They Won't Stay Dead! A new Night of the Living Dead soundtrack CD

For those of you who used to own the Varese Sarabande soundtrack album will be excited to hear about the forthcoming title from Zero Day Releasing: THEY WON'T STAY DEAD! Music from the soundtrack of Night of the Living Dead. It's due out on April 13th, and can be pre-ordered on Amazon.com through the link provided.

If Zero Day Releasing sounds familiar, that's because they're the folks behind last year's Autopsy of the Dead, which is up for a Rondo award!

40 Years/40 Movies Attendance Breaks 200!

We did it! 40 Movies in 30 days. And I didn't have to do it alone. Our total attendance of 201 means that on average there were five of us watching each screening.

Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate over the last month. I can honestly say it would not have been  the same without you.

We're looking forward to settling back in to our normal schedule of Wednesday night screenings and monthly Movie Parties.

40 Years/40 Movies Attendance Breaks 100 in Week 2!

Things have been relatively quiet on this side of the fence as we've been focused on our 40 Years, 40 Movies series at The Slaughtered Lamb. If you haven't been following along, you can do so at the 40/40 Blog.

We're having a blast, and we still have three weeks to go, with many more great films to be screened. Last night our attendance surpassed 100, and while it's optimistic to think we might double that before we're through, each week has brought with it new surprise visitors, so you never know!

Ed Harris presents Knightriders live at the Egyptian Theater

Friends of The Slaughtered Lamb who live near Los Angeles won't want to miss the opportunity to see George Romero's Knightriders at the Egyptian Theater this Saturday, with Ed Harris in attendance.

Harris and Tom Savini give amazing performances in this unique tale. If we weren't hip deep in our 40 Years, 40 Movies series, I'd be tempted to fly down for this very special event.

If you do check it out, we'd love to hear about it!

George Romero's Original Zombie Novel!

Years ago, George Romero offered the first chapter of a zombie novel, The Death of Death, as an online exclusive PDF. It was expected that periodically new chapters would be released, but alas that never came to fruition. That beginning was just as rich as Romero's zombie films, and I'm pleased to announce that after far too long a wait, Romero has finally written a zombie novel, The Living Dead, which is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com.

From the publisher's website:

In San Diego, an autopsy seems routine until the corpse sits up and begins to walk--after all of his organs have been removed. Suddenly, the rules of this world have been rewritten and the dead now walk the earth. In Atlanta, a reporter covers the epidemic, showing viewers glimpses of increasing chaos from across the globe. Nowhere, it seems, is safe. The captain of an aircraft carrier hopes to save his crew from the disease by remaining at sea, but seemingly within moments zombies are wreaking havoc on the ship. THE LIVING DEAD follows different groups of people as they react to the crisis, working together or, for some, using their limited knowledge of zombies to try to survive. But is survival even possible? Or desirable?

I've already pre-ordered copies of both the domestic and UK editions!

I do hope they'll be sending George around on a tour to promote the book when it's released next June, and that it will be his first of many novels. I've always been a fan of his only published piece of prose fiction, the short story Clay, and have long hoped he would write more. One more thing to look forward to in the New Year!

Return of the Psychotronix Film Festival

It's back!

The Psychotronix Film Festival returns this Saturday night to its original venue at the Foothill Campus.

When: Saturday Night December 12 2009, 7:00 to 11:00 PM
Where: Room 5015 on the Foothill Campus
Price: $5 admission + $2 in quarters for parking

We've been to the last three events, and there's been something unique to enjoy at each one...

Any takers?

Bookshelf of the Living Dead

If you thought 2009 was an exciting year for Night of the Living Dead fans - the Autopsy of the Dead DVD, the limited edition book Advertising Night of the Living Dead, and another Living Dead Festival, there's no sign of things slowing down in 2010.

A few releases may have flown under your radar, and there are some exciting new projects coming out next year that I want to be sure all Night fans are aware of. I plan to run reviews on each of these, and possibly even run interviews with the folks behind these projects.

The BFI Classics series of books each focus on an single film that is important in the history of cinema, and it's nice to see Night of the Living Dead recently added to that list (along with Star Wars!).

Many of you are surely familiar with John Russo's novelization of Night of the Living Dead that was initially published by Warner Books in 1974, and later reissued in 1982 by Pocket Books. And while we are all aware of the film's unfortunate public domain status, one would hope that Christopher Andrews' self-published 'novelization' will prove to be in direct violation of Russo's publishing copyright, and an example can be set for those who assume that anything relating to the film is theirs for the taking.

If you're not familiar with Jerad Walters Centipede Press, you're missing out on some beautifully produced books relating to horror fiction, art and film. His books are not inexpensive, but fine works of art in and of themselves, justifying the price. For this reason alone, I was thrilled to see that his Studies in the Horror Film series would have a volume on Night of the Living Dead.

Also scheduled for release next year is a book on the making of Night by the Phantom of the Movies himself, Joe Kane: Night Of The Living Dead: The Inside Story of the Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever.

I've included links to order the above titles (the unauthorized novelization notwithstanding) on the Night of the Living Dead page in The Slaughtered Lamb Cinema Store linked to the right.

P.S. In case anyone out there is still looking for a copy of our long out of print The Scream Factory Presents: Night of the Living Dead 25th Anniversary Tribute, there's one up for grabs on eBay right now. It's hard for me to believe that it's been more than 16 years since we did that...