First image of David Tennant as Peter Vincent.

Click above to read the post on Latino Review.

I just saw this floating around on Facebook. Here’s the first images from the Fright Night remake with David Tennant as the Peter Vincent character. Not quite the likeness of the Roddy McDowall version from 1985, eh? Apparently this go around, Peter Vincent is a Las Vegas style magician whose show is called Fright Night. You can check out the original post as well as a larger version of this image at LatinoReview.com.

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Horrorfind Weekend – The Spookiest Show On Earth.

Thought I’d do a little roundup of some vendors I plan to visit at Horrorfind Weekend this weekend.

**Joel Robinson – artist extraordinaire who did the 12 Jasons of Christmas cards I posted about before. You can find out more about Robinson at his website – www.artpusher.net – and he’ll have a table on the Horrorfind show floor.

**The band After Therapy is playing Friday night at Horrorfind Weekend. I posted about their album Torn With The Teeth a few days ago.

**Gutrot Effects is going to be doing on floor makeup at Horrorfind so you can get yourself an oozing zombie bite before you go meet George Romero. I’ve posted about their school of effects before.

**Then there’s Ruckus Productions and their film, which will be show at the film festival at Horrorfind, Trilogy of Blood. You can find out more about them on Facebook. Here’s a bit from their Facebook event page:

Come out for HORRORFIND WEEKEND and support Ruckus Productions! We will have a table full of goodies, and our film ‘Trilogy Of Blood’ will be shown at the film festival, Friday, September 3rd, at 9:30 PM..FYI, the film festival is separate from the convention, so it’s $10 to get in.

I will be working the table all weekend long, so stop on over, buy some DVDs (cuz we’re broke and need your money, lol) and have yourself a good ‘ol …time!

I’m sure there’s more, but in their infinite wisdom the folks from Horrorfind never seem to post vendors. What’re ya gonna do?

So who’s coming tomorrow to Horrorfind Weekend to buy me beer?

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Nightshade author Andrea Cremer got a lucky break. Literally.

Click above to order Nightshade from Amazon.

It all started when Nightshade author Andrea Cremer, professor of history at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN, broke her foot in a horseback riding accident the Summer of 2008 and couldn’t walk for eight weeks. With nothing else to occupy the time she started writing what would become the novel Nightshade.

Sometimes I get lucky too, like when someone notices that I do this little blog and they send me cool stuff to pass along to all of you. Thus, I found in my hands on Monday two galley prints (I’m keeping one dammit!) of the novel Nightshade and set about reading it.

From the first chapter I was hooked – it had a grizzly bear mauling and an ensuing fight with werewolves – and was glad I’d have the chance to tell all of you about it.

Really. they didn’t even pay me to say that.

Calla Tor’s world in Nightshade is even more dangerous than she knows.

Nightshade begins with Calla saving a human boy, Shay Doran, who is destined to become one point on an ever flexible-sided love triangle, from a grizzly – helping humans directly is something she’s forbidden to do by the Keepers – for reasons unknown even to her. The town of Vail, Colorado, on the surface at least, looks like any other town, but beneath its surface lies a supernatural world unknown to humans who only think they run the world.

In Nightshade the werewolves, known as Guardians, aren’t the scariest thing around.

In fact what is seems to be are the Keepers. A race of non-human witches who claim to predate humanity, the Keepers attend to their Guardian’s every need: money, luxury homes and cars, the finest foods, and in fact every material thing the Guardians would ever need in exchange for . . . servitude. No Guardian ever questions a Keeper – not even when the Keepers pick their mates, send them into battle, or fulfill their own selfish and sinister appetites. Yes, think “slave master going to the slave house at night” and not “can ya fetch me some ice cream from 711″.

Hooked yet? Keep reading to see how to win a copy of Nightshade by Andrea Cremer.

The Guardians, after all, are the Keeper’s best weapon against other side of a centuries long war – the Seekers. Guardians protect the Keeper’s sacred sites – their seats of power like the one located on a mountain near Vail – and they believe their master’s tales of using their power only for the world’s good. Calla believes too even when she disagrees with their decisions, and is destined to become the Alpha female of a newly formed third Guardian pack when she will be mated to Ren, Alpha male from the Bane pack, on both their eighteenth birthday, Samhain – Halloween – thus joining the Nightshade and Bane pack’s future and solidifying the Keeper’s secretive plans.

