Lost Zombies was a zombie themed social network with the goal of creating a community generated zombie documentary. The website, built on the Ning platform, launched on May 1, 2008 and was created by Ryan Leach, Skot Leach and Rob Oshima.
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Overview
Lost Zombies followed a fictional time line which begins in February 2007 with a Flu epidemic. The flu virus mutates out of control, eventually causing Zombism. The time line leads to the present day where 75% of the world's population is dead or undead. Users were able to create a profile on the Lost Zombies website and submit videos, audio, pictures and written accounts that reflect some portion of the Lost Zombies time line. The creators of Lost Zombies intended to compile the user submissions into a single, cohesive, mock documentary.
Closure
The Lost Zombies website shut-down on the 22nd of March 2014, due the creators abandoning the project for other ones and leaving the community to dwindle.
Awards
Lost Zombies received the Best Community Web Site Award and the People’s Choice Award at the 2009 SXSW Web Awards held on March 15, 2009.
Lost Zombies was featured as one of the 25 new faces of independent film by FilmMaker Magazine.