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In our first zombie prison movie, a group of incarcerated, formaldehyde-sniffing bad seeds make a break for it, but their plan gets nipped in the bud when the prison guards mow them down. The situation gets even thornier when undead horror quickly blooms from the shallow soil. Will everyone wind up pushing daisies? John, Andy, and Producer Brad grab their pruning shears and head into the GARDEN OF THE DEAD. SHOW NOTES: US Theatrical Release Date: August 23, 1972 AFI|Catalog - Garden of the Dead The 10 Best SFX Makeup Artists Of All Time Before Pixels, There Was Fire Trader Hornee (1970)

We've been wondering when the NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD knockoffs would arrive. Well, they're officially here, starting with CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS! This movie hides its twenty minutes of solid Romero-style zombie action behind an hour of bizarre drama involving a team of actors, their sadistic director, and lot of black magic mumbo-jumbo. John, Andy, and Producer Brad explore a cult classic that makes them wonder if they should've listened to their parents and stayed far away. SHOW NOTES: US Theatrical Release: 1972 AFI|Catalog - Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things Bob Clark, 67, director Canuxploitation Interview: Bob Clark BOB CLARK Explains Why CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS | RUE MORGUE ARCHIVES Carl Fischer The Bass Grimoire | Guitar Center Merch Theme music composed by Neil Dube. Additional music by Elarasound. www.pond5.com Additional voice work by Russell Bentley. Contact: [email protected] www.zombiestrainspodcast.com Follow us on Andy's Substack "Fortress of Regret" Instagram Facebook

It's probably a bad idea to try and resurrect somebody named Baron Blood, right? Especially in a medieval castle with a torture dungeon, an iron maiden, and lots of spikes that could conveniently be used for impalings. Nonetheless, that's exactly what our bold (or foolish) heroes do in this strangely compelling low-budget Italian zombie film directed by the legendary Mario Bava. Will John, Andy, and Producer Brad survive this run-in with an off-brand Dracula and his dungeon full of zombies? SHOW NOTES: US Theatrical Release Date: October 27, 1972 Italian Theatrical Release Date: February 25, 1972 The 30 best classic horror movies of all time Variety The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time Joseph Cotten, 88, Is Dead; Actor on Stage and in Films - The New York Times Quiet Quality: The Life and Films of Joseph Cotten - Best Movies by Farr The Siberian Hell Sounds - Skeptoid Merch Theme music composed by Neil Dube. www.pond5.com Contact: [email protected] www.zombiestrainspodcast.com Follow us on Andy's Substack "Fortress of Regret" Instagram Facebook

Scarce ammunition, locked doors, a sewer level, and of course, loads of disgusting bio-mutant zombies: everything that scared you when you first ventured into Spencer Mansion on your 90s-era Playstation is here in Zach Cregger's take on RESIDENT EVIL (2026). So does the much-lauded director of WEAPONS and BARBARIAN successfully evoke the famous horror video game series without stumbling into the usual video game-adaptation pitfalls? And amid all the goo and gunfire, does Resident Evil add anything significant to the family tree of zombie cinema? Show Notes: US Theatrical Release Date: September, 2026 Merch Theme music composed by Neil Dube. www.pond5.com Contact: [email protected] www.zombiestrainspodcast.com Follow us on Andy's Substack "Fortress of Regret" Instagram Facebook

Just because they can't see you doesn't mean they can't catch you and tear you apart! John, Andy, and Producer Brad journey across the Atlantic to Spain in the waning days of the Franco regime, where they confront a Euro-horror cult classic that combines lurid exploitation with sharp social commentary. Expect spooky castles, zombie Templars, and a psychedelic confrontation with the undead in a mannequin factory! Show Notes: US Theatrical Release Date: February, 1973 TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD film review - Amando De Ossorio Knights Templar Spanish horror — Schlockmania Legend of the Zombie Crusaders Amando de Ossorio.O último templario.Parte 1 Amando de Ossorio.O último templario.Parte 2 Yeah, You Know Giallo — But There’s Another European Horror Movement You're Missing Out On HORROR EUROPA — Mark Gatiss Explores Europe’s Darkest Cinema (2012) Revenge From Planet Ape Merch Theme music composed by Neil Dube. www.pond5.com Contact: [email protected] www.zombiestrainspodcast.com Follow us on Andy's Substack "Fortress of Regret" Instagram Facebook

