Wed, 15 June 2022
This month - June 2022 - will be the last month you'll be able to download any episodes of the Mail Order Zombie podcast. After keeping the archive alive for several years after the end of that show, it is time to close down this site/feed. Thank you for so many years of support!
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Sun, 24 July 2016
Derek and his wife Brenda take a spoiler-filled look at the 2016 film 10 Cloverfield Lane (dir. Dan Trachtenberg). (.mp3s of every episode of Monster Kid Radio and Married With Monsters are available for download at our barebones behind-the-scenes website at http://monsterkidradio.libsyn.com) |
Thu, 28 April 2016
On Wednesday afternoon, I received a phone call from Nic Brown, one of the co-hosts of the long-running B-Movie Cast, a podcast created and produced by Vince Rotolo. Vince was a friend, an inspiration, and a mentor to many of us, and I was not ready to hear what Nic had to say. Vince passed away suddenly, and if you look on Facebook, you'll see the many folks Vince and his podcast touched over the years. Next week's planned launch of Monster Kid Radio's Lucha de Mayo will be postponed next week. Instead, I'm dedicating Episode #266 to Vince. If you have anything you'd like to contribute to the show, please feel free to call our voicemail line at 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657), or email you thoughts or recordings to monsterkidradio@gmail.com . . . We'll be back on track with Episode #267. Thank you. |
Sun, 7 July 2013
Brother D & Miss Bren just got home from the movie theater, and wanted to dust off the microphone and talk about World War Z (dir. Marc Forster). This is the first time the two have settled down behind the microphone since Mail Order Zombie came to an end, so they spend a few minutes catching people up to speed, rapping about what's going on in their lives before talking about their hot and sweaty time at a Brad Pitt movie. Mail Order Zombie Facebook Group - http://tinyurl.com/facebookmoz |
Fri, 26 April 2013
![]() This is the end. This is the end, my friend. This is the final episode of Mail Order Zombie, and before Brother D and Miss Bren dive into the longest Feedback Discussion in MOZ history, we have the news with Need-A-Nickname Scott's Zombie Beat, a book review by Miss Bren (One Second After by William R. Forstchen), D's Zeditorial, one final Countdown to Cthulhu segment, discussion of the final two episodes of The Walking Dead's third season, a review of the movie Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection (dir. James Plumb), and the return of O'Day! |
Wed, 10 April 2013
![]() It's the penultimate episode of Mail Order Zombie! This time around, Brother D and Need-a-Nickname Scott dive into the zombie films Dead Men Don't Die (dir. Malcolm Marmorstein) and Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (dir. Dan Hoskins); Miss Bren and D talk about the fourth- and third-to-last episodes of Season Three of The Walking Dead; Gwen Callahan from the HP Lovecraft Film Festival and Cthulhu-Con drops by to talk about the upcoming festival; D looks at some Blu-ray releases; a zombie short film (Cargo, dir. Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke) gets reviewed; Wayne displays his comedy genius . . . and I need a nap. |
Wed, 27 March 2013
Brother D and Miss Bren (with some help from their friends) present the winners of the 5th Annual Dead Letter Awards. This was a much lower key affair this year (with the exception of SOMEONE who used most of the Mail Order Zombie budget to go on vacation. After the awards, Bren and D have a special announcement. |
Tue, 19 March 2013
Join Dorado Films and local podcaster Derek M. Koch for a special screening of 1967's Argoman, The Fantastic Superman at Portland's Clinton Street Theater March 23, 2013! Played by Roger Browne, Argoman is the only superhero who can stop Jenabell (Dominique Boschero) and her bid for power and riches. Can Argoman save us? Join Derek and Dorado at the Clinton to find out! |
Mon, 18 March 2013
Dorado Films presents 1972's Euro cult classic Tragic Ceremony (dir. Riccardo Freda), starring Camille Keaton ("I Spit on Your Grave"). Presented by local podcaster Derek M. Koch at the Clinton Street Theater, Tragic Ceremony is showing at 8:00pm, March 26th. Admission is only $6! |
Thu, 28 February 2013
The Walking Dead continues, as does the Mail Order Zombie coverage of the show! In this episode, Brother D and Miss Bren talk about the latest two episodes of the show. Eric and Jimmy from Galactic Gaming News have the latest in zombie video game news, Brother D goes to Wizard World Portland, we learn how Godzilla might fear in a zombie apocalypse from Kyle from the Kaijucast, we start counting down to the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon, and the 5th Annual Dead Letter Award Ballot is unveiled! |
Thu, 14 February 2013
Whether it's the 8th day or the 13th year, it's another (every other) Thursday, which means it's time for another episode of Mail Order Zombie! Brother D and Miss Bren are actually on the same page as the rest of America (this time!), and discuss (with SPOILERS) the latest episode of The Walking Dead; Silent Death and Death Song review Warm Bodies (dir. Jonathan Levine); D goes behind enemy lines solo with a review of the short movie Medal of Horror (dir. James Eaves) from the anthology Nazi Zombie Death Tales, and drops some alternate title knowledge in his Zeditorial; Need-a-Nickname Scott brings the news in the Zombie Beat; Jimmy and Eric from Galactic Gaming News talk about an upcoming video game; and finally there's the Feedback. Glorious Feedback. Zombieland gets its Columbus and Little Rock - http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/amazons-zombieland-pilot-casts-2-leads/ |
Thu, 31 January 2013
![]() In Episode 200, the Mail Order Zombie Family turns the tables on Brother D and Miss Bren by sending in their own interview questions for the two co-hosts, but that's all at the end of the show. Before the Feedback Discussion, Brother D reviews the short movie 2 Hours (dir. Michael Ballif), Terror Haute Kent reviews Warm Bodies (dir. Jonathan Levine), Silent Death reviews the novelizations of the Resident Evil film franchise, Miss Bren settles in for a spoilerific discussion of [REC] 3: Génesis, the open nomination period for the 5th Annual Dead Letter Awards kicks off, and . . . Brother D comes clean. |
Wed, 23 January 2013
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Thu, 17 January 2013
It didn't take long for Brother D and Miss Bren to get caught up with the rest of the world. In this episode of Mail Order Zombie, they discuss the first half of Season Three of The Walking Dead. Did the female characters get some respect? Are the zombies still frightening? Would Tom Savini or Danny Trejo have made a better Governor? And what does Silent Death think of Jake Bible's novel Little Dead Man? Or what do Jimmy and Eric of Galactic Gaming News think about an upcoming zombie movie or zombie videogames? And what about Robert R. Best? What's the deal with his zombie novels? Will you listen to Episode 199 of Mail Order Zombie? |
Wed, 2 January 2013
Brother D is a little sick this week (it's not a zombie plague, it's not a zombie plague), so there's no movie reviews this time around, but he still powers through the final two episodes of Season Two of The Walking Dead with Miss Bren. Silent Death is joined by Deathsong for a review of Jonathan Maberry's Rot & Ruin, and Bren wraps up the show with D with the Feedback Discussion. (Some production music produced by Kevin MacLeod.) |
Thu, 20 December 2012
This is the last episode of Mail Order Zombie before Christmas, New Year's, AND the Mayan Apocalypse, so we hope you enjoy it when Brother D reviews The Living Impaired (dir. Michael Ray Fox) and Smush! A DeadHeads Short (dir. Brett Pierce and Drew T. Pierce), when Miss Bren joins him for three more episodes of The Walking Dead (Season Two), when Silent Death reviews the novel Plague Town: An Ashley Parker Novel by Dana Fredsti, when Galactic Gaming News drops by, or when Need-a-Nickname Scott brings the Zombie Beat!
