Days of the Living Dead Season 5, Episode 9: Feed the Beast

It's closing night at Statesville Haunted Prison and the Zombie Army reflects on this year's trials, tribulations and triumphs. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1nb9ft8

 Help Kickstart Days of the Living Dead HERE!

Days of the Living Dead Season 5, Episode 8: Fear Itself

In addition to Statesville Haunted Prison, Zombie Army Productions has, for many years, run The Fear Haunted House at Chicago's famed Navy Pier. This year, after a trial run at Riot Fest, Container 9 evolved into Zombie Containment, a haunted house played for laughs as much as scares. This episode sees part of the Zombie Army crew bringing the haunt to life (undeath?) opening weekend.

This is also a bittersweet episode: On Halloween night, the barge on which Zombie Containment was built sank into Lake Michigan during an unusually intense storm. While the entire haunted house is now on the bottom of the lake, thankfully not one single person was hurt. As John has stated: "We will recover, we will rebuild, we will be back." Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1nb9ft8

DIY of the Living Dead: How to Make(up) a Zombie

A zombie makeover takes more than just some dark circles under the eyes. The Zombie Army's Bonnie "Bob Ross" Bones shows you how to make Happy Little Veins in this Do It Yourself video! Subscribe for additional upcoming DIY's and episodes of Days of the Living Dead! http://bit.ly/1nb9ft8.

Kickstart Days of the Living Dead!

Days of the Living Dead, the reality web series that takes you behind-the-scenes at one of Chicago's biggest haunted houses, has entertained you for 5 seasons with the exploits of Zombie Army Productions as, each year, they plan, build and execute one of the scariest, most intense haunted houses in Chicago.

For the last couple of years, Zombie Army Productions and Yokai Films have brought you the show on a shoestring budget, and folks, we're running out of shoestrings!

This Kickstarter campaign is, simply put, to keep the show going - the show is free to watch, but not to make. We want to bring you the biggest, best season of Days of the Living Dead yet! Your donations will go directly to help cover the costs involved in creating the show, including equipment, filming, production and post-production, etc.

If you want to see more episodes, more do-it-yourself videos, more coverage, just plain MORE Days of the Living Dead, please donate whatever you can - every little bit helps (and is greatly appreciated)! Can't donate? We understand! Share this with your haunted house-loving friends on Facebook, Twitter, etc.

So please, help us keep Days of the Living Dead on the air, and remember: Every time you share this campaign, a scare-actor gets a scream...

Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/262577804/days-of-the-living-dead

Days of the Living Dead Season 5, Episode 7: The Gates Are Open(ing)

It's opening night 2014 and the Zombie Army crew and scare-actors are ready to FEED THE BEAST that is Statesville Haunted Prison. Watch the previous months' trials, tribulations and troubles melt away as the haunted house comes together that first night and John and the crew remember why they have the best jobs in the world - scaring the bejeezus out of people! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1nb9ft8

Days of the Living Dead Season 5, Episode 6: Fright School

The veteran Zombie Army scare-actors audition and train a talented group of eager new recruits in the finer points of fearmongering. There's more to scaring at Statesville Haunted Prison than just jumping out and saying "RAWR"! Find your center, breathe through your forehead and remember: There's a reason Darth Vader walks so slowly. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1nb9ft8

Days of the Living Dead Season 5, Episode 5: Daunted House Pt. 2

When somebody says the Zombie Army works themselves to death, they may not be speaking figuratively. As one crew member after another succumbs to everything from necrotic bacterial infections to the Statesville Ick, Kyle proves that he's just a big hairy American Winning Machine, pulling the crew together and getting the job done! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1nb9ft8

Days of the Living Dead Season 5, Episode 4: Riot Fest

After a grueling late-summer build, the Zombie Army brings its latest monstrosity to Chicago's Riot Fest 2014: CONTAINER 9. Last minute equipment deliveries, contrary wiring, inexplicable prop failures and sleep deprivation? No problem when you have a never-ending supply of Upstanding Als! Watch as the Zombie Army crew rallies and puts on a killer show, delighting festival attendees and delivering the scares to all who dare enter CONTAINER 9, including the members of GWAR and even Macauley Culkin! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1nb9ft8

The Fear Haunted House at Navy Pier Presents ZOMBIE CONTAINMENT

The award-winning production team at Zombie Army Productions is back on Navy Pier with a brand new haunted attraction, Zombie Containment - an aggressive, high scare, interactive haunted house by night and a low scare/lights on show during the day.

Days of the Living Dead Season 5 Episode 3: Daunted House

Tensions rise in August as the Zombie Army finds itself six weeks behind on the Statesville build. The normally happy-go-lucky Adam (Galaxy) gets an attitude check, Kyle and Gehmlich continue to hassle each other, Bobby's ready to kill everybody and John, for once, is speechless. Will the crew be able to bring it all together before opening weekend?

Days of the Living Dead Season 5, Episode 1: Haunted Housewares - TransWorld

"This is going to be the hardest thing we've ever done..." The Zombie Army heads to the TransWorld Halloween & Attractions Show in St. Louis to purchase the animatronics, props, costumes, makeup and other ghoulish goodies that make for a truly terrifying haunted house. Will Kyle snap? Will Mike Gimlech ever understand John's Vision? Will John ever get to have a pet dragon? Watch to find out! SUBSCRIBE.

