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229 - It's our 4th entry into our 'A Brief History of Zombies' miniseries and it's a major milestone - FAST ZOMBIES! Not to mention, fast infections. Danny Boyle really ups the ante and hits reset for the genre after a slightly goofier decade. It's 28 Days Later!

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This week's Camp Wicked Wild #yearofthe🌭 selection is yet another horror comedy.  This one from Christopher Landon, who would go on to bring us other horror comedy classics as Happy Death Day, Happy Death Day 2U, and Freaky!  Eli, Jaime, John, and Dave invite our buddy Joe Ferry from Films at First Sight Podcast to discuss whether or not this film works or if it's as shapeless as a stretched out and torn off penis.  

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Do you like The Walking Dead, but don’t like compelling characters, decent acting and a reasonably coherent plot? 
Well then you’re in luck, because this week our post apocalyptic survivors are watching George A Romero’s clear descent into full blown senility in movie form.  SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD!!!!!! 

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How on earth did we go 19 episodes without a zombie flick?!? Who knows, but we remedy that today with George A. Romero's classic, Dawn of the Dead. Let us know what you think of the new Autopsy format or tell us what Oscares you would've nominated DotD for at gravelyseriouspod@gmail.com!

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Let's celebrate the 4th of July in a very Wicked Wild Podcast kind of way this year.  Join Dave, Jaime, and John as we discussed the TRUE STORY (according to the opening card) of Return of the Living Dead.  A tale of government coverups, corporate corruption, dubious scientists, and youth angst!!  

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Wedding bells are in the air and the boys are getting married to a definitely-not-creepy funeral home director in the definitely-not-creepy town of Newbury! As we write our wedding vows, we discuss blood tests before marriage, air boobs, a new t-shirt idea, church pat-downs for hidden sins, Dan's coming of age moment, and accidental David Lynch-isms! Oh yeah, also, this movie has zombies in it!

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Join the boys for a tropical vacation during the last week of Dance April! We take along our dead friend as we tell some George Washington tales, try to find Greg's missing voice,  jump into the world of public domain properties with Winnie the Pooh and the Caper of the Flaccid Penis, and  spread the gospel of Big Husky Energy!

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When March rolls around and things are not warming up quickly enough, sometimes you just need to get away on a spring break! But what if you're on a limited budget? Then you might end up on a zombie-infested island like we did! Realistically, this movie has nothing to do with spring break, we know. Just humor us, please.

A seemingly abandoned boat turns up in the New York City harbor, linking the owner to the mysterious island of Matool in the Caribbean. When the boat's owner is discovered to have gone missing, his daughter and a reporter make it their mission to locate Matool in an attempt to unravel the mystery behind his disappearance.

That all probably sounds pretty tame, right? No big deal. Until zombies show up and start biting off chunks of flesh and ripping out throats with their teeth. Of course, there are plenty of other moments of zombies chowing down on human flesh, along with infamous scenes involving a rather large splinter penetrating an eyeball, Spanish conquistadores rising from their graves, and an underwater zombie versus a shark!

Lucio Fulci's reputation as the "Godfather of Gore" truly begins here, with the splatter classic, Zombie (1979)!

This podcast episode discusses the film Cemetery Man starring Rupert Everett and Anna Falchi directed by Michele Soavi.  It's based on the Italian classic horror comic, Dylan Dog written by Tiziano Sclavi.  Dylan Dog has sold over 50 million copies world wide. Cemetery Man is considered the last great entry of the classic Italo-Horror films that began with the legacy of Mario Bava's Black Sunday in 1960. 

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Intro:

Season four ended with the group trapped in a train car at Terminus with their fate unknown. 

Season five begins with a “Then” Flashback that offers us a little back story into the Terminus folks. But its pretty vague. 

It then cuts to now, and shows the group inside the train car, turning belts into weapons and trying to find anything else they can to fight back. 

Rick, Darrel, Glen and Bob are all pulled out from the train car and taken away. This is where we learn about the horrors of Terminus and who these people really are. 

To sum it up they're cannibals and are prepping Rick and the others for the butcher. 

Its a pretty graphic scene as we see a familiar face at the troth with rick.  The young kid that he and Carol came across in the past season.  He's unfortunately the first to be killed. 

It's pretty clear there's not a lot of hope here as the Terminus butchers make their way down the line. 

