Zombie Strains

The end of the world was just the beginning of Robert Neville's problems. Sure, he's set up in a swanky post-apocalyptic penthouse suite, but he's cursed to spend his days and nights battling a Luddite cult of zombie hippies! John, Andy, and Producer Brad brave their first big-budget Hollywood zombie epic of the 1970s. Will this action blockbuster, another adaptation of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend, contribute as much to zombie cinema as its 1964 predecessor did?

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Us Theatrical Release Date: August 1, 1971

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What happens when zombie horror gets put on a collision course with... the early 20th century temperance movement? Add a toucan, a snake dancer, acid trips, and Boris Karloff (and did we mention all the snakes?), and you have SNAKE PEOPLE. John, Andy, and Producer Brad return to the voodoo roots of zombie cinema in a film that combines decades-old horror cliches with the salacious sentiments of 1970s exploitation films.

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US Theatrical Release: March, 1971

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Teleporting zombies. A tortured antihero. A sinister satanic cult. Only one man can save the day! The world's greatest luchador Santo returns to Zombie Strains for one last match against the undead. This time, the horror begins in colonial New Spain, travels to 1971 Mexico, and culminates in a trip to hell itself. John, Andy, and Brad don their masks and capes for one last wrestling match against zombies, witches, and demons.

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Mexican Release Date: October 1, 1970

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Santo's back, and so are his wrestling zombie enemies! He might be facing a full rogue's gallery of classic Hollywood monsters, but he's not alone in the fight. He's joined by the mysterious luchador Blue Demon... at least until Blue Demon is cloned and turned against Santo. There's just so much to deal with in our first 1970s zombie film that we called in some backup to help us wrestle with it: Javier Grillo-Marxuach (writer for Lost, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Witcher, and more). Grab yourself a ringside seat and find out who's still standing at the end of SANTO AND BLUE DEMON VS. THE MONSTERS.

Show Notes:

Mexican Release: May, 1970

The Many Origins of Santo

History/Review of Santo and Blue Demon vs the Monsters

Bechdel Test

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Don your most posh bowler hat, squeeze into your brightly-colored jumpsuit, and grab your umbrella sword. We're on a mission to Swinging London! John and Andy once again commandeer the Zombie Strains lab to visit the '60s spy-fi hit THE AVENGERS. See what happens when secret agents John Steed and Emma Peel face off against a two-pronged zombie threat... and find out what 1960s network TV was doing with the concept of the zombie.

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The Fashion Guide to "The Avengers" season 5: John Steed, and Emma Peel

60 Years of Emma Peel fashion

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Pigeons aren't the scariest bird... UNLESS they team up with vengeful zombies in the post-Civil War South. Then they become a force to be reckoned with! John and Andy take a swampy detour on the trail of PIGEONS FROM HELL, a 1961 episode of the TV show "Thriller" based on a short story by pulp maestro Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan and other pulp heroes). Will they survive the night camped out in this creepy, pigeon-infested plantation?

Bunny isn't the only thing missing in BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING (1965)! There's also no trace of zombies. Or is there? In the interlude between Zombie Strains seasons, John and Andy take a curious detour into a psychological thriller about a possibly delusional mother's quest to find her possibly non-existent missing child. Keep your eyes and ears peeled, and you just might pick up the trail of a very unique kind of "zombie."

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Against all odds, we've survived to the end of the 1960s! What have we learned about zombies along the way? What were the unexpected delights and the unprecedented horrors of the last twenty years of zombie cinema? John, Andy, and Brad wrap up season 2 of Zombie Strains--and brace themselves for the coming disco era--by reflecting on the remarkable ways that zombies evolved through the 1950s and 60s.

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Seven terrorized survivors. One isolated farmhouse. And one endless horde of the living dead. It's time to confront the patient zero of modern zombie film, Night of the Living Dead (1968)! In addition to guns, torches, and survival supplies, John, Andy, and Brad are bringing all the knowledge of zombie cinema they've gained from watching four decades of zombie movies. What did this masterpiece invent? What did it draw from previous films? And will all that accumulated zombie trivia help John, Andy, and Brad survive the night?

Show Notes:

US Theatrical Release Date: October 4, 1968

AFI Catalog Entry

Did George Romero Ever Think Pittsburgh was Scary?

The Empire Film Podcast with George Romero

George Romero's obituary

Mister Rogers Gets a Tonsillectomy - Directed by George Romero

Duane Jones' obituary

Perspective: An Appreciation of Duane Jones | University of Pittsburgh

Marilyn Eastman Dies: ‘Night of the Living Dead’ Actress & Producer Was 87

Birth of the Living Dead (2013 documentary)

The Top Ten Best Low Budget Horror Movies of All Time

Interview Magazine, 1969 Night of the Living Dead Review

Cahiers du cinema, 1970 Night of the Living Dead Review

Variety, October 15, 1968. Night of the Living Dead: Film Review

New York Times, December 5, 1968. Night of the Living Dead Review

Roger Ebert's January, 5, 1969, reaction to Night of the Living Dead

Fred Rogers: The Last Interview and Other Conversations. Melville House

Williams, Tony. George A. Romero Interviews. University Press of Mississippi

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How do you take down a vampire mastermind who's out to conquer the world? You send in hell's most dangerous secret agent! Aided by his zombie henchwomen, the enigmatic antihero Dr. Satan must match wits with the bloodsucking Yei Lin in a wild series of heists, assassinations, and intrigues. Who will be the last one standing? John, Andy, and Brad venture into the deadly world of the Mexican vampire/zombie/devil/spy movie Dr. Satán y la magia negra (1968) (AKA Dr. Satan vs. Black Magic) to find out.

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US Theatrical Release Date: 1968

Ciuk, Perla. DICCIONARIO DIRECTORES CINE MEXICANO (2000)

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