Director Al Adamson's 1965 heist film, PSYCHO A-GO-GO flopped. So in 1969, he hired John Carradine to play a mad scientist, shot new scenes, and retitled it THE FIEND WITH THE ELECTRONIC BRAIN. That, too, flopped. Adamson hired Tommy Kirk in 1971 and shot more new scenes and released it with another new title, BLOOD OF GHASTLY HORROR. Will John, Andy, and Producer Brad be able to keep all this mayhem straight? And will they find an actual zombie movie at the bottom of this genre jumble? Show Notes: US Release Date: 1971 Dendle, Peter. THE ZOMBIE MOVIE ENCYCLOPEDIA Kay, Glenn. ZOMBIE MOVIES: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE Al Adamson Obituary HORROR DIRECTOR SLAIN, ENTOMBED BENEATH HIS TUB – Deseret News The Murder Of Director Al Adamson – Original Cinemaniac The Old Oregon Trail (1928) A Silent Film Review Victor Adamson/Denver Dixon ABOUT TOM | tommix BOOKS OF THE TIMES: Superman at 50! Shades of Gray: The Life and Death of the Oft-overlooked Master - The Comics Journal Merch Theme music composed by Neil Dube. www.pond5.com Contact: [email protected] www.zombiestrainspodcast.com Follow us on Andy's Substack "Fortress of Regret" Instagram Facebook

One giant high-rise in downtown Seoul. Hundreds of people going about their everyday lives inside. Add one mad scientist with a vision for a fungus zombie hivemind apocalypse, and you have the recipe for a wild zombie action film! Director Yeon Sang-ho has already given us two modern zombie classics ("Train to Busan" and "Peninsula") but he's not done with us yet. John and Andy take a quick detour to modern-day South Korea to catch the latest from one of zombie cinema's rising stars. Show Notes: Colony Trailer Colony IMDB Merch Theme music composed by Neil Dube. www.pond5.com Contact: [email protected] www.zombiestrainspodcast.com Follow us on Andy's Substack "Fortress of Regret" Instagram Facebook

Get ready for the grindhouse! In this zombie double feature, the Zombie Strains team faces down two very different sides of zombie cinema. First up is the ultraviolent schlockfest I DRINK YOUR BLOOD, followed by the curiously retro I EAT YOUR SKIN. One of these is our first glimpse of 70s grindhouse, and the other might be the last dying groan of the traditional voodoo zombie. Which path will John, Andy, and Producer Brad choose? Show Notes: AFI|Catalog - I Drink Your Blood Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury Papers, 1930-2003 Lynn Lowry Interview Rabies in the United States: Protecting Public Health | Rabies | CDC AFI|Catalog - I Eat Your Skin Katherine Dunham dancer Vanoye Aikens passes - New York Amsterdam News A Woman Ahead of Her Time: Katherine Dunham and Afro-Caribbean Dance Katherine Dunham | Queen Mother Of Black Dance (Biography) Merch Theme music composed by Neil Dube. www.pond5.com Contact: [email protected] www.zombiestrainspodcast.com Follow us on Andy's Substack "Fortress of Regret" Instagram Facebook

Crime waves... Watergate... disco... 70s zombies don't rise from the dead in a vacuum! The 70s was the decade that horror broke into the mainstream. So what lurking fears of the 1970s were exploited and amplified by zombie cinema? John and Andy take a little break from the regular lineup of zombie movies to talk through what exactly was so scary about the groovy 70s. Show Notes: Us Theatrical Release Date: The Cinema of Solitude by Charles Ramírez Berg Shock Value by Jason Zinoman Merch Theme music composed by Neil Dube. www.pond5.com Contact: [email protected] www.zombiestrainspodcast.com Follow us on Andy's Substack "Fortress of Regret" Instagram Facebook

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? Show Notes: Us Theatrical Release Date: August 1, 1971 The Friends fountain Kinney National Company | Logo Timeline Wiki | Fandom Merch Theme music composed by Neil Dube. www.pond5.com Contact: [email protected] www.zombiestrainspodcast.com Follow us on Andy's Substack "Fortress of Regret" Instagram Facebook

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. Show Notes: US Theatrical Release: March, 1971 Zombie Strains Merch Support Zombie Strains HERE Theme music composed by Neil Dube. www.pond5.com Contact: [email protected] www.zombiestrainspodcast.com Follow us on Andy's Substack "Fortress of Regret" Instagram Facebook

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. Show Notes: Mexican Release Date: October 1, 1970 Merch Theme music composed by Neil Dube. Additional music by Elarasound. www.pond5.com Additional voice work by Russell Bentley. Contact: [email protected] www.zombiestrainspodcast.com Follow us on Andy's Substack "Fortress of Regret" Instagram Facebook

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 Children of Tendu

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. Show Notes: The Fashion Guide to "The Avengers" season 5: John Steed, and Emma Peel 60 Years of Emma Peel fashion Merch Support the podcast! Theme music composed by Neil Dube. www.pond5.com Contact: [email protected] www.zombiestrainspodcast.com Follow us on Andy's Substack "Fortress of Regret" Instagram Facebook

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?