This scene is brutal but also pretty sad. I can imagine the horror and fear these people are going through as they get hit with a bat and their throats cut. What's worse is you have to watch a few others first knowing that's your fate. Not a way I would want to go… 

But As luck would have it Garret walks in just before Glenn gets the bat. Bob tries to reason with him but no luck. Rick threatens Garret and tells him about the bag of weapons and which one he's gonna personally kill him with. 

Again, it seems as if all hope is lost but wouldn't you have it just in the nick of time there's an explosion! Lucky for Rick because this buys him a little time to try and break free. 

Garret leaves the Butchers to go investigate, but they begin to panic. One tries to convince the other to leave and go investigate as well while they other says that they need to get their job of butchering done. 

The show eventually cuts away to Carol and Tyresse and gives us a little of their backstory.  We find out the explosion is Carol and she is attempting to rescue the group. 

Meanwhile Tyrese hangs back with Ricks baby and a captured guy from Terminus.  Who begins to try and get in Tyrese's head. 

Its interesting to note that he say “you're not the one who lives here, because you save babies” 

And hes right, this is the new world and its hell, chaos, unkind, and certainly not fair.  It is actively trying to kill you and punish you at every turn. It preys on the weak and makes monsters out the brave. 

Its a bit foreshadowing for Tyrese's character. 

Well needless to say Tyrese beats the ever living shit out this guy after he threatens to kill Rick's baby. And that's the end of that.. Or so we think. More on that later. 

Carol manages to breach the compound along with a ton of walkers, she's clever and blends in with them and that's how she’s able to get in unnoticed and start picking off Terminus soldiers. 

Rick Breaks free just in time! And of course none of the main characters die in this scene, only people we dont know or care about. They manage to escape. 

Generally I am ok with it because the scene had plenty of tension that made you believe Glenn was gonna get the bat to the head and the knife.  But I will say Placing Bob at the very end was a mistake on the writer's part. It literally tells us that no one here is probably going to die. 

Bob is a lesser character than Glenn and Certainly a lesser character than Rick and Daryl and yet he's at the very end of the Troth. For most viewers this scene set up would go unnoticed but I picked up on it. 

Bob should have been where Glenn was, then Glenn, Daryl And Rick.  We know the show won't kill off Rick but the other characters are not necessarily safe. Certainly not Bob. Bob is barely a B list character at this point. 

But anyway we see Rick take out one of the Butchers and then promptly the other.  I like what Rick says here “leave them, let them turn”.  In other words they're not even good enough to put down, let them roam this world as a walker… Almost like eternal damnation. 

So the group fights their way out of Terminus and sees some of the horrors of that place, like bodies on meat hooks. Its pretty awful. 

I like the casting of Garret and the other Terminus folks. They are all very innocent looking people, Garret would not strike much fear in anyone at first glance. But the reality is hes a pretty evil dude. 

If I had to deal with him or the Governor, I would probably pick the Governor. 

Garret is literally a wolf in sheep's clothing, whereas the governor is just the wolf appealing to your senses.  Sure The wolf is lying and will kill you, but at least you know it's a wolf. 

Garret looks like a guy that will serve you a double mocha latte with foam at a starbucks…not a guy that's gonna serve you on a dinner plate.  

It's interesting to note how the facial expressions in people change this season too.  Garrett's mother seems harmless too but when Carol has her on the ground and she's pleading her case you can see the insanity in her eyes. 

I don't know if that was intentional but well done! 

The group eventually escapes and meets back up in the woods where rick buried the guns. 

I genuinely have few complaints about the Terminus scene. 

Yes they are a bit extreme, however all the people of Terminus aren't exactly over the top characters.  They come across as genuinely normal people who lost their minds after being attacked. 

Their story isnt too hard to believe. However I will criticize it because I dont really know how you go from being good people that takes everyone in to eating people all because of a group of really bad dudes beat your men up and raped your women. 

See I get the idea of being untrustworthy, angry, bitter, and to the point where you just take everyone out that comes near you.  But eating people? Not sure that really lines up. 

But nonetheless its not unbelievable to think you would run into cannibals in an apocalyptic future. 

Terminus serves as a breaking point for Rick.  You see really quickly the effect it has on his psyche.  And no wonder, he and his group have been through hell since leaving the rock quarry.  Notice I did not say Hershel's farm… 

The Farm was a false sense of security, almost like a guy helping you up only to push you back down.. 

They have been on the run, and living in chaos since episode one.  This world picks Rick up for a brief moment only to slam him back down before he can ever catch his breath. 

That's almost worse than just surviving.  Thinking you finally found a place to live and make a life, only to lose.  And for the record he's lost that twice now.  First the farm, and then the prison. 