Yay for prearranged marriages on Halloween! Hey, I like Halloween weddings. I’m just saying.

Don’t get me wrong. Ren’s a good guy, if a bit arrogant from time to time, but through Nightshade Calla must decide if she should follow her duty and obvious physical attraction to her predetermined mate or follow the unheard of feelings she has for the human she saved from becoming bear food – Shay. It’s never completely clear which way she’ll go.

You might think Shay – the forbidden choice – is obvious, but Shay is no ordinary human either. He isn’t at all innately afraid of the Guardians like normal humans are, and his uncle – should I say supposed uncle – is a powerful Keeper. Then there’s the matter of the tattoo on the back of Shay’s neck he’s never seen, a mysterious book written in Latin, and . . .

The rest I’ll leave up to you.

So what did I really think of Nightshade?

At four hundred plus pages, this first novel in a planned trilogy wasn’t at all what I expected. OK, I’ll admit I don’t usually pick up books from the YA section of the bookstore with dreamy, sparkly girls on the front and tag lines that say, “She can control her pack, but not her heart.”

Nope. Not me.

Really this all the marketing department for Penguin Young Readers Group at work. Of course Nightshade will appeal to that audience of tween girls with the two dreamy young men – Shay and Ren – each tugging at Calla’s heart strings. And don’t think I didn’t notice that Cremer took every chance to get the boy’s shirts off even if Calla was bound to “purity” before the union with Ren. Yes, that means no kissing either – well, at least there’s not SUPPOSED to be any. Oh, and Ren didn’t seem to have the same “purity” rule. Ahem.

However, the author also did an excellent job of tip-toeing that fragile line that has to be drawn when writing for the YA audience. You won’t find any boom-chicka-wah-wah, blood-pumping, sweaty sex scenes and the werewolves use their sharp bits judicially.

Yes, there is blood and killing and dare I say it – heat provoking sexual tension. Enough at least to keep me reading – I am an old dude used to watching zombie flicks without flinching after all – without crossing the line to make it offensive or inappropriate the YA audience. Most of it is left to the imagination which I actually prefer when done right. I have, after all, a dirty and warped mind quite capable of filling in the blanks. (Heh! There’s a lovely blank-filler now.)

Nightshade is a classic story that many will recognize, but Andrea Cremer has re-imagined it with strong story telling skills, brisk action scenes (enough to keep guys reading too), and without populating the pages with needless adjectives. (I won’t mention who I’m talking about here.) Nightshade was an intriguing read – Gothic, passionate, mystery-laden – and had a heroine who never whined, pined, or moped. Calla Tor, even when bound by duty, is strong woman-to-be with a mind of her own and is a force to be reckoned with when crossed, and yet she has that quiet, self-assured, independent femininity that guys really want even when they don’t know it themselves.

So heck yeah I’d recommend this book to both YA readers and my fellow genre reading adults. If you want to know more you can check out the author’s blog at www.blurredhistory.blogspot.com and of course I’ll even let you go pre-order Nightshade by clicking the link or the book cover above.

Oh – this is cool too. Them, there crazy marketing folks have an immersive campaign going on over at Facebook where one of the characters, Shay Doran, has stepped off the page into the real world and you can interact with him.  He’s got a website too – www.shaydoran.com. Who knew fictional characters could blog?

You can click the banner below to visit Shay Doran of the Nightshade universe on Facebook.

Yeah, yeah, yeah . . . now gimme Nightshade for free!

I should mention this is a galley print so some errors may not be corrected from the final bookstore version. That also makes it more collectible in case this turns into the next Twilight. I’m just saying.

First here’s the rules:

Since this contest will also end up being mentioned on the Barrow fan page of Facebook I have to state some funky rules.

