Dawn of the Dead News

Published: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 9:18 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 9:18 a.m. Pasadena, Calif.

If Avatar is the fanboys' most anticipated movie this Fall, then Watchmen certainly had that same amount of excitement and buzz last Winter.

While it's nice to see Zack Snyder stepping out of his comfort zone by directing Guardians of Ga'Hoole , an 3D animated feature, is that really so far from what he already does? 300 and Watchmen were both filmed primarily in front of green screens and rendered later with computers.

The voice cast for Zack Snyder 's upcoming 3D animated feature, Guardians of Ga'hoole has been announced and according to THR , several notable actors have signed on to lend their voices to the film, including a couple of Academy Award winners and a Beatles fanatic.

We've seen Raccoon City , some of our favorite Super Mario 64 spots , and even Shaun of the Dead's Winchester pub all realized in the game's zombie apocalypse framework.

Dead Before Dawn, the much-anticipated Left 4 Dead custom campaign based on the Crossroads Mall of Zack Snyder's zombie remake Dawn of the Dead, was released this Halloween weekend and can be found in a 1.1GB download over on FileShack .

Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Norman Bates, and Jon & Kate are just some of Hollywood's most horrifying characters.

Not to begrudge Sam Raimi's commercial success, but when he started making blockbusters, horror fans lost a fine director a ' and gained Spider-Man 3. Great.

Run. And run fast. If you choose to stop, then you will be eaten, pulled down by a hellish creature that was once human, something that has risen from the grave and now stalks the night in search of flesh, preferably brains, as the story goes.

While "Zombieland" endures box-office success and "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" tops the New York Times best-seller book list, oneTampa theater companyseeks to bring the popularundead phenoenon back tothe basics.

Marc Price and actor Alastair Kirton talk about making A 45 zombie horror movie Colin , relying on friends and creativity and what the movie says about humanity.

A video has popped up documenting the recent Monroeville Zombie Walk , an annual event celebrating the Pittsburgh town's ties to George Romero 's Dawn of the Dead, the director's classic cinematic ode equating mall culture to the undead.

Halloween is just around the corner and everyone will be pulling out horror movies to watch and everyone will watch the old standards from the franchises like Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm Street, with Scream or some other favs thrown in for good measure.

I've come to the point in my life where I appreciate cover bands more than the originals.

'Night of the Living Dead' got the zombie craze shuffling along in 1968. Since then, hundreds more zombie flicks have detailed the brain-munching adventures of these beloved undead.

Ron Megee believes. He really believes. Or at least he says he does. Kansas City's veteran alternative actor/director didn't hesitate when he was asked recently whether he'd like to be up on stage in 'Maul of the Dead,' the blood-spattered show he's directing for the Coterie at Night.

"Zombieland" ; Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin and Bill Murray; Director: Ruben Fleischer; Rated: R Movie Review: The expiration date on any horror genre series is telling when the series is no longer a horror or thriller but rather a comedic instance of entertainment.

Merrimack Hall will show George A. Romero's horror classic " Night of the Living Dead" on Halloween night at 10 p.m. The 1968 black and white film spawned an entire genre of zombie films and is considered one of the greatest horror films ever made.

By the time this column publishes, I still will not have seen "Zombieland," though not because of any aversion to dead men walking.

Share your opinion with 411! With Zombieland starring Woody Harrelson being released wide this week, I thought about all the movies involving zombies and the infected.