Ricks hanging on like a loose tooth. 

And we see this promptly after Terminus. 

Rick and their group find a man screaming on a rock.  An interesting character by the name of Gabriel.  A priest.. 

Go figure this shows based in Georgia, the land of a thousand Baptist churches and they manage to find an episcopal priest in the middle of nowhere… 

Whatever.. 

Anyway Gabriel is relieved they saved him but Rick doesn't trust him. A clear indication that Rick is losing his faith in people, and for good reason! I mean he almost turned into a steak dinner.. 

Also noticed over the next episodes Rick appears to be less gentle and more crazy.  His beard is ragged, his eyes too look a bit intense at all times. I don't know if he intentionally did that or if it just worked out that way. 

Tom Hardy actually worked with an acting coach on using your eyes more when acting when he played the part as Bane in the Dark Knight Rises.  Because Tom had a mask on the entire time it would be difficult to read emotions while he spoke.  With his training he was able to amplify his eye and brow movements to make up for that. And it works. 

Rick looks like hes losing his damn mind. The Dragon of chaos is about to eat him… and he will fall victim like those before him and become the malevolent tyrant. 

At this point the group is in limbo, just hanging out at the church and figuring out their next plan. 

Abraham is trying to convince everyone to take the church bus and go to Washington DC and complete their Mission… haha ya that's come up again. 

The group sets off for food a local food bank that Gabriel's Church headed up.  There we find out a little bit of Gabriel's rocky past and unfortunately Bob gets bit.  He doesn't tell anyone. 

Instead he wanders off, I guess to die.. But gets apprehended by Garret and the few survivors of Terminus. 

From there Bob awakens to them eating his leg… he laughs and tells them they're eating tainted meat. That is when we find out Bob is bitten. 

OH NO! Not Bob… 

I actually liked Bob, I felt he was underused but I did enjoy this scene where he laughs at them for eating his infected flesh. 

We also got to learn just how evil Garet really is. Dudes a mess.. And sorry I dont care if some one raped your mom, you dont start eating people.  At the very least its not a justifiable reason to, which is what he's trying to lead on with. 

Anway Garret and his group end up getting slaughtered brutally by Rick and the others in Gabriel's Church.  This freaks a lot of people out, especially Gabriel. And thats the official end of Terminus… 

Again a summary at best, truth be told with the way the seasons are being written and how much plays out. This special would be better suited for a review of each episode as it aired. 

But we are too far past that now. BUT BE SURE TO CHECK UP ON MY LAST OF US REVIEWS. 

Anyway… 

From here we move on to Beth's story… we find out what happened to her and where she went. 

She ends up back in Atlanta. With a group of Police officers and a doctor who are taking people in at Grady Hospital.  

They Are being led by a female police officer who really doesnt have it all together.  Shes a control freak, manipulative, and is happy to gas light everyone there to maintain power. 

She Attempts to gas light Beth frequently, but Beth just goes along with it, and knows shes full of shit. 

During all this we meet Noah, and he tries to help Beth escape with him.  Now he gets away but Beth doesn't.  No worries as this just garners more respect from the leader… dodged that bullet Beth! 

Needless to say I am not a massive fan of these characters, or this part of the season.  First off all they’re operating power hungry hospital equipment off batteries? In a city that was so overrun that the group wouldn't dare go back in unless absolutely necessary? Years after the incident? What's charging these batteries? 

Not to mention all the cops are just bad guys, the cliche power hungry to whatever they want attitude… the idea that this place manages to run at all is mind boggling. 

We are made to believe that these cops just rape women, beat men, and take advantage of those who they save with no uprising? No disorder? 

Societies are fragile things, especially small communities trying to survive an apocalypse.  There should have been a mutiny long ago… 

Why the hell did the woman kill herself in the leader's office? Why didn't she just hide there and take her out… or take out the cop that was raping her? I get it you tried to escape, and couldn't.  So the next logical step is to just off yourself as some message to the cops? 

Whatever…

The reality is this is filler, we get a lot of nothing and no payoff.  Noah ends up being the only survivor as Beth needlessly tries to kill the Female cop and is shot in the head. 

The story is not very interesting and adds nothing to the plot.  Noah isnt going to be a character that the show invests in, so we go through all that just to have a B list character to kill later on?  

I would have rather had Beth alive than Noah… Beth is a far more developed character and more interesting.  She was built up quite a bit last season when she was lost with Daryl. 

