FEARnet Celebrates George Romero & Declares February 4th 'Tweet Like a Zombie' Day

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- This Thursday, George Romero – director of Night of the Living Dead and father of the modern zombie movie – celebrates his 70th birthday. In his honor, FEARnet.com will be overrun by zombie movies, videos, interviews and articles, including the first ever "Tweet Like a Zombie" Day.

Festivities to include:

• Tributes to George Romero from horror notables Guillermo Del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth), Mick Garris (Masters of Horror), Max Brooks (World War Z) and others.
• Video interviews with Romero and cast members of his groundbreaking "Living Dead" series of films.
• Full-length, free streaming movies featuring the consequences of zombie-like outbreaks, including Mulberry Street, the aptly titled J-horror film Infection and David Cronenberg's classic Shivers.
• Zombie American, a short starring The Hangover's Ed Helms
• A Jobs of the Damned video lesson from Doug Jones (Hellboy's Abe Sapien and the creepy Ice Cream Truck guy from Legion) on how to move like a zombie.
• A review of the Kevin Hamedani's post-9-11 political horror-comedy Zombies of Mass Destruction, part of this year's After Dark Horrorfest.
• Original zombie haikus penned by FEARnet site visitors in Romero's honor, like:

Since no birthday is complete without cake, FEARnet will serve up a gallery of the best zombie-themed birthday cakes from around the web. And to top things off, FEARnet will "tweet like a zombie," retweeting zombie-related comments from horror fans and notables all day long. Braaaiiiins!

About FEARnet

FEARnet, the world's premier destination for horror, thriller and suspense, is a cutting-edge, multi-platform movie network available on demand, online and on mobile 24/7. Its unrivaled modern horror library unites Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) (Nasdaq: CMCSK), the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services with Sony Pictures Television (SPT: US) and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), the two top studios producing and distributing the genre.

FEARnet On Demand has generated over 400 million views, is the #1 Comcast Free Movie VOD network, #1 Free HD movie network and is available on Comcast, Cox Communications, Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-Verse, Insight Communications, Bresnan and Guadalupe Valley Systems. www.fearnet.com is the #1 horror website, and PC Magazine has named FEARnet.com among "The 15 Best Websites for Movie Fans." Users can explore the world of the macabre on a visually arresting video-rich environment packed with movies, interactive community features and fresh original content.

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