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This is all on Professor Kyle Bishop. Remember in the episode 245 when he said this… And yes this is me repurposed material with is very apropos

"I've got to say the worst one I've seen that I recall with any sense of vividly is Corona Zombies. which of course was produced during the initial lockdown, and so they were severely limited in their abilities to produce what they produced. But it is really bottom-of-the-barrel filmmaking. Now, the only reason it has any redemptive qualities is I think that their repurposing of other zombie films with new humorous dubbing is... at times effective, especially if your sense of humor is not particularly sophisticated."

Well, that and the fact In The Flesh Season 2 is 6 hour long episodes I thought I would take a break from it for an hour and watch Corona Zombies, or as we call it in the UK

Barbie and Kendra meet the Corona Zombies 2024

The blurb

Before they saved the Tiger King, stormed Area 51 and crashes Joe Bobs Drive-in, ditzy Barbie and her pal Kendra's first fandango was this prime piece of absurdity. Part irreverent satire, part gonzo Italian zombie remix, all full moon mania, Barbie and Kendra meet the Corona Zombies will have you smiling so wide you'll split your mask-strings.

It stars Cody Renee Cameron and Robin Sydney and scores 2.5/10 on IMDB

Stuart Heritage of The Guardian called the film "the sort of thing you'd watch drunk in your house at midnight. But then again, that's how you're going to watch all films for the foreseeable future, so it has to be worth a go."

And wow that was awful but... inventive

So many questions. So kendra was just a voice the movie? Barbie showers in her clothes? But mostly the question I have is why? But I get it, and I need to give them an extra mark for being inventive. Clearly barbie and the zombie could film together during covid. Kendra was just on the phone and the rest was redubbed stripper v zombies and zombies creeping flesh

Actually just dubbing over old films is much better entertainment. Kev and Nick, who played the zombie twins in shaun of the dead always loved it as a method of entertainment, hence their redubbing of the Battlestar Galactica movie Cylon Invasion of Earth, dubbed with all the cylons and gay yorkshiremen. The zombie strippers and barbie and kendra part was just weak.

Ok so lets compare it to the bottom of the bottom of the barrel

Where does this one float in a toilet bowl that includes:

Attack of the Flatulating dead

Zombie with a shotgun

Transit 17

Oasis of the zombies?

Hm, it was better than Oasis of the Zombies, that also repurposed bad Italian war movie footage.

It is actually better than Attack of the Flatulating Dead, that similarly had budget constraints.

And it was funny in places, so has to be higher than the other two… so I am going to give it a remarkable 2/10

Not the worst, but it was pretty bad.

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RECORDING IN PROGRESS!

In this special episode we get to talk with zombie scholar Dr Kyle Bishop about all things zeke. We talk his studies, we talk first, last, best, and worst, we talk top 10s and so much more. And, apologies to Michael and Curtis, he scored a winning 18/20 on Virus or Voodoo. The bar has been set high. Will that score be beaten?

Check out his work on Contributions to Zombie Studies here

https://mcfarlandbooks.com/imprint/contributions-to-zombie-studies/?srsltid=AfmBOop_pk9R9FXchem4xbfpovETDMZZ-j3pH7EGJZK2hep8rIQjsbD5

and his podcasting here

https://www.newhorrormovies.com/dead-man-still-walking/

He does have to still watch Pro-Wrestlers v Zombies.

HOW DARE YOU!

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This is a special episode in which I look at the two seasons of the BBC zombie Drama IN THE FLESH as recommended by Kieren from Eerie Earth podcast, writer and narrator of The Fallen. Now, I never saw this, didn’t even know it existed to be fair, it ran for two season over two years in 2013-14 and has 9 episodes that I think add up to an hour each.

The premise. Set after "The Rising", which is the show's take on a zombie apocalypse, the drama focuses on a reanimated young man, Kieren Walker, and his return to his local community.

The show, set in the fictional village of Roarton, Lancashire, though filmed in Marsden, West Yorkshire,[7] depicts life several years after "The Rising". This period, in (fictional) 2010, was a time when thousands of people who had died in 2009 suddenly re-animated as mindless, homicidal, brain-eating zombies world-wide.

By the time of the series, normality has begun to return. A full-fledged zombie apocalypse has long since been prevented by armed resistance from the living, especially from armed local militias who patrolled their communities and actively hunted the re-animated. Meanwhile, a scientific solution for the zombie phenomenon has been found, with the development of a medication to restore consciousness to the undead, allowing them to remember their time alive and who they once were.

So… basically that sounds like the Elliot Page movie THE CURED, except rather than fast moving infected these are shufflers mixed with the Australian show THE RETURNED

It stars Luke Newberry as Kieran, maybe that’s why Kieran from Eerie earth like it

With Ricky Tomlinson, Hellraiser 2s Kennth Cranham and Black Mirrors Francis Magee

Ratings

IMDB give it 7.9/10 which is inordinately high and 97 on RT

And I gotta say, I did Like it. It did feel very BBC. Or Channel 4. Very Being Human. Much better than that shat GEN Z from Channel 4. I think the acting was superb. The villains were villainous. The good guys were good but compromised. Luke Newberry was very good. The mothers were amazing. I would highly recommend it.

7/10 from me. Well done, Kieren.

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Oasis of Zombies aka Grave of the Living Dead aka Bloodsucking Nazi Zombies.