I'm not mad that she was killed off, its ok and helped set the stage later on. But The whole hospital and cop situation felt like a waste of time… nothing of real substance. 

Ya we get to see Rick lose it more, He shoots the cop and tells him to shut up. Rick is in full monster mode, Rick is going full Shane. 

So Beth dies, Noah’s with the group.  

During all this we get cut aways to Glen, Maggie, Roseta, Eugene, and Abraham. They set off to get Eugene to Washington DC.  

At a certain point the mission becomes helpless when they come across a massive horde of zombies that is blocking their path.  Abraham insists they push through it, while others say it isn't safe. 

Eventually this causes Eugenne to crack and fess up that hes full of it.  Abraham promptly beats his ass and almost kills him. 

WOW WE ARE SO SHOCKED EUGENE WAS LYING… ugh.. 

This entire situation makes every character in the Walking Dead look like complete incompetent idiots.  At first it was just Abrahama being made to look dumb, just a dumb soldier following orders blindly because that’s what we all do… just useful idiots!... 

But soon after all the characters believed this nonsense. And Im sorry but the writers did a horrible job trying to get Glenn to pry out the information. 

Because Eugene's response was everything except one… He never really outlines a real plan, and if anything it sounds more like he wants to nuke the walkers more than anything else. 

I just hate it.. Its terrible and didn't need to be in the script. 

Eugene's lie would have been better suited to say that he works with the genome project, and was based here in Georgia when this whole thing kicked off.  He lost communication with the DC headquarters  when his place fell to the dead.  BUT they have the facilities, and wherewith all to keep people safe in DC so we need to go there… They will have the Cure and the infrastructure to keep us safe. 

Boom, a believable lie… 

Anyway yes that's picky I know but the entire thing was cheesy and made everyone look really stupid. 

Well.. needless to say they head back to the church. Meet up with the group and head to Atlanta to get Beth. 

Maggie finds out Beth didn't make it and now all is lost. 

The group decides to take Noah to his family, where he last heard they had a community in place that was safe. 

Well… it's gone, and Noah's family is dead. 

Tyrese decides to watch Noah as the others look around. When Noah gets a wild hair to go to his house. Tyrese being the push over he follows after him. 

Sadly this is where Tyrese dies… We get to go through a nice scene with old characters popping up during his hallucinations.  We get to see the Governor again, such a great villain… 

Like I said before Tyrese was not cut out for this world, he did not adapt and find his inner monster, not until it was too late.  Eventually the new world would get him, and it did here. 

Rick tries to save him but it doesn't work. 

With nothing else to do and now two people lost, Beth and Tyrese. The group decides to head to DC anyway in hopes that there may be something there after all. 

 They go as far as they can until their cars break down or run out of gas.  

From here they just wander, barely making it.  Many of them are sad about the death of Beth and Tyresse.  Clinging on to what little hope they may have left. 

What we see is a group much like Rick, barely hanging on. 

But alas after a few days of wandering in the heat rainfall comes but in the form of a dangerous storm. 

The cruel world quenches their thirst but does it with a severe storm.  

So Daryl leads them to shelter and they hunker down while the rainfall comes and the thunder rolls over the area. 

Later that evening the Storm gets worse, and Daryl looks out the front doors and sees a horde of zombies approaching the barn.  not before long the group is pushing against the horde trying to keep them out. 

The significance of this scene cant be understated. Its a giant metaphor for their situation. They Are caught in a storm and trying to keep what is a chaotic world out. And you see this play out with the cinematography.  I love this scene and what it represents. 

Then cut to morning… all is calm and maggie walks out with Sasha and you see the sunrise in the distance and the dead spread about covered in toppled trees. 

The sunrise and calm represents a new beginning, which is what the group is about to embark on. Because as Maggie and Sasha sit there and look at the sunrise a person appears. 

Now this is where we really get to see Rick and all his craziness. The next several episodes will show just how far gone the group was getting and maybe too far gone. 

Rick does not trust this strange one bit, who claims to have a community thats safe. 

Naturally he doesn't, I know I wouldn't… They were betrayed and almost killed by Terminus. 

So they devise a plan to find out, and one that would protect the group as much as possible. 

During this, we see the divide in the group. Many are hesitant to go, or trust Aaron the man that found them. While others are ready to go and follow him, hopeful that hes telling the truth. 

Both sides are right here. They need hope, they need something to fall back to and survive however most people have not been very trustworthy. 

Eventually their plan fails, and almost gets Rick and Aaron killed. They see a flare go up and follow it. Finding the others held up in a building with Aarons….well… lover. 

