The Undead Symphony

Despite Richard Roxburgh, Lily Sullivan and Callan Mulvany, the beautiful New Zealand landscape and, at times, very Lord of the Rings, music, this was annoying… slow, obvious and ultimately unoriginal and disappointing… 

I have seen all the elements of this movie before in one form or another. An antipodean western, I guessed how people died, we have no real explanation why Mulvaney was such a dick. It was just pretty, but slow and dull. 

We had a child infected, then had to wait for half the movie for a glimpse of another. Then we get a handful at the end. The practical effects were good, what there was of them. But I have seen more zombies on a London bus after a night out.

Shame as I was looking forward to it and had been for ages. 4/10

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Contracted has always been on the Z list, but I have been avoiding it as body horror isn’t really my thing. But given we are ploughing through 2025 at a rate of knots I thought I would watch both contracted and the sequel. Looking on amazon I could only find the sequel and part one was no longer on TUBI so, SOL I decided to watch the sequel first, with the idea of getting to the original at some point.

In part two the story follows the story of Samantha who suffers from a mysterious and degenerative disease. The film centres on Riley, played by matt mercer, one of the last people to come into contact with Samantha,as he scrambles to track down those responsible for the outbreak before the highly contagious disease consumes his body and the world as we know it. And it stars much of the cast of the original including Najarra Townsend as Samantha.

It was ok. Sort of a serial killer investigation to start with, with the bald guy spreading his demon seed throughout the city after raping Samantha in the first movie. We see weak body horror stuff from him, pustules, maggots under the skin, red eyes, a finger nail left in the scratches on his back? Like you wouldn't notice. 

I needed the cop to survive and the bad guy to get his comeuppance, but clearly I don't get what I want when I see poor sequels. 

Alice come drink from the chalice is played not once but twice.

Mid credits scene more bald guy. Awful ending… and I didn't need to watch the first one. Although I can guess it was slightly better.

4.5/10 average at best. Meh!

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In a post-apocalyptic wasteland a group of scientists are rescued by a military ops team so they can fight zombies for control of the planet. Sounds shit. I'm in.

1.9/10 on IMDB now that is something, this could be a challenger to bottom of the barrel.

From an IMDB review - Everything is poor in this movie: story, screenplay, dialogs, direction, performances, lighting, special effects, camera, fighting choreography, location and sets, nothing works. Richard Grieco resembles Michael Jackson and his ham performance with gestures and grimaces are annoying and never funny. The zombie having intercourse with a human is the best moment of this awful film. My vote is 1 out of 10. 

No wonder 58% of all reviewers have it 1/10

My thoughts? Everything about this movie is bad. And not so bad its good. So bad its bad. 

If I had trodden in this movie I would have thrown out my shoes and bought a new pair. I am giving it a more than generous 1.5/10 which makes the bottom 5 of the 315 zombie movies and shows we have seen which is in the bottom 0.95% that is some going. If I have to position it in that final grouping it would be:

311th Zombie with a Shotgun

312th Transit 17

313th Raiders of the Damned

314th Attack of the Flatulating Dead

315th Oasis of the Zombies

Definitely 

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Please don’t feed the children 2024 starring Michelle Dockery of Downton and The Gentlemen Fame and Giancarlo Esposito from Breaking Bad and directed by Directed by Destry Allyn Spielberg… hm… joining the NEPO BABY horror gang with Brandon Cronenberg and Ishana Night Shyamalan

Seriously don’t feed the children

1)      don't expose them to bright lights, 2) don't get them wet, and 3) never, ever feed them after midnight. No that’s gremlins, but seriously don’t feed the children

I saw this on TUBI but then watched it on Amazon. The trailer doesn’t feel like a zombie movie. It is mentioned however that after mankind defeated the virus

The blurb

A gang of orphans travel to the south, in a quest for a new life after a virus decimates the adult population, only to find themselves at the mercy of a psychotic woman who is hiding a perilous secret

Hm

No Z word there. Lets look deeper.

Ok

"Please Don't Feed the Children" is a 2025 post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Destry Allyn Spielberg, where children are carriers of a devastating virus that turns adults into cannibals, leading orphans to search for safety but encountering a deranged woman who holds a sinister secret about feeding them to her zombified husband. 

Ok there it is… the Z word. 

What did I think? I just didn't feel like it went far enough. There was one memorable scene, the blood bath, but there was no real jump scare, the tension wasn't ramped up even when Vicky or Mary could get caught. It was all a bit weak. 

5/10

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An hour with Michael in which we catch up about:

Neighbours vs Zombies 5/10

Zombiecon Vol 1 5.5/10

The Crazies (1973) 4/10

The Crazies (2010) 6/10

A wide ranging chat about our zombie viewing of the last week or two.

