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In the newest NSFW trailer for the upcoming cheerleader zombie slayer video game Lollipop Chainsaw, we are introduced to the apple of the main character Juliet’s eye-the severed head of her boyfriend, Nick, which she carries around on her hip, and uses to overcome obstacles in some very interesting ways.

As if chopping off Nick’s head so he doesn’t become a zombie isn’t romantic enough, the couple remain very affectionate, discussing the possibility of having children someday, in-between bouts of dicing up the walking dead.

Awwwww, finally there’s a love story for those of us who think Twilight is total drek. Way to keep that chainsaw engine revving Juliet!

(NSFW due to language)

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Zombie Cupid – $14.95

Valentine’s Day is coming! Are you still frantically picking your delicious brain for the very best way to express your undying love and devotion? You need the Zombie Cupid from the NeatoShop. This adorably gruesome fellow doubles as a desk accessory. Use his little arrow basket to hold a pen, pencil, or faux flower. Zombie Cupids love to be helpful.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Zombies to love and fantastic Valentine’s Day gift ideas.

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Zombie Pencil Holder – $34.95

Did you know that some zombies have a real head for business? Just check out the Zombie Pencil Holder from the NeatoShop. This handsome fellow knows how to multitask.

The beautifully handcrafted Zombie Pencil holder is a multifunctional desk organizer with:

• Six holes in his head to hold pencils and pens
• A magnetized eye socket to keep paperclips handy
• Removable tongue tray for small items or business cards
• And a slit in the back of the neck to hold letters and papers

This living dead is one hard worker.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Zombie fun.

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Zombie Head Decanter – $19.95

Are you looking for the perfect bottle to store your favorite post apocalyptic elixir? You need the Zombie Head Decanter from the NeatoShop. This fantastic glass bottle with a cork top will make sure you are a hit with all your new living dead neighbors.

Be sure to check out the Neatoshop for much more Zombie fun.

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If you’re tired of the zombie-less, cinematic cutscene instead of visceral gameplay direction that the Resident Evil video game series has been heading in over the years, then you’re in for a treat when the newest incarnation (#6) is released in spring 2012.

Taking the series back to it’s roots promises to be a horrifying experience, full of zombies, giant genetic monstrosities and hardcore combat. Personally, I blame the movies for the direction that the games have been going in since their release, and this trailer shows that the game designers aren’t content with letting their zombified series turn into schlocky Hollywood drivel without a bloody battle.

I can’t wait to get my hands on this one and start splitting some heads, even if that split head grows fangs and bites back!

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This one is fantastic: Flickr user Yatkuu re-created the Winchester Pub from the 2004 zombie flick Shaun of the Dead in LEGO: Link - via Nerdsraging

If you like zombies and LEGO, check out this fun intersection of the two over at Bricks of the Dead (gallery at Flickr)

More neat zombie stuff at NeatoShop’s Zombie Shop

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It looks like Bill wasn’t lucky enough to survive a recent encounter with the undead in this Left 4 Dead fan film trailer from Airsoft GI and Northern Five Entertainment, based on the popular zombie apocalypse themed video game.

This trailer would make a great cut scene for Left 4 Dead gameplay after a member of the group dies. Man, i’d be bummed too if one of the four survivors in my group is now a buffet for the infected, and it’s probably my fault. The full length fan film is going to be released soon, and so far it looks like gloomy goodness.

–via Joystiq

Zombie Knit Half Mask - $9.95

Baby it’s cold outside! Are you looking for a way to keep your brain warm and safe while still blending in with your favorite zombie crowd? You need the Zombie Knit Half Mask from the NeatoShop.  This great knit hat comes complete with exposed brain and sunken eyes.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Zombie fun!

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The holiday season is officially here and the NeatoShop Zombies are really getting into the spirit of things.  Just check out the new Zombie Christmas Ornaments from the NeatoShop. These beautiful gornaments are just to die for.