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Thu, 6 December 2012
Nearly every (free) antivirus and malware protection program were run through the computers here at MOZ Central, and we're ready to get back to business as usual at the podcast. This time around, Brother D and Miss Bren make it through two more episodes of Season Two of The Walking Dead, Silent Death takes on [REC] 3, Missing-a-Moniker Tracey reviews Isaac Marion's Warm Bodies, D wraps up his coverage of JABB pictures' The Collective, Vol. 5, announcements are made about several special events and projects, and we have some feedback that's just too . . . spicy . . . too hot to handle . . . too . . . much? |
Thu, 22 November 2012
![]() Is it too soon to start looking forward to our 200th episode? It is when we have so much to get to in Episode 195 of Mail Order Zombie! This time around, Brother D reviews the feature film release Operation: Nazi Zombies (dir. David B. Stewart III), as well as three more shorts from JABB pictures' The Collective, Vol. 5 (A (gore)aphobic, Consumption of the Heart, and Zombie Soup). Miss Bren joins him to look at three more episodes of Season Two of The Walking Dead before lending her voice to help D review the zombie movie reference book Zombi Mexicano by Keith J. Rainville. Silent Death takes us back to his bunker to review Metal and Ash by Jake Bible (when he isn't trying to school Brother D on who Michelle Ryan is or tell us what he continues to think about the television series Revolution), Jimmy and Eric from Galactic Gaming News have a special announcement, and Need-a-Nickname Scott has the news in the Zombie Beat. Viva la Twinkie! INTRO (00:00) Mail Order Zombie Facebook Group - http://tinyurl.com/facebookmoz From Parts Unknown - http://frompartsunknown.net/ JABB pictures - http://www.jabbpictures.com/ |
Thu, 8 November 2012
![]() We don't know where your zombies are, but we know where we keep ours - Episode 194 of Mail Order Zombie. This time around, Brother D reviews the new zombie movie Cockneys vs Zombies (dir. Matthias Hoene) and then ropes Miss Bren into talking about [REC] 2 (dir. Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza) and The Bay (dir. Barry Levinson) . . . but not necessarily in that order - this episode of MOZ was recorded in the most random way possible with the Feedback Discussion being recorded with Bren and D Monday night, the Cockneys vs Zombies review Wednesday night, and the reviews of three short movies from The Collective Vol. 5 (Voice Over, They Said They Were Here to Help, and (se) XX_Z (ombie) sometime in between. We've even lost track of when the review of the first three episodes of season two of The Walking Dead was recorded! Jimmy and Eric from Galacic Gaming News seemed a bit more on the ball with their update on the latest in zombie video game news. |
Wed, 24 October 2012
![]() Brother D survived his triple-booked weekend and he's here in episode #193 of Mail Order Zombie to talk about it! He attended the world premiere of I Heart Monster Movies (dir. Tyler Benjamin), went Howl Con (the first annual werewolf convention), and watched a handful of short movies at Zompire, the Undead Film Festival. When he wasn't watching movies and hanging out with werewolf enthusiasts, he also reviewed the 2012 zombie movie Remains (dir. Colin Theys) and the Monster Pictures' compilation release Ultimate Zombie Feast. Need-a-Nickname Scott brings the latest and greatest in zombie news with his Zombie Beat, while Jimmy and Eric from Galactic Gaming News has zombie video game news. Throughout this episode, you'll hear the entries from the listeners trying to win the drawing for the book The Cabin in the Woods: The Official Visual Companion, and, of course, Miss Bren will help round out the show in the Feedback Discussion. Other things to listen for in this episode: a list of important werewolf films throughout the history of cinema, a zombie . . . er . . . living impaired running for political office, an Easter Egg, some real talk about RA, and the startling revelation that there might be something out there that makes Brother D feel pretty. Mail Order Zombie Facebook Group - http://tinyurl.com/facebookmoz Video game news:
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Thu, 11 October 2012
After YEARS of being completely honest with the podosphere at large about his feelings regarding Joss Whedon, Brother D FINALLY watched The Cabin in the Woods (dir. Drew Goddard). Does it change his world? Does it make him a Whedonite? Does Miss Bren join him in watching the movie? You'll have to listen to Episode 192 of Mail Order Zombie to find out. When he wasn't watching The Cabin in the Woods, D interviewed Gwen Callahan, one of the forces behind this year's Zompire vs. The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival (October 12-14). During the interview, you'll find out what movies are playing that weekend and which movie will be turned into a drinking game. We return to Silent Death's Bunker for further thoughts about the television series "Revolution" (and a theory behind why Milla Jovovich won't return Need-a-Nickname Scott's phone calls); Jimmy and Eric from Galactic Gaming News give us the latest in zombie videogame news; we read some emails and listen to a voicemail in the Feedback Discussion; and there's a contest announced SOMEWHERE in this episode . . . but telling you where or when would be spoiling the surprise. While this is a SPOILER-heavy episode, we aren't going to spoil THAT! |
Wed, 26 September 2012
![]() Miss Bren returns to Mail Order Zombie in Episode 191! She joins Brother D for the voicemails and emails that have been building up since her absence last week, but before we get to the Feedback Discussion, we have some movie reviews to work through. Brother D considers placing the blame for his zombie movie addiction on Uncle Romero when he takes a look at 2012's Blaming George Romero (dir. Robert Lise), and MOZ Family Members Silent Death and Need-a-Nickname Scott submit separate reviews of Milla Jovovich's latest go-round with the Umbrella Corporation in Resident Evil: Retribution (dir. Paul W. S. Anderson). The winners of the Strippers vs. Werewolves Blu-ray contest are announced, Brother D runs out of breath talking about several upcoming zombie-centric (and werewolf-centric?) events happening in the next few weeks, Scott drops the latest and greatest in zombie news, somebody special celebrates a special anniversary, and we have an interview with editor James Beach and author William F. Nolan. INTRO (00:00) ZOMBIE BEAT (04:49) SILENT DEATH ON RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (17:23) BLAMING GEORGE ROMERO (19:97) NaNN SCOTT ON RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (32:06) FEEDBACK (43:47) WILLIAM F. NOLAN & JAMES BEACH (1:49:17)
Dark Discoveries magazine - http://www.darkdiscoveries.com/ Cheyenne Zombie Fest - http://www.facebook.com/CheyenneZombieFest Tacoma Zombie Festival and Preparedness Expo 2012 - http://www.facebook.com/TacomaZombieFest Grindhouse Theater presents The Return of the Living Dead - http://www.facebook.com/events/364373076971770/ Howl Con - http://www.howlcon.com/ Zompire vs The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival - http://zompire.com/
Franklin County Pennsylvania zombie attack drill - http://www.franklindes.us/Zombies.aspxZombies used as a training tool at counter terror event - http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/09/army-zombies-in-disaster-training-091912w |
Thu, 13 September 2012
Even though Brother D spent the last weekend at the Rose City Comic-Con, zombies weren't far from his mind. When he wasn't interviewing comics creators Chris Kohler and Mark Ledford, or chatting with transmedia creator Steve Coker, he watched and reviewed the 2012 short movie Zombie Proof (dir. Ben Lambeth) and the 1964 and/or 1970 film I Eat Your Skin (dir. Del Tenney). And when he's not at the convention and he's not watching zombie movies, D has an announcement or two to make about some upcoming October events. After the Feedback Discussion, the show drops in on the Rose City Comic-Con panel Dex Dixon, Paranormal Dick: Concept to Creation and Beyond. |
