As we inch closer to the 5th annual Philly Zombie Crawl - Easter Sunday, April 4 - what better way to warm up during these cold winter nights than to be surrounded by other zombie fans and friends and take in a good move... ZOMBIELAND!
Fact is, geeks love zombies and zombies love geeks (cause they got yummy brains!) - so, we at Philly Zombie Crawl have teamed up with Geekadelphia to present a special screening of ZOMBIELAND at Philadelphia's wonderful Trocadero Theatre.
Now zombie costumes aren't required for this event, but you might just win a prize of you dress up! We'll be awarding prizes for best costumes, with giveaways from upcoming films Wolfman, Legion, and the vampire film Daybreakers.
If you pop up before 7pm (doors are at 6:30) you'll get a free beer (yes!) and a bag of popcorn. Movie starts at 8.
Admission is $3 (which goes towards a drink). Come by, it'll be fun!
Thanks to all the zombies and their undead friends who joined us last night for the 2009 Philly Zombie Prom at The Trocadero! With close to 900 ZOMBIES in attendance, this was by far, the biggest and best Philly Zombie Crawl production to date!
Special thanks to LIVE NOT ON EVIL and THE YOUNG WEREWOLVES for once again proving why they deserve to be part of our annual prom! Also thanks to the make-up artists from Terror Behind The Walls - working through the night and creating some incredible zombie faces!
Thanks also to Spark; who volunteers to shoot all the Philly Zombie Prom photographs - and you'll be able to find your shot online later this week for free download. And thanks to DJ Kiltboy for keeping the groove going in the Balcony all night long!
And a spooky thank you to Mr. Halloween Henri David for recognizing our gathering of undead as the new Halloween tradition in Philadelphia!
Plans are in the works already for our 5TH ANNUAL PHILLY ZOMBIE CRAWL on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010 ... and we're finalizing some big changes for our 2ND ANNUAL PHILLY ZOMBIE BEACH PARTY next June ... more on those events soon!
Meanwhile - if you took some candid shots last night and want to include them in our community Flickr gallery, just send us an email with the URL link.
Still having trouble coming up with just the right costume for this year's Philly Zombie Prom? Here are some locations that can lend a helpfully ghoulish hand with getting you into just the right outfit...
Visit the Masquerade Costumes Mega-Store, located on Columbus Blvd. at Washington Avenue, for a massive selection of costumes and makeup! Just tell the helpful staff that you're there for the Philly Zombie Prom. And to help you save some cash on your prom outfit, be sure to print out a coupon to save 15% off your entire purchase! Simply click on the image below, print it out and then take it with you to the Masquerade Costumes Mega-Store!
Coupon must be presented at register upon check-out and expires September 30th, 2009. Coupon is in an Adobe Acrobat PDF format. You can download the free Acrobat Reader HERE.
Searching for some thrift clothes for the prom? Check out Philly AIDS Thrift on the 500 block of Bainbridge - mention the Philly Zombie Prom for 15% off!
Finally, if you're searching for a sweet vintage tux, visit Sazz Vintage Clothing in Old City, 38 N 3rd St in Old City - mention the Philly Zombie Prom and get 15%!
The Countdown Begins - the 2009 Philly Zombie Prom is coming!
Sunday, September 27 at The Trocadero!
featuring:
~Zombie Music Madness mixed by DJ Robert Drake & Dave Ghoul with DJ Kiltboy in the Balcony Bar and our Zombie Hostess Melissa Torre crowns the Zombie King & Queen of Philadelphia!
~ Henri David rings in the Halloween season!
~ Zombie Makeup Stations from Terror Behind The Walls! ~ FREE Zombie Prom Photos in the Balcony Bar!
Live performances by…
Live Not On Evil
The Young Werewolves
Kick off the Halloween season right!
And, for the first time, ADVANCE TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THESE LOCATIONS FOR JUST $7.00!
2009 PHILLY ZOMBIE CRAWL A SUCCESS - first wave of images online!
THANKS!
Philly Zombie Crawl would like to thank all the boils and ghouls who took the time to capture the 2009 Philly Zombie Crawl with their cameras!
The the first batch of Zombie images are rolling in - Philly.Com has a new nightlife/social site called PHREQUENCY.COM ... and they were on site for our 2009 Philly Zombie Crawl ... check out their slideshow of over 200 images!!