When a student Robert at university in England hears his father has died he gets ready to go back to Africa. While going through his fathers diaries he finds out a secret stash of gold is hidden in the Sahara. Taking he friends along they search for the treasure only to discover its guarded by the undead.

Widely considered two of the worst zombie movies of all time with:

• awful awful cinematography
• awful sound and music
• terrible acting
• the worst effects I have ever seen
• even the repurposed war movie footage was bad

And in the end Robert is asked what if he found what he was looking for and he replies "mostly myself." Hold on, so despite 10 people dying, including 2 of your college friends in the prime of their life, your father, discovering you are the illegitimate child of a Bedouin woman and not adopted after all, and not finding the gold or defeating the zombies, you "mostly found yourself" like it was a fucking spiritual retreat in the countryside with overnight oats, salads, afternoon yoga and wall to wall finger cymbals? Twat.

This movie is, in keeping with the desert theme, a distended piece of camel rectum.

A record breaking 1/10 the worst zombie movie I have ever seen! I tell you what. A very very very poor Shock Waves in the desert. CHATGPT said the worst zombie movie of all time was ZOMBIE NIGHTMARE with ADAM WEST and SHAWN LEVY. Compared to this that is Citizen Kane.

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A terror you wont want to remember!

In a film you wont be able to forget!

From the makers of American Graffiti, we have… Messiah of Evil from 1974 recommended to use by Andy Beglin.

Film Comment called it "one of the top 10 classic, overlooked horror films of all time." LA Times dismissed the film as a "thoroughly dismal horror picture that is sleep-inducing rather than hair-raising" and it gets 6.3/10 on IMDB and 100% on RT.

A young woman goes to look for her missing father. Her trip takes her to a strange California coastal city ruled by a mysterious cult of the walking dead. And it stars Marianna Hill from High Plains drifter as Arletty and Michael Greer as Tom.

Personally I found it to be very dated but interesting. Not in any way as good as Dead and Buried. The supernatural element of the dark messenger seemed added very late. The zombies all dressed up felt like the Transylvanians from rocky horror. But I can see why people like it. I have seen plenty of movies that feel similar, like Zeder, the beyond and Dead and Buried, and Plague of Zombies.

It is a 5/10 for me.

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Shatter Dead (1994) is a low-budget, independent horror film directed by Scooter McCrae. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where the dead no longer die, the film explores themes of mortality, religion, and gender through a gritty, surreal lens. The story follows Susan, a gun-toting survivor trying to make her way home through a world where the dead have not only returned but are evolving—no longer mindless zombies, but conscious, organized, and increasingly militant.

The film is notable for its unique take on the zombie genre. Rather than focusing on gore alone, Shatter Dead blends exploitation, philosophical musings, and transgressive imagery. It incorporates graphic violence and nudity to challenge social and religious norms, particularly surrounding death and sexuality. The film’s DIY aesthetic, grainy visuals, and minimal score enhance its underground cult appeal.

Though polarizing due to its extreme content and technical roughness, Shatter Dead has earned a dedicated cult following. It stands as a provocative piece of ’90s outsider cinema—ambitious, raw, and uncompromising. Its depiction of a world where death has lost meaning turns traditional horror tropes on their head, making it an enduring artifact of transgressive, no-holds-barred filmmaking.

That and it starts with Susan being fucked from behind by a female angel of death with a strap-on. Not something I have seen before.

4/10

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In this episode of the undead symphony in which I will be watching the Netflix Thailand movie ZIAM. Siam being the original colonial name of Thailand. Now, this isn’t our first zombie movie from Thailand, it will actually be the fourth after Operation Undead, that WW2 movie, Paradise Z, with the two hot models living in a swanky hotel during the zombie apocalypse, and zombie fighters, which I get mixed up with zombie fight club, but then remember it was the one with the very loud idiot twenty somethings who all deserved to die. The actual zombie fighters appearing right at the end.

Operation Undead 6
Paradise Z 5.5
Zombie Fighters 4

I am hoping this will be better, although the premise annoys me. AS if it is a blood borne virus spread by cuts and scratches and bites, then the idiot main character fighting them all with bare fists will just annoy me.

The description is that a dystopian apocalypse. A swarm of horrifying zombies. A thrilling fight for survival Can an ex-muay thai fighter escape danger before it is too late? OK THERE ARE CHECKBOXES THERE

5/10 in IMDB and ScreenRant so…meh at best

This feels a lot like BLOCK Z, from the Phillipines and Day zero, also from the philipiines, but with the stupid muay thai and annoying kid.

The USP the unique selling point of this movie is the weakest link. Whilst the FX is great, excellent makeup and gore. It was shoe horning the muay thai in that ruined it. Single punch or kicks for each zombie with bare fists from the hero?

That dog wont hunt monsignor. What next sumo wrestlers v zombies? How dare you!

And fish zombies!

6/10

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After having Steph from Listeners of the Dead on last week to explain the thinking behind her 4/10 for the much anticipated 28 Years Later, we have Brian from Zombpocalypse to discuss the rationale behind his 10/10.

Michael really liked the movie but only gave it 7/10.

Darren thought it wasn't as bad as some people have made it out to be, but it wasn't the movie he wanted. There was just much wrong with it, pointing at Alex Garland dialing it in as he was too focused on his own movies.

We talked Steph up to a 5/10 I think. Will Darren brow beat Brian down? You will have to listen to find out.