Report on First Crawl from Gorezone.net – Giovanni Deldio

The first NYC zombie massacre started on the East side at 8pm at:
Beauty Bar – 231 East 14th St (Btwn 2nd and 3rd ave)

Then at 9:45pm, the zombie crew lurched across town to the west side, past Union Square and through Washington Square to:
Luke and Leroy’s – 21 7th ave South @ Leroy st
For the 4th Anniversary of the Rated X Panty Party with Theo and Michael T!

At 12:30am we did special zombified version of Strip For Pain: America’s Most Dangerous Game Show featuring the girls of BurningAngel.com and hosted by Doug Sakmann!

The second NYC zombie massacre started at 6pm at:
BAR 13 – 35 East 13th St (@ University Place)

At 8:00pm, zombies gathered outside Bar 13 and despite all the rain crawled to the next stop:

The zombie crew lurched across town to the East Village to the Pioneer Theater where the Backseat Film Festival hosted horror films and shorts, including the NYC premiere of Punk Rock Holocaust 2 (9pm) and Stupid Teenagers Must Die (11pm).

Afterwards, the undead went over to the Double Down Saloon for some serious drinking action!

We’ll have our zombie technicians on hand to zombify the crowd and we encourage civilians to come zombified as well! We will hang out and get zombified for about 2 hours and the crawl will start about 4:30pm and go into the evening before ending at the official afterparty around 7:30pm!

2 – 4:30pm – The Pregame: The Charlston -
174 Bedford Ave (Between N 7th and N 8th), Brooklyn, NY 11211

At 4:30pm, the zombies will mobilize up Bedford Ave and head to:
Crawl Stop # 1: McCarren Park – N 12th and Bedford – Zombie Games – Blood Fights, Human Tug O War with Disgraceland Hook Squad and more madness! Win prizes including DVD’s from Burning Angel and Backseat Conceptions!

At 6:30pm, the zombies will mobilize again and head back down Bedford avenue for grand zombie parade to the final stop:

Crawl Finale: Duff’s Brooklyn - 168 Marcy Avenue (Between S 5th and Broadway) FREE – 21 + only – Come get your drink on with the zombie crew at NY’s finest Metal Bar!

Some notes about the crawl:
- There is a chance the zombie mob will deviate from this route during the crawl, and make a few additional stops (Zombies are very unpredictable)! However, we will be at all the planned stops and destinations at the estimated times.
- Please be respectful of civilians, public and private property!
- While the first stop and the actual crawl events are all ages, the finale at Duff’s is 21 and up only. There is the J, M and Z trains right outside of Duff’s so if you are underage and want to crawl with us there is public transportation at the end.

Get Halloween started early with the first NYC Zombie Crawl of the season! We’re teaming up with Sony Pictures to present a special sneak preview of the new movie “Zombieland” with Woody Harrelson! We’re going to be crawling through Times Square to the AMC Empire Theater (234 West 42nd Street, between 8th and Broadway) at 9pm, but you can only get into the screening if you are a zombie!

To get zombified, join us from 6pm-8pm for the first stop, THE MEAN FIDDLER (266 W 47th ST
New York, NY 10036)! The first stop is ALL AGES and everyone can join us on the crawl, but the Movie is Rated R so you have to be 17+ to get in!

At the Mean Fiddler, can get some flesh, some food and and booze and a ticket to the screening and then we’ll hit the streets to paint the town blood red! You may even get to meet some of the stars of the movie!

Zombieland hits theaters nationwide on Friday, October 2nd, but this is your only chance to
see it before then, for FREE!
A zombie horror comedy directed by Ruben Fleischer, with Woody Harrelson,
Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Bill Murray and more!
http://www.zombieland.com/

Some notes about the crawl:
- There is a chance the zombie mob will deviate from this route during the crawl, and make a few additional stops (Zombies are very unpredictable)! However, we will be at all the planned stops and destinations at the estimated times.
- Please be respectful of civilians, public and private property!

