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"LOS ANGELES \u2014 YouTube Space LA was overrun with bloody, pale-faced zombies earlier this month, and unlike horror films where people normally run away in fear, this fright fest was full of people trying to get a closer look. That's because the zombies were YouTubers whose invasion of the 41,000-square-foot production space was an orchestrated dance reminiscent of Michael Jackson's Thriller.\nYouTube transformed 20 channel creators into zombies for its first-ever Scream Lab, a month-long program offered by YouTube's Next Lab experts that gives creators access to production space with the goal of helping them create scary videos\u00A0for Halloween.\nSee also: 12 Apocalyptically Annoying Zombies From 'The Walking Dead'\nMakeup artists and FX technicians from the Stan Winston School \u2014 who have created costumes for films as Avatar, Alien, Terminator and\u00A0The Predator \u2014 worked their magic to accomplish this.\nThe YouTubers incorporated their ghoulish looks into their respective channels, collaborating on a themed video starring comedian Kevin Lieber as the \"hero\" zombie responsible for biting every participant and turning them into members of the undead. Lieber has over two million subscribers on his Vsauce2 channel, where he riffs on science-related topics as well as gaming and tech. Here he is mugging for the camera:\n\nThe real magic, though, came from Stan Winston School co-founder\u00A0Matt Winston, who offered his school's services for free during Scream Lab. He previously collaborated with YouTube when building the robot mascot for Geek Week. Winston says he wanted to be a part of this project to help the next generation of filmmakers.\n\"We all got into filmmaking to make things and play,\" he told Mashable.\nScream Lab participant Taryn Southern, a former American Idol contestant, created this comedic music video tribute to The Walking Dead called \"Dead Or Alive,.\"\n\nWinston's artists spent hours focusing on featured zombie Lieber (watch, below), who wore prosthetics\u00A0in both cheeks, fake teeth, fake blood, rubber glue and more. Because of the makeup, he could barely speak when asked why he was selected for the role.\n\"They wanted a top YouTuber to be the host of the event,\" he mumbled before being whisked away to shoot a zombie dance scene reminiscent of the King of Pop's classic '80s hit. Lieber was used as the focal point for all the other YouTubers videos, making cameo zombie attack appearances.\n\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\nBONUS: 5 Facts You Didn't Know About Zombies\n\nImages: YouTube Space LA"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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