Aaron is worried about him as he broke his ankle. And so refuses to move anymore that night.  But this shows Rick and the Others that Aaron may just be telling the truth about his community. 

And so cut to it, they finally arrive at Alexandria. They can hear kids playing on the other side of the walls, and all seems well. 

But the group finds it difficult to settle in. 

The next episodes will be all about that. 

First trying to see if they can make sense of it all, and see if this place really is friendly. 

When they do that, then they gotta figure out how they fit in, or if they can handle the peace and calm. 

After All they have never experienced a place like this, running water, electricity, plenty of food, actual houses with beds in them and furniture. 

Its almost like the outside world doesn't exist…. 

And this is a huge problem… Because Rick and his group have a serious case of PTSD. And what I love so much about these episodes is it outlines very well how trauma affects people differently. 

You have some like Sasha, she's like a soldier back from the war front. He’s home now in peace, but in his mind he's still at war. He should be settling in, taking comfort in his bed, with food, and family.. With that peace.  But instead its not there. He can't understand it or how to deal with it. He can't turn off being a warrior… 

Then there's someone like Machonne who's ready to hang up the sword, literally. And settle in. She's coping just fine and getting used to this peace. 

And this is what you see with soldiers and PTSD so often, four men from the same platoon come back and each will be in a different head space. React differently to being home and there's no real rhyme or reason as to why. 

Sasha has to be the worst of them all.. She's actively wandering off to hunt the dead and get involved in the shit. Its sad really, because this moment is really the only moment of peace anyone in this group is going to get. 

Alexandria represents a last bit of the old world, and in an extreme way. These people are probably more naive than Rick's group during season one… that's something to really think about. 

They have no idea what the new world is, none.. They think they know. Much like someone watching a news program about another country and its issues, you think you know but you really dont… you have to go there and find out the truth. 

Rick has been in that world, he knows the reality, and he understands how vulnerable this place is. He also understands how precious of a place it is. 

During all this the group has infighting with others in Alexandria.  

This isn't helped when Gabriel gets a wild hair and decides to tell their leader that the group is actually a bunch of really bad people who have done awful things and dont deserve this place. 

I don't understand this scene… not that it doesn't add tension between the two groups but it doesn't make sense that Gabriel would do this. He knows how bad the outside world is, hes seen it and the group has rescued him on several occasions. 

Maybe he's subconsciously mad that the group has what it takes to protect their own and he doesn't, which is why his entire congregation was killed in the event.  He is a coward, and because of that people died and he is pretty torn up over it.  He feels he's being punished or will be punished by God for his behavior. 

He furthers his cowardice by going to the leader of Alexandria and telling her the group is evil and shouldnt be there… 

But it still seems off and out of place to me for him to do that… 

Glenn learns the hard way that Alexandria is not prepared to take on this new world, as they sadly lose Noah because of their cowardice. 

Ya Noah dies in the most extreme way possible… about the only thing he lends to the entire show sadly. Again all that crap at the hospital just for this? What a waste of a character and our time… 

Rick eventually gets involved with a woman and her abusive husband which leads to a brawl out in the streets and Rick spouting off his mouth about how that community isn't safe. This doesn't help his group's case after what Gabriel said. 

It's also interesting to note how much he is acting like Shane in this scene. And how I said in episode two of this special that everyone will eventually be Shane to a degree. Rick goes full send here. 

Shane was never really a bad guy, he was right, he was just too early… and couldn't get control over himself. What about Rick? Will he? After all Rick has lost his moral compass that was Herschel. We are starting to see people like Machonne appeal to Rick but its not the same, even Rick goes behind many of the groups back to sneak out guns just in case… much like Shane would have done. 

Rick needs a moral compass or he will lose his way.. 

And so Rick is locked up and the husband is placed in a different house. 

The community decides to meet up to decide if Rick and the group should be allowed to stay. 

Prior to this Gabriel wanders out to die but again being a coward can't go through with it. He comes back and doesn’t close the gate properly behind him, allowing walkers to get in. 

Rick discovers this, and is searching for them while the community is deciding his fate. 

He manages to kill them and bring one to the meeting, exposing how vulnerable they really are. 

The abusive husband shows up with Machonne’s sword yelling that Rick is the problem and isn't one of them, clearly drunk or something. He accidentally kills the Leader's husband by cutting his throat. 

Rick looks on when the leader tells him to “do it’ and he shoots the abusive husband, killing him. Only to see Daryl, Aaron oh and MORGAN looking on in surprise. 

