The
Berlin
A flash mob of dozens of costumed 'zombies' shambled through
the streets of Berlin on Saturday, October 26, 2013 . This was the latest outbreak in a growing
global 'infection' of Zombie Walks in various cities all over the earth.
Everyone loves a big, juicy zombie. With a plethora of zombie films and
television shows topping the entertainment charts, the undead may one day knock
King Vampire out of the horror throne. I've personally loved zombies as long as I can remember; the first
zombie film I recall watching was the 1979 Italian made ‘Zombie.’ I was around 14 when I saw the film and I
gazed in wide-eyed wonder at the blood, rot, gore and bouncing breasts
displayed throughout the film. I was probably
too young to see the bouncing breasts as an American. The blood and guts? No problem.
Americans are weaned from milk to blood.
One of the first zombie walks ever recorded was put on by my
Sacramento hometown pals at TrashFilm Orgy in 2001. I’m from Sacramento ,
grew up there, and worked with my horror film friends on 8mm black and white
home movies. So when the first Sacramento
zombie walk began—sadly, I wasn’t there to see it. I lived in Prague
at the time. So this year I was
extremely thrilled that a zombie walk was finally taking place in a city where
I actually reside: Berlin .
On a clear night at dusk, the Berliner zombies met outside
the Gothic ruins of Klosterkirche and shambled through the streets to finally
invade Alexanderplatz and strike terror and joy in equal parts to anyone who
happened to be in their path. At various intervals in the terror schedule,
several zombies danced a choreographed routine to the music of Michael
Jackson’s ‘Thriller.’
The range of costume creativity was as diverse as the zombie
figure itself: some of the zombie
walkers had white faces with yellow eyes and bloody mouths; others had gray
faces with black circles around the eyes.
One tech geek zombie had a bloody hole in his shirt and a mass of
wriggling worms moving within. I looked
at my photographer friend and said ‘That’s probably a smart phone app of some
kind.’
These are only a few of the many photos I took while stumbling, shuffling and shambling along with the Berliner zombie horde on Saturday night. Please don’t hesitate to visit my website and contact me for your next photography or zombography project in
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