1. This contest has nothing to do with Facebook nor are they responsible for this contest in any way. Period.
2. Anyone can enter this time of any age. If you’re under 18 you must have a parent or guardian’s permission.
3. You must reside in the US – all 50 states – or Canada.
4. No purchase is necessary.
5. Contest ends Sunday September 15th, 2010 11:59 PM
6. I will use random.org to pick one lucky winner from the pool of entries and post it the following day.

How to enter:

Easy! Just send me an email with your name, address, and a subject heading “Nightshade”. Send it to RavensBarrow@verizon.net and enter only once. I’ll pick a winner in two weeks and plaster it all over Facebook, Twitter, and here.

Now get that entry to me and one lucky person will get to read Nightshade before anyone can buy it this October.

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Been hearing the buzz about Monsters yet?

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So I was sort of excited about Monsters when I first saw the trailer a couple of weeks back. I have yet to see this movie, but I have been hearing things fly about the web on it.

Reportedly this film was made for a budget of on $15,000 – yes folks that’s 15 thousand, not million. Here’s the scoop and the trailer is below.

Monsters Synopsis: Six years ago, NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms – monsters – began to appear there, and half of Mexico was quarantined as an “infected zone”. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain the creatures. Our story begins when a US journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through the infected zone to the safety of the US border.

Cast: Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able

Director: Gareth Edwards

Studios: Magnet Releasing/Magnolia Films

MPAA Rating: R

Running Time: 94 minutes

Estimated Budget: $15,000

Release Date: September 24, 2010 (on demand); October 29, 2010 (theaters)

Then I read this review from Mark Harris on About.com of Monsters.

You read the full review here. I ganked an excerpt from it below.

The ominous title Monsters is something of a misnomer. Edwards’ aim was to make “the most realistic monster film ever,” and the final product is as atypical a creature feature as you might expect from that description. The pace is slow, the action is minimal, the scares are few and far between, and in fact, it’s more drama than horror movie. Basically, it’s Cloverfield meets The African Queen.

That said, it’s an amazing-looking film, like an otherworldly travelogue in which the lush jungle scenery is broken up by an occasional 50-foot tentacle. The CGI effects are alternately dazzling and, even more impressive, so realistic that they blend into the fabric of the film. You might find yourself squinting to figure out what’s real and what’s not. Although it’s not a “POV film” like Cloverfield or The Blair Witch Project, it uses similar camera movements (panning, shaking) to mask any special effects deficiencies and conveys a similar sense of intimacy that makes you feel like you’re in the thick of it all.

I suppose I’m still sort excited to see Monsters. I mean – giant tentacled monsters stopping around Mexico – sounds like a decent time at the movies to me. And I really like the fact it was made guerrilla style and for no budget with a 5 person crew and the actors ad-libbing their lines. So what do you all think?

Monsters – yay or nay?

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From the bizarre minds of the premier Chicago Haunted House, Statesville Prison.

Facebook and email peeps, click the creepy dead nurse to watch the trailer.

Gone are the days of cheesy haunted house commercials as proven by the premier Chicago Haunted House and the Zombie Army.

Here’s something cool from the Zombie Army folks out in Chicago that once again proves Illinois must be the Dead Center of the US.

The Days of the Living Dead Season 2 Trailer Fall 2010 – John LaFlamboy stars as a working stiff abducted by Kitty Zombie and the Zombie Army and injected with a dose of darkness that transforms him from an average Joe into the unique breed that is the Chicago haunted house creator. Watch the other videos of Days of the Living Dead for a peak behind the scenes of Statesville Haunted Prison and The Fear on Navy Pier.

I’d say if I was going to hit a Chicago haunted house then this would be the place. There’s nothing like a creepy ass real prison to bring fear and dread out in people even before they see a haunt actor.

What is the Zombie Army? It’s a rag tag group of renegade actors, artists, technical directors and filmmakers working together to produce one of the largest and most heralded haunted houses in the country, Statesville Haunted Prison – the premier Chicago haunted house. This year, like every year, will be the Army’s biggest year yet and there is a lot at stake. Follow this reality show web series as we follow them every step of the way to chronicle the challenges they face.

If you like the show by the folks of this Chicago Haunted House, then I’ve embedded a widget below so you can back them.

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From the Unreliable Narrator website – “It all started with an over-sized novelty sombrero and a penciled-in moustache.”