And thats the summary of Season five. 

What a roller coaster ride it was. We got introduced to new characters and lost some existing ones. 

something to point out at this point in time there's only 5 from the original group left. Rick, Carl, Daryl and Carol. Everyone else is dead… Now Morgan is still alive too but he wasn't with the original group at the Quarry. 

Only the strong survive and even then they either live long enough to die a hero or become the villain.. 

Wrap up.

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The Walking Dead

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EPISODE 64: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN

A-Block (1:45) SPECIAL COMMENT: 90 months for a 1/6 Insurrectionist and 1/6 Committee pursuit of Secret Service turncoats. But two years after the coup and not one insurrectionist politician, stochastic terrorist, or Trump is in jail (2:55) As the midterms loom we must act as if democracy is already lost and we are trying to fire up an electorate - and candidates - who might get it back (6:30) We are betrayed by two supposedly liberal institutions: the political infrastructure and the media, yet CBS, CNN, New York Times, others, are still hedging their bets, ready to protect their profits in case Full Fascism comes to this country (12:08) Instead of making a plain case: Republicans = Fascists, Democrats = Destroyers of Fascism, we are trying to hide under euphemisms and appeasement and fear. (17:47) We have nothing to fear but fear itself. But to paraphrase to FDR but my late friend Bill Hurt in "Body Heat," "Sometimes the fear comes down so heavy I feel like I should wear a hat."

B-Block (21:51) EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: Yofiel, in the Bahamas (23:54) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: Zeldin under unexpected investigation; Why does the Omaha PD need a tank?; New York Post hacked - nobody notices the difference; Lucianne Goldberg dies. Thoughts and prayers. (27:17) In sports: Britain's Foreign Secretary actually tells LGBTQ soccer fans to "flex and compromise" at the anti-gay Qatar World Cup, plus the World Series preview from a guy who may have checked out on the World Series after 55 years. (29:42) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel attacks Biden's stutter and Fetterman's stroke but sucked up to Trump's brain damage and insanity. She competes with Elon Musk and Tudor Dixon - who may be the dumbest person in America - for the honors.

C-Block (34:30) FRIDAYS WITH JAMES THURBER: Dog lover Thurber’s lovable dog story about an unlovable dog that if you’re a dog lover, you’ll just love. It's "The Dog That Bit People."

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Award-winning author Daemon Manx ("Hacked in Two," "Abigail") joins for a lively discussion on George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead." We also get into a discussion about "The Walking Dead," the evolution of zombie films, and the writing process.

It's the battle of the brain eaters! We're pairing up the zombie classic Dawn of the Dead (1978) with its 2004 remake! 

This week, we discuss zombies in media. We talk about the origins of zombies, related to Haitian and African folklore, and how they became popular with western audiences. We also chat about our favorite zombie movies and the overall genre in books, video games, and film.

Stay Prickly~

Sawyer, Zombie Hunter, broadcasts a message from the roof about a mid-season break while keeping an eye out for a rumored horde (trying to keep her fake accent a secret from Bennet).

Please enjoy some bloopers, and we'll be back to releasing episodes every other week on Mondays soon!

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Sawyer: Steph @StarlitFirefly
Bennet: Mandi

This episode edited/produced by: Steph

Stay safe out there, fellow survivors!

Sawyer and Bennet review a new Zombie movie (new to them anyway) and share their insights about the pros and cons of such vitally important things as: If you should take the elevator instead of the stairs, and if golf clubs are an effective weapon (spoiler alert: they totally are).

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Bennet: Mandi

Editor: Mandi
Producer: Steph
Composer: Mandi

Episodes release every other week on Mondays. Stay safe out there, fellow survivors!

Welcome to Episode 9! 
Toxic Zombies (1980s) Rated R 
4/10 IMDB
Director: Charles McCrann
Writer: Charles McCrann 
Music: Ted Shapiro 

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On this second Halloween episode of the year, we taste Pumpkin Spice flavored Cup Noodles.  We review Night Teeth and Blood Red Sky for this week's Crossing the Streams.  For current events, we cover a number of things from DC Fandome that we missed on the last episode, including:

- The Peacemaker tv series trailer
- The Shazam! Fury of the Gods behind the scenes footage
- The Gotham Knights game story trailer

For our main topic, we breakdown two top 5 lists of horror films.  Our first list is our top 5 zombie movies and the second list is our top 5 vampire movies.  What movies make your top 5?  Let us know on Twitter! @jackofallnerdsshow