Wed, 29 August 2012
![]() The line between zombie and vampire wears thin on Episode 189 of Mail Order Zombie when Brother D takes a look at movies like The Living Dead Girl (dir. Jean Rollin) and The Velvet Vampire (dir. Stephanie Rothman). Don't worry - while Mail Order Vampire may make a return appearance at some point, Brother D isn't going all bloodsucker on the MOZ Family; the review of The Velvet Vampire is part of this week's Palette Cleanser along with the second half of the review of The Collective, Vol. 4. On the straight-up zombie front, D reviews Zombie A-Hole (dir. Dustin Mills), and he's joined by Miss Bren, Need-a-Nickname Scott, (Missing-a-Moniker) Tracey and other members of the Mail Order Zombie Family to talk about ParaNorman (dir. Chris Butler, Sam Fell). The Feedback Discussion is at the end of the episode, and the Zombie Beat is at the beginning of the episode after a rambling show introduction in which Brother D announces a contest, talks briefly about an upcoming comic book convention, talks about the Facebook page, and sends a special shout-out to any podcasters based in the Pacific Northwest. |
Thu, 16 August 2012
Wayne Kotke a politician? Richard from Wichita a reviewer? The Umbrella Corporation cares? What madness is this? Listen to Mail Order Zombie #188 to find out. In this episode of MOZ, in addition to Wayne, Richard and the Umbrella Corporation speaking up-and-out, Brother D reviews the 2012 movie Humans Versus Zombies (dir. Brian T. Jaynes) and the upcoming movie Desolation (dir. Chris Dillon). He also begins his review of the latest collection from JABB pictures with Part One of his review of The Collective V.4. Last week, D was interviewed by Dr. Gangrene on the Metal Morgue Segment of the 6'+ podcast, and during that interview, he turned the tables on the good doctor to ask a question of his own for the MOZ Family, and The Umbrella Corporation has a very important public service announcement in this week's episode. Miss Bren joins the show for the Feedback Discussion with even more Wayne Kotke, some guest reviews from Richard from Wichita and other emails and voicemails from the listeners. |
Wed, 1 August 2012
![]() One of the best parts of producing Mail Order Zombie is all the discoveries I make along the way, and in producing Mail Order Zombie #187, I discovered the phrase, "I'm a sandwich, you're my bacon." Before getting to that point, though, we review the movies Zombie on the Loose (dir. Conrad Brooks) and Cost of the Living: A Rom Zom Com (dir. Daniel Lee White). Silent Death reports from his bunker with a joint review of the films [REC] 2 (dir. Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza) and Quarantine 2 (dir. John Pogue) and Zombie Anarchist sits down with an interview with Scott Hill from Flying Frog Productions (makers of the excellent game Last Night on Earth). Miss Bren ALMOST gets a taste of some post-apocalyptic excitement at the beginning and at the end of the show. |
Wed, 18 July 2012
Brother D takes a short movie-watching-and-reviewing break in Episode 186 of Mail Order Zombie, but that leaves room for a book review from Silent Death when he visits Dust by Joan Frances Turner. Need-a-Nickname Scott dips his toes into the news with the Zombie Beat, Don Coscarelli tells us a bit about John Dies at the End and we go back to Crypticon Seattle for the panel "Zombies Can’t Run & Vampires Don’t Sparkle: The Psychology of Why We Argue Over What Fictional Things Can Or Can’t Do" with Eloise J. Knapp, Chris Saint, Steve Holetz, and Michael Montoure (with Brother D moderating). Miss Bren does her best to keep everyone on track during the Feedback Discussion, and the band H2Awesome! swings by with the song "Carl, Stay in the House." |
Wed, 4 July 2012
![]() 185 episodes into the podcast, and we're FINALLY talking about some Full Moon movies on Mail Order Zombie! Brother D takes a look at two recent Full Moon releases: The Dead Want Women (dir. Charles Band) and Zombies vs. Strippers (dir. Alex Nicolaou). D is still haunted by the ghosts of Crypticon Seattle, and to purge those demons, he shares with the MOZ Family interviews with zombie authors Craig DiLouie, Nate D. Burleigh and Lyle Perez-Tinics. (They're zombie authors in that they write about zombies. They're not zombies who write . . . at least, not yet.) And at the end of the show, Miss Bren takes her familiar position as the person who keeps Brother D on track during the Feedback Discussion. |
Thu, 21 June 2012
![]() The American Civil War and World War II? Just add zombies! This time around, Brother D takes a look at the movies Exit Humanity (dir. John Geddes) and War of the Dead (dir. Marko Mäkilaakso). The Crypticon coverage continues with mini-interviews with authors Eloise J. Knapp, Peter Clines, and Scott M. Baker, and actress Danielle Harris. Kim tosses in her thoughts on Knapp's The Undead Situation and Gareth Wood's The Rise, and Miss Bren joins D to talk about their experience at Van Con before diving into the Feedback Discussion. (Special thanks to Between the Eyes for the opening and closing song!) |
Wed, 6 June 2012
![]() Four score and a freakshow ago, Mail Order Zombie brought forth two more zombie movie reviews in Episode 183 of Mail Order Zombie. Brother D visits the sideshow when he reviews Freakshow Apocalypse: The Unholy Sideshow (dir. Matthew Broomfield), then revisits one of his favorite sub-sub-sub-genres: zombie Civil War stores with a review of Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (dir. Richard Schenkman). There's more than movie reviews in this MOZ episode, though. Markus Taylor, the man behind the zombie known as Cheese from the zombie movie DeadHeads (dir. Brett Pierce & Drew T. Pierce), drops by for an interview about his work in DeadHeads, his other projects and the upcoming DeadHeads Cheese prequel. Devil Dinosaur, Jr., from the Dread Media podcast gives us a review of the novel Ladies Night by Jack Ketchum. And we start our recounting Seattle Crypticon 2012 when we chat with writers Gareth Wood and Jessica Meigs. After the Feedback with Miss Bren (which includes a very special announcement!), we have a recording of the panel "Zombies: Why the F@!$ Won't They Die?!" with panelists John Skipp (moderator), Scott Baker, Craig DiLouie, Gareth Wood, Derek M. Koch, Rick Reeves, Mark Rahner. INTRO (00:00) |
Thu, 24 May 2012
![]() Earlier this month, Brother D spent three days in a row at Portland's Hollywood Theatre and managed to keep his sanity in tact at the Lovecraft Film Festival and went back to the theater the very next day for a screening of Juan de los Muertos, aka Juan of the Dead (dir. Alejandro Brugués), with Tequila Matt. After four days at the Hollywood, he needed the MOZ Family's help in picking another movie to review this episode. Will he take the advice of the Mail Order Zombie Family? While D was spending every waking moment at the Hollywood, and watching the second half of JABB pictures' The Collective, Volume 3, Silent Death reviewed the novel The New Zed Order: Survive by author Todd Sprague. Need-a-Nickname Scott returns with the Zombie Beat, and Miss Bren does her best to keep her husband from offending too many listeners north of the border. |
Wed, 9 May 2012
