In this October podcast episode, our hosts dive deep into the spooky spirit by exploring the first-ever feature-length zombie film, “White Zombie” from 1932. This groundbreaking film introduced the world to the concept of zombies as we know them today, and it remains an influential work of horror cinema over 90 years later. While they’re discussing the film, Karen and Greg will be enjoying a “Witch Doctor” cocktail, a delicious and spooky drink perfect for Halloween! So grab a drink, sit back, and enjoy this informative and entertaining look at one of the most important horror films ever made. Karen found the recipe below on food.com.

Witch Doctor Cocktail Recipe

• 1 oz light rum
• 1 oz coconut rum
• 3 oz orange juice
• 1 oz cranberry juice
• 1/2 oz dark rum
• 1 maraschino cherry
• 1 orange slice

Instructions:

1. In a glass filled with ice, pour light rum and coconut rum.
   
2. Add cranberry juice.
   
3. Fill with orange juice and float dark rum on top.
   
4. Garnish with cherry and orange slice.
   

A Brief Synopsis: Murder Legendre is the menacingly named zombie master of Haiti. Charles Beaumont goes to him when he needs help for a twisted plan. Spurned in marriage by Madeline Short, Beaumont has decided on a simple solution: kill Short and bring her back as a zombie. Then he can be with her forever. The only problem comes when Legendre keeps the fetching girl for himself — and her new husband comes to Madeline’s rescue.

Some of the topics discussed and highlights of this episode include:

• As you can imagine, there are many references to Rob Zombie and the band “White Zombie”.
  
• We learn about the islands that make up the West Indies.
  
• Karen tells us all about vultures.
  
• We learn that the song played by Madeline on the piano is “Liebestraum” by Franz Liszt.
  
• Do you know what is the poorest country in the world?
  
• Greg gives us a short review of the Rob Zombie concert he attended recently.
  

Our rating of the film:

This movie was so bad that it took us 4 cocktails to get through it.

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