Zombie Christmas Ornaments are handcrafted by local indie artists and are available in:

• Gingerbread Zombie
• Zombie Stocking
• Zombie Mistletoe

Each whimsical ornament is hand painted so no two are exactly alike. Zombify your tree today.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Zombie fun.

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What if the main characters on the Walking Dead tv show hadn’t survived the worldwide zombification? Well, this nifty little gallery shows us how cool they’d all look as zombies without ruining the show. Biggest LOL-Glenn as a floater!

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I guess zombies will eat any living creature they can get their hands on, and now they’ve given the hang in there kitty a real reason to hang on for dear life. This kittty just went from LOL to FML!

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ZombiKeys Key Covers – $5.95

Are you having trouble telling which key is which? Ask a friendly zombie for help.  The ZombiKeys Key Covers from the NeatoShop includes 6 gruesomely adorable key caps shaped like zombie heads. These zombies are happy to lend a hand head to assist you with your labeling needs.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Zombie fun!

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See something you like on the NeatoShop's Zombie Shop? I imagine a zombie fan would "like" our gory products such as the Zombie Door Stop, My Zombie Family Car Stickers and Zombie Back Scratcher with this dismembered thumbs up hand, and post 'em on Zombiebook!

Actually, that's a clever bit of gory advertising by DraftFCB in Lisbon, Portugal for the Fantasporto International Horror Film Festival. Via AdFreak

What do you get when you cross a poodle with a zombie? A Zoodle! Via Daily Dawdle 

Previously on Neatorama: Sandy Paws' Teenage Mutant Ninja Poodle | Zombie Shop over at the NeatoShop

Parasites are raising an army of zombie wasp queens to do their bidding, and it’s a good thing that these parasites aren’t more ambitious,  because they’d probably be well on their way to taking over the world by now!

The parasites cause common wasps to believe that they are queens, rejecting their normal caste and acting as self serving loners in wasp society:

Infected P. dominulus — better known as common European paper wasps — reject their genetically preordained roles, abandon their hives and embark on a long, macabre journey during which a few live for a time as queens, albeit murderous queens.

Read on about this fascinating example of parasitic mind control at the Wired link below, and pray these little critters don’t develop a taste for human blood!

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deviantART user Shira-chan showed us why we should NEVER wake up Sleeping Zombie. Check out the conclusion at her Twisted Fairy Tale page: Link - via ZombieSlam

Zombie Paperweight – $14.95

Does the Zombie infestation of the NeatoShop way heavily on your mind? Here at the Neatorama we believe in putting all good Zombies to work. After all Zombies were people too. Just check out the new Zombie Paperweight from the NeatoShop. This fantastically gruesome Zombie is ready, willing, and able to protect all your important papers from any wicked winds that might come his way.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more spooktastic Halloween items and Zombie fun!

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A while back, John told us of the official US government’s advice on surviving the zombie apocalypse by the Centers for Disease Control. Now, the CDC is back, this time with this: Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic.

A few select images after the jump (you can view the entire comic [PDF] from the CDC’s website):

How will it end? Check out the CDC comic in its entirety here: Link [PDF]

Zombies, zombies everywhere and now we have body parts to share.  That’s right folks, the Zombie invasion of the NeatoShop continues. Behold the new Zombie Back Scratcher. This fantastic handcrafted back scratcher is shaped like a like a creepy zombie hand. Everyone knows that a nice zombie is always willing to lend a hand to someone in need.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Zombie fun!

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Do you have a zombieriffic family? Tell the world, or at least the guy stuck behind you in traffic, with the My Zombie Family Car Stickers by Adam “ape lad” Koford from the NeatoShop. This frighteningly fabulous set comes with 8 stickers:

• Zombie Dad
• Zombie Mom
• Zombie Brother
• Zombie Sister
• Zombie Baby
• Zombie Cat
• Zombie Dog
• and heart-shaped brain

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Zombie fun!