![]() Brother D is on pins and non-Euclidean needles as he looks forward to this weekend's H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & Cthulhu Con, but he's not so distracted that he can't put together Episode 181 of Mail Order Zombie! This time around, he takes a look at the 2012 zombie movie release The Terror Experiment (dir. George Mendeluk). This episode also features Part One of a two-part review of JABB pictures' latest anthology release The Collective, Volume 3. The Mail Order Zombie offers up some reviews of their own when Silent Death reviews the videogame The Walking Dead from Telltale Games, and a review of the Mira Grant's novel Feed comes from Eradication H. In addition to the Lovecraft Film Festival, Brother D will also be attending Crypticon Seattle this month where he'll be a panelist, so he talks about that as well before Miss Bren joins him for this episode's Feedback Discussion. (Brother D would like to formally apologize to the Lifetime television network. He's not entirely sure why, but he feels that he must.) INTRO (00:00)
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Wed, 25 April 2012
Another episode of Mail Order Zombie, another movie review . . . and a film festival . . . and revisiting two movies we've already talked about on the show before! Brother D checks out the rampaging 1980 movie Nightmare City (dir. Umberto Lenzi), and Need-a-Nickname Scott can finally check watching Helldriver (dir. Yoshihiro Nishimura) off his bucket list by checking out the Blu-ray at MOZ Central. Also, D and Scott crammed into the MOZ-Mobile with Miss Bren and Missing-a-Moniker Tracey and drove to the Evergreen State last weekend to check out the 2012 BoneBat Comedy of Horrors Film Festival where at least one of them rewatched DeadHeads (dir. Brett Pierce and Drew T. Pierce) to see how it plays with a crowd. The entire MOZ Foursome share their thoughts on the Festival before Miss Bren and Brother D hit the Feedback Discussion at the end of the show. INTRO (00:00) Mail Order Zombie Facebook Group - http://tinyurl.com/facebookmoz |
Wed, 11 April 2012
![]() Mail Order Zombie . . . now with TIMECODES! The dust has finally settled after the Dead Letter Awards and we finally washed the vampire smell out of the carpet from last week's Mail Order Vampire fun, it's time to get back to business here at Mail Order Zombie. In Episode #179, we're packing in the reviews when Brother D takes a look at Blood Splatter: A Guide to Cinematic Zombie Violence, Gore and Special Effects by Craig W. Chenery while Silent Death reviews Jake Bible's Dead Letter Award-nominated novel The Americans. On the movie-front, Miss Bren gets dystopian on Brother D with some talk about The Hunger Games (dir. Gary Ross), D reviews the upcoming zombie film Pretty Dead (dir. Benjamin Wilkins), and we use the documentary Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (dir. Alex Stapleton) as a palate cleanser. There are two (count 'em - TWO) contests running right now at Mail Order Zombie, and you'll have to listen to the Feedback Discussion to find out how you can win . . . stuff! INTRO (00:00) Mail Order Zombie Facebook Group - http://tinyurl.com/facebookmoz Email us at MailOrderZombie@gmail.com or call us at 206-202-2505! Blood Splatter: A Guide to Cinematic Zombie Violence, Gore and Special Effects - http://www.zombiebloodsplatter.com/ heiDESIGN: Marketing and Communications - http://www.heidesign.com.au/ Family Movie Night - http://blog.fmnpodcast.com/ An Oasis in the Desert - http://www.facebook.com/AnOasisInTheDesert Parsec Awards - http://www.parsecawards.com/ (Various production music produced by Kevin MacLeod.) |
Wed, 4 April 2012
Does it suck? In this episode of Mail Order Vampire, Mr. 'dillo attempts to answer that question when he sits down for an in-depth look at the 2009 horror comedy Suck (dir. Rob Stefaniuk). Of course, that's after the latest in vampire movie news and media in the regular information round-up known as the Vampire Beat, and Sister Z joins Mr. 'dillo for this week's voicemails in the Feedback Discussion. (Thanks to 'dillo and the gang for putting this wee bit of fun together for us! We'll be back with Mail Order Zombie next week, 4/12/12!) |
Thu, 22 March 2012
Mail Order Zombie's Dead Letter Awards honor the best of the previous year's zombie movies and media. Brother D and Miss Bren host the 4th annual event with a few special guests from the Mail Order Zombie Family! |
Sun, 18 March 2012
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Wed, 7 March 2012
Food poisoning, head colds, rheumatoid arthritis . . . it's going to take a lot more than that to stop Mail Order Zombie! (That's not a challenge . . . seriously . . . it would be nice to be healthy for a week or so here soon, okay?) To keep his spirits up, Brother D reviews the 2008 zombie comedy Zombedy (dir. Michael Maruska). (With a name like Zombedy, it HAS to be a zombie comedy, right?) Silent Death is back with another book review when he takes a look at Cherie Priest's flavored-with-zombies steampunk novel Boneshaker, and Dr. J & KK return for the first time since the MOZ hiatus with a new installment of Med of the Dead. At the end of the show, Bren and D tackle a minimum of Feedback before hitting 'STOP' on the recording program and crawling back into bed. |
Mon, 5 March 2012
These are your official nominees for the 4th Annual Dead Letter Awards. Every year, Mail Order Zombie celebrates the previous year's best in zombie movies and media with the Dead Letter Awards. The Mail Order Zombie Dead Letter Awards are a yearly awards show in which the best of zombie movies and media are honored in categories like Best Movie; Best Actor; Best Actress; Best Book, Fiction; Best Book, Non-Fiction; Best Videogame; etc. Mail Order Zombie Facebook Group - http://tinyurl.com/facebookmoz (Various production music produced by Kevin MacLeod.) |
Wed, 22 February 2012
Mail Order Zombie #175 finds Brother D settling down for an in-depth look at the zombie comedy DeadHeads (dir. Brett Pierce & Drew T. Pierce), and he brings Need-A-Nickname Scott along for the roadtrip . . . er . . . ride. In addition to all this movie talk, this episode of MOZ also delivers reviews of two zombie books (David Moody's Autumn, reviewed by Casey Criswell; and James Knapp's State of Decay, reviewed by Silent Death) and a zombie videogame (Miss Bren reads a Resident Evil: Director's Cut review by Empty Wallet Gamers' Eric Lee Lewis). The Zombie Beat makes its return with Need-a-Nickname Scott's round-up of the latest in zombie news (with an assist from Richard from Wichita), 'dillo brings us a wee bit of fun in the form of a short audiodrama, and the rest of the MOZ Family get in on the act in the Feedback Discussion. |
Wed, 8 February 2012
In this episode of Mail Order Zombie, Brother D talks about a zombie movie that's been on his radar since he first heard about it in 2010, but since it has such an innocuous name like The Dead (dir. Howard J. Ford and Jonathan Ford), it was difficult to find much information about it online before it was released in the UK last year. It hits DVD and Blu-ray in the US this month, and you'll have to listen to Episode #174 to hear if the movie lives up to D's expectations! This episode also features the first of MOZ's occasional Palette Cleansers in which D walks the MOZ Family through JABB pictures' The Collective Vol. 2. After the Feedback at the end of the show with Miss Bren, D takes some inspiration from a recent episode of Outside the Cinema and presents his Top Six List of Zombie Movies That Would Make Awesome Video Games. |
Sun, 5 February 2012
It could be argued that Bill Hinzman's performance in the original Night of the Living Dead created the zombie archetype that would define our favorite movie monster for over forty years. In March 2011, he appeared on Mail Order Zombie for an interview supporting his then-latest movie River of Darkness, and during the interview Brother D and Mr. Hinzman couldn't leave the zombies alone. |
Wed, 25 January 2012
You can take the zombie movie podcaster out of the podcaster, but you can't take the zombie movies out of his DVD player. Brother D is BACK with Mail Order Zombie, and he's picking up right where he left off with Episode #173. He rocks a double feature of rockin' zombie movies - 1985's Hard Rock Zombies (dir. Krishna Shah) and 2011's Pop Punk Zombies (dir. Steve Dayton). Other old MOZ friends (like Need-a-Nickname Scott, Wayne Kotke and Professor Chad) stop by to catch up with the Family, and Miss Bren joins Brother D at the end of the show to go over some recent feedback. Welcome back, everyone . . . keep on, shamblin'! The Zed Word Zombie Blog - http://www.zedwordblog.com/ Plan D: The Official Website of Derek M. Koch - http://www.derekmkoch.com |