Also, if you have images, be sure to let us know and send us the URL where we can find them - and we'll add them to the Philly Zombie Crawl photo gallery - going up later this week at http://PhillyZombieCrawl.com
And a special thanks to our official photographer Mark 'Spark' Wilkens for the fantastically creepy pictures he continues to take at all of our events!! Both the 2009 Philly Zombie Crawl Photo Gallery and Spark's Official PZC Gallery will be under the MEDIA tab within the week!
We are LESS than a week away from the 4th annual Philly Zombie Crawl!!!
Be on the lookout for some zombie love in the local media this week -- from the weeklies to the dailies - the report of the pending rise of the zombies should be quite evident by weeks' end!
Also - if you happen to see an online mention of the Philly Zombie Crawl - or better yet, have the ability to promote it online ... realize that the success of the Crawl is based on just how far and wide the zombie viral message is spread!
So - link to the image below and post everywhere and direct all zombies to our website; http://phillyzombiecrawl.com for details on this Sunday's event
We've just posted the finalized itinerary for the upcoming 2009 Philly Zombie Crawl! There's some new details for this year's zombielicious event, so be sure to check out the Philly Zombie Crawl Details Page for all of the new information!
Promotional design for the upcoming Philly Zombie Crawl
Yet again, this year's flyers will be graced by our zombielicious Undead Savior!
If you want to use this image to help spread the word just right-click the image and save it to your desktop. When you post it to your blog or website be sure that you link back to http://PhillyZombieCrawl.com.
The creeping death that is PhillyZombieCrawl.com is contaminating more spaces and places on the Internet! You can now find us on Facebook where you'll find the official PhillyZombieCrawl.com message boards as well as many other rot-loving features. And you can also follow us on the ever groaning Twitter and keep up with all the zombie loven'. Also, don't forget that we're also on MySpace and have an RSS News Feed to help keep you in the know.
And you can now keep up to date with our brand new ZOMBIE FEED! news feed that brings you all of the zombie related news from around the world.
And don't forget to mark those calenders with a big bloody red star for the next Philly Zombie Crawl which takes place on Easter Sunday, April 13! Keep those eyes pealed for event updates in the next few days!
We are just about a month away until the Dead return to the streets of Philadelphia for the 2009 Philly Zombie Crawl!
Join the hordes of Living Dead as they descend upon the hapless Easter Sunday revilers on South Street, Philadelphia for the annual Philly Zombie Crawl, April the 12th!
The 2009 Philly Zombie Crawl itinerary will be announced soon, but it's never too late to start your Philly Zombie Crawl preparedness plans, so check out the 2008 itinerary to get an idea of what's going to come shambling down the street for this year's Philly Zombie Crawl!
We got an email from a faithful zombie - still patiently waiting for our prom pics to go online - - well, they ARE online, they went up the Friday after the event!!
Just click the MEDIA tab above and scroll down; there are two galleries: the Official Zombie Prom PhotoGallery and the Zombie Prom Community Gallery - - enjoy!!
Rotting Flesh Radio's coverage of the 2008 Philly Zombie Prom is live! Rotting Flesh Radio flew out to the Philly Zombie Prom and covered the entire event featuring interviews with the organizers, live zombies, The Young Werewolves, Live Not ON Evil, and more flesh eating goodies than your heart can take!
To listen to Rotting Flesh Radio's coverage of the 2008 Philly Zombie Prom just click here!
What a great time we had last night at the 2008 Philly Zombie Prom - thanks to the hundreds upon hundreds of beautiful undead that came out to celebrate the start of another Halloween season in Philadelphia!
We'll be uploading the official prom photos in a couple of days - just check out the MEDIA tab at the top in about a week for the collection and feel free to download your favorite images and spread the zombie love!
Special thanks to the incredible Make-Up artists from Terror Behind The Walls, as well as our resident evil artist Brooke Dorothy! Also, thanks to our resident Zombie Prom photographer Spark Wilkens for his time and talent! Additional thanks to Masquerade for helping us transform the Trocadero into the most beloved hall of darkness and to the Trocadero itself - for understanding that there is more to nightlife then your typical parties ... they have welcomed the underworld and we are eternally grateful!