We’re sponsoring tons of parties leading up to our main events on October 25th (21 +) and Oct 31st (All Ages) in NYC! Stay tuned to the website for all the latest details and more zombie parties!!

ALL OF OCTOBER – Blood Manor with Disgraceland Hook Squad!
You can catch all the bloody action with live flesh hook suspensions and sideshow performances on the streets of NYC! Disgraceland will also be featured in the NYC’s Premiere Haunted Attraction with their own cannibal domain and there is also a Zombie Cabaret!

The haunted house is open 7:30pm – 2am on Friday and Saturdays and 7:30p – 12am on Thursday and Sunday every weekend of October!
Admission is $30, but if you show up as a Zombie on World Zombie Day – Sunday, Oct 11th – You get $5 off!
Blood Manor – 542 W 27th St, New York, NY 10001 (Btwn 10th and 11th St)
Thursday- Sunday Oct 8-11
Thursday- Sunday Oct 15-18
Thursday- Sunday Oct 22-25
Tuesday- Sunday Oct. 27-31
www.bloodmanor.com
www.disgracelandfamily.com

Sunday, October 11th – World Zombie Day!
Zombie Mobs are being assembled around the world on World Zombie Day!! NYC Zombie Crawl will also be hosting a Zombie Special at Blood Manor, $5 off admission for zombies in honor of the day! Zombie Locations include Detroit, MI, Jacksonville, FL, London, UK, Pittsburgh (Monroeville Mall), PA, Shreveport, LA, Westminster, MD, Wilmington, NC, Worcester, UK! Check the site for details:
http://www.myspace.com/worldzombieday

Wednesday, October 21st – Zombie Prom Party in Brooklyn – FREE! 9pm
Hope Lounge – 10 Hope Street Btwn Roebling and Havermayer – Williamsburg, Brooklyn
With a “Prom King and Queen” & “Most Original Prom Date” contest, with prizes, a Zombie Photo Booth and Zombie Technicians on hand with makeup, zombie drink specials and more!!!
Judges include Actor Peter Greene and Beauty Bar’s Michael Stewart!
www.willyoubemypromdate.com
www.hopelounge.com

Saturday, October 24th – Two Zombie Events!
Time TBA – Manhattan – Zombiecon 2009 – Sign up at www.zombiecon.com for all the details!
Details will only be announced to those who sign up on the Zombiecon website on the day of the event! You may have noticed that something hideous is happening–a plague has enveloped the globe, striking the young, rich, beautiful and famous with rotting flesh and oozing sores…celebrities are dying all around us and rising from the grave to take their revenge and devour us as we devoured them. Putrid Patrick Swazye, fetid Farrah Fawcett, mephitic Michael Jackson and more are ready for their last close up as they feast on ripe human brains. More to come…start working on your undead celebrity persona (from ANY era!) and get ready for braaaaaains!
www.zombiecon.com

8:30pm – Thrill the World NYC – Astoria Park, Queens
Thrill The World Is An Annual World-Wide Simultaneous Dance Of “Thriller” For World Records And Charity.
A Global Tribute to Michael Jackson!
Thrill The World NYC will be held on Saturday October 24th 2009 at 8:30pm in Astoria Park, Queens. Go to www.thrilltheworldnyc.com to sign up to be a part of this historic world wide event, there are FREE classes teaching Michael Jackson’s Thriller all month all over the city leading up to the big dance on the 24th!! Thrill the World NYC is currently raising money for its event as well as for Vh1 Save the Music. See the website and register for more details.
www.thrilltheworldnyc.com

