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Zombies besiege the Paramount
They were out in force, the ghastly ones. Hordes of stumbling, moaning, bloodied zombies invaded the Paramount Theatre on Friday night for the local premiere of the deliciously funny-sick zombie comedy “Zombieland,” the marquee title for night No. 2 during Fantastic Fest. (“Zombieland” opens in theaters Oct. 2. More about the movie, with trailer, HERE)
Besides the film’s coterie — stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg and Emma Stone and director Ruben Fleischer — droves of the dead wove through the crowd in front of the theater. This was thanks to Zombie Manor, an Arlington-based horror make-up crew that offered free “Zombieland” T-shirts to ticket holders willing to get gussied up as a zombie. They also came with their own minions of professional zombies that harassed and groaned at movie-goers.
It was an only-in-Austin, only-at-Fantastic-Fest scene …
The bride wore blood.
Getting made-up in a lovely, livid shade of corpse.
A clown the only way we like ‘em — dead.
Zombabe.
Woody Harrelson
Emma Stone
Jesse Eisenberg, Stone and Harrelson
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