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Craftster member ChainCrafts made armor for his family because his wife wanted a “Post-Apocalypse/Zombie Slaying family photo shoot” for her birthday. She got her wish. The awesome photographs are shared at the Craftster forum. Link -via Boing Boing

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Where in the world are zombies? Oxford Internet Institute researchers Mark Graham (of Floating Sheep's fame), Taylor Shelton, Matthew Zook, and Monica Stephens mapped the world's zombie outbreaks:

Using a keyword search for "zombies," the following map visualizes the absolute concentrations of references within the Google Maps database. The map reveals two important spatial patterns. First, much of the world lacks any content mentioning "zombies" whatsoever. Second, and related, the highest concentration of zombies in the Geoweb are located in the Anglophone world, especially in large cities. The results either provide a rough proxy for the amount of English-language content indexed over our planet, or offer an early warning into the geographies of the impending zombie apocalypse.

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Perhaps. Archaeologists discovered two medieval skeletons buried with large stones shoved into their mouths, as a precaution against them rising from their graves like zombies:

The "deviant burials" were comprised of two men who were buried there at different times in the 700s.

One of the men was between 40 and 60 years old, and the other was a young adult, probably between 20 and 30 years old. The two men were laid side by side and each had a baseball-sized rock shoved in his mouth.

"One of them was lying with his head looking straight up. A large black stone had been deliberately thrust into his mouth," Chris Read, head of Applied Archaeology at IT Sligo, said.

"The other had his head turned to the side and had an even larger stone wedged quite violently into his mouth so that his jaws were almost dislocated," he added.

Initially, Read and colleagues thought they had found a Black Death-related burial ground. Remains of individuals buried at the end of the Middle Ages with stones stuck in their mouths have hinted at vampire-slaying rituals.

It was believed that these "vampire" individuals spread the plague by chewing on their shrouds after dying. In a time before germ theory, the stone in the mouth was then used as a disease-blocking trick.

Since the vampire phenomenon didn't emerge in European folklore until the 1500's, the archaeologists ruled out this theory for the 8th century skeletons.

"In this case, the stones in the mouth might have acted as a barrier to stop revenants from coming back from their graves," Read told Discovery News.

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Previously on Neatorama: The Chewing Dead | See also: Zombie Shop over at NeatoShop

Ray Basile of Zombie Wagon made zombie cupcakes for the opening of his zombie art exhibit. Then he posted the step-by-step instructions so you can make your own for a birthday party, Halloween party, or just because you like zombie cupcakes! Link

Body Parts Sushi Gummy Candy – $3.95

Halloween is right around the corner. Are you looking for the perfect sweet treat to go with your zombie costume? You need the Body Parts Sushi Gummy Candy from the NeatoShop. This gruesomely delicious candy is shaped like sushi pieces with body parts and includes a handy dandy pair of chopsticks. This is what all the sophisticated zombies are eating.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more fantastically strange Mints & Candies and Zombie fun!

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Think that zombies are just fiction? Not for caterpillars, it isn't: there's actually a virus that can turn healthy caterpillars into zombies.

The biology of the disease is quite fascinating as researchers found that all the virus had to do is modify a single gene in the caterpillar's genome to turn it into a zombie:

"When gypsy moth caterpillars are healthy and happy, they go up into the trees at night to feed on leaves, and then climb back down in the morning to hide [in bark crevices or soil] from predators during the day," said study co-author Kelli Hoover, an entomologist at Penn State University.

But caterpillars infected with a baculovirus—a type of virus that infects invertebrates—are driven to the treetops and reprogrammed to stay there until they meet a doom worthy of a horror film.

"When they are infected, as they get sicker they stay up in the trees and die up there," Hoover explained.

The virus "ends up using just about all of the caterpillar to make more virus, and there are other genes in the virus that then make the caterpillar melt. So it becomes a pool of millions of virus particles that end up dropping onto the foliage below where it can infect other moths that eat those leaves."

