We’re starting at 3pm at Knitting Factory Brooklyn (361 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211) with our usual FREE zombie meet-up! It’s an all age event (you must be 21+ to enter the Bar room) the bar and for 2 and 1/2 hours, zombies are invited to hang out while our zombie technicians will be providing makeup for civilians who wish to become undead for a small fee (starting at $5). We’ll have drink specials from Pabst Blue Ribbon and Sailor Jerry all afternoon and a photo booth from Snap Yourself NYC!

At 5:30pm, Zombies will roam down Bedford Ave to McCarron Park for our annual photo opportunity as well as some zombie fun and games. At 6:45pm we’ll be making a pit stop for some zombie refueling (Location TBA).
Then at 8pm we’ll head to Public Assembly (70 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211) for the NYC Zombie Crawl after party ($13 if you are a zombie, $15 for civilians, 21 + only) featuring tons of bloody good fun including drink specials from Pabst and Sailor Jerry as well as;

- Live musical performances from Skeletal Life, Bikini Carwash, and more TBA!
- A special performance by AURELIO VOLTAIRE, bringing you a mix of ghoulish songs, dirty ditties and satirical ballads about murder, zombies, religion and pop-culture!
- RIGOR MORTIS REVUE – Horror burlesque at it’s dead sexiest!
- Sideshow performances from DisGraCeLand Family Freakshow!
- Strip for Pain: The WORLD’s Most Dangerous Game Show at Midnight!
- Late night HOT ZOMBIE CONTEST!
- There will be zombie projections throughout the night and so much more!

Sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon, Sailor Jerry Rum, Halloween Adventure, Shaw Promotion Wholesale Halloween Costumes and Backseat Conceptions

*As a warm up for the Brookyn events, on May 19th the NYC Zombie Crawl will join forces with the Cannes Zombie Walk in France during the 2013 Cannes Film Festival to present a massive zombie meetup on the French Riveria with the Troma Team and the Occupy Cannes movement! Stay tuned to the website for coverage from the event!

**And the NYC Zombie Crawl will return to Manhattan on Wed, July 3rd for the 4th in a series of ZOMBIE RAVES we’re producing with Webster Hall NYC! Stay tuned to www.zombierave.com for details!

Also we’d like to welcome a new sponsor to the NYC Zombie family, WholesaleHalloweenCostumes.com! They are offering a very special 15% discount for our zombies on all of their already outrageously low prices on everything on the website! Makeup, costumes, zombie accessories and more! Just go to the website and enter ZOMBIE15 when you’re checking out! And everything will be delivered right to your door!

The Tribeca Film Festival has invited NYC Zombie Crawl to take part in a fun event for the whole family! On Friday, April 19th we’ll be at the World Financial Center in downtown Manhattan, right on the waterfront! From 6:00p-8:30p we will be doing ghoulish Beetle Juice inspired makeovers for free on the general public. At 8:30p there will be a Tim Burton themed costume contest and then Beetle Juice will be screening!

If you remember, we did a similar event with the Tribeca Film Festival for the 25th Anniversary of Thriller a few years back. Everyone had so much fun we’re doing it again with Beetle Juice!

Click here for details and directions!

And much thanks to all the zombies who came out to Zombie Rave 3 at Webster Hall! The event was a huge success, you can check out some photos from Driven By Boredom here, more on the way!!

Hope everyone had an awesome holiday season! The NYC Zombie Crawl team is thawing out and getting ready for our Spring 2013 events which will mark our seventh year of undead events!
We will have our Springtime NYC Zombie Crawl event on Sunday, June 2nd this year in Brooklyn! And before that, on March 31st our 3rd of a series of Zombie Raves at Webster Hall presented by NYC Zombie Crawl!

The Zombie Rave returns to Webster Hall (125 E. 11th St in Manhattan) this Sunday, March 31st presented by NYC Zombie Crawl! You can expect the usual 1000 Gallons of Blood to be dumped off the balcony onto the crowd around Midnight! There is a $500 Zombie Dance Contest after Midnight, FREE zombie makeovers and more madness as well!
Our undead DJ’s for the evening include:
DJ Jess – Alex English – Subset – Mischeif – RXF

Doors are at 10pm and it’s 19+ to enter! $15 in advance, $20 at the doors – Buy advance tickets HERE!

Or if you show up with our NYC ZOMBIE RAVE COUPON, it will be $10 admission at the door! Save the below image and print it up!!

Add our Zombie Rave Facebook page for up to date info, photos and more madness!

Check out the photos of the madness from the last Zombie Rave with Coach Mike right here!

More photos from the Zombie Rave facebook below!

And here are 3 new photo sets from Coach Mike Pics!
Pre-Crawl – Coach Mike Pics
Union Square – Coach Mike Pics
Afterparty – Coach Mike Pics

Here is some photos on Village Voice and Time Out NY and also a report on the NYC Zombie Afterparty and some NSFW action from Nate “Igor” Smith and DrivenbyBoredom.com

Thanks to the swarm of zombies at this past NYC Zombie Crawl event! Everyone had a bloody good time and there were tons of photographers and press on hand to document the insanity! Here are the first few galleries and remember you can add your own to our FACEBOOK group!
Driven By Boredom’s coverage
Time Out NY coverage
Gothamist Coverage
Some more video as well:

Thanks to Lloyd Kaufman and the Troma Team for sharing the first 5 minutes of the ‘Return to the Class of Nuke Em High’! Also thanks to all our performers THUNDERBOX NYC, NINE INCH ELVIS. MUTANT SUPREMACY , RIGOR MORTIS REVUE  & LA PETITE MORGUE!
Thanks to our venues Webster Hall, The Beauty Bar NYC and The Continental and of course thanks to our sponsors Pabst Blue Ribbon and Sailor Jerry Rum for providing plenty of free drinks and drink specials, and Halloween Adventure NYC for providing makeup!

