Media Montage Podcast 118 - What's the Deal With Zombies?

What's the deal with zombies?

White Zombie, from 1932 is widely considered the first zombie film. Since then hundreds of zombie movies, tv shows and comics have come out with dozens of different takes on these popular monsters.  

From mind controlled slaves out of Voodoo legend to the living dead of George Romero, zombies are an important part of the pop culture landscape.  

Bruce and Larry explore the popularity of zombies. They explore different takes on the genre, and try to figure out why the shambling, mindless dead have become so popular in Episode 118 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage Podcast 75: Carnival of Souls (1962)

The Media Montage Podcast continues with Halloween themed episodes all month long. In this episode Bruce and Larry take a look at the 1962 cult classic Carnival of Souls.  

Candace Hilligoss stars as Mary who begins to experience strange visions following a car accident. Why does a ghostly man beckon Mary to an abandoned carnival? 

Find out the secret of Herk Harvey’s Carnival of Souls in Episode 75 of the Media Montage Podcast! 

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Media Montage Podcast 74: The Burning (1981)

The Media Montage Podcast continues with Halloween themed episodes all month long. 

In this episode Bruce and Larry take a look at another overlooked cult film. This time we visit the slasher genre of horror films in 1981’s The Burning.  

An Urban Legend comes to camp in the form of Cropsy, a garden shears wielding fiend with vengeance on his twisted mind.  

A fantastic script and a cast of future stars including Jason Alexander, Fisher Stevens, Brian Backer and Holly Hunter elevate The Burning above a lot of other slasher fare in Episode 74 of the Media Montage Podcast! 

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Media Montage Podcast 73 - The Monster Squad (1987)

October is upon us and The Media Montage Podcast is celebrating with Halloween themed episodes all month long. 

In this episode Bruce and Larry take a look at the often overlooked cult classic horror-comedy The Monster Squad, from 1987. Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster, The Gill Man, and the Mummy wreak havoc in a small town, while a band of brave kids work to end their evil.  

Andre Gower, Tom Noonan,  Duncan Regehr, Jonathan Gries, and Stephen Macht star it this creature feature.  Find out how Dracula adjourns a meeting in Episode 73 of the Media Montage Podcast! 

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Media Montage 22: Wes Craven's Shocker!

Bruce and Larry take a closer look at Agent Skinner himself, Mitch Pileggi, as an electrically charged serial killer in Wes Craven's 'Shocker', from 1989. Yikes!

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Media Montage 17: Dick Briefer's Frankenstein

Bruce and Larry discuss Dick Briefer's Golden Age Frankenstein comics. Humor and horror mix and merge in wonderful, fantastical, hilarious short comics tales featuring vampires, mummies, mutants and more!

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Media Montage 14: From Beyond

Bruce and Larry revisit the 1986 Cult Horror Classic, From Beyond based on an HP Lovecraft story. Jeffrey Combs and the lovely Barbara Crampton face off against horrible things from another dimension with sexy, and gory results! ...and yes, the conceptual artist from the credits is indeed THAT Neal Adams!

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