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photos by Kurt Christensen
Speaking of bloody, BrooklynVegan photographer Kurt Christensen happened to be walking through Times Square on Tuesday when he was suddenly surrounded by zombies. Naturally he pulled out his camera. His shots are in this post.
The occasion?
AMC and FOX international networks are planning to stage a worldwide stunt that will begin at daybreak in Taipei and Hong Kong on Tuesday, October 26th. Taking direction from "The Walking Dead's" legendary make-up artist Greg Nicotero, hundreds of zombies will consecutively take over major cities worldwide during a 24-hour period. The planned global outbreaks will center in and around the world's major landmarks, including the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., Big Ben in London, the Prado Museum in Madrid, the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, the Acropolis in Athens and more.It was all just a publicity stunt to promote AMC's The Walking Dead - not quite as legendary as the recent Zombiecon event, but we like zombies and it's almost our favorite holiday Halloween, so what the heck. Pictures continue below...
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If it wasn't Times Square, no one would have even realized they were dressed as zombies. They mostly just look like gutter punk junkies, minus the bandanna-wearing dog.
Posted by MP | October 28, 2010 3:04 PM
pantera and white zombie toured in 96
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 3:05 PM
With all these fuckers dressing up like zombies, how are we going to really know when there's a REAL outbreak in this city???? I'd hate to be the first one to be all like 'oh isn't this cute? another publicity stunt OH GOD MY ARM MY ARM gargggggggg.'
Posted by amirite | October 28, 2010 3:17 PM
God enough of this shit already. Fucking zombies and vampires. Get a fucking life...
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 3:18 PM
how i work in times square yet missed this is fascinating.
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 3:22 PM
so. fucking. LAME!
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 3:23 PM
wish these people would just get jobs.
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 3:30 PM
@anon 3:23
didn't get to eat brainz w everyone else. you jelly.
Posted by annie momus | October 28, 2010 3:32 PM
The performance art equivalent of oil and water.
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 3:52 PM
I wonder if there was even just a bit of self-conciousness going on in their heads, LOL!
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 3:57 PM
faltou o Kirchner aí!:P
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 4:20 PM
e o Obama também!:P
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 4:21 PM
white people have WAY to much time on their hands!
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 4:23 PM
It's okay, 4:23. I'm sure that AMC paid them for their trouble to promote "The Walking Dead", right?
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 4:41 PM
Also pictured: The unemployed
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 4:54 PM
I only wish tacky, international corporations would rip off EVERY irritating hipster trend, to suck the life out as soon as they possibly can. Cut that shit out of the ground by the fucking roots.
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 5:31 PM
God, who cares? This zombie craze is overdue for expiration...like five years ago.
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 5:58 PM
Hey 4:23 PM--one of the main dudes in those pics is black. Calm down, hombre.
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 5:59 PM
All of them are a bunch of out of work actors from Queens.
Posted by freddie mercury | October 28, 2010 6:08 PM
You can tank George Romero for all of this...
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 6:33 PM
these wanna be actors were hoping a talent agent was walking by.
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 8:53 PM
Saw a screener of the first episode of the show, and it was f'ing awesome.
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 8:55 PM
it would be funny if one of these guys wasnt a "zombie" but just a homeless guy with a cut on his face.
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 9:08 PM
nyu students at work.
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 10:36 PM
Awesome makeup job, especially the African-American dude
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2010 11:00 PM
LMAO thats awesome! Yea great make up. It reminds me of this time I was eating lunch in the mall...must of been 09' and a bunch of zombies came "walking" through...that was crazy weird.
Posted by Zombie Defense Games | January 11, 2012 1:19 AM