Take a high-school sex comedy, mix it with a modern zombie flick, and you’ll get Scout’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, a request from loyal listener and previous guest Jordyn. Sorry we were a little slow getting it out this week.
Rounding out Request Month comes a suggestion from Nick Sible about a killer rat.
Loyal listener Manuel requested this week’s topic – another Roger Corman classic that also happens to be Francis Ford Coppola’s first “legitimate” feature film. Filmed in 9 days for about $40,000, this film is not without its flaws, but really, what more can you expect?
First, head over to Netflix to watch this right away. Then, drop back here to listen to our thoughts and see if you take our side over this somewhat divisive film directed by McG.
This year, we scraped up this little-known flick with a mostly-unknown cast that happens to include Amanda Plummer. How she ended up in this turkey, we have no idea. The reviews online are kinder to this film than we ended up being. But you know Craig will give it a pass anyway.
Umberto Lenzi died about a week ago. We pay tribute to his memory the way we tend to do on this show. That is, we review his most notorious film. We didn’t say it was his BEST film. We said it was his most notorious. Here, from the man who originated the short-lived cannibal “genre” of trash cinema, is Cannibal Ferox.
