![]() ![]() Monster-themed bands, movies and cabaret follow into the wee hours. ![]() By night, they're ready to unleash their dusty, crusty inner cannibal on the Zombie Walk, which traces sights from Day of the Dead, the 1985 zombie classic filmed in the city. By day they take part in author readings, fashion shows, make-up demonstrations and the 'Walk Like a Zombie' acting workshop. More than 20,000 zombiephiles attend the annual convention. Bloody handprints from genre celebrities cover the Maul of Fame. Fans stream in to see rotting legs, eyeball-less faces and a red-jumpsuited Michael Jackson 'Thriller' fiend among the film props. Zombie Museum, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USAĪ suburban Pittsburgh shopping centre might seem an odd location for the globe's foremost zombie institution, until you realise Monroeville Mall ( ) is where Dawn of the Dead - the greatest zombie flick of all time - was filmed in 1978. Outdoor specialist Trackers PDX in Portland ( /zombie-survival.php) teaches the essentials in day classes or overnight retreats so you'll be ready when hell boils over. Abilities like how to throw a hatchet, cut with a samurai sword, build smokeless fires, and camouflage a shelter in the wilderness are handy. In the zombie-swarmed post-apocalypse you're going to need a new skill set to carry on. It's hard to kill the undead because, well, they're already dead. Creative Commons Attribution licence Zombie Survival Camp, Portland, Oregon, USA ![]()
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