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EPISODE 271… still waiting for Michael. And I have been waiting a long time for him. But, much like London buses, am sure after waiting for ages 3 Michaels will then come along.

In this episode, I want to start by talking about the Neighbours Halloween special, Neighbours versus Zombies, 5 episodes of 6 minutes or so, equating to a normal half an hour episode of the popular Australian soap opera. And this was Michael’s recommendation.

It was entertaining, they didn’t ham it up, it was played the same way as the soap opera, same set, same cast, same everything just with zombies. Well done those involved. With the nostalgia of the characters chosen, and the ingenuity of bringing back cast members who actually died, I have to say I enjoyed all half hour of it. and am going to give it a solid 5/10 and tell anyone who is a Neighbours fan to give it a watch. 

And now onto the main show… Zombiecon vol 1.

Now, I heard about this movie a long time ago. When it was first completed, not even released. I discovered the US release date but saw there was no UK or international release planned and so I binned the idea of watching it. Shame as it was, conceptually fun. Zombie apocalypse at a cosplay convention. Seems harmless fun. 

But then the Zombiecon guys, Erin really who plays Claire, contacted us when they did others to ask if we would watch it, and have them on. So why not. Let’s watch it first then have them on depending on what we think. We do give all movies a fair shake of the stick, fuck I just watched Neighbours v Zombies so we have to give it a go.

Ignore the 10/10 scores on IMDB causing a fabricated high score, and absolutely ignore the grumpy elitist naysayers in the community who didn't even want to review it when given a free link. Fuck them in the ear. This movie is fun. It is four cosplaying friends in LA causing and surviving the zombie apocalypse. Claire, Javier, Punkie and Rocket. The zombies are done well. Nit picking I would say there were plenty of scenes that were too long, the sound when all four are shouting and squealing over the top of each other was too much to take, and the camera dipped out of focus from time to time. That being said, it is around the same standard as Dead Before Dawn, with elements that reminded me of Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Dance of the Dead and Burying the Ex. It is fun. A 5.5/10 for us so recommendable and rewatcheable.

You you have to remember we see hundreds of zombie movies, the good, the bad and the ugly. And, if I was sticking this in one of those three pots, it would be good.

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2007 3.7/10 on IMDB and 12% on Rotten Tomatoes

A microscopic alien form is secretly used by the army to resurrect dead soldiers. After an experiment gone wrong, a scientist steals the last specimen and hides out in a residential building hoping to reverse the damage. One fateful night the alien lifeform is set loose and turns the residence into the walking dead. He must find a way to destroy the alien possessed before the end of the human race.

When an alien life form resurrects the dead and turns them on the human race, a young scientist must fight to contain the catastrophe and eradicate the alien menace.

Or

EVILUTION is another vague military zombie movie with little plot and pedestrian execution. Nothing that happens in this film is original and everything will have been seen before, many times. It's a typical zombie straight-to-DVD flick with little to distinguish it in an already overcrowded sub-genre.

Sounds shit! I’m in.

It stars Eric Peter Kaiser as Darren, cool name, I like him already, the door gunner from Full Metal Jacket, GET SOME! And most recognisable star is type cast as a hispanic  gang banger all the time it is Noel Albert Gugliemi who has quite the zombie movie having appeared in one episode Dawn of the Zombie apocalypse, a show I haven’t heard of.

Didn't make a lot of sense. 3/10

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A 4 part, 2 and a bit hour What If? where lesser Marvel characters run about trying to defeat the Red Witch and her zombie hordes. If you liked What If? it is ok. If you hated everything since End Game then you will hate this. It is Ironheart, and Ms Marvel and the girl from Hawkeye, plus a few comedy characters, a confusing Moon Knight/Blade combination, Valkyrie, although she looked more like Lady Sif. Namor, Zemo, FBI agent Jimmy Woo. Worth it? Probably not.

5.5/10 from us at the Undead Symphony.

Next up The Crazies and The Crazies. Two for the price of one. 

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A lovely evening chatting with Paul from the Black Country about all things zombie, from Michael Jackson's thriller to being not so thrilled with Brad Pitt's World War Z, crying over his Virus versus Voodoo score and Michael going to a parents-teacher evening for one of his brood. 

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Good morning dear listeners, Shana Tova and happy new year to my Jewish listeners. In this catch up Michael and I discuss our movie of the year so far MadS, as well as Neighbours versus Zombies, strewth! And lots of other stuff as we prepare to talk to Paul from Yammityville Horror Podcast and Andy Beglin. Grab a half-espresso soy milk mochaccino and come listen.

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