The Undead Symphony

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 evo...

Send us Fan Mail 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 fight...

Send us Fan Mail 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 wante...

Send us Fan Mail Outbreak is a 2024 zombie mystery thriller film by the screenplay of Lance Ochsner and Jeff Wolfe and directed by Jeff Wolfe in his directorial debut . [1] It stars Billy Burke , Alyshia Ochse, Taylor Handley and Jessica Frances Dukes and the incredible Raoul Trujillo. Grappling with the disappearance of their teenage son, Ben, a park ranger and his wife face a mysterious outbreak...

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode of the Undead Symphony we are joined by Kieran Begg the writer, director, narrator, host and driving force behind the Eerie Earth Podcast. We will talk all things podcasting, and a lot of things zombie, including his first, last, best and worst, his top 10 zombie movies and TV shows. We will also be discussing the three seasons of his wonderful dramatised a...

Send us Fan Mail ZOMBIES OF WAR AKA "War of the Dead" from 2010 although it is actually Horrors of War from 2006 OH MY Hitlers desperation to win World War II at all costs, combined with his obsession with science and the paranormal give rise to a deadly type of warfare. Hitler unleashes his secret weapons Unstoppable Nazi super soldiers onto the advancing Allied army. After suffering gr...

Send us Fan Mail And so here we are, a week after seeing a movie we have waited 18 years for (or 23 year for some), a movie so eagerly anticipated we bought the themed beer and drank the kool aid. But the reality was very different to the trailer. So what did Stephanie from Listeners of the Dead, Michael and I think about the Danny Boyle and Alex Garland blockbuster 28 Years Later? Well, you will...

Send us Fan Mail A married couple are confined to only their small property during a zombie invasion and they must make do with what they got. Or A lazy 30-something is happy to sit out the zombie apocalypse in his living room until his wife puts pressure on him to become a zombie killer. It gets 4.5/10 on IMDB and 25% on RT and even has a soundtrack on Spotify. An OST. And it stars Christine Wood...

Send us Fan Mail There will be a nice balanced conversation about the franchise to date with Brian over at Zombpocalypse and Michael. There will also be a Michael and Darren catch up that will cover Transit 17 (now equal worst scoring with Night of the Flatulating Dead) and ChatGPT's worst zombie movie of all time Zombie Nightmare with Adam West and Shawn Levy. But that is not this episode. I...

Send us Fan Mail When I asked the mouthpiece of our future AI overlords CHATGPT for a list of the top 10 zombie movies of all time, it was that. It was spot on. I asked it for the best zombie movie and it gave me 28 days later. Fair. And so we agreed. The best and the top 10. So I then went there an asked it for the worst zombie movie of all time. It’s answer was the 1986 ZOMBIE NIGHTMARE starring...

Send us Fan Mail TRANSIT 17 Before I even start I know this movie is going to be bag of horse dicks. It is going to be so bad my apartment will need fumigating. After a virus infected France, Belgium and the Netherlands a team of resistance soldiers trying to safe a young girl who seems to be their last hope for a cure. 3/10 on IMDB A terrible movie, absolutely mindbogglingly bad. The plot is mudd...

Send us Fan Mail Now I do have the TUBI list of movies to work through… the detritus of the channel… Transit 17 and Age of the Dead and 5 years after the fall and the like… utter horse dung and I do have DVDs coming Better of Zed starring Graham Sibley from Zombie Honeymoon Messiah of Evil, that we are going to be watching then reviewing with Andy Beglin next month And what ChatGPT listed as the w...

Send us Fan Mail I zombie Very I Claudius or I Robot And no not the crappy tv show either this a film which was released by Fangoria Films in 1998; it was written, directed, produced and scored by Andrew Parkinson. It tells the story of a young man who gets infected by being bitten by a zombie and gradually starts turning into one himself.  HIS SOUL WAS THE LAST THING TO GO Keith Phipps of The A.V...

