Zombie brides, clowns, paratroopers, dogs, children - and even Death himself - ambled through Brisbane's CBD on Sunday afternoon.
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The death of the annual celebration of the undead - the Brisbane Zombie Walk - was foreshadowed on October 17 with organisers taking to Facebook to blame council fees for killing it off, and saying Sunday's event would be the last.
Brisbane City Council waived the fee, but Brisbane Zombie Walk operations manager Mat Bryant said the event was still in danger.
"We'll have to sit down and it'll be more of a business decision more than anything," Mr Bryant said.
"We can't afford with the fees and costings involved with the event to not have participants come (to the walk) and not come into the venue (which is ticketed)."
Mr Bryant said it was possible the walk could move to another south-east Queensland city, such as the Gold Coast, next year.
"I think the Gold Coast might be... one of our next options, just what they've offered us in terms of paying for some of the costs," he said.
"We've had discussions with them before.
"We said no (in the past), we'll keep it in Brisbane, the people of Brisbane support us, and we want to support them, so we'll keep it here."
Nonetheless, this year's walking dead appeared to enthusiastically enjoy the afternoon, as they hirpled around Roma Street Parkland, paused for selfies and lurched unexpectedly, causing screams from thrilled bystanders.
Zombies are getting mobbed for selfies. And they're very politely obliging #brisbanezombiewalk pic.twitter.com/aJH4uctYeu— Felicity Caldwell (@fel_caldwell) October 23, 2016
This year's walk had a distinct zombie bride theme, but there were also several undead doctors and others seemed to be paying tribute to the recent creepy clown craze with colourful wigs.
Mr Bryant said numbers at this year's Brisbane Zombie Walk were down on last year's 10,000 to 12,000 people.
"By the time numbers are counted, with ticket sales and all that, I would be surprised if we hit around the 8000," he said.
A small hiccup with a driver attempting to drive down a closed road near Emma Miller Place just before zombies walked through was remedied, with police directing the vehicle to stop and turn around.
Money raised from the walk will be donated to The Brain Foundation.