IT was fright night in Manchester as thousands of Zombies invaded the city - for charity.
They shuffled slowly out of the Printworks, groaning, screaming and shrieking, on their way to the Arndale centre.
Among the Zombies on parade was city centre council chief Pat Karney.
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The fun event was to raise money for Manchester's cancer hospital The Christie and also a bid to break the record for the world's largest zombie gathering.
But organisers fell well short of the current record of 4,026 with only around 2,500 turning up for the event.
Mr Karney, who was taking part in the procession with his 13-year-old nephew Matthew Collins, said: "It was great fun. Everyone was laughing their heads off for about three hours and it was in a great cause.
"It was one of the best days out I have had in Manchester. Going through the Arndale when it was closed with about 2,000 zombies was something I will remember until the day I die."
Thriller
The evening started off with a zombie wedding and a mass dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller - and ended with the `zombie ball' back at Pure nightclub at the Printworks.
Horror fan Tim Page, 34, a surveyor from Rossendale, said: "It's all going towards Cancer Research but getting to dress up as zombies is a bonus. Some friends and I helped create a publicity trailer on the internet. We're all big horror fans so an event like this is great."
Friend Jenny Hirst, 27, a hairdresser, said: "I don't like scary films. But it's all for a good cause."
Cleaner Paul Stanley, 46, from Swinton, also made an effort for the event, dressing up in bandages and sporting fake wounds.
He said: "It took me about an hour to get ready between the costume and make-up. I took an old judo suit and converted it.
"I'm supposed to be a kung fu zombie."
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I don't get it. Councillor Karney looks the same. Am I missing something?
I saw it on the news and thought they didn't really stand out from the normal weekend revellers.
I was in the City Centre last night - some fantastic sights!
Just looks like another normal day in the Arndale to me.
How does "senior councellor" Pat Karney manage to get his name mentioned in most articles printed in the MEN?
Karney probably attended to ensure that nobody was smoking!!
Drugs are bad ..... mmmmmm kay !!
Were they on their way to Old trafford?
Pat Karney wouldn`t need special clothes or makeup.
Mamaduke, Broad Street
2/11/2009 at 16:05
What does he actually do?...Apart from curtailing our legitimate pleasures. He has not even got a nice smile. Can he not be posted to the council tax dept?
It looks likes Salford Shopping City on a normal Saturday afternoon...
Aww leave them alone you kill joys - it's a bit of harmless fun and certainly brought a smile to my face. It was good to see so many people out enjoying themselves on Saturday night all dressed up. Nowt wrong with people letting their hair down and having a laugh
No different from Stockport town centre on an average Saturday afternoon.
Frankie Balboa..sorry, didn't mean to trump you, but we obviously have had similar experiences.
business as usual then? so many scallys & tramps in the City Centre but not so many police !!
Havn't students got more important things to do?
I wondered what the UAF did when they were not making a nuisance of theselves at campaigns!
at last a use for karney
Its lucky I wasn't in the Arndale that day as I had just watched Dawn Of the Dead to pick up Halloween survival tips.
I can't help but think that if I started killing these zombies indiscriminately the blame would have been left at my door.
Just goes to show you the type of justice you get in this country.
The UK is going down the pan!!!
Does it matter what they looked like? Isn't the important part that they raised money for charity? They obviously had good fun while doing it. When was the last time any of you who left negative comments raised/donated money to charity?
Deejay of Bury, no one is having a go at the Zombies. They're only remarking in a joking way that they remind them of so-called real people they see on an everyday basis. It's all a bit of fun.
"city centre council chief Pat Karney."
He's not the city centre chief of anything, he's a Councillor for Harpurhey. He just opens his gob about the City Centre a lot, don't give him fake titles please. He's already self-important to the point of irritation.
Reminds me of [insert random Greater Manchester retail locality here] on a saturday night!!!!
What we're not doing that joke now?
The trailer for the event is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqCv0GOxVlQ
And by the way, to all the cynics and negative posters here: this event was organised by local lad Carl Whitely as a CHARITY FUND-RAISER, with all proceeds going to Manchester-based cancer research facilities (The Christie and the David Benson Memorial Trust). It was a bit of fun in aid of a worthy cause. Why be so harsh in your responses?
"BRRrrrRrrRrAAaaAaaiiIiiIiIiInNnNNnNnnSsSsSsSSssSSssssss........!!!!!" *giggles*