New On DVD: Fangoria Presents: Germ Z

New this week from Naedomi Media is Fangoria Presents: Germ Z, directed by J.T. Boone and starring Marguerite Sundberg, Michael Flores and Mark Chiappone.​

"When a meteor knocks a satellite to earth near a small town, military responders and residents are infected with a mysterious germ that turns them into aggressive cannibals. To survive, the uninfected must evade infection and cannibals and find a way to stop the germ from spreading before it is too late."

​Fangoria Presents: Germ Z is available now on DVD.​

How To Kill A Zombie

Zombieland has run the numbers ​and concludes that these are the most effective target areas to hit when you're aiming to kill a zombie.

Photo: The Walking Dead Is Back In Production

AMC has just released the first photo from the set of The Walking Dead as it heads back into production for its fourth season.​

New In Comics: The Walking Dead #110

New in comic stores this week from Image Comics is The Walking Dead #110.​

"Ezekiel vs. Michonne?"

Featuring a story by Robert Kirkman and art by Charlie Adlard.

New On DVD: The Dead Reborn

New this week is The Dead Reborn​.

Info on this one is sketchy. No IMDB entry and different sources credit the release to Full Moon and/or Wizard Entertainment (both associated with Charles Band). The trilogy's two directors are cited as Dave Parker and Victoria Sloan (an alias for David DeCoteau).

"From biochemical virus outbreaks to bizarre occult rituals, the dead have risen to walk the Earth once more. In these three chilling tales of the living dead, no one is safe: Can you withstand the heart-pumping horror of The Dead Reborn?"

​The Dead Reborn is available now on DVD.

The Last of Us: Meet the Infected

The PlayStation Blog got "an intimate tour of the sights and sounds" of The Last of Us from Naughty Dog's Creative Director Neil Druckmann and Game Director Bruce Straley.

Meet the infected...

Free Comic Book Day!

Today is the day - the first Saturday in May - Free Comic Book Day!​

Find your local comic shops with the Free Comic Book Day Store Locator.​

New In Comics: '68: Jungle Jim #2

New this week from Image Comics is '68: Jungle Jim #2, featuring a story by Mark Kidwell and art by Jeff Zornow and Jay Fotos.​

"The skies over Vietnam rain liquid fire as Brian Curliss, AKA Jungle Jim continues his epic quest to find the rotting, undead remains of Sergeant Jim Asher. Jim's search carries him across the border into war-torn Cambodia, where the struggling occupants of an isolated French mission hold their own against hunger, madness and the ravenous dead.

In the dripping shadows of the rainforest, human life hangs on a hair trigger and to save himself and those who need him, Jim will have to face more than the living dead and swarms of vengeful Viet Cong... because here there be tigers."

New On DVD: Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection

New this week from Lions Gate is Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection, directed James Plumb by and starring Sarah Louise Madison, Sabrina Dickens and S.J. Evans.

​"Based on George A. Romero's classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. In 2012 the deceased have risen from their graves once again with the instinct to feed on the living. As academics speculate on the scientific cause of this phenomenon theologians point to the Armageddon foretold in the Book of Revelation. As the cities are overrun and civilization crumbles a family takes refuge from the undead army in an isolated farmhouse in West Wales. But the greatest threat is already among them as they fight to stay alive."

Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection is available now on DVD, iTunes and Amazon Instant Video.

Dead Island Riptide - Official Trailer

The official Dead Island Riptide release trailer:​

Dead Island Riptide is available now for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and PC Download.​

New On DVD: All American Zombie Drugs

New this week from Brain Damage Films is All American Zombie Drugs, directed by Alex Ballar and starring Beau Nelson, Wolfgang Weber, Natalie Irby and Susan Graham.

"Vinny and Sebastion, two burnouts going nowhere in small town suburbia and still riding the high of their high-school days, start a business doing the only thing they have ever excelled at... Drugs. With the help of a jealous girlfriend and a rich goth chick, Vinny and Sebastion take on angry, geeky frat-boys, dangerous businessmen, zombies and more in search of the perfect high."

All American Zombie Drugs is available now on DVD.​

New On Blu: The Grapes Of Death

New this week from Redemption is The Grapes of Death, directed by Jean Rollin and starring Brigitte Lahaie, ​Marie-Georges Pascal, Felix Marten and Serge Marquand.

