Ambulatory corpses with a taste for human flesh will be lurching their way onto local screens Thursday, Oct. 13, through Sunday, Oct. 16, when Albany's Madison Theater hosts a Zombie Film Festival devoted to screenings and lectures on the snarling-undead oeuvre.

Kicking off with an opening lecture by "zombie expert" and SUNY Buffalo English professor David Schmid, the fest will continue with a zombie party and costume contest, a book talk, discussions and screenings of zombie-related movies. Among them is the premiere of "Dead Burger," a locally shot comic zombie romp.