400 Lonely Things will be debuting a world premiere video at the Flyway Film Festival in Pepin, WI (October 22-25).

The video is part of an all-day event entitled the International Zombie Summit at the Historic Opera Hall in nearby Stockholm, WI and will be shown alongside the most talked about independent zombie-themed horror cinema of the year, including underground Cannes hit Colin, and the hotly anticipated Norwegian Nazi-zombie grind-house flick and Sundance entry Dead Snow.

The video for the 400 Lonely Things song Tonight is from their fourth album, Tonight of the Living Dead. Like the album’s music and packaging, all elements for the video are taken from George A. Romero’s 1968 horror classic, Night of the Living Dead and retooled into a dark ambient, poetic collage that is both madly compelling and quietly creepy. The video is a collaboration with film-maker Phil Harrell, who is currently working with the editor of Rusty Nails’ forthcoming documentary Dead-On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero.

Specifically, 400 Lonely Things’ video will serve as an appropriate lead-in to the 7pm screening of the moody and cerebral Canadian viral thriller Pontypool, adapted by Tony Burgess from his own novel, which has drawn favorable comparisons to Night of the Living Dead.  The film stars Stephen McHattie and is considered by many to be a game-changing intellectual zombie film, expanding the potential of this increasingly important and popular sub-genre of horror culture. Pontypool was just named as “One of the 25 Greatest Zombie Films of All Time” by Entertainment Weekly.

400 Lonely Things helmsman Craig Varian will be in attendance as a panelist with other artists whose films are being screened, participating in a discussion about the role of the zombie in pop culture.

International Zombie Summit
Schedule of Events:
Saturday, Oct. 24
1pm - Redneck Zombies - Director in attendance
3pm - Zombie Girl - Director in attendance
5pm - Colin - Director in attendance
7pm - Music video Tonight by 400 Lonely Things - Artist in attendance
and Pontypool - Producer in attendance
9pm - Dead Snow

TBD: Round-Table Panel Discussion, Poster and Merchandise Signing

Click here for information on the International Zombie Summit.
Click here for information on the Flyway Film Festival.