Sunday, October 25th – NYC Zombie Crawl 2009 – Starts at 5pm!
This is the official 2009 NYC Zombie Crawl Event for Halloween! While we are sponsoring and promoting many events this month, this is our main event!
Starting at Beauty Bar – 231 E 14th St – New York, NY 10003 (Btwn 2nd and 3rd Ave) – from 5-6:30pm for the pre-game, zombies will then crawl around the Lower East Side to several bars then come back to the Beauty Bar for an open Domaine de Canton bar from 10-11pm and the Zombie Beauty Pageant!
Since this event is taking place at bars, everyone must be 21+ for this event! Please come as a member of the undead, we will have very limited official makeup stations at this crawl. You are invited to bring your own makeup and help zombify yourself and others if you’d like.
We’ll be doing a can drive again, zombies feeding the homeless with NYC Food Bank and Halloween Adventure! More info coming soon!
10pm – 4th Annual Zombie Beauty Pageant at the Beauty Bar NYC
Open Domaine de Canton Bar 10-11p!
Beauty Bar – 231 E 14th St – New York, NY 10003 (Btwn 2nd and 3rd Ave)
Hosted by Michael T (Rated X/Motherfucker) and Doug Sakmann, Zombie Ringleader of the NYC Zombie Crawl
www.beautybar.com

Thursday, October 29th – Zombie Prom 2009 – Manhattan
The Delancey – 168 Delancey St (Btwn Clinton and Attorney) – 8pm – $10, 21 +
Best zombie costumes crowned ‘Zombie King and Queen’, Drink specials all night, live music and more!
Performances by The Falsies, The NoJons, Baby Teardrops, DJ Darkstar and more!
NYC Zombie Crawlers get $2 off with the password “I LOVE BRAINS”!
All proceeds benefit Personal Space Theatrics – www.personalspacetheatrics.com

Friday, October 30th – RESCUE – Zombie Invasion Dance Party
Lower East Side at Sapphire Lounge – 249 Eldridge St # 1, New York, NY 10002
10pm, 21+, $5.00 if on guest list, sign up at www.going.com/rescuenyc
Dance til’ your dead. Costumes Preferred & DJ will be spinning all Night.
Giveaways while supplies last to Guestlist Patrons Only.

Saturday, October 31st – NYC Zombie Crawl in the Village Halloween Parade
12:30pm – ALL AGES – 7th Annual Zombie Walk to Macy’s
6:30pm – ALL AGES – NYC Zombie Crawl and Plants vs Zombies at the 36th Annual Village Halloween Parade
10pm – 21 + – Rated X Undead Halloween Party at Don Hills with Michael T and Theo!

12:30pm – 7th Annual Zombie Walk to Macy’s – ALL AGES – Briefing at the SW corner of Union Square (14th street and Union Square West) and makeup touching up. Look for Zombies. We walk from 1:00pm – 4:00pm. We will travel by foot shuffle and subway to Macy’s. *BRING YOUR METROCARD*. We will visit the Manhattan Mall (and will likely get thrown out) and then MACYS. (who love zombies!) Afterward, whoever is up to it will make our way to Times Sq. and Toys R US. Zombies can stick together or take a break and meet up again at 6:30pm for the Zombie march in the Halloween Parade!

6:30pm – NYC Zombie Crawl in the Halloween Parade – ALL AGES – We’re teaming with PopCap Games, the creators of the hit video game ‘Plants vs Zombies’ to assemble a throng of plants and zombies to march in the 36th annual NYC Halloween Parade! There will be PvZ give aways and anyone who comes as a plant or zombie will be invited to join in the parade themselves! Halloween revelers who join the PvZ contingent will be eligible for the costume contest which will occur immediately following the parade. PopCap will be digging up some great prizes for best plant and best zombie costumes based on the game!
www.halloween-nyc.com
www.plantsvszombies.com

The official meet-up spot for Plants and Zombies in the Parade is on Dominick St. between 6th Ave and Varick St. between 6 and 6:30 pm on the 31st.