Sun, 27 November 2011
The Evans City Cemetery in Pennsylvania is the cemetery seen in the opening moments of the horror classic Night of the Living Dead. The chapel in that cemetery, which appears in the film, is scheduled to be torn down. WE CAN'T HAVE THAT, CAN WE ZOMBIE FANS!!?? |
Thu, 27 October 2011
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Fri, 30 September 2011
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Thu, 15 September 2011
![]() We're not podfading - we're pod-recharging! This is Episode 172, the final-for-now episode of Mail Order Zombie, and before we go on hiatus for the rest of 2011, we've got a lot of business to finish. Brother D takes a look at the movies World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries (dir. Michael Bartlett and Kevin Gates), Attack of the Moon Zombies (dir. Christopher R. Mihm) and Woods of Terror/Zombie Village (dir. Jason Impey). MOZ Family Member Zombiwan calls in to help talk about the movie Forest of the Dead (dir. Brian Singleton), and Miss Bren sits down with D to watch and talk about Season One of the television series Zombie Hunters: City of the Dead (created by Patrick Devaney, who's featured with producer Chrisopher J. Murphy in an interview from HorrorHound Weekend). Even though Brother D and Miss Bren are taking a break from zombie podcasting, Professor Chad isn't missing a step with his Zombie Aptitude Test and is still take answer for the current ZAT question. Need-a-Nickname Scott is back with the news in the Zombie Beat; the winner of the Zombie Hunters contest is announced; we review your emails and voicemails in the Feedback Discussion . . . we packed a lot into this episode to help tide you over until Mail Order Zombie proper returns in January 2012! |
Wed, 7 September 2011
![]() In this week's episode of Mail Order Zombie, Brother D pushes through three movie reviews: Vs. The Dead (dir. Jeff Beckman and Phil Pattison), The Walking Dead Girls (dir. Tyler Benjamin) and Bloodlust Zombies (dir. Dan Lantz); he also tackles the upcoming novel Dead of Night: A Zombie Novel from award-winning author Jonathan Maberry. Throw in some hot Zombie Aptitude Test action, the Feedback Discussion and a new contest? Let's do this thing! |
Wed, 31 August 2011
Need-a-Nickname Scott & Tracey bring us another recording from the Famous Monsters of Filmland from earlier this year. This time around, they bring us the panel devoted to the Dead Letter Award-winning documentary Autopsy of the Dead. If you listen closely, you'll get to hear Scott even ask the panel a question or two (but, oddly enough, he doesn't ask about the naked zombie - go figure). Also, Professor Chad is back with a new Zombie Aptitude Test question for the MOZ Family. |
Wed, 24 August 2011
Our internet connection tried to completely die on us . . . Bren tried to completely die on us . . . but we still have our final installment of our Post-Apocalyptic Summer series, Brother D, Miss Bren and Tracey spend some time On the Beach. Bren and Tracey read the Nevil Shute novel; D and Bren watched the 2000 Australian television mini-series (dir. Russell Mulcahy); all three watched the 1959 film (dir. Stanley Kramer). Also, Brother D reviews the answers from this PAS series' Post-Apocalyptic Quiz, and Bren joins him for another serving of the Feedback Discussion. |
Wed, 17 August 2011
![]() This week on Mail Order Zombie, Brother D takes a look at the anthology horror film Drive-In Horrorshow (dir. Michael Neel), and Dead Letter Award-nominated writer Robert R. Best (Lakewood Memorial, Ashton Memorial) calls in his thoughts about the classic Phantasm (dir. Don Coscarelli). And while we don't normally do a lot of Feedback in these off-week episodes, but Brother D wants to address something brought up by a listener and then, please . . . PLEASE . . . can we stop talking about zombie |
Wed, 10 August 2011
![]() Brother D is crushing dreams by refusing to talk about zombie porn in Episode 169 of Mail Order Zombie. Instead, he gets his Western groove on with a review of the movie The Dead and the Damned, aka Cowboys and Zombies (dir. Rene Perez). Some MOZ Family members (Lionmark, Silent Death and Jay from PennyCult) take a look back on some movies previously discussed on the show and offer their own takes. Deadfinger calls in with a brief update on the production of World War Z, Professor Chad reviews your Zombie Aptitude Test answers from last month and presents the latest ZAT question, and Miss Bren joins the show for the Feedback Discussion. Frank Darabont walks from The Walking Dead - http://www.deadline.com/2011/07/walking-dead-shocker-frank-darabont-steps-down-as-showrunner/ |
Wed, 3 August 2011
![]() You know him as Zombie Hunter Tony, but last week at Powell's, he was known as Tony Faville, author of the books Kings of the Dead and Avery Nolan: Private Dick of the Dead. In this episode of Mail Order Zombie, MOZ Family Member Silent Death reviews Tony's latest book and then you can join Brother D as he attended Tony's reading (he read from both books!) and question-and-answer session. |
Sun, 31 July 2011
In this episode of MOZ Presents: The Monthly Munchies, Brother D responds to a voicemail he didn't get a chance to address last month before taking a look at the movies Ninjas vs. Vampires (dir. Justin Timpane) and Burn, Witch, Burn! (dir. Sidney Hayers). Also, thanks to Need-a-Nickname Scott and She-Doesn't-Need-a-Nickname Tracey, we have a recording from the Q&A session Men Behind the Mask from the July 2011 Days of the Dead convention. (Production music provided by Wrath from Death on Call Productions - http://www.youtube.com/ruggsvillecounty) |
Thu, 28 July 2011
![]() It's the end of the month, which means it's time for the end of the world with another Post-Apocalyptic Summer episode on Mail Order Zombie! This time around, Brother D and Miss Bren take a look at The Postman (dir. Kevin Costner) and Damnation Alley (dir. Jack Smight), with an assist from MOZ Family Members Tracey and Scott, respectively. Not only do they tackle the movies, they also tackle the books upon which the films were based. Also, 'dillo prepared a review of the film A Boy and His Dog (dir. L. Q. Jones) (which I say still has one of the best DVD cover art images ever - a smiley face in a mushroom cloud - GOLD!). Mixed into the episode is a bit of post-apocalyptic news, the Post-Apocalyptic Quiz, the Zombie Aptitude Test and a more-musical-than-normal Feedback Discussion. |
Wed, 20 July 2011
We're dipping back into the Crypticon well with Episode 167.5 of Mail Order Zombie. This week, Brother D presents a recording from the Zombies! panel. It was a sort of free-for-all panel that took place Saturday night across the hall from the Saturday night loud-music-and-booze-filled party, so it sounds like there's a LOT more excitement happening in the room than they might have really been. Or not. Listen, and you decide. On the panel were Brother D, Eric Pope, Reverend en Fugue, Steven J. Holetz, Timothy W. Long and Mark Rahner. |
Wed, 13 July 2011
Episode 167 of Mail Order Zombie finds Brother D and Miss Bren returned to MOZ Central after a family emergency took them away from the bunker last week (HUGE thanks to Need-a-Nickname Scott for all the post-production work on Episode 166.5!). While they're still getting their bearings and finding their groove again (and going over the weekly-ish Feedback), Silent Death and Chuffed Carl have some Listener Reviews, and Need-a-Nickname Scott and Tracey have a report on the recent Days of the Dead Convention complete with interviews! And don't forget Professor Chad's Zombie Aptitude Test! |
