Happy Horror for the Holidays! This episode has been in the works for the last year. In this episode, we look at the 2018 Christmas Zombie Musical Anna and The Apocalypse.
Directed by John McPhail. Written by Ryan McHenry and Alan McDonald. Based on McHenry’s 2010 BAFTA-nominated short Zombie Musical. Starring: Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux, Marli Siu, Ben Wiggins, Mark Benton, and Paul Kaye.
Trigger Warnings for this episode are: zombie violence and gore, strong language, some sexual material, and Frightening & Intense Scenes
Cocktail:
The Festive Legend
Mulled Wine
7up
Lemonade
A Splash of Orange Juice
Garnish with an orange slice
Equal parts 7up and Mulled Wine. One part lemonade. Add a splash of orange juice to taste.
Recommendations:
8 Women (Femmes) (2002)
Written and directed by François Ozon.
Based on the 1958 play by Robert Thomas
Starring Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Ludivine Sagnier, and Firmine Richard
Revolving around an eccentric family of women and their employees in the 1950s, the film follows eight women as they gather to celebrate Christmas in an isolated, snowbound cottage only to find Marcel, the family patriarch, dead with a knife in his back. Trapped in the house, every woman becomes a suspect, each having her own motive and secret.
Shaun of The Dead (2004)
Directed by Edgar Wright
Written by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg
Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, and Dylan Moran
A man’s uneventful life is disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.
Nativity! (2009)
Directed by Debbie Isitt
Written by Debbie Isitt
Starring: Martin Freeman, Marc Wooten, Jason Watkins, Ashley Jensen, and Pam Ferris
An uptight but secretly heartbroken primary school teacher’s little white lie about Hollywood coming to see his class’ nativity play grows like wildfire in his rag-tag school low on self-esteem
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Once More With Feeling
S6 Ep. 7 (2001)
In this musical extravaganza, Sunnydale residents find themselves bursting into song, and flame, when a demon attempts to make Dawn his bride.
Links:
https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/venues/riverside-museum
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