Independent horror film ‘White Zombie’, starring Bela Lugosi, premiered in New York City’s Rivoli Theatre on July 28th, 1932. It marked the first time that zombies had featured in a Hollywood picture - albeit as the result of an evil voodoo master in Haiti rather than a condition passed on through bites, as in later zombie screenplays.
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Yesterday
Elizabeth of Russia's Bloodless Coup
Wearing an armoured breastplate, clasping a silver cross and seizing an Army spontoon, 31 year old Elizabeth Petrovna appeared at the HQ of the elite Preobrazhensky Regiment guards in St. Petersburg on 25th November, 1741 - intent on over-throwing Tzar Ivan VI (a baby), and seizi ... Show More
11m 23s
Feb 2023
Trial Royale: The Best Zombie Movie Ever. Round Two—Slow Zombies.
This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna continue their Trial Royale for the best zombie movie ever with some slow-zombie movies! They start with a little zombie history lesson (13:49) before going through some pretrial dismissals (26:29). Later, they go through the four movies they cho ... Show More
1h 22m
Feb 2023
Trial Royale: The Best Zombie Movie Ever. Round One—Fast Zombies.
This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna begin the first ever Trial Royale! In this multi-week series, they’ll be pitting zombie movies against each other to determine the best zombie movie ever. First up is the fast-zombies division. They start the pod by talking about zombie media in ... Show More
1h 37m
Mar 2023
Trial Royale: The Best Zombie Movie Ever—The Final
This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna finish their Trial Royale for the best zombie movie ever! They start by revealing the winners from the best slow-zombie movies poll before giving out their “Georgie Romeros: Awards for the Living Dead” from the eight films in the Trial Royale bra ... Show More
1h 20m
Oct 2023
‘Halloween’ and what makes a good horror film
We’re entering Halloween weekend, so today we’re bringing you a special episode about why we like to be scared, and what scares us! We are dissecting the 1978 horror classic Halloween, by John Carpenter. This week marks its 45th anniversary. The film follows a masked serial kille ... Show More
22m 33s
May 2021
Army of the Dead de Zack Snyder et le meilleur des zombies sur Netflix !
Cette semaine, Emilie et Emilie vous parlent du nouveau film Army of the Dead de Zack Snyder, disponible ce 21 mai sur Netflix. Un film de zombies pop, jouissif et signe de liberté retrouvée pour le réalisateur américain. En fin d'émission, c'est l'actrice française Nora Arnezede ... Show More
10m 56s
Aug 2023
The Last of Us, Vampires + the Writer’s Strike
Jason and Peter are huge fans of the HBO series The Last of Us, featuring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in the adaptation of the award-winning Sony video game. In the show, the world is suffering from a fictional brain infection that hijacks humanity, turning most of the world in ... Show More
51m 32s