10pm – Rated X Undead Halloween X-travaganza! – 21+ – After the parade is through, everyone is invited to Don Hills for the official afterparty with the Rated X Undead Halloween Party hosted by Michael T, Theo and Zombie Ringleader Doug Sakmann! Anyone in costume will receive an extremely reduced rate of only $5 before Midnight! Details to be announced!
Don Hill’s – 511 Greenwich St. at Spring St. NYC – 21 + – $5 before Midnight!
www.myspace.com/ratedxthepantyparty

About the NYC organizers:

The NYC Zombie Crawl team sets up zombie walks and zombie themed events in the NY Area as well as provides zombie SFX makeup for film productions and nationally touring acts. Doug Sakmann and his team has personally created & coordinated zombie makeup and events including the Tribeca Film Festival, the Today Show on NBC, the cast of Bravo Network’s ‘Step It Up and Dance’ (To promote Sony Records’ 25th Anniversary Re-release of Michael Jackson’s Thriller), NYC Comic Con, the band New Found Glory and much more. The NYC Zombie Crawl team has also hosted and promoted many zombie film releases over the years, including ‘Diary of the Dead’ and ‘Zombieland’ amongst others. With the NYC Zombie Crawl makeup crew, Sakmann has zombified massive crowds of zombie lovers in NYC, at one point totaling over 600 zombies in one day!

Zombie Ringleader – Doug Sakmann
Having been in various states of life and afterlife throughout his film career, being a zombie comes naturally to Doug. After getting killed in Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger 4 and playing the Zombie leader in Mulva: Zombie Ass Kicker, he went on to play an undead killing machine in the Punk Rock Holocaust series. Behind the camera, Sakmann has nearly 10 years of SPFX experience, having created effects for several feature films and many other projects and live events, most recently creating a “Post-Mortem Pinups” photo series. Inspired by the Philly Zombie Crawl and a love of all things dead and undead, Sakmann is gathering all his ghoulish friends together to take a bloody bite out of the Big Apple!

Halloween Adventure – For all your zombie makeup needs, check out the wide selection at one of the biggest and best Halloween stores in NYC! Mention “Zombie Crawl” and you’ll get 10% off your purchase! You can also find body parts and brain accessories to complete your zombie look! Located at 104 4th Ave @ 11th St in NYC. Also be sure to check out the new store, “Gothic Renaissance” for all your goth needs!

Backseat Conceptions – Philadelphia based Backseat Conceptions is a new-media production company with roots in producing unique live promotions in the vein of Strip for Pain: America’s Most Dangerous Game Show and the NYC Zombie Crawl.

Affilated Groups:

DisGraceLanD HooK SquaD – The DHS crew are commited to presenting modern day flesh suspension in the rawest most primal way they possibly can. They are here to show the world that suspension isnt strictly a form of enlightenment, but also a very real recreational way to have pure simple fun. So come play with the DisGraceLanD family D-I-S-Gr-Ace LAND!!!!!!

Rated X: The Panty Party – Hosted by Theo and Michael T-
It’s going into the 6th year for NYC’s infamous and scandalous panty party with the usual debauchery, including the 2am “Hot Body Contest” and drink deals for pantless patrons. Take advantage of great drink specials, including the open vodka bar between 10pm and 11pm and happy hour between 3am and 4am, with two-for-one domestic beers and shots and $4 mixed well drinks.

The Beauty Bar – The Original Beauty Bar Served it’s First cocktail in the spring of 1995 at the former “Thomas Beauty Salon”. Paul Devitt found the forty year old salon, and converted it into a one if a kind beauty “saloon”. The ever-eclectic crowd now gathers under the same chrome-domed hair dryers where blue-haired ladies were groomed and gossiped for decades. Under the direction of Michael Stewart, the Beauty Bar plays host to the annual “Zombie Beauty Pageant” and hosts NYC Zombie Crawl events amongst many other rockin parties!

Post-Mortem Pinups – Femme Fatales in Fatal Positions
A series of Post-Mortem photography by Doug Sakmann. Though some may make the unfortunate mistake of judging these images as being morbid, those with an open mind can see the true beauty beneath the gore. Recent victims include Melodie Gore, Page Morgan, Riley Mason, Chapel Waste, Joanna Angel, Gia Paloma, Morgan Mae and Draven Star.

