Podcast: Day of the Dead
Celebrating 3 years of Bring Me The Axe with George A. Romero!
Bring Me The Axe! Horror Podcast
Episode 99: Day of the Dead
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Bring Me the Axe! is a comedy podcast celebrating the best (and worst) horror from a time when the video store ruled the night. Every other week, brothers Bryan and Dave White (and the occasional guest) heed the call of nostalgia and evaluate the classic 70s and 80s horror movies they loved in their childhood to determine whether the movies are still relevant today or should be allowed to fade into obscurity.
Celebrate three years of Bring Me The Axe with us as we continue our annual tradition of a deep dive into the world of George A. Romero and his iconic living dead series. For our last two anniversaries we featured Dawn of the Dead and Night of the Living Dead so it only makes sense that close out year three with the highly divisive (and Bryan’s favorite), Day of the Dead.
Taking place late in the zombie plague, a motley crew of scientists and military take shelter in an underground bunker, researching the cause and a possible solution to the problem at hand: mankind being driven to the brink of extinction against a worldwide zombie holocaust. Tensions are high, supplies are low, and morale is lower as the operation cracks at the seams. One scientist thinks he has a solution, demonstrated by his domesticated pet zombie, Bub.
Released in 1985 as the third film in a three picture deal with United Film Distribution Company, Romero’s epic vision of a horror movie, “Gone With The Wind With Zombies”, to quote Romero, had to be scaled back significantly when Romero refused UFDC’s mandate for an R-rated movie, insisting instead on a hyper-violent, gory spectacle. The result is languid, talky character drama cast with wild over-actors and punctuated by grisly violence and zombie carnage. It’s Romero at his most conflicted but Tom Savini at his absolute best.
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