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Previously on Neatorama: Poison Turns Man Into a Real Zombie | Wasp Zombifies Roach

See also: NeatoShop's Zombie Store

Even zombies need some carefree down time! A short film by Travis Betz. -via The Daily What

Are you on the hunt for a way to look like a Zombie without having to go to the trouble of becoming a member of the undead? You need Zombie Teeth from the NeatoShop? This great set of reusable rotten teeth will have you blending in with your Zombie friends in no time.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Halloween and Zombie fun!

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Zombie Wine Bottle Stopper - $9.95

Got an undying love for wine? Use your braaaaiiiinnsss and get this gruesomely useful Zombie Wine Bottle Stopper from the NeatoShop. Handcrafted in the United States by indie artists: Link

Apparently Cookie Monster is a video game developer and he really is sick of video games that feature zombies. Check out Cookie in the video at the link.

If you are as tired of the endless horde of zombie games as I am, you are not alone! Watch as Cookie Monster — possibly the greatest network executive since Jack Donaghy — gives video game maker Tim Schafer feedback on his new game idea and then comes up with his own, starring (you guessed it) monsters.

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Dismember-Me Plush Zombie - $12.95

Who says a zombie can’t be cute and cuddly?  They obviously haven’t seen the Dismember-Me Plush from the NeatoShop.  This horrifyingly adorable plush comes with removable and interchangeable limbs.  He comes holding a yummy brain.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more creepy Zombie items.

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Zombie Feet Sandals – $14.95

Are you dying to find a great pair of slippers?  You need the Zombie Feet Sandals from the NeatoShop.  This gruesomely fabulous pair of slippers is designed to look like zombie feet.  Your friends will be screaming with envy.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Zombie stuff!

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Proper zombie care
Keep your zombie well-refrigerated
Reattach any limbs that have fallen off immediately
Brush your zombie’s remaining teeth regularly
Companies that test on zombies
KFC
Sephora
Men’s Wearhouse
Recipes for zombies
Brain stew
Soy-flesh
Ladyfingers (for zombies with a sweet tooth)

The site was launched in support of the production Zombie! the Musical. Link -via @johncfarrier

Dead Stop Zombie Doorstop (Crawling) – $19.95

The Zombie invasion is in full swing here at the NeatoShop.  We are excited to announce that the Dead Stop Zombie Doorstop (Crawling) has just broken into the warehouse.  Our shelves are now filled with gruesome corpses.

Do not panic!  This crawling zombie is here to stop that annoying door right in its tracks.  Now you can have your very own undead friend hold the door open for you.  Who knew Zombies could be so helpful!

Get your Dead Stop Zombie Doorstop (Crawling) from the NeatoShop now.  You don’t want to be left behind.  Can you really survive without one?

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Zombie fun!

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The Magnetic Dead 3D Zombie Magnets – $14.95

We were warned, but nothing could truly prepare us for the massive zombie outbreak currently taking place at the NeatoShop.  It is the end of the world as we know it! The Magnetic Dead 3D Zombie Magnets have finally arrived! AHHHHHHHHND we cannot contain our excitement over the launch of this new gruesomely fantastic line!

Do not be afraid!  This 10-piece refrigerator magnet corpse is not  just another useless Zombie toy.  This flesh eating monster is always there when you need a hand, or a foot.   You can use his body parts to hang up notes.   When work has become mind numbingly dull you can spend hours upon hours mixing, matching, and dancing around his body parts.  The Magnetic Dead 3D Zombie is your key to survival.

Get your Magnetic Dead 3D Zombie from the NeatoShop now.  You don’t want to be left scavenging for one later.   Can you really live without one?

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Zombie fun!

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Schroedinger's Cat: Wanted Dead And/Or Alive	Bunny Love	I Go Commando
Vandelay Industries	Protected by Ninja Kitty	Zombie - Eat Flesh

T-shirt weather is coming, so stock up on Funny T-Shirts (available as sweatshirts and hoodies, too) from the NeatoShop. From geeky to attitude to one-liners, we've got 'em at prices so cheap (starting at $9.95), you can buy a bunch of 'em!

