Awesome Zombies

(Spoilers) With The Walking Dead coming back for season five, you might want to brush up on the previous episodes. If you don’t have time to binge-watch them all, no worries – The Fine Brothers have you covered with their rapid-fire recap.

The latest trailer for the upcoming season of The Walking Dead reminds us just how much worse humans can be than zombies. At least we get some exploding walkers to help take the edge off. Premieres 10/12/14 on AMC.

ThinkGeek already lets us pretend we’re one of the heroes of The Walking Dead. Now they’re letting us be one of the bad guys. This hoodie zips up over your face to reveal a gross graphic. There’s also a ninja variant available.

(NSFW: Language) This crowdfunded short film by Mitch Cohen tells the tale of a terminally-ill, introverted nerd who manages to rise to the occasion during the zombie apocalypse, to become the greatest zombie assassin ever.

A young man is incredibly grateful when his dead girlfriend somehow comes back to life. But he soon finds out that she’s less alive and more undead. It’s Warm Bodies in reverse with Life After Beth. Starring Aubrey Plaza.

The latest trailer for the first-person zombie basher Dying Light explores the emotions of a world filled with fear, violence and terror as the last humans on Earth struggle for survival. Coming to major gaming platforms on 3/31/14.

The cast of The Walking Dead recently dropped by Conan. The late night show started things out with an appropriate opening sequence, featuring a belated inside joke plus Conan himself as a zombie. Or not.

The full opening cinematic for Left Behind. The flashback DLC introduces Riley, Ellie’s best friend in military school. After mysteriously disappearing for weeks, she goads Ellie into sneaking out of the school.

TWD is coming back soon enough, but meanwhile let’s cherish the genre and enjoy David Freyne’s creepy short film about a mysterious outbreak, a woman in a hospital and the terrifying bedlam that led her there. (Thanks Badu!)

In the ultimate manifestation of making lemonade from lemons, Nick Santonastasso has turned his physical challenges into a tool for pranking. With the help of Andrew Lincoln and Greg Nicotero, he pulls a fast one on Daryl.

(NSFW: Language, Gore) An early nighttime mission in the first-person zombie survival game Dying Light. The survivors are getting by, but their traps and facilities need to be maintained. Guess who has to do the job.

The second season of Telltale Games’ stellar animated adventure picks up where the last one left off, as Clementine must survive more horrors – in both zombie and human form. Pre-order the Mac/PC season pass now for 10% off.

A teaser for Left Behind, a new single player campaign for the critically-acclaimed PS3 adventure game The Last of Us. It will be about heroine Ellie and Riley, her best friend from military school. Coming in 2014.

A version of the classic board game in which your goal is to fortify properties to protect yourself from the horde – given the fact that there is no real estate market during the zombie apocalypse. Go directly to jail. It’s your home afterall.

(Gore) Dead Island didn’t live up to the hype it generated, but it did lead to Axis Animation’s awesome CGI trailer. Cinedrone Pictures pays homage to that gripping short with this live action shot-for-shot remake.

The sequel to the critically-acclaimed adventure game spinoff of The Walking Dead. The Walking Dead: Season 2 starts off a few months after the first game. Play as young Clementine, left to fend for herself in the zombie apocalypse.

Pull off undeadlifts with Onnit’s limited edition kettlebells. Zombie Bells are made from chip-resistant iron and are perfectly balanced, despite the grisly ghouls hand-sculpted on them. Available in four weights and sizes.

It’s a brief :30 second spot, but we just love the juxtaposition of hordes of attacking undead set to the upbeat tones of The Turtles’ 1967 classic Happy Together in this commercial for the Xbox One zombie shooter.

(Gore) Start your Halloween celebration early with a very special rendition of the holiday classic Monster Mash, as sung by the characters of The Walking Dead – sorta, kinda. Well at least they deliver on actually mashing some monsters.

Collegehumor presents a dark tale of a desperate and egotistic high school chemistry teacher who comes up with the ultimate drug… and unwittingly brings about a zombie apocalypse. A typical depressing AMC show.

(Gore) A look at the various weapons, costumes and vehicles that you’ll be able to collect and craft in Dead Rising 3. Some of the weapons like the lightsaber aren’t new to the series, but there seem to be a ton of new toys to play with.

It’s time for Phillip Blake (aka The Governor) to get what’s coming to him in the latest expansion novel from The Walking Dead. If you haven’t read ’em already, pick up Rise of the Governor and The Road to Woodbury first.

(NSFW: Language, Gore) Step out of a zombie-infested mall and into a zombie-infested city with Dead Rising 3. The game builds on the series’ weapon customization mechanic by adding vehicles to the mix.