Backseat Film Festival – The Drinking Man’s Film Festival – Now in its seventh year, the Backseat Film Festival is a rock ‘n roll film fest devoted to the best in edgy, unpretentious movies from all over the cinematic globe. An electrifying mix of zany short films, sleazy music videos, unrelenting documentaries and some of the most exciting feature film premieres around, the Backseat Film Festival is a showcase for movies that embody the youthful, exhilarating spirit of rock ‘n roll. No postmodern love-stories or heavy-handed political statements here, just a lot of zombies, hot chicks, bad jokes and great music. And also, a hell of a lot of booze.

Strip For Pain: America’s Most Dangerous Gameshow – This exciting live game show features contestants competing against each other by withstanding increasing levels of various forms of pain including but not limited to electrocution, fire, asphyxiation, kicks in the balls, nipple clamps, leather whips, paddles and MUCH more. The more pain the contestants take, the less clothes the girls wear! The winner of this twisted competition receives a lap dance courtesy of the girls of BurningAngel.com!



YOU! Anyone can be a zombie, all it takes is a little makeup and a dash of blood. We aim to unite those who share our thirst for blood, brains and booze in NYC!

The history of “zombie walks” at Wikipedia

It’s totally free to crawl with the NYC Zombie Crawl and the first stop where all the zombies gather is always free. We try our best to keep the events surrounding the crawl free or cheap, but in some cases there is admission at the final stop or event.

Most of our zombie events involve drinking, which takes place at a bar so you will need to be 21+ in some cases, so please be sure to bring your I.D. No I.D. means you cant get into the bar. However, zombies of all ages are encouraged to meet outside the first stop and crawl with us through the city. We do try to host All Ages events whenever we can, so keep an eye out!

Make sure to come dressed as a zombie, or you’ll be eaten! We’ll have some zombie technicians with very limited makeup but it is suggested that you provide your own just to be sure you have some. If you bring it, we’ll do our best to help you apply it. See below for tips and ideas on how to look like a zombie.

Every zombie is responsible for his or her actions, while we are crawling AND at the venues. We advise you not to attack anyone who is not involved with the zombie crawl, or to cause any property damage or spit blood on anything that may get you in trouble.

How to be a zombie:

There are quite a few ways to become a member of the undead, but only one is practical if you want to continue living, and that is through SPFX makeup!

We recommend that you go to Halloween Adventure (104 4th Ave @ 11th St, NYC) as they are right in the village and will have everything you need to be a zombie! Mention “NYC Zombie Crawl” and you’ll get 10% off your purchase!

Zombie Dress Code –
- We don’t want to tell you what to wear (we’re not your mother), but we suggest you wear clothing that you do not mind getting messed up beyond repair. A tip is to go to a thrift store and get a cheap suit or dress that you can shred up and zombify. There’s gonna be a lot of hot zombie action! (Fake) Brains and severed limbs also make excellent accessories for aspiring zombies. And remember, you can never have too much blood!

Simple Blood Recipe-
- Pancake syrup
- Red food coloring
The more red coloring you use, the better it will look, you can also add a slight bit of blue or green to make it darker, but dont add too much!

Basic Zombie Makeup – (great for the on-the-go zombie)
- Basic zombie colors- Grey, Green, White, Black (whatever color you choose, we dont discriminate!) makeup for skin, black makeup around the eyes and abrasions (Ben Nye or any other water based make-up is much more effective and comfortable than oil based makeup)
- Ben Nye Fresh scab gel – great for quick oozing cuts and wounds, and to fill in any bloody parts you may need to stay bloody without dripping off much
- Fake blood – too much is not enough!

Advanced Zombie Makeup – (perfect for the zombie professional)
- Advanced zombie colors for bruises, decay and rot – yellow, green, purple, etc. (You can get makeup kits from Ben Nye like the “Death Wheel” or “Bruise Wheel” that have all of the colors you need in one shot.
- Liquid Latex – great for peeling flesh, bigger wounds and a variety of other uses, just make sure you apply this and let dry before you apply your basic zombie makeup over it! The more you layer it, the more flesh you’ll have to rot!
- Cotton Balls – If you dip strips of cotton balls (or toilet paper) in liquid latex and stick them to your skin (before you apply makeup) they make for great scabs and wounds
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Professional Zombie Makeup –
- Prosthetic appliances – you can make your own or buy smaller ones at most makeup or Halloween stores that can easily be applied with Pros-aid (a professional, stronger version of spirit gum…just make sure you get the Pros-aid remover)!
- Advanced gore mixtures – you can make multi-use gore of any color or consistency with tapioca starch, you can read Doug Sakmann’s filmmaker blog at Unitshifter.com more more info!