Click above to visit the Unreliable Narrator site.

Or so begins the bio of Unreliable Narrator Productions creator – David Cronenberg.

One of the biggest headaches around October can be the planning of whatever event you’re doing. In fact in my own little home haunt the planning was the part I hated the most – especially when compared to building props or scaring people. You know – the fun stuff. That’s where an event planner come sin handy.

With that in mind, I just wanted to give a shoutout to a newly launched website – Unreliable Narrator Productions – out of L.A. Unreliable Narrator specializes in planning, designing, and executing Halloween, horror-themed, or haunted attraction events. They’re a start to finish event planner, and if you pop over to the site you can check out their full portfolio and testimonials.

David’s approach with Unreliable Narrator Productions to themed entertainment begins with the development of a story.

In fact, here’s the gist from the Unreliable Narrator Productions site:

David and Unreliable Narrator Productions are available to conceptualize and design your next Halloween party, horror-themed event, or haunted attraction. His goal is to assist you in providing your guests with a professional and thoroughly immersive, multi-sensory experience. David will draw upon his unique vision and extensive knowledge in order to develop a creative palette specific to your needs. The devil is in the details–David strives for film studio quality and recognizes the impact of effective sound design, lighting, and consistent theming.

Services include:

* Project Management
* Conceptual Design
* Event Production/Coordination
* Theme Development
* Set Decoration
* Logistics
* Staffing
* Prop Rentals
* Makeup (hiring artists, creating characters, purchasing supplies and prosthetics, etc.)

So, if you’re looking for someone to plan your next event, do check Unreliable Narrator out.

I personally dug poking around their portfolio page and the links to events they’ve planned like the Zombie Prom and the tour of “Haddonfield” (the real town of Springwood where Halloween was filmed). The elaborate backstory of the Zombie Prom in particular sold me on Unreliable Narrator Production’s services right away.

Besides their main website, you can also find out more about Unreliable Narrator on Twitter @UnreliableNarr and Facebook.

In case you misplace this post, I’ve also added Unreliable Narrator Productions to our links page so you can always find them.

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Learning special effects techniques has never been easier.

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I love the Special Effects Master Class series!

This week’s DVD is a serious how-to one filled with over three hours of special effects instruction in six different demos.

Maquette sculpting – sculpting a miniature monster for previsualization.

Headcasting – How to make a full head and shoulder cast of an actor.

Latex Appliance – How to attach and paint an “off the shelf” appliance not sculpted for your model.

Creature bust – Making a life size head and neck clay sculpture of an alien creature.

Half mask – Another very fun and funny tutorial presented by Jordu Schel, special effects master,l (schellstudio.com) on sculpting, molding, casting and airbrush painting a full face monster “Half mask”.

Fangs – An Excellent tutorial from Michael Pack demonstrating how to make custom fitted vampire special effects fangs like the ones he made for various movies and TV shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

If you’ve ever wanted to learn these special effects techniques from the folks who make a living doing them then this DVD is a great place to start. Presented by funny and sometimes scary special effects professionals with years of TV and Movie experience, these in depth tutorials show you step by step how to do everything including tips on what NOT to do. An affordable addition to anyone’s library, excellent for young and old alike.

So how do you win Special Effects Master Class Volume 1?

Easy – First here’s the rules:

Since this contest will also end up being mentioned on the Barrow fan page of Facebook I have to state some funky rules.

1. This contest has nothing to do with Facebook nor are they responsible for this contest in any way. Period.
2. You must be 18 to enter.
3. You must reside in the US – all 50 states dammit – or Canada.
4. No purchase is necessary.
5. Contest ends Sunday September 5th, 2010 11:59 PM
6. I will use random.org to pick one lucky winner from the pool of entries and post it the following day.

How to enter:

1. Leave a comment on any post on the Barrow. Each comment must contain the phrase “Special Effects” so I can sort it from the regular comments. You don’t have to work it into the comment. Just tag it somewhere with that word. Fill out the comment form properly with your email – no, don’t put your email in the body of the comment – so I can get a hold of you. Only one comment from you per post will be counted.

