If you're near Leicester this weekend, Terror4Fun are having their annual "UK Festival of Zombie Culture" at the Pheonix Square Arts Cinema.
Highlights include...
• 13 hours of Zombie Films
• Guest stars including Charlie Higson and Dominic Brunt
• The Arcade of the Dead – Retro Zombie Games to die for
• Best dressed Zombie Award – Come Dressed to Impress
• Zombie Killing Challenge – Kill the Undead on a Cinema Screen
• Make Up Artists – Make you look like your favourite cadaver
• Zombie Authors – Signing books and talking about zombies
• Goodie Bags – 1st 250 people through the door get lucky !!!
• Horror Traders – Zombie Shop & Terror4fun open all event
• Spot Prizes, giveaways, themed food & drink
Film list is as follows...
12.00 Noon - ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS (1979):WORLD PREMIERE: HD VERSION... Lucio Fulci created the film that would challenge Romeros reign as King of the Zombies and for the first time on the Big Screen we are able to show the restored version before its release on Blu-Ray...
14.10 - MURALIM (201)): UK PREMIERE and a Programme of Shorts... Israels 1st Ever Zombie Film... This movie pits a young conscript against hordes of the living dead during passover... Culturally Significant... YES... Awesome slice of Zombie Action... SURE...
16.10 - BEFORE DAWN (2012): With intro from Director & Actor Dominic Brunt... More famous as Paddy the Vet from Emmerdale, Yes, that's right, Dominic has created this truly brilliant slice of British Zombie Horror and will be introducing it here, at the UK Festival of Zombie Culture...
CHARLIE HIGSON TIME!!! Charlie Higson will be doing a reading from his latest book 'The Sacrifice' and talking zombies before doing a book signing with the Team from Puffin and Waterstones... Plus this is the time to get a drink, order some food and 'smoke em if you got em...'
19.15 -THE ESCHATRILOGY (2012): With Intro and Q&A with Director & Producer… Is a trio of zombie shorts about the end of the world and it's effects on the family unit. The film boasts a huge cast and fantastic make up and special effects, it has also included nearly 350 locals and extras combined for the three films.
21.30 - GANGSTERS, GUNS AND ZOMBIES (2012) UK PREMIERE A getaway driver for a group of hard core gangsters finds himself up against a slightly more unexpected enemy than the boys in blue when his latest job coincides with the start of a zombie apocalypse.
23.20 - COCKNEYS Vs ZOMBIES (2012) A bunch of East-enders fight their way out of a zombie infested London, lead by an unlikely gang of amateur banks robbers and foul-mouthed plucky pensioners. Starring Michelle Ryan, Honor Blackman and Harry
Special Guests include...
Charlie Higson... TV Star (The Fast Show) and Zombie Author will be attending the event to read from his latest book 'The Sacrifice' and to sign copies of this and the other books in his Zombie Series...
Dominic Brunt... Soap Opera Royalty and Zombie Film Director, will be introducing his film Before Dawn...
David Moody... Critically Acclaimed Author of the Autumn and Hater Series of Book...
Wayne Symmons... Horror Author and Ink Collector...
Damian Morter... Director and Actor - The Eschatrilogy... Intro'ing his own movie...
Luke Duffy... Ex Para, Security Specialist and Apocalyptic Zombie Author of 'When There's No More Room in Hell'
Sean T. Page... Zombie Survival Specialist, Author and Undead Expert
Adam Millard... Prolific Horror Author and Tatooed Zombie Lover... Catch him and his posse at the event...
Major Jack Union... Adventurer, Ladies Man and author of 'How to Bag a Jabberwock - A Practical Guide to Monster Hunting'.
Day passes are just £25, for more info visit http://www.terror4fun.com/zombie_dayoftheundead12.html
To book directly online go to http://phoenix.org.uk/index.php?cms_id=634
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