Welcome to episode 85 of Bede Vs. The Living Dead.
When the original version of Night Of The Living Dead was released back in 1968, the world instantly witness the birth of a filmmaker who would shape the horror forever: George A. Romero. Even though he is no longer with us, Romero's legacy still lives on within the work of his own children. One of them being his daughter Tina Romero, who recently made her first foray into filmaking by taking a her own stab at the very sub-genre her father help create. For this episode, your host Bede Jermyn dives into the 2025 zombie horror/comedy Queens Of The Dead.
Joining Bede to discuss Tina Romero's directorial debut are returning guests Marcus Wilturner (writer/contributor for The Super Network), Derek Smith, Beatrix Harper, Trev Snyder (Failure To Franchise & Bede's co-host on Bede & Trev Vs. The Big Apple) and John Doucette (host of Smash Trivia Presents: The Gamma Analysis). Highlights include what thought of Queens Of The Dead, how Tina Romero successfully honours her late father while providing her own voice, is this the one horror film where no one wanted the characters to die?, how the film's hopeful optimism contrasts Night Of The Living Dead's bleak nihilism, giving our flowers to Katy O'Brien, how the film is important to the LGBTQIA+ community and so much more.
Note: Earlier in the year, Bede interviewed Tina Romero herself about Queens Of The Dead for a bonus episode. If you want to listen to how the film was made, check it out on both Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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Host/Show on Twitter/X - @BedeJermyn, @BedeVsTLD
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Guest Links:
Guests on Twitter/X - @EgoCriticDemise, @deabea5, @Trev3K, @SmashTriviaJohn
Guests on Bluesky - @egocriticdemise, @itsdeabea, @darathus, @trevsnyder, @smashtriviajohn
Credits:
Art Work by Super Marcey
Podcast Music Provided by DeNNo