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Her face a sickly white and grey and a gash across her neck, Tammy Ball licks the "brains" she carries in a tin cooking pan.
"Braaaains!" Ball says as she runs her tongue along the mix of lime Jello, red and blue food colouring and cottage cheese. "Lime brains!"
Ball was in full character and makeup for Brandon’s First Annual Zombie Walk on Saturday.
The event — a chance for old and young to dress up and have fun for Halloween — also raised cash for a good cause.
Participants donated $370 to the Brandon Humane Society.
Mock zombies painted their faces with white, grey and red makeup and donned costumes spattered with fake blood.
Some mixed their makeup with liquid latex, glue or oatmeal to simulate flesh peeling from their faces.
Others added fake rotted teeth or wore contact lenses that turned their eyes red or white.
There were pirate zombies, chef zombies, bride and groom zombies, a prom queen zombie and even a geisha zombie.
Some "undead" dogs were also along for the walk that began and ended at Stanley Park.
The grim parade along city streets turned a few heads but prompted smiles rather than screams.
"It’s cool, it’s different," chuckled Trevor Miller who drove in from Boissevain with his wife and children to take in the spectacle.
The turnout of about 220 people and 20 dogs was a welcome sight for organizer Deanna Schmidt.
"I’m really happy," Schmidt said, adding she’s already thinking about hosting a second walk next year.
Chantelle and Joshua Reid of Shilo attended as a zombie bride and groom.
"It’s just a nice, safe way for adults to have fun on Halloween," said Chantelle, who sported a wedding dress smeared with fake blood and makeup that made it look like skin was torn from her face. "It’s such a fun, cool way to get people out."
Her hubby, Joshua, wore ghoulish grey face paint over torn toilet paper and liquid latex fashioned to look like rotting flesh.
The couple, in their 30s, went the extra mile and buried their dress and suit for a couple of days for that back-from-the-grave look.
The zombie movie fans not only attended for the fun but also for the cause — their cat was rescued by the Humane Society.
Zombie walks are common in larger cities.
Last year, a Winnipeg zombie event turned ugly when participants swarmed vehicles.
Yesterday’s Brandon event was peaceful and police said they received no complaints.