{"id":1985,"date":"2015-10-10T03:27:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T03:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1985"},"modified":"2015-10-10T03:27:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T03:27:48","slug":"world-zombie-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1985","title":{"rendered":"World Zombie Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Cult\u00a0destination<\/h1>\n<p>Pittsburgh\u00a0has been used\u00a0as the setting for many zombie games and films. George Romero filmed the 1977 Zombie classic <em>Dawn of the Dead <\/em>at the Monroeville Mall.\u00a0As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecircumference.org\/people\/andrew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Andrew<\/strong><\/a> notes &#8220;The games Urban Dead and Left 4 Dead were both set in Pittsburgh, the films Diary of the Dead, Land of the Dead and the original novel version of Resident Evil are all based near the city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now Pittsburgh\u00a0has become a cult\u00a0destination for zombies fans\u00a0to visit and\u00a0re-enact scenes from their favourite Zombie films or games.<\/p>\n<h2>Zombie walks and\u00a0\u00a0World Zombie Day<\/h2>\n<p>In 2006 Pittsburgh\u2019s first zombie walk at Monroeville Mall attracted 892 Zombies.\u00a0Since then the crawl has grown in popularity with zombie walks across the world.<\/p>\n<p>More than 50 cities worldwide participate in World Zombie Day.\u00a0This international annual event brings\u00a0fans of Zombie culture together with a\u00a0fundraising zombie walk that raises money to\u00a0relieve hunger and homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>In London funds are being raised for\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/TeamZombie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Mungo\u2019s<\/a>, a charity that works for the homeless by reaching out to rough sleepers and helping them off the streets.<\/p>\n<h3>WORLD ZOMBIE DAY: LONDON<\/h3>\n<p>Scheduled for <a href=\"http:\/\/worldzombieday.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 October 2015<\/a>, hundreds of zombies are expected to groan and shamble through Central London in aid of the charity St. Mungo\u2019s Broadway. The zombie horde will make its way around a pre-arranged route, calling at set locations while taking in some of London\u2019s most beloved landmarks. Throughout the day there are also expected to be special performances by The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing, Anarchistwood and The Creeping Terrors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-537\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/invitation2events.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/img_1259.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-537\" src=\"https:\/\/invitation2events.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/img_1259.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Zombies in Epping forest\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zombies in Epping forest by Juliamaud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"ask-content--heading\"><\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"WZD2013 Eventbrite\" href=\"http:\/\/wzd2013.eventbrite.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cult\u00a0destination Pittsburgh\u00a0has been used\u00a0as the setting for many zombie games and films. George Romero filmed the 1977 Zombie classic Dawn of the Dead at the Monroeville Mall.\u00a0As Andrew notes &#8220;The games Urban Dead and Left 4 Dead were both set in Pittsburgh, the films Diary of the Dead, Land of the Dead and the original &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1985\">More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">World Zombie Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[521],"tags":[966,548],"class_list":["post-1985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calendar-events-misc","tag-zombie-walk","tag-zombies"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World Zombie Day - City Adventurers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1985\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Zombie Day - City Adventurers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cult\u00a0destination Pittsburgh\u00a0has been used\u00a0as the setting for many zombie games and films. 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