2. Visit the Raven’s Barrow fan page on Facebook and post something on the wall with a link to something cool.

No, porn and gambling sites are not cool (well maybe they are but not for this contest).

I want you to tell me about your home haunt with a link, an awesome Indie horror film, a neat Halloween product, a Youtube channel about Halloween, etc. The link should be something you think I should post about on the Barrow or just some little Halloween/horror/fantasy thing you would like to share. For every unique link you post on the wall you get an entry. Enter as many times this way as you want.

3. Follow me on Twitter – @P_Nottingham – and retweet any of my status updates. Every time you do that counts as one entry. I promise to say at least one witty thing every day, but you can even retweet my mundane stuff about socks or whatever and that counts too.

So get entering for your chance to win Special Effects Master Class Volume 1.

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And the winner of George Romero’s Suvival of the Dead is . .

Congrats to Leonardo Monteiro who retweeted just one of my Twitter updates and got entered to win George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead (Two-Disc Ultimate Undead Edition). Just goes to show ya that all it takes is one. Thanks to everyone who entered, and a new DVD Monday will be starting soon so stay tuned. Remember, DVD Monday will run through the end of October so there will be lots more goodies like Survival of the Dead to win.

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Halloween Horror Nights | Another Level of Fear

Richard Romero, no relation to the Father of the Modern Horror Movie George Romero (at least if he is Richard has been holding out on me), has graciously allowed me to publish his Universal Studios: Halloween Horror Nights updates from now until his trip to Hollywood to attend it this October, 2010. I can’t be everywhere this October after all. You can find out all about Romero by checking his website The Endless Information Highway and the rather cool movie review he did for the Barrow recently. Enjoy.

Universal Studios Hollywood: Halloween Horror Nights 2010 Maze Update
By Richard Romero

You look up and the sky begins to show signs of gloom, the trees in your area have begun to lose their green, a slight chill resides around you and it becomes obvious, Halloween is almost upon us.

Be prepared to once again welcome ghosts, zombies and demons galore as they prowl your neighborhoods and plague the overactive imaginations of children (a curse that lasts for years) all around you. I am one of these children, been one for 23 years now, and still the horror never gets old.

Allow me to introduce myself, I am Richard and the month of October means a lot of things to me:
1. My birthday-Oct. 5…feel free to send gifts.
2. Horror movie sales at Best Buy and Hastings.
3. Elaborate costumes and bloody makeup testing.
4. Haunted Houses.
5. Universal Studios Hollywood: Halloween Horror Nights.

Now you may be thinking to yourself, “Hey Richard, aren’t numbers 4 and 5 the same thing?” Well my friend, allow me to correct you. While haunted houses are a PART of Halloween Horror Nights, the experience as a whole allows the event to hold its own on my list of October delights. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Halloween Horror Nights, it is a 17 night event at Universal Studios Hollywood Theme Park. Inside of the studio’s gates, guests experience a seemingly never ending onslaught of specially themed monsters, scare zones, haunted mazes, and of course the Terror Tram, a haunted version of the day-time back lot tour (lots of fun because guests actually get to walk onto famous sets like Bates Motel). In case you could not tell, I am an avid Halloween Horror Nights attendee. So much that I follow up on the event almost daily to see what new announcements have been made prior to the events grand opening late September. This blog will serve as my gift to you. As new themes and houses unfold, I will spill my guts to the devoted readers of Ravens Barrow leading up to my final review when I attend opening night! Yes, this blog is Ravens Barrow exclusive, meaning I’m staying devoted to a great horror site that I feel is one of the most welcoming and fun sites around! So, without further ado, I give you the first unveiling of Halloween Horror Nights (Hollywood) 2010!

While haunted houses are a PART of Halloween Horror Nights, the experience as a whole allows the event to hold its own on my list of October delights.

First, let’s talk mazes. Halloween Horror Nights is known for having some of the most elaborate haunted mazes around…which makes sense because they are part of possibly THE most well known movie studio in the history of film and horror so why wouldn’t their haunted houses be quality?