Thu, 7 July 2011
Brother D and Miss Bren get called away from the MOZ Bunker leaving Need A Nickname Scott home alone! Luckily Brother D was able to record two movie reviews with Scott before they had to leave. In Episode 166.5 of Mail Order Zombie, Brother D and Scott review the 2011 film Stripperland, directed by Sean Skelding and staring Ben Sheppard and Jamison Challeen. After that, the film Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots from 2004, staring Debbie Rochon, Trent Haaga, Conrad Brooks and directed by Paul Scrabo. |
Mon, 4 July 2011
In this episode of the Monthly Munchies, Brother D & Miss Bren tackle Season of the Witch. |
Thu, 30 June 2011
![]() Yes, it IS possible to have a post-apocalypse without zombies, and this is the first monthly episode of MOZ's Post-Apocalyptic Summer. Brother D reviews the movie Steel Dawn (dir. Lance Hool) and he's joined by Miss Bren to talk about the movies The War Game (dir. Peter Watkins) and Panic in Year Zero! (dir. Ray Milland). We have a question for the PAQ, or Post-Apocalyptic Quiz, post-apocalyptic news, post-apocalyptic movie trailers . . . and the Feedback Discussion (and even the briefest of mentions of post-apocalyptic porn). Rage comic page progress - http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/455/rage-page-process |
Wed, 15 June 2011
![]() Can you count the number of times Brother D drops the "needle-scratching-across-a-record" sound effect into Episode 165 of Mail Order Zombie, your weekly zombie movie and media podcast since 2008? Someone needs to go into his hard drive and delete that .mp3 . . . maybe while they're listening to the two reviews this week? Brother D takes at look at Garden of the Dead (dir. John Hayes) and Super Zombies: Long Live the Dead II (dir. Keith Samland). Some contest winners are announced, and a new contest - courtesy of Top Trumps - is launched, and the rest of the show features what you've come to expect from MOZ - Professor Chad and the Zombie Aptitude Test, Need-a-Nickname Scott and the Zombie Beat and Miss Bren joining Brother D for the Feedback Discussion. |
Wed, 8 June 2011
Go back to May 2011 with Brother D and Miss Bren to the panel 'Zombie or Not?' where they were joined by Mark Rahner (Rotten) and wrestler Ronnie Angel to argue . . . um . . . discuss what makes a zombie/zombie movie at Crypticon Seattle 2011. |
Mon, 6 June 2011
MOZ Presents: The Munchies is BACK as The Montly Munchies. On the first Monday of the month, Mail Order Zombie will release a non-zombie-rific episode of horror podcasting, and in this inaugural episode, Brother D takes a look at the DVD release from JABB pictures The Collective Presents Vol. 1: The Meat Eater (and there's a contest to win a copy of this DVD for yourself!) and the Blu-ray releases of Dementia 13 (dir. Francis Ford Coppola) and The Terror (dir. Roger Corman). After these reviews, Brother D welcomes to the show writer/podcaster/film composer/horror enthusiast Willy Greer. |
Thu, 2 June 2011
![]() Brother D and Miss Bren are catching their breath after last week's Crypticon Seattle, and the Mail Order Zombie Family is on board to help fill out the show while they unpack and reflect on the con. Need-a-Nickname Scott rocks the Zombie Beat with the best in the past two weeks' zombie news, Tracey brings two book reviews (Breathers: A Zombie's Lament by S. G. Browne and Handling the Undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist), Professor Chad reviews the answers from last month's ZAT and presents this months Zombie Aptitude Test question . . . and while Miss Bren is putting away the dirty clothes and empty suitcase, Brother D sneaks in a review of 2007's Long Live the Dead (dir. Keith Samland). Two celebrities from Crypticon (briefly) found their way into the Crypticon discussion, and if you like Midnight Syndicate, Miss Bren has a way for you to win a copy of their album The Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates. |
Wed, 25 May 2011
![]() Brother D and Miss Bren and getting ready for Crypticon Seattle 2011, and while they're getting ready to participate in a few panels in Seattle, The Matt Hatter takes you back to Atlanta for a panel from Dragon*Con 2010. Writers S. M. Stirling, Michael Z. Williamson, Christopher Golden, Scott Sigler and Dead Letter Award-winner Jonathan Maberry participate in the Writer's Apocalyptic Super Panel where they discuss their books, their unique approaches to the apocalypse (post- and otherwise), zombies, epidemics, Homeland Security and alien invasions. |
Thu, 19 May 2011
![]() This is how Mail Order Zombie celebrates reviewing 300 movies! Brother D and Zombie Hunter Tony (author of Kings of the Dead and co-host of the Wasteland Wanderers podcast) hit Portland's Hollywood Theatre last week for a 35m print screening of Dr. Butcher MD (aka Zombie Holocaust; dir. Marino Girolami, aka Frank Martin) and share their thoughts on it this week (Obrero!); when he wasn't at the theater, Brother D was back at MOZ Central reviewing Broken Springs (dir. Neelet Lawson) and The Frankenstein Syndrome (dir. Sean Tretta). We've got the current Zombie Aptitude Test courtesy of Professor Chad, the contest for 2 ladies t-shirts courtesy of Abner the Comedy Zombie and the Zombie Beat with the best damn zombie news reporter in the MOZ Family, Need-a-Nickname Scott. And the best damn wife in the MOZ Family (sorry ladies!), Miss Bren joins Brother D for the Feedback Discussion. |
Thu, 12 May 2011
Mail Order Zombie is slowly narrowing in on reviewing 300 zombie movies, and Episode 162.5 brings us right up to that (not really) magic number with three more movie reviews. Brother D and Need-a-Nickname Scott dish out the Headshots with the movies Zombie Punk Attack (dir. Aaron Cline, Michael Giannott), Rising Up: The Story of the Zombie Rights Movement (dir. Laura Moss) and Zombiethon (dir. Ken Dixon). Professor Chad is taking answers for this month's Zombie Aptitude Test question, and we've got another contest this week! |
Wed, 4 May 2011
![]() Dead Letter Award winner Tony Schaab (The G.O.R.E. Score) drops by Mail Order Zombie #162 to talk about his current projects, what he's got coming up and gives us a glimpse at Plan 9 (dir. John Johnson), the upcoming remake of Plan 9 From Outer Space (dir. Ed Wood). Additionally, Brother D reviews 1991's The Boneyard (dir. James Cummins) and then chats with JD Fugate (recorded at HorrorHound Weekend) before reviewing his movie Brokeback Zombie. Miss Bren joins the show - as always - for the Feedback Discussion, and we announce the winner of the Zombie - Eat Fresh t-shirt (provided courtesy of T-Shirt Bordello). And check out the news - Need-a-Nickname Scott put in some overtime (and still isn't getting paid) and has put together and extra-special slice of Zombie Beat. (Various production music produced by Kevin MacLeod.) |
Wed, 27 April 2011
![]() Brother D sneaks in two zombie movie reviews (2005's Red State, dir. Jeremiah Lewis, and Zombie Psycho STHLM, dir. Micke Engström) after Miss Bren helps him announce the winners of the Robert R. Best and Edward J. Russell book contests but before a recording from Dragon*Con 2010. MOZ Family Member The Matt Hatter attended the panel "How to Pimp Your Zombie" and we owe him a HUGE thanks for sharing the panel with Mail Order Zombie! |
Sat, 23 April 2011
This latest Mail Order Zombie promo was created by two members of the MOZ Family! You'll recognize their voices - HUGE thanks to Wayne Kotke and Zombie Farmer! |
Thu, 21 April 2011
O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou episode of Mail Order Zombie? It's right here, Shakespeare. This is Episode 161 of MOZ, and this week, Brother D tackles the movies Romeo & Juliet vs. The Living Dead (dir. Ryan Denmark) and Zombie Farm (2009) (dir. Ricardo Islas). A new contest featuring a t-shirt from T-Shirt Bordello is announced, Miss Bren forces the Feedback Discussion to run longer than normal, Professor Chad still needs your ZAT answers and Need-a-Nickname Scott runs down all the news you need in the Zombie Beat. |
