Remember when zombies were absolutely terrifying? (Thriller, Zombie Beach Party, Rob Zombie). Nowadays, they have a 100% better chance than you of getting a permit for their band of undead from Park & Rec. (and you just wanted to set-up the hibachi).

The return of Zombie Kickball was actually in 2007. This is Zombie Kickball IV: Kicking Ass and Taking Brains (lifted that one from their MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/zombiekickball)

Zombie Kickball Founder (Head Brain Banshee in Charge) Catherine Krupsky posted on MySpace that this is her last year organizing. Judging by the video, there’s a whole new generation that could either keep the tradition alive, or come up with the next pop culture leisure sport. (Post-apocalyptic nuclear winter bocce?)

Check out some photos (c/o Strange Maine)…

Un-dead zone (Portland Press Herald)

Over 200 undead showed up in Portland last weekend for the aforementioned Zombie Kickball.

As the appointed hour approached, dozens of the undead of all ages streamed onto the field. Two zombies in Hawaiian shirts carried maps; another wore a bloodied wedding dress and clutched a frying pan; one was wrapped in a vine and carried a watering can; more than a few were impaled with various implements or carrying rubber body parts. (via SunJournal.com)

…Zombies from all walks of the afterlife! Including Elvis who, according to my sources on the inside, lost track of the game at one point and was seen knawing on his hand in the outfield.

Apparently, Zombie Elvis works as an educator and composer in the community too. True Story.

See more Zombie Kickball 2008 photos here.

…rumor is that they’re staging another one of these sometime soon in Bellingham, WA to be filmed professionally.