tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866131135581645852011-07-28T23:14:16.464-07:00Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887492596929189386noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586613113558164585.post-73817066736531200442009-09-25T09:00:00.000-07:002009-10-08T11:13:46.864-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Saturday, October 24th</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Doors at 6:30, movies at 7:00</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor St. W., at Bathurst)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0GDRU-EZe2M/Sry7mYFB0cI/AAAAAAAAACo/B6wAR-okV7g/s1600-h/movie_poster.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0GDRU-EZe2M/Sry7mYFB0cI/AAAAAAAAACo/B6wAR-okV7g/s400/movie_poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385385522401235394" border="0" /></a><br />(click for full size)<br /><br />Advance Tickets $16 from <a href="http://www.totix.ca/">TOtix.ca</a><br />Door Tickets $20 regular, $16 for Zombies<br />(one ticket gets you in to both movies!)<br /><br />On Saturday, October 24th, the dead will once again roam the streets at the 7th Annual <span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.torontozombiewalk.ca/">Toronto Zombie Walk</a></span>. Culminating at the Bloor Cinema, the walk will be followed by a double bill of two of the greatest, yet rarely shown, zombie movies of all time.<br /><br />First up: zombies vs. Valley Girls in 1984's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087799/"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Night of the Comet</span></a>:<br /><br /><object height="330" width="410"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d6dOoyghxb0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d6dOoyghxb0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="330" width="410"></embed></object><br /><br />Second: Lucio Fulci's <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080057/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Zombi 2</span></a>, aka <span style="font-style: italic;">Zombie</span> 1 (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombi_2">Wikipedia explains</a> the non-sequential title). In the most famous scene, a zombie fights a shark. Yes, really.<br /><br /><object height="330" width="410"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3thbT3wq7JE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3thbT3wq7JE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="330" width="410"></embed></object><br /><br />Both movies are being shown on 35 mm film. Charging $16-20 to watch a couple DVDs would be evil (and not the good kind of evil).<br /><br /><img src="http://www.bloorcinema.com/images/zombieruemorguebanner.gif" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; width: 410px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.bloorcinema.com/images/zombiesnailbanner.gif" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; width: 410px;" /><br /><br />Supported by the <a href="http://www.torontozombiewalk.ca/">Toronto Zombie Walk</a>, <a href="http://totix.ca/">T.O. Tix</a>, <a href="http://rue-morgue.com/">Rue Morgue Magazine</a>, the <a href="http://www.torontoafterdark.com/">Toronto After Dark Film Festival</a>, <a href="https://www.silversnail.com/default.html">Silver Snail Comics</a>, and <a href="http://bamit.ca/">BAMIT.ca</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1586613113558164585-7381706673653120044?l=cinemaofthedead.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887492596929189386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586613113558164585.post-69165348277772675312009-09-12T06:03:00.000-07:002009-09-25T13:37:56.866-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.torontozombiewalk.ca/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0GDRU-EZe2M/Sry_6BMeDKI/AAAAAAAAACw/Dr4qvyhz8uw/s400/2009_poster_salar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385390257902324898" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Toronto's largest-ever congregation of the undead will arise at Trinity Bellwoods Park at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 24th. For route information and other details, see the official <a href="http://www.torontozombiewalk.ca/">Toronto Zombie Walk</a> website.<br /><br />Last year's:<br /><br /><object width="410" height="248"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NvJ92OB7DzE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NvJ92OB7DzE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="410" height="248"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="410" height="248"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Eb-vTlA94X0&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Eb-vTlA94X0&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="410" height="248"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1586613113558164585-6916534827777267531?l=cinemaofthedead.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887492596929189386noreply@blogger.com0