So, what's a convention and what happens at one?
Well, a convention, or at least the kind of ones we like to put on are an excuse for us to get together with friends, to hang out for a weekend, away from the world, allowing the attendees to enjoy a plethorer of engaging, fun and downright odd 'panels' about 'stuff' that we're interested in. A panel take the form of an talk or activity lasting an hour or more. This convention has a theme of Zombies, but have no fear - not every panel will be full of blood and rotting flesh - essentially, this is just a 'theme'.
What can I expect to see, hear and experience at Zombiecon?
ZombieCon promises to be two and half days and two long nights of all the Zombie related fun, frolics and sickness you can handle; consisting of demonstrations, workshops, talks, games, masquerade, and two discos;
Zombie makeup and prosthetic demonstrations by film make up artists followed by hands-on workshops! We have a room dedicated to makeup and costuming for the whole weekend allowing you to take advantage of the facilities therein whenever you feel the need to add a little gore or touch up your peeling flesh. Zombie Choreography Lessons.Author Talks and discussions on all things Zombie, Undead-related, or just downright … weird.There will be a number of fun, silly and potentially life-threatening games to be played such as ‘Mall Mania’, ‘BrainStomping’, and ’Whack-A-Corpse!’ along with some more sedate ones such as the ‘Zombies!” board game.Join in, with our ‘Brain hunt’ – some kind of weird-assed-easter-egg-type-thing or maybe bring up your breakfast when taking part in ‘Braaaiiins” – the Zombie food tasting item.“Prom Night” – Time to dress up for the classic All American Prom Night Dance, as featured in oh-so-many horror films. Come clean n gleaming, in your best Tux or Ball gown, or maybe add a little ‘Carrie’ twist ;-)“Dead Can’t Dance” – Fancy Dress Horror Disco. Come dressed as your favourite zombie hero – ‘Bub’, ‘Ed’ or even ‘Michael Jackson’ – we really wanna see those corpses! We also hope to have Zombie short films shown and discussed with film directors and Zombie experts!Dress up and win Horrific prizes in our weekend long masquerade challenge.Buy tickets for the raffle, and interesting items in the auction of ‘Undead Goodies’ (aka ‘tat’).