Free shipping to USA and Canada on orders $75 and up! Link

Someone wasn’t using his braaaaaiiiinss here: a billboard advertising the zombie series Walking Dead was put right beside a funeral parlor in Consett, County Durham, England. The ad has since been removed, but the infamy will be undead forever on the Net.

Link (Photo: North News) – via The Mary Sue

“If my heart was still beating, it would beat for you.” Enjoy this “post-apocalyptic postmortem” love song from Your Favorite Martian. -via Geeks Are Sexy

Artist Elliot Quince made linocut prints of creepy/funny zombie valentines you can print out and give to someone you love -if they have a sense of humor! What better way to say “Happy Valintestines Day”? Link -via Laughing Squid

Cthulhu Wacky Wobbler - $12.95

In his house at R'lyeh, wacky Cthulhu wobbler waits dreaming ... to be given as cool Christmas gift. If you've got a sci-fi lover in your family, look no further than this Gift Guide for Sci-Fi Lovers from the NeatoShop:

Darth Vader Cookie Jar	TARDIS Ice Bucket	Zombie Brain Gelatin Mold
I Want To Believe, the Alien Version	Stormtrooper Zombie Bobblehead	Matt Busch's Zombie Posters

I Heart Sci-Fi T-Shirt - $11.95 (also available as sweatshirt & hoodie)

Link: Gift Guide for Sci-Fi Lovers

You don’t have to do any artwork yourself with this zombie generator -just upload your picture and it will turn you into a zombie! Well, at least your picture. This one is me, zombified. Link -via the Presurfer

Our pal Geekscape has the details:

ZomBCon, the premiere zombie convention being held this Halloween in Seattle, is announcing today that newly ordained minister Bruce Campbell will be officiating a zombie wedding at the inaugural convention. While only one couple is going to be lucky enough to be married by Campbell, he will also be officiating a mass renewal ceremony, for those zombies that didn’t get to do it right the first time. He might be reading from the Necronomicon so be warned… There might be Deadite shenanigans.

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The best Halloween costume is clever and easy! This t-shirt transforms with a flick of the wrist into a zombie mask -all you have to do is ask. Link

Japanese kids bravely fight a zombie that invaded their home. Watch the subtitles for some adorable dialog. Give your opinion: child abuse, character building, or just plain fun? -via Metafilter

If you’re hosting a Halloween party for zombies this year, this will your party a drop dead success – behold the Zombie Brain Gelatin Mold from the NeatoShop. The mold will produce a jiggly left hemisphere of the brain (the yummiest part, btw).

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Forces of Geek has the trailer, which includes some nifty behind-the-scenes clips: Link [embedded YouTube]

The artist who goes by the name freakingawesome created a typography poster entitled Zombies. It contains the names of 978 zombie movies, books, and video games. At the link, you can click the image to enlarge it (several times if needed) and read them to find your favorites. Link

If you want to catch Mother Nature at her best (and if by best you mean bizarre or darned scary), then look no further than how parasites hijack the biology of their hosts.

Take, for instance, the pseudacteon:

Though related to the harmless fruit flies breeding in the world’s neglected fruit bowls, Pseudacteon flies have a far more sinister appetite. The female lays her egg in the body of a living ant, and the tiny maggot will eventually move into the ant’s head to devour its brain. This won’t kill the victim, but will cause the ant’s (technically dead) body to wander aimlessly for days on end, until the ant’s head simply drops off from its body. The maggot will use the severed head as a pupation chamber, transforming into a new fly and finding itself a mate.

Gruesome, eh? Here are 9 more zombie parasites over at TopTenz: Link

Poor zombies – being the undead is hard work and rotting brains don’t exactly make quick decisions. But take heart, this What Would a Zombie Do? Spinner Folder (yes, with a disembodied zombie arm spinner) over at the NeatoShop surely will make their lives (deaths?) a lot easier!

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