Wed, 13 April 2011
Need-a-Nickname Scott and Brother D go back in time to listen to some pseudo-Buddy Holly and a a good dose of rockabilly when they review the movies Buddy Bebop vs. the Living Dead (dir. Justin Cash Kirkpatrick) and Flick (dir. David Howard). And don't forget the current Zombie Aptitude Test! |
Thu, 7 April 2011
Brother D & Miss Bren kick off Episode 160 with a quick personal message before diving into three reviews (Zombie Babies, dir. Eamon Hardiman; Among the Dead, dir. Michael Kraus; The Defiled, dir. Julian Grant), an interview (filmmaker/actor/podcaster/t-shirt designer Chris L. Dillon), the Zombie Aptitude Test with Chad, the Zombie Beat with Scott, a contest winner announcement, and some of the best feedback EVER. |
Thu, 31 March 2011
Brother D and Miss Bren attended all three days of HorrorHound Weekend Indianapolis 2011, spent a few extra days in Indiana to hang with Need-a-Nickname Scott and Tracey, flew home Wednesday night . . . and uploaded Mail Order Zombie Episode 159.5 with coverage from the HorrorHound event! Prepare your ears for interviews, contests, criticisms, good times and Corey Feldman! |
Thu, 24 March 2011
Twas the Thursday before HorrorHound Weekend, and all through the . . . um . . . podcast . . . ? Whatever . . . This is Episode 159 of Mail Order Zombie, and this week, Brother D gets back to business and reviews the movies Zombie Honeymoon (dir. David Gebroe) and See the Dead (dir. Robert W. Filion). Need-a-Nickname Scott is on vacation this week, so Brother D also tackles the regular round-up of zombie news in the Zombie Beat, but before Scott took off, he sent in a review of the novel The Infection by Craig DiLouie. Miss Bren helps D tackle nearly a month's worth of emails and voicemails in the Feedback Discussion (the Discussion was kicked off with a call-in report from the recent Monster Mania Con, courtesy of Zombart!). |
Wed, 16 March 2011
While the Mail Order Zombie crew recovers from last week's Dead Letter Awards, why don't you sit back and enjoy a chat with Zombie Number One? The movie River of Darkness is hitting DVD shelves at the end of March, and playing against type in the movie is Bill Hinzman, who joined Derek for a discussion about the movie as well as his role in zombiedom. After this interview, we go back in time to 2008 to join Jonathan Maberry, Dennis Tafoya, Edward Pettit and Tony Finan for a panel discussion about our favorite subject. (This panel was conducted when Maberry's Zombie CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead was hitting shelves, and was recorded by The Matt Hatter.) And remember - we're still accepting answers for the current Zombie Aptitude Question! Email us at MailOrderZombie@gmail.com or call us at 206-202-2505! Bill Hinzman, Night of the Living Dead's Zombie Number One - http://zombie1.com/ |
Thu, 10 March 2011
You are cordially invited to join us at the Romero Theatre for the 3rd Annual Mail Order Zombie Dead Letter Awards where we'll recognize the best in zombie movies and media from 2010! Brother D and Miss Bren are your hosts, and fellow podcasters and Mail Order Zombie Family Members are lined up to present awards like Best Movie, Best Videogame, Best Score, etc., etc. Special musical guests round out the program! (More detailed shownotes will be made available in the aftermath this weekend!) |
Wed, 2 March 2011
![]() While Brother D and Miss Bren and getting ready for the 3rd Annual Dead Letter Awards, you'll get to hear an interview with Adolfo Dorta about the upcoming convention Days of the Dead. After we look ahead to that convention, we'll look back at Chattacon 37 earlier this year with a question-and-answer session with Melissa Cowan, aka Bicycle Girl from The Walking Dead. The Zombie Aptitude Test is back with a new professor, and the winner of the Danger. Zombies. Run. DVD is announced. |
Thu, 24 February 2011
![]() Episode 157 is the Dead Letter Award catch-up episode! Brother D reviews three Dead Letter Award-nominated zombies movies on his own - Rammbock/Siege of the Dead (dir. Marvin Kren), The Dead Can't Dance (dir. Rodrick Pocowatchit) and E'gad, Zombies! (dir. Matthew Butler) - and is then joined by Aaron from the DLA-nominated The Zed Word: Zombie Blog to review and discuss La Horde/The Horde (dir. Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher). That's four movie reviews, plus we have a bonus webcomic review (courtesy of Adorable Kate), the news (courtesy of Need-A-Nickname Scott, who's going on a scouting mission for all of us next week when he and his wife Tracey take a trip Walt Disney World), and the Feedback Discussion (courtesy of Miss Bren). (We had some Feedback about Episode 156.6, and to avoid spoiling Survivors, this Feedback appears at the very end of this episode.) |
Wed, 16 February 2011
Finally! After months of mentioning it on the show, Miss Bren and Brother D sit down to discuss the BBC series Survivors (2008-2010). When they started recording this segment, their intention was to include this discussion in Mail Order Zombie #156, but because they talked about the series for over an hour, it's become it's own episode. (Before the discussion, Brother D does share a bit of news regarding Mail Order Zombie.) Email us at MailOrderZombie@gmail.com or call us at 206-202-2505! Rondo Hatton Awards - http://rondoaward.com/rondo/rondos.html (Various production music produced by Kevin MacLeod.) |
Sat, 12 February 2011
The official ballot for the 2010 Annual Dead Letter Awards is now on-line! The Dead Letter Awards, or DLAs, is the annual Mail Order Zombie event celebrating the best in zombie movies and media from the previous year. Only one nominee can be selected per category; every category has the option of a write-in vote. You need not vote in every category, but you must include your name and email address for your vote to be counted; only one ballot per person. The voting period runs from 2/12/11-3/6/11. The Dead Letter Awards show will take place during Mail Order Zombie #158, 3/10/11. Dead Letter Award nominees were nominated by the public during an open nomination period in January 2011. |
Thu, 10 February 2011
Episode 156 of Mail Order Zombie finds Brother D doing (one of the things!) what he does best (or, at least HE'D like to think so!). He reviews three more zombie movies - Dawn of the Mummy (dir. Frank Agrama), Hell is Full (dir. Steve Hudgins) and Alice Jacobs is Dead (dir. Alex Horwitz). Need-a-Nickname Scott expands the Zombie Beat to include news of the post-apocalyptic variety, Brother D announces two new contests and Miss Bren names the winner of the Resident Evil: Afterlife Blu-ray. And Feedback? There's plenty! |
Wed, 2 February 2011
A few months ago, Need-a-Nickname Scott found the website for the movie Danger. Zombies. Run. (dir. Brian Wimer). He learned that it was playing at a local film festival, but he wasn't able to see the movie in that festival setting. Now, a few months later, he and Brother D were able to watch the movie on DVD, and during an impromptu Skype recording session, they discuss it (with SPOILERS!). Danger. Zombies. Run. - http://www.dangerzombiesrun.com/ Email us at MailOrderZombie@gmail.com or call us at 206-202-2505! |
Wed, 26 January 2011
Mail Order Zombie is three-years-old, and we celebrate with three more zombie movie reviews! This week, Brother D reviews Adventures in Zombie-Sitting (dir. Beau Batterson), Fear No Evil (dir. Frank LaLoggia) and Night of Redemption (dir. Paolo Carascon and Michael Haboush). Also, December's Zombie Aptitude Test answers are finally reviewed, there's some near-changes at the Zombie Beat Newsdesk and Miss Bren regeals us with stories of ziplining in Vegas in the Feedback Discussion. |
Wed, 19 January 2011
