The annual Zombie Safe House competition challenges architects to design the best ghoul-proof home, and zombie "fun runs" are now regular events across North America.

WSJ: Why Zombies Are Everywhere

That's a problem when "The Road" is done as a movie: It's like a zombie thriller drowning in tastefully severe art-house gloom.

CNN: Review: A journey down 'The Road'

Two years after he disappeared from his Long Island home, Disaster the cat was found this week in the heart of Manhattan by a Times Square haunted house promoter dressed up as a zombie.

WSJ: NYC 'zombie' finds Long Island cat in Times Square