Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #277 – 7/22/2024

Shane, Chris Holmes, and Mike Stewart aka DM Mike (Save for Half podcast, Found in the Ruins podcast) shamble relentlessly through over 40 zombie and zombie-ish flicks in their inhuman hunger for horror. Plus a brief detour into the best on-screen Joker and multiple bad zombie jokes. True or false: Marcel Marceau starred in a zombie flick. What is Shane’s most annoying zombie movie? What would you do if you were the last person on Earth and could do whatever you want? Shane offers a rare trigger warning.

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SHOW NOTES

Found in the Ruins podcast
https://saveforhalf.com/
(FITR releases on the SFH podcast feed)

Found in the Ruins Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1430189954589689

Return of the Ripper for DCC RPG with a cover by Jeff Dee and illustrations by Chris Holmes
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaeldavisphd/return-of-the-ripper-a-l1-horror-adventure-for-dcc-rpg

Chris Holmes’s Zombie Movie List

(if an entry is numbered, Chris recommends it. If it’s not numbered, he feels it’s worth discussing but doesn’t “rank” for his top 15)

• Last Man on Earth USA 1964 Dir. Sidney Salkow Based on I Am Legend Richard Matheson Stars Vincent Price
• Plague of the Zombies UK 1966 Dir. John Gilling Stars Andre Morell Hammer Film
• 1. Night of the Living Dead USA 1968 Dir. George Romero Writ. John Russo Stars Duane Jones
• Tombs of the Blind Dead Spain-Portugal 1972 Dir. And written Amado de Ossorio Stars are unimportant
• 2. Omega Man USA 1971 Dir. Boris Sagal Based on I Am Legend Stars Charlton Heston, Rosalind Cash
• Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things USA 1972 Dir. Bob Clark written and starring Bob Clark!
• Shanks USA 1974 Dir. William Castle probably written by him too Stars Marcel Marceau!
• 3. Dawn of the Dead USA 1978 Dir. And Writer George Romero Stars Ken Foree Stunts and makeup by Tom Savinni
• Zombi 2 Italy 1979 Dir. Lucio Fulci Writ. Dardeo Sacchetti Released in U.S. as Zombie
• Nightmare City Italy 1980 Dir.Umberto Lenzi Stars Hugo Stieglitz and many attractive women. Extremely silly.
• 4. The Evil Dead 1981 USA Dir. Sam Rami also written by him Stars Bruce Campbell First in a great Trilogy
• Dead and Buried 1981 USA Dir. Gary Sherman Writtten by Dan Obannon Stars James Farentino, Jack Albertson
• 5. Re-Animator 1985 USA Dir. Stuart Gordon written by him and Brian Yuzna Stars Jeffry Combs, Barbara Crampton
• 6. Return of the Living Dead 1985 USA Dir. Dan OBannon also written by him Stars James Karen, Clu Galagar, Linea Quigley,
• Day of the Dead 1985 USA Dir. George Romero also written by him Stars Lori Cardille A great disappointment
• Night of the Creeps 1986 USA Dir. Fred Dekkar also written by him Aliens create zombies
• 7. Evil Dead 2 1987 USA Dir. Sam Rami also written by him Stars Bruce Campell More fun and no tree rape
• Night of the Living Dead 1990 USA Tom Savini remake of original Stars Patricia Tallman
• 8. Dead Alive (Brain Dead) 1992 N.Z. Dir. Peter Jackson Writ. S. Sinclair Stars Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver
• Army of Darkness 1992 USA Dir. Sam Rami Written by Sam and Ivan Rami Stars Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz
• 9. Cemetery Man 1994 Italy Dir. Michele Soavi Stars Rupert Everett, Franscois Lazaro, Anna Falchi
• 10. Bio Zombi 1998 Hong Kong Dir. Wilson Yip Stars Jordan Chan Very funny.
• 11. Stacy ( Attack of the School Girl Zombies) 2001 Japan Dir. Naoyuki Tomomatsu Possibly the weirdest
• Shawn of the Dead 2004 England Dir. Steven Wright Stars Simon Pegg, Mark Frost
• Dance of the Dead 2008 USA Dir. Greg Bishop Written Joe Ballarini D&D players die in this film
• Dead Snow 2009 Norway Dir. Tommy Wirkola Stars Charlotte Frogner
• 12. Wyrmwood (Road of the Dead) 2014 Australia Dir. Kiah Roache Turner Stars Bianca Bradey -Features car chases on the outback
• Scout’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse 2015 USA Dir. and written Christopher Landon Stars Tye Sheridan
• 13. One Cut of the Dead (Zombie One Cut) 2017 Japan Shinichiro Ueda No spoilers please
• 14. Little Monsters 2019 Australia Dir. Abe Forsythe Stars Lupita Nyoung’o Heartwarming
• 15. Night Eats the World 2018 France Dir. Dominique Rocher Stars Anders Danielsen Bleak and realistic

Shane’s Additional Worth Mentioning List
(for better or for worse)

• Train to Busan
• World War Z
• Assault on Precinct 13
• The Crazies
• The Sadness
• Zombieland
• REC
• The Returned
• Demons
• Army of the Dead
• Land of the Dead
• Diary of the Dead
• Survival of the Dead
• The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue
• Honorable Mention: Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video

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