Send us Fan Mail You know when the New York Times, Variety and Salon.com say something is hilarious that you have had funnier dental work. You also know that when the New York Times, Variety and Salon.com say a very low budget zombie movie is hilarious the critic didn't write the review, that their intern did. And that their intern has shit for brains. So this movie is 2004 and tells the stor...

Send us Fan Mail We have TUBI and Michael to thank for this episode, as we go to a small island off of Ireland where death row prisoners are injected with all manner of nastiness to try to find a cure for Alzheimers and cancer. However, as Stone, our special forces Sinead O'Connor and Ellen Ripley a la Alien 3 skinhead sporting heroine discovers, the medication turns everyone fast moving blac...

Send us Fan Mail Anton Yelchin (we love him) and Oliver Cooper (we love him)  as half-brothers from the same sack star in this Joe Dante (Gremlins/The Howling) rom zom com and we loved it. It joins Shaun of the Dead and Warm Bodies as an entry level zombie movie you could watch on a date, with grandma or the kids. Here is the chat! With special guest intro from the man we love, Bruce in As as know...

Send us Fan Mail After my scathing review of World Ends at Camp Z Michael tries to defend it, whilst CHATGPT throws up a very obvious top 10 zombie movies and a new worst? We shall have to see.

Send us Fan Mail A change of plan. We had that list of zombie movies on TUBI. Michael was given the reigns and I asked him which one to watch next. He said Transit 17, a French/Belgian/dutch effort. I agreed then saw the trailer and reviews and now he has had his choosing privileges revoked again. That being said TUBI has redeemed itself by offering up this, a rom zom com, and there aren’t many of...

Send us Fan Mail WORLD END AT CAMP Z A campground owner learns of a prospective buyer's evil intentions concerning the land. A zombie uprising might help him stop the sale. 3.3/10 in IMDB urgh No overall score in RT as it doesn’t have 50 people who could be bothered to watch it 1/10 The Mess at Worlds End Whoever rated thus dog over 3 is either high or part of the film crew. It's a wande...

Send us Fan Mail More than a pleasure to chat all things zombie with zombie online horror community member and all around good guy Andy Beglin (beastonthehorrorexpress79 on insta). We talk Dellamorte Dellamore, and his top 10, notable mentions and the dreaded remakes. He has yet to see Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies (how dare you!) but we forgive him enough to invite him back for a movie review episode...

Send us Fan Mail The film was first released under its original title of Last Rites at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 30, 2006. It was later released direct to video on May 1, 2007 under the new title of Gangs of the Dead . In both Germany and Italy , the film was released under the title of City of the Dead . In the United Kingdom , the film was released under the title of 48 Weeks Later ,...

Send us Fan Mail I know I know I promised Michael I would watch World Ends at Camp Z, but I really don’t want to, so I am sneaking in DEATH SHACK. DEATH SHACK BABY DEATH SHACK DEATH SHACK BABY THAT’S WHERE ITS AT. 2017 from SHUDDER Gets a respectable 5.5/10 on IMDB And 82% on ROTTEN TOMATOES Yup. How do you like them apples? Three teens and a drunken father on a cabin getaway discover their myster...

Send us Fan Mail We do this from time to time, we see a movie that we need to discuss. Despite it being a B-movie set in Brighton, with annoying students, bad CGI helicopters and arguably the worst sound mix of any movie, there is enough there to like. Infected (2021) or Darkest Day (2015). It was no Pro Wrestlers v Zombies. How dare you! 4.5/10

Send us Fan Mail Looked very 28 Days later in the trailer In a country ravaged by a deadly virus that has triggered a zombie apocalypse, the military is on the hunt for the man rumoured to have the cure Well, I am getting a bit of déjà vu here - much like the movie Zombies!f from 2016  Which was repackaged as Zombie Christmas Apocalypse in 2024 this is actually the 2015 movie Darkest Day And, more...