When Rick Genest was 15, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. After successful surgery, Rick got his first tattoo at the age of 16. It ...
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TEXAS FRIGHTMARE WEEKEND 2016
Once again, zombie fans have reason to celebrate as the Texas Frightmare Weekend returns with a whole host of amazing artists, celebrities and filmmakers. The ...
Read More »FUNCTIONING HUMAN BRAIN IN A JAR
As we continue to explore the physiology of how zombies might be created (virus, fungus, radiation, electricity, man-made…) we continue to come across more and ...
Read More »MACABRE FRANKENSTEIN EXPERIMENTS YOU CAN DO AT HOME
As a follow up to an earlier article on Galvanism, I wanted to introduce you to a couple of macabre science experiments that you can ...
Read More »19th CENTURY GALVANISM MIGHT HAVE CREATED ZOMBIES
For those of you new to the term ‘galvanism,’ Zombie Research Society is here to educate. ‘Galvanism’ is a term often more connected to Mary Shelley’s ...
Read More »PARASITIC CASTRATION & ZOMBIE CRABS
From hairworms to cordyceps, the Zombie Research Society has studied a number of terrifying and deadly parasites. But a PhD student at the University of ...
Read More »CYBORG JELLYFISH PAVES WAY FOR REBUILT HUMAN BODIES
Researchers at Caltech and Harvard have been doing some very interesting work in bio-engineering entire organisms using various tissues from animals and applying them to ...
Read More »CHICKEN LIVES FOR A YEAR AND A HALF WITHOUT A HEAD
People who are skeptical that there ever could be anything even remotely resembling a zombie apocalypse point to the fact that, short of something supernatural, ...
Read More »‘NODDING DISEASE’ AKA ‘ZOMBIE DISEASE’ IN UGANDAN CHILDREN
In Northern Uganda, approximately 3000 children have become afflicted with what has been called “nodding disease,” or more colloquially “zombie disease.” It only affects children, ...
Read More »ROTLD REUNION AT TEXAS FRIGHTMARE
The cast of the 1985 zombie classic The Return of the Living Dead will reunite next month for a special appearance at the 11th Annual ...
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