Thanks to MOZ Family Member Flitzer of the Dead, we have a recording from Das Weekend of Horrors which took place in Bottrop, Germany in November 2010. This question-and-answer session features one of our favorite cousins - Tom Savini. Flitzer of the Dead worked with Sebastion from the website GruselSeite.com to provide this audio. |
Thu, 13 January 2011
![]() Brother D and Miss Bren took a mini-vacation this past week, but thanks to the MOZ Family, we still have Episode 154 ready for download. The following MOZ Family Members contributed to the show this week: Silent Death (Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry), Coffin Nail Neil (Kings of the Dead by Tony Faville), 'dillo (Boy Eats Girl directed by Stephen Bradley) and Zombart (ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction directed by Kevin Hamedani). A new installment of Med of Dead also appears this week courtesy of Dr. J (and his assistant). Brother D can't get away from zombie movies for too long, though, as he'll review and discuss Resident Evil: Afterlife (dir. Paul W. S. Anderson) with Miss Bren and Need-a-Nickname Scott. |
Wed, 5 January 2011
The time? April 3, 2010, 3pm. The place? Norwescon 33. The panel? "Zombies: Origin of the Species." The panelists? Steven Barnes, The Reverend En Fuego, Mark Rahner. The moderator? Derek M. Koch (aka Brother D). |
Wed, 29 December 2010
The final 2010 episode of Mail Order Zombie, and Brother D gets . . . Mutated? Mutant'ed? Frenched? In Episode 153, he runs a Mutant double feature and reviews the 1984 movie Mutant (dir. John Cardos) and the 2009 film Mutants (dir. David Morlet). Before getting hit with the double dose of mutation, he reviews the short zombie movie Not Even Death (dir. Monica Winter Vigil). Also in the episode, an announcement is made about the 3rd Annual Mail Order Zombie Dead Letter Awards and if you listen carefully, you'll get to hear where D will be for at least part of New Year's Day. Need-a-Nickname Scott and Miss Bren round out the episode. |
Sun, 26 December 2010
MOZ Family Theatre: Return of the Zombei |
Thu, 23 December 2010
For six glorious weeks in 2010, audiences around the world proved that zombies have a home on television. The Walking Dead broke ratings records, and in this episode of Mail Order Zombie, Brother D and Miss Bren take a critical look at the final two episodes of the first season, and discuss what they hope the second season will bring. |
Sun, 19 December 2010
Brother D takes a look the Christmas genre offering Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (dir. Jalmari Helander), and in the middle of the review, he gets sidetracked and talks about Millcreek Entertainment's 2010 releases. |
Thu, 16 December 2010
![]() This is the last "regular" episode of Mail Order Zombie of 2010, and Brother D tackles the holiday season by reviewing two Christmas-themed zombie movies - Silent Night, Zombie Night (dir. Sean Cain) and Santa Claus Versus the Zombies (dir. Gary Bonilla). To not get too ho-ho-ho'ed out, Brother D turns to Need-a-Nickname Scott, who joins him for a review of Death of the Dead (dir. Gary King), and then rocks a solo review of Stag Night of the Dead (dir. Neil Jones). Four zombie movie reviews in one episode? It's a Christmas miracle. And you know who else is a miracle? Miss Bren. She braves the backlog of Feedback in this week's Feedback Discussion. Another miracle? Brother D and Miss Bren manage to make it through the Feedback Discussion without COMPLETELY derailing the show. |
Sun, 12 December 2010
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Thu, 9 December 2010
The classic Romero film Day of the Dead is the topic dejour of Episode 150 of Mail Order Zombie (as is Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)! Miss Bren finally sat down to watch the third film in the ...Dead franchise (it's the fourth ...Dead film she's watched, fifth if you count Shaun..., but that's not really a Romero film so nevermind!), and she joins Brother D to discuss the movie. Brother D resurrects the review he produced of the film's soundtrack album (from way back in Episode 53), and Need-a-Nickname Scott - when he's not dishing the news in the Zombie Beat - takes a look at the original screenplay for the film. A few friends of the show and Mail Order Zombie Family Members also call in their thoughts on the film. And because Brother D both called Miss Bren's bluff and had his own bluff called, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs also gets the Mail Order Zombie treatment (and the Family Movie Night podcast helped out with that!). After the Feedback Discussion (was that . . . Honeydew . . . ?), we'll flash black to this past summer's Famous Monsters of Filmland Convention for the Day of the Dead panel (featuring Mark Tierno, Terry Alexander, Gary Klar, Joe Pilato, Michael Gornick; moderated by Billy Graham) courtesy of Need-a-Nickname Scott and his wife Tracey. |
Sun, 5 December 2010
A special word from two special members of the MOZ Family! |
Thu, 2 December 2010
This is the last episode of Mail Order Zombie before Miss Bren gets Day of the Dead'ed in our special 150th episode next week! Episode 149 features reviews of the movies The Mental Dead (2003, dir. Adam Deyoe) and Lynch Mob (2010, dir. Byron Erwin). Last month's Zombie Aptitude Test questions are reviewed before a new ZAT is aimed at the MOZ Family, and near the beginning of the Feedback Discussion, Miss Bren and Brother D talk a bit (more) about The Walking Dead, and Need-a-Nickname Scott takes a break from Movin' Like Berney to bring the week's select zombie news in the Zombie Beat. (Various production music produced by Kevin MacLeod) |
Thu, 25 November 2010
Happy Thanksgiving, and thanks for listening to Mail Order Zombie Episode 148, the final week of Rise of the Dead Reich, the Nazi Zombie Movie Month! This week, Brother D casts his gaze into the murky waters of 1981's Zombie Lake (dir. Jean Rollin). On a non-Nazi-zombie-related note, he also spends some quality time with a single zombie in the movie Make-Out With Violence (dir. The Deagol Brothers). When he isn't presenting the weekly zombie news in the Zombie Beat, Need-a-Nickname Scott reviews the novel Paul is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion by Alan Goldsher, and of course, Miss Bren helps keep the show on track when she joins Brother D for the Feedback Discussion. This is the final week for November's Zombie Aptitude Test, and as a BONUS at the end of the episode, we present the very first episode of Mail Order Zombie Family Theatre with the story "Zack Bites Back." |
Mon, 22 November 2010
Brother D and Miss Bren throw off the chains of remaining Spoiler-free and talk about The Walking Dead with no restraint! Along the way, Miss Bren gets distracted by snow and Brother D gets dangerously close to adding the suffix -ocalypse to too many words. |
Thu, 18 November 2010
How do you say the words kilts, lesbian, armageddon, bad acting, good lyrics, nachos, inappropriate use of water fowl anatomy, television, divorce, and, um, Nazi in German? In podcasting language, all these words MIGHT be pronounced "Mail Order Zombie Episode 147." In this week's episode, Brother D reviews the movies Cupcake: A Zombie Lesbian Musical from director Rebecca Thomson and Armageddon of the Dead from director Damon Crump. For Rise of the Dead Reich, he takes a look at the 1943 film Revenge of the Zombies from director Steve Sekely. The third episode of The Walking Dead aired here in the states last Sunday, so Miss Bren joins Brother D for another spoiler-free discussion of the television show (it's getting tougher and tougher to stay spoiler-free!), and Need-a-Nickname Scott has the news in the Zombie Beat. This week's Feedback Discussion runs a bit on the long-side this week, so consider yourself warned, but, hey, you watch bad zombie after bad zombie movie with Brother D, right? You can probably handle some extra emails and voicemails from the Mail Order Zombie family! |
Mon, 15 November 2010
A podcast listener hasn't exactly asked for help, but he's going to get it anyway. |