Zombie

The 72nd Cannes Festival opened this week with a disappointing 'Zombie' picture, "The Dead Don't Die" of the American indie director, Jim Jarmusch. Despite some of its laughable scenes, the pic added nothing new to the "genre," which is mostly used as a metaphor to criticize the consumer society of today.

Thousands of people around the world donned zombie costumes Saturday to mark World Zombie Day, a fundraiser to combat hunger that was filled with fake blood and braaaaiiiins.

They say the dead live on in our hearts and minds – but in one Indonesian province, the deceased continue to walk the earth in a rather more literal, zombie-like fashion. In Torajana in South Sulawesi Indonesia, a tribe honors the deceased and shows its affection to the dead with a strange ancient custom. They dig them up, dress them in fancy new clothes and…take a stroll with them.

The spectacle " Kalakuta Republic'' will conclude the festival for contemporary dance and peformance One Dance Week on 15th October at 19:30 at the Home of Culture Boris Hristov in Plovdiv.

Irish rock band The Cranberries announced in a specially crafted certificate the Bulgarian PR expert Maxim Behar as Sir, a noble title usually given by the queen.

Inspired by the explosion of new interest in the creepy concept of the living dead fueled by movies, TV series and literature, the Athens Zombie Walk will take place on Saturday, starting from Syntagma Square at 6 p.m.

If by any chance you find yourselves in downtown Athens on Saturday and come across a hoard of zombies roaming around, don’t be afraid it’s not “The living dead” come to life. Greece is celebrating Apokries, which is a religious festival similar to Halloween which takes place in February before Lent in the Greek Orthodox Church.

BELGRADE - Ajay Kumar claims that his real motive in making a Right to Information Act request to assess India's zombie and alien-fighting skills was to draw the government's attention to the real issues of terror and poverty. While mentioning Will Smith, he took a dig at the Indian Government for relying on the US.

A dog on the verge of death walked like a zombie around the seaside resort village of Athens, practically invisible to people in the region. The wretched creature had rough skin that looked like a tree bark due to a skin hemorrhage and was evidently in need of help as it searched through the trash to find food.

A Brazilian hidden camera show recently planned and executed the most terrifying prank ever, starring a horde of blood-thirsty zombies, an empty subway train and several unsuspected victims.

What would your reaction be if your train pulled into an empty station, the train doors didn’t open and an army of zombie dropped by to say hi? Watch the amusing -yet terrifying- video.