This episode features TransWorld's Halloween & Attractions Show in St. Louis and haunt vendors Scared City (anybody got a link for those guys?), CFX, Specter Studios (sadly, closed since filming), Gore Galore, Poison Props, Dead House Designs and ScareFactory.

Days of the Living Dead, a reality web series that brings you backstage at Chicago's #1 Haunted House, Statesville Haunted Prison®. From Yokai Films and featuring Zombie Army Productions.

WATCH SEASONS 1-4: http://www.daysofthelivingdead.com
SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1nb9ft8

Container 9 Haunted House at Riot Fest Chicago This Weekend

Zombie Army Productions invites you to take a tour of their zombie containment and research facility Container 9 at Riot Fest Chicago this September. You will be able to see, firsthand, how the undead are being held, studied and disposed of. Come face to face with zombies in a safe and controlled environment.

They're just zombies. What could go wrong?

For ticket and info, visit http://chicago.riotfest.org/
 

Kick Off the Haunt Season at Riot Fest with... CONTAINER 9

A sneak peak of Zombie Army Productions' newest creation, Container 9. This new haunted house will be unveiled at Riot Fest Chicago, this September.

Attention Chicago Haunters! Your Halloween Haunt or Display Could Be Worth $50K!

When ABC wanted to reach out to home haunters in the Chicagoland area, they approached Zombie Army Productions and HauntedHouseChicago.com to help spread the word about The Great Halloween Fright Fight, from the producers of ABC’s “The Great Christmas Light Fight”! Is your haunted display or walkthrough attraction worth $50,000? If you think you have the best home haunt, contact the producers at frightfightcasting@gmail.com!

Not much information has been released yet, but there's a little more info HERE.

Calling All Chicago Filmmakers! Crew Needed!

Big Tree Productions and Zombie Army Productions, the team behind the cult hit horror/comedy feature "The Mole Man of Belmont Avenue," are in pre-production on a non-union family-friendly pilot presentation that they will also submit to festivals as a short film.

 "The Adventures of Kitty Zombie" shoots in and around Chicago from July 7th - July 16th.

 SYNOPSIS: Kitty Zombie was created with the body of a zombie and the mind of a puppy by evil military scientist Dr. Vosfoteugh . But instead of the super soldier he was designed to be, Kitty just wants to make friends (and toilet paper tube bunny rabbit dolls). Luckily, a mysterious ninja helps Kitty escape the lab for the freedom of the woods. Will Vosfoteugh find his creation, erase his memory, and start all over? Or will Kitty’s new friends the Kinley kids be able to keep him safe in their treehouse fort?

 LOOKING FOR: Sound, Boom operator, Steady Cam Operator, Gaffer, Grip, Unit Production Manager, Script Supervisor, On Set Photography, Production Assistants, Art Department, and Props.

 We are also looking for any help we can get with gear. If you have gear that we can borrow or rent, please contact us.

Please send resume or gear lists to john@zap23.com.

 Paid and unpaid positions available.

 Please check out the website for the project at http://kittyzombieadventures.com/

The Chicago Zombie Prom returns for its 6th year on June 20th at the Bottom Lounge in downtown Chicago! Visit ZombiePromChicago.com for full information and to get tickets!

All New HauntedHouseChicago.com Launched

After many, many hours of development, an all-new website has been launched for HauntedHouseChicago.com 2014. The new site will be far more interactive and user-friendly, up to and including use on all mobile platforms and devices! They're not finished, so stay tuned in the months ahead for more upgrades and announcements.

HAUNT OWNERS: All listings have been wiped, so please create a NEW user account for yourself and a NEW listing for your attraction. HHC thinks you'll find the process, both to add your attraction and to update it, will be much, much simpler now.

If you run into any problems or have any questions, you can contact HHC via email, Twitter, Facebook or Google+.

If you want to refer to your 2013 listing, you can access the old site at http://old.hauntedhousechicago.com.

Happy haunting!

Chicago Zombie Prom 2014!

The 2014 Chicago Zombie Prom will once again take place at the Bottom Lounge on June 20th, 2014!

For full details & information: ZombiePromChicago.com

To RSVP via Facebook: Chicago Zombie Prom 2014 Event Page

To get tickets: Zombie Prom Chicago Ticket Page

The Price Is FRIGHT at TransWorld's Halloween & Attractions Show in St. Louis, March 20-23, 2014

It’s a Game Show! It’s a Zombie Army Party! It’s your chance to show what you know about the Haunt Industry, and win prizes worth thousands of dollars!

“The Price is Fright” is a game show party where everyone has a chance to bid on a showcase of haunt products and compete to represent your haunt in the Final Showcase Showdown. The contestant who knows the most about the trade show floor products will win over $1,000-worth of prizes. The evening will consist of 3 rounds of the “The Price is Fright”, Door Prizes, a cash bar, a Haunted House T-Shirt Contest, T-Shirt giveaway, the Vanna Frite Contest followed by a DJ Dance Party! This is a great opportunity to bond with your friends and family in the Haunt Industry. Get your ticket and COME ON DOWN!

Hosted By John LaFlamboy of Zombie Army Productions, Ben Armstrong of Netherworld, and The Vanna Fright Models.

CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS, CONTEST SPECIFICS AND TO FIND OUT HOW TO SHOWCASE YOUR PRODUCTS!