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Get Ready To NOCT Your Socks Off

Ever wanted a 2D top-down online multiplayer survival horror? Well, your wish has come true with Noct. Highly stylized and reminiscent of games like Alien Swarm or Hotline Miami, Noct pits you against a dark force, known as Nocturnal, that has wiped out most of human civilization and turned the Earth into a desolate wasteland devoured by darkness. However, the nightmarish beasts conjured by this endless night aren’t the only enemies you will face, as there will be other players to compete with. Sure you can team up with them, but in a world overrun with evil, it’s every person for themselves. Noct switches things up with the way it looks by making it look as though you are watching the scenario through thermal imaging, giving you a fairly limited range of sight that can easily be overwhelmed by the monsters that lurk around corners – and with only one life, you would be wise to explore with caution. Adding

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Capt McNeely

Sep 28, 2015

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SOMA Hits PC and PS4

If you ever played Amnesia: The Dark Decent and were a fan, you’ll be happy to know that Frictional Games’ latest horror endeavour, SOMA, is now available on Steam and the PS4 Network. Imagine if Bioshock and Amnesia had a baby, and then Alien: Isolation and Outlast had a baby, then those two babies grew up and met each other, fell madly in love, and had a baby of their own, that would be SOMA. And that’s not a bad thing. It takes the isolation elements of, well, Isolation, and merges them with the defenceless puzzle elements of Amnesia and Outlast, all taking place in an underwater base called PATHOS-II – much like Bioshock’s Rapture. You will have to outwit a range of enemies, such as corrupt robots, insane humans, and your own sense of reality as you try to bring power back to the facility and escape your potential demise. The dark, haunting depths of the ocean are a

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Capt McNeely

Sep 26, 2015

Comic Books/Graphic NovelsReviews

Top 13 Depictions Of Vampires In Comics

Hey Horror Comics fans! It’s me, Shane AKA Deadman, your comic reading and reviewing fiend here at ZADF.ORG . Here is my list of the Top Thirteen Depictions of Vampires in Comics: (This list will include entries from Comic Books, Manga, and Graphic Novels) 13. Vampire Guardian Angels Lia Scott Price’s Vampire Guardian Angels (TM) is a creator-owned comic book series written and created by Horror Author Lia Scott Price, based on her Vampire Trilogy Novel “The Guardian, Revenant, and Dominion”, and drawn by Artist Andrew Setter, with Colorist/Letterer Chad Hammontree. In the series, guardian angels from Heaven have become vampires who kill people who pray for help to them, and both humans and “good” angels have to work to stop them. 12. I…Vampire I…Vampire was created by writer J. M. DeMatteis. The series followed vampire Lord Andrew Bennett as he tries to stop a vampire he created, Mary Queen of Blood, and her group of evil vampires, The Blood

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Capt McNeely

Sep 26, 2015

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New Comic Book Day: Horror Comics 9/23/15

Hey Horror Comic fans! It’s me, Shane AKA Deadman, your comic reading and reviewing fiend here at ZADF.ORG ! Every Wednesday is New Comic Book Day, the day when all the new comics come out each week. This week 9/23/15 there are plenty of Horror Comics coming out to suit your need to read. Here is my list of what I think you should pick up or add to your pull lists Image Comics – Mythic #4, Witchblade #184 Marvel Comics – George Romero’s Empire of the Dead: Act Three #5 Dark Horse Comics– Hellboy in Hell #8, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10 #19, Negative Space #2 Action Lab Comics – Puppet Master #6 Archie Comics – Betty and Veronica Comics Double Digest Halloween Annual #237 Zenescope Entertainment – Grimm Fairy Tales Presents 10th Anniversary Special #4, Grimm Fairy Tales: Coven #3 So head down to your local comic shop or supplier and tell them that ZADF.ORG sent you!

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Capt McNeely

Sep 23, 2015

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Robert Altman & Popeye vs. Cynema

To Clear A Few Things Up A few myths need to be dispelled about the 1980 Robin Williams film, Popeye. It was NOT a boxoffice failure. It was made for 20 million and grossed well over 60 million. While deemed a “disappointment” by Paramount Pictures, it hardly failed. 2. It is NOT Robin Williams’s worst film. I will argue it is his best, hands down. Like Williams and its director, the film paid a price for breaking away from formula. Popeye is fucking art, so there, I said it. Popeye fought Cynema and lost the first few battles, but I think it won the war. It was Robin Williams’s first film, and almost his last. It’s been called a mess, incomprehensible, a misfire, a disaster and a bomb. Bear with me as I show how this unique film stands up against Cynema. I’ll also lay out how this film reflects the present attitudes between industry and audience. Years after I

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Capt McNeely

Sep 19, 2015

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Dragons and Zombies, and Stormtroopers, Oh My. (Zombie Apocalypse Defense Force Goes to Dragon Con.)