Usually, Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood has mazes based on popular genre films. 2009 showcased the mazes My Bloody Valentine: Be Mine 4Ever, Halloween: The Life and Crimes of Michael Myers, Chucky’s Funhouse, and SAW: Game Over. Each year creative director for the event John Murdy seems to try and out scare the year before, and with the first maze announcement of 2010, this blogger is confident that he will hit his mark.

For 2010, Universal has revealed five haunted mazes. They are, A Nightmare on Elm Street: Never Sleep Again, Friday the 13, Saw: Game On, House of 1000 Corpses 3D, and Vampyre: Castle of the Undead.

Fans who keep track of houses used at the event in the past will notice that NOES, F13, and Saw, appear to be returning houses. Yes, the basic theme of the houses are returning, but according to Murdy, these houses will be all new and based on the most recent films behind the franchises. This should be interesting since, all three franchises have released some intense remakes and sequels the past few years. I’m excited to see what the team has cooked up for visitors to these mazes.

Now, onto the original haunts. House of A Thousand Corpses and Vampyre. These are brand new so I will go into a bit more detail this time around.

The first completely original house for 2010 is ROB ZOMBIE’S HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES 3D. According to John Murdy on the Halloween Horror Nights Twitter page, the maze will be located in the queue area of Terminator 2: 3D, but fans, have no fear location-wise, Murdy tweets that the maze will be just as good as any other HHN presentation.

“It takes over most of the line, same treatment and detail as the other mazes, only with 3D elements,” Murdy said in a recent tweet.

According to Murdy guests will enter through the film’s infamous Murder Ride and make their way through the Firefly House, the Catacombs, and even Dr. Satan’s underground lab., all while encountering characters from Zombie’s masterpiece. Sounds like a plan to this haunter (grabs Toy Story 3 3D glasses)!

Another maze recently announced goes out to the vampire fans and Twi-tards. The House of Horrors, a haunted attraction opened year round, will be transformed into VAMPYRE: CASTLE OF THE UNDEAD. According to Murdy, the house is an original idea and is not based on an actual movie. In my opinion as a haunt fanatic, I feel that this house will be open to the most creativity since it is not constrained by a specific storyline.

There you have it folks! I have told you the five mazes to expect at Halloween Horror Nights 2010. Just know, we are far from finished here. There is still info to be released on Scare Zones, Terror Tram, Shows, and Official prices, times, dates etc. Stay tuned haunters. I’ll see you soon.

-Richard Romero

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Get your car clean at the Zombie Car Wash in Monroeville, PA.

Click above to visit the Monroeville Zombies site.

I just got this in from Kevin Kriess of Monroeville Zombies about their Zombie Car Wash tomorrow.

THIS SATURDAY!! BRING YOUR DIRTY CARS! or just come to watch the mayhem ensue!

I Washed With a Zombie- The Zombie Car Wash.

It’s a charity car wash with an unusual twist: ZOMBIES! The event will bring back to the Monroeville Mall a horde of zombie re-enactors who do not want your brains, but rather your dirty cars at the Zombie Car Wash. The participants are volunteers who enjoy dressing as zombies and will do so to raise money for the Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania by washing cars.

This Zombie Car Wash is all about charity.

The charity car wash will take place on August 28, 2010 from 10:00 AM to 6:00PM in the rear parking lot of the historic Monroeville Mall. Participants coming to get their cars washed are also encouraged to dress as zombies to get a $2.00 discount off the $10.00 wash fee.

COST:

$10.00 per car driven by humans
$8.00 per car driven by Zombies
proceeds go to Animal Rescue League

“We’ve been recruiting and training a special team of zombies just for this worthy charity” says Time and Space / Monroeville Zombies President Kevin Kriess. “Zombies have always been animal friendly as they only crave human flesh. Plus they are great at lunging at cars and learning repetitive tasks such as sponging and rinsing so we are confident they are the best creatures for the job.”

We will also have on hand at the Zombie Car Wash the Limited Edition “I Washed With A Zombie” commemorative T-Shirts and posters for sale in the store and at a special discount with the price of a car wash!

Hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

Kevin Kriess

The Monroeville Mall was where Romero’s original Dawn of the Dead was filmed, in case ya didn’t know. What better place to have a Zombie Car Wash?

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