For other zombie tips, you can check out the info at the Philly Zombie Crawl page!

Other options for being zombified include (all of which involve dying in one way or another, which we do not recommend)
- Being bitten or eaten by a zombie and turning into one of them
- Being reanimated by a mad doctor or voodoo priest or priestess
- Being possessed by a spirit or alien entity
- Inhaling some sort of toxic vapor or being covered in toxic waste (usually manufactured by the government)
- Taking any kind of narcotic that has been exposed to above mentioned toxic vapor or waste

Most of the non-makeup options can be accomplished by hanging out in a sketchy or questionable place until you hear creepy theme music. When you hear the music, you should attempt to run away but then fall down or conveniently get your foot or clothing caught somewhere where you will be fully exposed to any of the above situations.

Again, we do not endorse these methods. We would prefer you use SPFX makeup and continue living.

Contact us at info@nyczombiecrawl.com if you have any questions, or if you are organizing your own zombie event!

Also, we’re looking for a school bus (short or full size) to be used in the movie. Mainly the shots will be with a football team on the bus, but if we can get it for the right budget we are going to DRIVE IT OFF A BRIDGE! If you have a bus you want to be part of movie history, or are just looking to junk please contact doug@backseatconceptions.com.

Backseat Conceptions is looking for non union male/female talent to appear in Zombie-comedy project set to shoot in early April.

Available Roles:

Cole Logan- Male/Caucasian/legal 18 to appear 17-19. Star quarterback of the football team. A rebellious hero, intense, and determined. Handsome, all-American type. Athletic/average build. Tattoos/Light Piercings OK – LEAD

Savannah Hickham- Female/Caucasian/legal 18 to appear 17-19. The football Coach’s daughter and top reporter for the high school paper. Sexy, fearless, sharp, and charming. Possible love interest of Cole. Fresh-faced and pretty. Doesn’t wear lots of makeup or anything too revealing. Trim/healthy figure. LEAD

Black Mona- Female/30-60/All Ethnicities-Cole’s mysterious neighbor with unexplainable powers. An eccentric woman who keeps to herself. Spiritual and superstitious.  Should have striking and/or unique look. LEAD

Coach Hickham- Male/late 30s-40s/Caucasian- Head football coach and Father to Savannah.  Football is his life. A longtime coach and player who loves the game.  Firm and fair, demands respect from his players. Average to heavyset frame. Casual and athletic dresser always with a baseball cap. LEAD

Booker Flamont – Male/Caucasian/legal 18 to appear 17-19. Star Quarterback of the rival team the Badgers, Booker is a very intense individual. Mean, menacing and bulky, he becomes increasingly psychotic due to his rampant steroid use. Rival to hero Cole Logan

Killington Jack Rabbits & Elmwood Badgers Football teams – Male/legal 18 to appear 17-19/All Ethnicities/10-12 roles- Members of the Killington High School and rival football team. Attractive, all-American looks with athletic/sturdy football player builds. Badgers teammates are more intense and bulky due to rampant steroid use. Ability to provide own Football pads and helmet a major plus! SUPPORTING

Cheerleaders- Female/legal 18 to appear 15-19/All Ethnicites/6-8 roles-The cheerleading squad of Killington High, the high school sweethearts with a lot of spirit! Cute, teen-queens with spunk. Fit/Trim/Athletic body types. Gymnastics, tumbling, cheerleading experience and uniform is a major plus! SUPPORTING

These positions are unpaid, with possible pay for Leads.

The auditions will take place this Saturday, March 27th in Fishtown, Philadelphia. Interested participants should RSVP for more info at email casting@backseatconceptions.com. Please attach head shot and resume to your email.