This year I represented the ZADF at Dragon Con. It was no great imposition. I was going anyway. I go every year. The only real difference is this year I’ll be writing about it. I’m guessing that many of you have never heard of Dragon Con, and are probably wondering what the hell I’m talking about. Have you heard of Comic Con in San Diego? You probably have. It has become a huge event every year that draws massive crowds and gets national media coverage. What many people don’t realize, is that Comic Con is just one of many Cons. There are conventions devoted to comic books, video games, table top gaming, fantasy, science fiction, anime, and of course horror; then there is Dragon Con. Dragon Con covers all of those things and more. It takes place in Atlanta, GA and has been around for a while (it started back in 1987). I’ve been attending since I was a kid

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Capt McNeely

Sep 16, 2015

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Interview: Guinness World Record Holder John E. Boylan

The Guinness World Record for the largest collection of Swamp Thing memorabilia consists of 797 unique items and belongs to illustrator and designer John E. Boylan (USA). His collection was verified in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA on March 21 2015. I was fortunate enough to be able to ask Guinness World Record Holder, John E. Boylan, a few questions for this interview and he was gracious enough to provide me with some great answers. STG What inspired your passion to collect all things Swamp Thing? JEB “Good storytelling, other Swamp Thing fans, and enough oddball collectibles to stay intrigued. I was drawn to Swamp Thing, like many I imagine, by the beautiful art and writing. Once I started collecting single issues and chatting with other Swampy fans, I wondered what else was out there relating to Swamp Thing and found a bunch of great collectibles like, chalk, pencil sharpeners and furry slippers. Since Swampy isn’t the most popular/well known

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Capt McNeely

Sep 15, 2015

Reviews

New Resident Evil Game Announced

Just in case you didn’t have enough “Resident Evil” another game was announced yesterday at TGS. Instead of going the traditional route the new game titled “Resident Evil Umbrella Corps” is a skill based, class based online multiplayer shooter. The gameplay will switch between First and Third person and will pit two teams against each other. Oh and there will be zombies… somewhere. Not much more information has been released and the only trailer we have is in Japanese. “Resident Evil Umbrella Corps” is set to release next year on Ps4 in Japan. No info on a Western release has been stated. https://youtu.be/XHaDGCRMav8

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Capt McNeely

Sep 15, 2015

Reviews

Video Game Review: The Metro Series

First Person Shooters, We’ve all heard of them, we all know what they are and they currently dominate the video game spectrum. Ranging from generic war shooters like “Call of Duty” and “Battlefield” to all out insane shoot fests like “Doom” and “Unreal Tournament”. Very few first person shooters are actually able to break the norm and be something unique of their own. They’re one in a generation really like “Half Life 2” or “Fallout 3” or the game that I’m going to talk about, The “Metro” series. The “Metro” series consist of two games, “Metro 2033” and “Metro: Last Light”. They’re based off of Dmitry Glukhovsky’s novels “Metro 2033” and “Metro 2034”. In respect to the source material, the games are spot on with a little bit of exposition missing it is later on filled in the game’s sequel. Without giving away any spoilers here is a quick introduction on the story of the “Metro” series. It all begins

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Capt McNeely

Sep 12, 2015

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The 90s: Designer Horror

Jordache Horror Somewhere in the 80s, someone got the idea that horror should be less frightening and more sexy and trendy. I am not sure where it happened, but a good starting point might be Michael Jackson’s Thriller. The “World Premiere Video” back when MTV aired videos and before its implosion was the thing to see. Director John Landis was in between the smash hit horror classic, An American Werewolf in London and the public relations nightmare of Twilight Zone: The Movie. Michael Jackson was truly The King of Pop, and his LP, Thriller elevated MTV into something else…exactly what, I don’t know, but Thriller was more than a video. It was a pop culture event and it used horror as its spring board. Vincent Price became known to a the Pepsi Generation as “the old dude who “rapped” in Thriller and laughed at the end. Academy Award winner and makeup genius, Rick Baker did the makeup effects and suddenly

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Capt McNeely

Sep 1, 2015

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