Can Hercules (Reg Park) thwart the evil machinations of usurper King Lico (Christopher Lee!) in time to save his beloved Deianira (Leonora Ruffo) from spending the rest of eternity as a ... zombie?! Swords and sandals once again meet the living dead in this 1961 Italian fantasy adventure: Hercules in the Haunted World. Hercules and his "helpful" friends Theseus and Telemaco enter Hades to save Deianara, but will they ever escape? Andy, John, and Producer Brad done their sandals and encounter not one, but two different types of zombies in the movie that inspired Arnold Schwarzenneger to become a body builder.

SHOW NOTES:

Theatrical release date:

November 16, 1961 (Italy)

April, 1964 (US)

Reg Park official fan site

Reg Park Obituary

Reg Park's influence on Arnold Schwarzenneger

Christopher Lee interview

Christopher Lee obituary

D'Aulaire's Greek Mythology

Mario Bava's legacy

Corti, Roberto. Italian Gothic Horror Films: 1957-1969

Theme music composed by Neil Dube.

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When a lawyer arrives at a gloomy estate to settle a will, he finds that his client is already dead... but his collection of plague-ridden severed limbs is still very much active! Legendary scream queen Barbara Steele dominates this Italian gothic horror film that features a spooky castle, vengeance from beyond the grave, and just maybe a few zombies. Join John, Andy, and Brad as they face off against "Terror-Creatures from the Grave"!

SHOW NOTES:

Italian release date: June 23, 1965

US release date: May 16, 1967

AFI Catalog entry for Terror-Creatures from the Grave

Curti, Roberto. Italian Gothic Horror Films: 1957-1969.

Castello Chigi

Flop House episode on Giallo films.

Multiplex Overthruster episode on Yor: Hunter from the Future.

Theme music composed by Neil Dube.

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Holy propoganda, Batman! Before the iconic Batmobile, before the Shark Repellant, before the showdown against Superman... Batman and Robin were featured in a wartime movie serial where they battled a Japanese spymaster and his zombie minions. Will the Dynamic Duo prevail? Can the Zombie Strains team make it through 3 hours of racist propoganda? John, Andy, and Producer Brad don their cowls and patrol the dark streets of Gotham City to find out.

SHOW NOTES

The Batman serial original theatrical release date: July 16, 1943

An Evening with Batman and Robin release date: 1965

Michael G. Wilson biography

J. Carol Naish family history

Theme music composed by Neil Dube.

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