"Jean Rollin's acclaimed cult horror film GRAPES OF DEATH stars Brigitte Lahaie as a woman whose vacation takes a horrific turn when she finds herself in a town full of zombie-like killers. Fighting to stay alive, she begins to think the town winery has got something to do with these evil transformations. Could the pesticides used on the grapes be responsible for all this madness?"

The Grapes of Death is available now on Blu-ray and DVD.​

FetchQuest On Zombies

Geek And Sundry's FetchQuest looks at two new zombie games - Dead Island Riptide and The Last Of Us (and throws in a little zombified Gangnam Style for good measure)​

New In Comics: Fanboys Vs. Zombies #13

New this week from Boom! Studios - Fanboys Vs. Zombies #13 - by writer Shane Houghton and artist Jerry Gaylord.​

"BRAND NEW ARC! PERFECT JUMPING-ON POINT FOR NEW READERS! In space, no one can hear you recite the entire Night’s Watch oath...and, thankfully, they can’t see your zombie- bitten Jon Snow costume, either! C’mon, you knew it was coming. It’s Fanboys vs. Zombies...IN SPACE. Yuuup. From the Z-ream team of Shane Houghton (REED GUNTHER) and Jerry Gaylord, don’t miss the next chapter of the FvZ epic!"

Zombieland - The Series Available Now On Amazon Prime

Check out the new trailer for Amazon's Zombieland TV series and then watch it for free on Amazon Prime.

New On DVD: State Of Emergency

New this week from Image Entertainment is State of Emergency, directed by Turner Clay and starring Jay Hayden, Andy Stahl and Tori Whit.

"After an explosion unleashes the contents of a military bio-weapons plant, the unsuspecting populace is transformed into a roaming army of flesh-eating zombies. Trapped in the quarantine zone, Jim (Jay Hayden, A Warrior's Heart) finds himself cut off, confused and fighting for his own survival. Contacted by a small band of others unaffected by the toxins, Jim sets out to reach their besieged warehouse. Becoming the group's de-facto leader, he struggles to keep order as they hunker down, fortify their stronghold and arm themselves against the attacking mutants. Fragmentary radio reports from outside hint at a last-ditch government rescue plan. But can the survivors hold out until help arrives... or will they succumb to the living hell of an undead apocalypse?"

State of Emergency is available now on DVD.​

The Zombie Walk Infographic

This infographic presents "a brief insight into the widespreading phenomenon" of The Zombie Walk.​

The History Of Zombie Walks infographic by Designbysoap.

New In Comics: The Colonized #1

New this week from IDW Publishing is issue 1 (of 4) of The Colonized.​

"Part 1: “Minutemen in Black” – In this all-new miniseries, a spaceship crashes into a separatist camp and manages to reanimate the dead as well! It’s aliens vs. zombies vs. militiamen in a carnage-filled tale from the co-creator of Zombies vs Robots! And if that ain’t enough, covers for this series will be by acclaimed Cerebus creator, Dave Sim!"

The Colonized #1 features writing by Chris Ryall, art by Drew Moss, coloring by Jay Fotos and cover by Dave Sim.

Mob Of The Dead

It's gangsters vs. zombies in Call of Duty's new "Mob Of The Dead" ​DLC Map Pack for Black Ops 2.

"Four mobsters find themselves trapped on the notorious Alcatraz Island. They soon find out though that they are not alone in the prison cell blocks. Chazz Palminteri, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Madsen, and Ray Liotta star in one of the most frightening Zombies experiences yet.

"Mob of the Dead" is included with Uprising, the second DLC Map Pack available for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Uprising arrives first on Xbox LIVE on April 16th, with other platforms to follow. http://www.callofduty.com/blackops2"

New In Comics: The Last of Us - American Dreams #1

New in comic stores this week from Dark Horse Comics is issue #1 of The Last of Us: American Dreams, the print tie-in with the upcoming video game from Naughty Dog.​

"The comics-exclusive prequel to the new game from Naughty Dog! Creative director Neil Druckmann teams with breakout comics star Faith Erin Hicks to present the story of thirteen-year-old Ellie’s life in a violent, postpandemic world. A newcomer at a military boarding school, Ellie is reluctant to toe the line, which earns her new enemies—and her first glimpse of the world outside."

​Written by Neil Druckmann and Faith Erin Hicks, drawn by Faith Erin Hicks, colored by Christina Strain and cover by Julian Totino.