biggest weapon you can find.

Dead Island (out now) looks pretty damn amazing. This first person gaming experience utilizes an open-world format that goes beyond the all-melee zombie games of yore. Customizable weaponry, vehicular slaughter, RPG gameplay. wha?!

If you have the means, and especially if you’re a fan of the genre (FPS and/or zombies), pick this thing up now!

Still not convinced? How about 20 minutes of gameplay footage?

Now get out there and be somebody!