Zombie Invasion Report, Rain, and Halloween Weekend to Come!

So, the fearless undead Thriller-seekers of ZombieCon 2009 shambled around Manhattan despite the rain last Saturday (Oct 24), invading Midtown East, Grand Central Station, Sephora Times Square, and eventually pouring into our Halloween Adventure Times Square store here on W 43rd street before heading downtown to cause more of a stir.

A little after 5 pm last Saturday, 43rd Street Halloween Adventure shoppers heard a scream and a growl before they were instantly overwhelmed by a sea of about 350 zombies. The zombies crowded on into the store, where they proceeded to inspect the Halloween merchandise, attempt to recover from their pub crawling, startle shoppers, pose for photos, and, interestingly enough, snap photos of their own.

We played Thriller over the store's sound system, but your humble narrator was too crushed into the back portion of the shop to be able to see how the dancing went. However, the amused response from customers told me that some interesting antics were definitely going on.

We've got some photos of the zombies in our store in our Facebook gallery, here: Masquerade Costumes / Halloween Adventure Facebook Photo Gallery.

In order news... It rained on the zombies, and it's raining again on us today. However, a little rain on a Wednesday does not stop Halloween shoppers. They just kindly drop off their umbrellas once they come on in, and continue on their merry spook-seeking missions.

Note the eye-witness photo of the umbrella "parking garage" box.

Luckily, the forecast on weather.com predicts only cloudiness for Friday and Saturday, with only a 10-20% chance of rain. Looks like dry skies for Halloween, but the rains are predicted to make a return to New York City on Sunday, Nov 1.

Whew. We can only take so many bouts of soggy zombies, you know!