We also launched the 2013 Post Mortem Pinups calender – you can buy yours online right now!

We’re going to be doing a series of Zombie events with Webster Hall over the next 6-8 months, the next one being another Zombie Rave on 12-12-12! Stay tuned for more details!

There are plenty more zombie times to come in the next few weeks and months! Tomorrow in NYC:
Wednesday, October 17th there is Naked Girls Reading Zombies – Exactly what it sounds like
9pm-11pm @ Under St. Marks theater, 94 St. Marks st, Manhattan, NY

http://www.NakedGirlsReadingNYC.com/

And on Thursday and Friday in CHICAGO watch out! The NYC Zombie Crawl team is returning for the 3rd annual zombie event at the Admiral Theater, BRIDE OF THE STRIPPING DEAD on October 18th and 19th! Zombie ringleader Doug Sakmann will be co-hosting the 2 night event and zombifying all the strippers in the club! Get ready for an amazing and sexy show!

We’re pleased to announce that we will have some celebrity appearances from the cast of THE WALKING DEAD including Savana Jade Wehunt, Kevin Galbraith & Sonya Thompson!

You are welcome to come in your own makeup and we will also have several artists on hand to zombify at a base rate of $15! There will also be some zombie vendors as well as all of the below scheduled attractions!

Zombies will have access to all the amusement rides and roller coasters in the park  from 6pm – Midnight!

6:00 – 7:30 pm – Fright Feast: A meal fit for a zombie! Available for $9.99 to guests.

6:00-7:00 pm – The Walking Dead VIP Reception in Upper Level of Game Day Grille Will include contest winners from Twitter contests @DorneyParkPR to be held next week. Will be followed by walkthrough with Walking Dead cast and staff members of Bloodshed

6:00p- midnight – Face Your Fears EXPO: Expo Space will open at doors. Expo Participants include Infect Scranton, Philly Zombie Prom, HAUNT Vk Registration, Run For Your Life, Dorney Haunt, Cross Bearer and more!

6:15- 6:30 pm – Zombie Jello Brain Eating Contest Hosted by 99.9 The Hawk’s Michaels and Layne Morning Show at the  Carousel prior to Haunt Opening Show. Winner will receive 2 Fright Lane passes!

7:00p- midnight – HAUNT V Previews: Scare Zones will be staged with no actors, but have blackouts present. Indoor and Outdoor Attractions will be staffed and operate as normal. Grave walkers will be available for photo opportunities for guests.

7:30-8:30 PM – Q & A with The Walking Dead actors in Game Day Grille.

9:00 pm – Best Dressed Zombie Contest: To be held at Center Stage, winner gets a Haunt Prize Pack!

9:30-11:00 PM – Meet and Greet with Walking Dead Actors: Actors will be available for photos and autographs with guests in Game Day Grille.

Remember, you can BUY YOUR ADVANCE TICKETS NOW HERE! Put in NYCZOMBIE as the user name and password (all caps)

And don’t forget, Friday, September 14th there is the 2nd Annual Zombie Invasion of Dorney Park in Allentown, PA! You can BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW HERE! Put in NYCZOMBIE as the user name and password (all caps) for the good deal! Many more details coming soon, there is also a 5K Zombie Run through Dorney Park on Saturday, Sept 15th so you can make it a zombie weekend!

Just a small sampling of other zombie madness that is taking place in NYC over the Halloween season:

We’ve got some exciting announcements coming regarding the next main NYC Zombie Crawl event on Sunday, October 14th so stay tuned! And mark your calenders for Friday, September 14th and the 2nd Annual Zombie Invasion of Dorney Park in Allentown, PA! Advance tickets and more details coming soon!

In the meantime, if you’re in the Philadelphia area this Friday the 13th of July, check out a sneak preview of the upcoming horror film ‘Cross Bearer’ for FREE at 7pm! A new All-American slasher anti-hero takes out biblical vengeance on vile, sin-fueled humanity. With Music by Today is the Day, cKy, MAN LIKE MACHINE, and more and featuring a voice-over by Angelo Moore of Fishbone. NYC Zombie Crawl’s Doug Sakmann also created all the SPFX!

To come to the invite-only event at the Trocadero Theater (1003 Arch St), simply RSVP to CrosseteryRSVP@gmail.com. Limited seating, first come first serve. 21 +. Cash bar. FREE FOOD! Help revive the theater-going experience, and partake in the cheapest date EVER at the same time.

Written and directed by Adam Ahlbrandt (Lionsgates’ SIGHT and Invincible Pictures’ THE BURNT HOUSE) starring Natalie Jean, Isaac Williams, Kacie Marie, Victoria DePaul, Julia Campbell, Kelsey Lehman, Dawn Vaughn, Tim Cronin, J.D.Brown, Shaun Paul Costello, Joe Frantz and more.

Cross Bearer is one half of a double feature being released this fall, with the brash demonic-possession flick The Cemetery comprising the other. His third and fourth films respectively, Ahlbrandt will take The Cemetery and Cross Bearer to the hilt of grassroots, fully-interactive film entertainment with a full screening and convention tour in the 3rd and 4th quarter of 2012.

See the trailer and get up to date info on the movie at www.adversaryfilms.com.

Check out the trailer below but beware it’s very gory!

In ‘Cross Bearer’, A group of strippers looking to score big with a drug deal soon find themselves hunted by a hammer wielding maniac.