Of course a prom wouldn't be complete without music - so thanks to both Live Not On Evil and The Young Werewolves for their blistering sets of rock-n-roll! Also, thanks to DJ Kiltboy who kept things in groove up in the Balcony Bar.
And a special spooky bouquet of kisses to the legendary Henri David for joining us to help officially welcome in the start of the Halloween Season in Philadelphia!
Finally - thanks to you; the zombies of the region! Each time a Philly Zombie Crawl event rolls around; be it a Prom or our Easter Crawl - we see the joy, the excitement and most of all, the passion for zombie love! We're grateful most of all for your continued support and remember...
Well, the advance planning and marketing for the 2008 Philly Zombie Prom is underway! Over the next few weeks we hope you will assist us is spreading the zombie love to all those cool undead friends you have by letting them know that the place to be September 28th is The Trocadero!
If you went last year, you're well aware of just how much f'n fun the Philly Zombie Prom can be! This year we have added just a bit more to the mix;
We had over 600 zombies in attendance last year - to give us all some breathing room, we are opening up the Balcony Bar and seating - -and if you need help creating your zombie face, the uber talented make up artists from Terror Behind The Walls will once again be on site to transform you into your best undead beauty! Faces are $10 and up, depending on how much creative design you crave! We will have four make-up stations this year; one as soon as you enter The Troc and three more upstairs in the Balcony Bar; and while you wait for your ghoulish turn in the chair, the bar will be open to whet your whistle and DJ Kiltboy will be spinning tunes from the dark side!
Also, the Balcony seating will be open all night - 'cause what's a prom without a dark spot for those impromptu make-out sessions, right?!
Downstairs our trusty Prom Photographer Spark will once again be taking your official prom photos (for free!) - which will then be posted on this site for viewing and downloading. Also our official Philly Zombie Crawl Photographer Diable will be on site doing his black magic through the night ... additionally, expect other media in the house - so be sure to look your best!
Both DJ Robert Drake and Dave Ghoul will spin evil musical madness from 8-10pm followed by a live performance from Live Not On Evil and then The Young Werewolves... expect two blistering sets rock and roll!
A new addition is one that we're quite excited about, but first some back story:
When we created the Philly Zombie Prom, our hope was to bring together all the various Halloween elements in Philadelphia under one communal roof to celebrate the beginning of the Halloween Season (which by most standards is October 1st).
This year we are humbled to have Mr. Halloween himself - Henri David - join us on the main stage to strike the gong and officially welcome the Halloween Season to Philadelphia. Like Santa arriving in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, this hopes to become a true Philadelphia Halloween tradition - so don't miss it!!
At midnight Philly Zombie Prom co-hostess Melissa Torre will join us to crown the Zombie King and Queen of Philadelphia - as well as announce the costume winners - then it's dancing until closing!
Now, in preparation for the Prom, be sure to take advantage of some great savings; first off - visit our Prom Details page by clicking the tab above - and print out the Halloween Masquerade Superstore coupon - then go shop for all your ghoulish needs at their store on Columbus Blvd near Washington Ave and present the coupon at check out to save 15% off your entire purchase!!
Also - if you're searching for some quality thrift wear to doctor up for the big night - stop by Philly AIDS Thrift(on the 500 block of Bainbridge) and simply mention the 'Zombie Prom' at check-out and they'll take 15% off your entire purchase as well!
Finally, if you're searching for a sweet vintage tux, visit Sazz Vintage Clothing in Old City (38 N 3rd) - mention the Zombie Prom and get 15% off!
See you at The Troc on Sunday, September 28th! Doors open at 8pm - admission is just $7 and you must be 21+ with ID.
Check it out boils and ghouls, a brand new design for the site! Now we better represent both the Philly Zombie Crawl and the Philly Zombie Prom. There's also a FAQ page, a forum, a press section and some new zombie makeup tips! A big thanks to Grendel's Den Design Studio for the new look to our digs.
And don't forget, the Philly Zombie Prom is quickly approaching (Sunday, September 28th) so start working on those prom outfits!
The Philadelphia Weekly has put its 2008 Summer Guide out and has listed the Philly Zombie Crawl as one of the "103 Things You Should Do in Philly Before You Die."
To quote:
"Skip Easter dinner with the family, dress up like the undead, and join the Philly Zombie Crawl."
