“The plague of the zombies” – (1966, UK, 91 minutes – NR)
How about some cartoons before the main attraction? You can either rent or stream “Happy Tree Friends” cartoons before watching “the plague of the zombies”: short and oh-so-very-cute animations with cartoonish beavers, elks, hedgehogs, anteaters, bears and squirrels getting ‘dispatched’ in extremely gruesome ways…
In Jesse Jackson’s tone: enucleation, decapitation, immolation, evisceration, amputation, the list goes on.
So good it even makes me wince at times, and you have to love the little public service tips at the end of each short: “don’t forget to floss”, “a smile doesn’t cost anything”, etc.
And if you are familiar with the series, you ought to revisit it every so often. It will keep you sane in a mad world. Yes, really.
Now, onto our feature, “the plague of the zombies”: in late 19th century England, Sir James Forbes (Andre Morell) receives word from a former student practicing in a small village in Cornwall that strange deaths are occurring amongst the local population.
Watch the trailer here:
The former student, now Doctor Peter Tompson (Brook Williams), is relieved to see Sir James turn up to assist, but his wife Alice (Jacqueline Pearce), well not so much.
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