It was only a couple of weeks ago that we inducted our last zombie baby into Zombie of the Week. This time we have the rather self-explanatory “Driver tries to cheat carpool lane with ‘zombie baby’“. Yes, back in October, a man in Washington State thought he could fool cops patrolling the HOV lane with a baby doll dressed as a zombie. Spoiler: he couldn’t.

This honestly confuses the hell out of us. Even if the cop did mistake the doll for an actual child, the guy would still get a ticket for illegally putting a small child in the front seat, right? That’s a thing, isn’t it? Now, taking this to the logical extreme, what would the ticket be if the cop actually mistook the doll for an actual, rabid zombie baby?

Doesn’t really matter. Cop wasn’t fooled at all. Zombie baby HOV decoy cost our hero $136.

To celebrate the release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens“, Riotdaily has done a collection of zombie/Star Wars mashup cosplay. Although they’re all worth seeing, we were most impressed by the effort that went into this mangled, bloody (but still mobile) zombie imperial stormtrooper.

We have yet to see the movie. As any smart zombiephile does, we stay far away from crowds just in case. Still, we can say with some confidence that J.J. Abrams failed to inject zombies into this chapter of the epic story. We thank these fans heartily for addressing his momentary lack of judgement!

We’ve had baby Zombies of the Week. Twice. We’ve also had no less than three different Jesuses. We never dreamed that we’d be lucky enough, someday, to enjoy a combination of the two! Jasen Dixon has graced us, for the second year in a row, with his amazing interpretation of the Christian Nativity complete with an adorable zombie baby Jesus!

Some of the people in his town, Sycamore Township, Ohio, think that the display is offensive. Happily, like mature adults, they praised the freedom that allows Americans to disagree with one another, yet remain strongly joined in solidarity. They then remembered that there is no right not to be offended and simply avoided the display on Dixon’s private property.

Nah, just kidding! In fact, they tried to lawyer him into taking it down, protested in front of it, refused him permits and started fining him $500 a day.

The entire story was reported earlier in the month by RawStory.com in “Zombie nativity scene draws $500 a day fine from town as Christian protesters descend“. Happily, after removing the roof of the structure he’s in full compliance with zoning regulations, and the fines were stopped after a single day. Dixon will still need to appear in court on the original charge, but for now his display is up and able to be enjoyed by all. If you’d like to support the display, you can do so through Generosity.com or follow its Facebook page.

UnwalkingDead.com reported, rather succinctly, “Norman Reedus bitten by fan at Walker Stalker Con“. Reedus, who plays Daryl Dixon on The Walking Dead, is known for his generosity with his fans. Even he has his limits. He draws at least one line, apparently, at allowing them to chew on him.

At the 2015 Walker Stalker Convention, the woman pictured paid for a photo opportunity with Reedus and Michael Rooker, who played his brother Merle on the show. When she got to the head of the line, she became overly excited, informed the star that she pretends she is married to him, then bit him. Presumably, although it’s not specified, above the waist. The woman was escorted out by security and banned from the convention.

We hope this run-in with a real, um – live? – biter doesn’t tarnish the thousands of positive interactions that he’s graciously given to fans. We also hope that he doesn’t turn.

Zombie horde, Black Friday crowd: there’ little difference, really. You don’t have to believe us, take a look for yourself:

See? Our suggestion, as always, is to stay in your stronghold and wait it out.

Here’s to all the unsung heros! All those that keep us safe from the horrors that quietly surround us! Here’s to this guy, Ronald Hesswood Blackbear, who was the only one that recognized the danger of the risen dead and took action! For you!

Or, you know, he’s just plain pants-crapping crazy.

As reported by KSL.com in “Man shot at people he thought ‘were coming back to life’ before allegedly stabbing brother“, this guy shot at several people he ws convinced had “come back to life” and then stabbed his brother in the chest, presumably because he was “infected” as well. He reportedly told arresting officers that he might be infected himself, and he – and they – could “turn” at any moment. According to a man that spoke to him after the attacks, Blackbear said: “that people were coming back to life from his closet, so he fired a gun at them and left the body lying there.”

So, hero on the front line against the wandering dead, or crazy guy from Utah? American, you be the judge! Well, not really; the U.S. District Court is actually handling the judging.

We lovingly celebrated Fallout Ghouls, in general, over two years ago. With the release of Fallout 4, things have changed. Ghouls are just as interesting as they ever were, but now they’re downright nasty. Ghouls in Fallout 4 have shed the skeletal waif look for more of a New England-style bloated, pus-filled plumpness. They attack in hordes – large hordes – often popping in on a happily looting player from grates, vents or holes in the architecture.

We’ve been seeing a lot of Ghouls as part of our Fallout 4 Play Diary over at our sister site, DepressedPress.com. Here’s a short video of what happened to us when we innocently decided to visit the local comic shop:

So this week, we celebrate Fallout 4 Ghouls: in a class of their own!

As part of Extra-Life 2015, our team, The Vidiots, completed a 24-hour marathon of gaming, goofing and doing good by sick kids! As we approached the end, the vibe definitely had a s”shambling dead” feel. Don’ take our word for it:

We didn’t meet our fundraising goal, but still raised $418 to help the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals!

We complete our celebration of the premier of Ash vs Evil Dead! Zombie of the Week has been overrun by Deadites one last(?) time!

We have to end, obviously, with one of the deadites from the show’s premier, so may we introduce you to… um… let’s just call her “Tattoo Girl”, I guess.

You see, Ash didn’t tell us her name. He simply met her, got horribly wasted, decided in a fit of great-than-normal stupidity to read to her from Necronomicon Ex Mortis, then black out and forget any of it ever happened. While we suspect that in his day Ash has passed on his share of sexually transmitted diseases, we’re pretty sure this girl was thinking the worst that could happen would be a visit to the clinic. Instead she was possessed by evil, had her spine snapped, her bones shattered and her head blown in tiny bits multiple times.

In our continued celebration of the upcoming Halloween premier of Ash vs Evil Dead, Zombie of the Week has been overrun by Deadites! We’re bringing you our favorite Deadites from across the franchise!

We return to Army of Darkness for our last week . You might think that Evil Ash would be the obvious choice here, but alas, we already did him way back in July of 2013. Instead, we’ve decided to applaud one of the lesser mentioned, but still memorable deadites in the movie: the Ash-dubbed She-bitch.