A series of 1950 short films on how to survive a Zombie Holocaust.This film was created using a lot of Public Domain films from the Prelinger Archives, so it makes sense that it should reside in Archive.org

Written by Paul Scofield



Directed by Joey Carrillo



Actors



Mom

Dawn Boult



Dad

John W. Hathorn IV



Billy

Douglas Rabold



Sister

Camie Gillespie



Naoko Cuervas

Ballerina Zombie



Johnathan Hernandez

Kitchen Zombie



Steve Strange

Wrench Zombie



Karen Strange & Baby Girl Strange

Pregnant Zombie



Mike J. Scofield

Hand Biting Zombie



Karen L. Scofield

Poodle Skirt Zombie



N. Gayle Scofield

Momma Zombie



Michael A. Scofield

Mechanic Zombie



Michelle LaHomme

Decapitated Zombie



Paula L. Sawyer

Nurse Zombie



Jon Gillespie

Lumberjack Zombie



Alli Gillespie

Cheerleader Zombie



Akika J Reimonenq

Greaser Zombie 1



Wynter Rabold

Little Girl Zombie



Danyon Rabold

Young Boy Zombie



Lance Camarillo

Greaser Zombie 2



Laura Cuevas

Graduate Zombie



Deborah Cavazos

Sock Hop Zombie



Ashley McKay

Bobby Socks Zombie



Zombie King

Carlos Pina



| Animation by Jose Carrillo |





Public Domain Films used:



Communism (1952) Producer: Coronet Instructional Films



Speech: Platform Posture and Appearance (1949) Producer: Centron Corporation



Your Name Here (ca. 1960) Producer: Calvin Communications



Tuberculosis (Third Edition) (1955) Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films



Heart and Circulation (1937) Producer: ERPI Classroom Films, Inc.



What to Do in a Gas Attack (1942) Producer: Filmedia Corp.



Atom Bomb [Joe Bonica's Movie of the Month] (1955) Producer: Bonica (Joe)







2006 Lone Bannana Productions

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Reviewer: letsay - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 23, 2020

Subject: Bravo! Two ingredients are so well married in the video: the absurdity of the situation and the clichés aboud America. It's pure fun. Well done!

It's also interesting to note how the reviews vary over time.

The 'politically correct view' - sorry folks - is so shallow here; for instance, jews made jokes about the war: it is a profound means to overcome pain and deal with life (and a complex theme in Psychology). So, if you're Canadian, have a beer with an American and laugh on the irony of the video together - that's the point, not to start a war because of a comic video on zombies, for God's sake! - August 23, 2020Bravo!

Reviewer: Timdonahue - favorite favorite favorite - June 30, 2020

Subject: Needs some degrading The narration is too clear. It needs some pops and static.

Needs a cheesy music bed behind the narration.

The voice-over needs to be a deep-voiced baritone. - June 30, 2020Needs some degrading

Reviewer: sunsun333 - favorite - May 4, 2020

Subject: hate hate hate i think that this is messed up i and a pansexual and i should be ok with that, my dad is black my family is non religious and we have so many canadian friends its not funny. and for those people who will come after me for this comment, i know that its a damn joke ok im not stupid but still this is not ok i mean what if you were gay and i said all gay people should die just lidding how would you feel..... exactly but i like gore so that why there is one star - May 4, 2020hate hate hate

Reviewer: M4SS - favorite - December 23, 2016

Subject: done very poorly everything about this is bad did not find it funny at all i found it it to be offencive actually being canadian. Figures typical american think they are better then everyone else. - December 23, 2016done very poorly everything about this is bad

Reviewer: floridacracker8188 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 30, 2013

Subject: Low budget Low budget No. No budget yes. Great Job Joey. - December 30, 2013Low budget

Reviewer: DougDannger - favorite - April 13, 2013

Subject: Not Good Real gar-BAZH. No laughs here. - April 13, 2013Not Good

Reviewer: pkkms - favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 22, 2012

Subject: Plan 8.5 This is Ed Woodish... - June 22, 2012Plan 8.5

Reviewer: AlfaMale26 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 21, 2011

Subject: Love this... OK, maybe my view is a little skewed since little Billy is my son IRL. Regardless, this video was a HUGE hit at a local film festival. It has also gone on to be featured internationally in music videos! Run, Billy! - December 21, 2011Love this...

Reviewer: recarter64 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 17, 2011

Subject: Outstanding! This film should be mandatory viewing in elementary school,and schools should have monthly zombie drills,that is the only way for our kids to stop this horrible menace! - May 17, 2011Outstanding!

Reviewer: Dr Feel Rotten - favorite favorite favorite - January 7, 2011

Subject: Suffice it to say... Most people if attacked by zombies would merely be overcome and let themselves be chewed to itsy bitsy pieces because A. They're lazy B. Stupid C. Greedy and wouldn't bother helping another living soul.

Most people would simply close the door and go back to watching Jerry Springer or Opra or Football or whatever while the zombies would sneak up behind them and chew their heads off thus perpetuating the zombie menace.

Good thing we have the internet to spread the good word of how to ignore advice when needed! - January 7, 2011Suffice it to say...

Reviewer: kareneliot - favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 31, 2009

Subject: BRAVO! OUTSTANDING!!! - October 31, 2009BRAVO!

Reviewer: radioman714 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 15, 2009

Subject: What a great clip Joey, that was way too funny...I've sent the link to at least 20 friends...



Thanks for the laughs !!! - August 15, 2009What a great clip

Reviewer: Joey Carrillo - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 8, 2009

Subject: Short hair...? Well, we shot this thing in one day, nobody was paid, most of the zombies supplied their own costumes AND makeup, and the most expensive thing I had to pay for was lunch, which consisted of around 100 hot dogs, couple of big cans of chili, a tub-o-mustard, buns, sodas and bottled water.



I felt that it would have been cruel to make the kid cut his hair without paying him...



:)



Joey Carrillo - January 8, 2009Short hair...?

Reviewer: bestpbx - favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 8, 2009

Subject: This was great... except... the little kid's hair is WAY too long for the days when we were all forced to sit through films in school that told us what was best for us to become responsible adults with good paying jobs. - January 8, 2009This was great... except...

Reviewer: Tony M Nyphot - favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 15, 2008

Subject: zombie attack

very well made and with tongue firmly planted in cheek.i enjoyed it. tony - May 15, 2008zombie attack

Reviewer: Shadows_Girl - favorite favorite favorite - December 27, 2007

Subject: ISSUE THE CRICKET BATS I quite enjoyed this mash-up and I thought the interweaving of bits from actual Civil Defense films about gas attack and the nuclear threat along with a lot of young people clearly having a BLAST playing Zombies (not to mention those playing the hapless family) was quite impressive considering the equipment and software you probably had to work with. A great job by all, I say!!! Keep up the good work, Jose, you may be the next Spielberg! - December 27, 2007ISSUE THE CRICKET BATS

Reviewer: Frank Menzel - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 15, 2007

Subject: Great work! This movie is great! I really appreciate your work folks. - November 15, 2007Great work!

Reviewer: mr_loophead - favorite favorite favorite - November 3, 2007

Subject: new vs. old i kept thinking 'okay this is made in some cheesy apartment last year and it's supposed to look like it's from the 50's'....other than that, i enjoyed it. - November 3, 2007new vs. old

Reviewer: The Blue One - favorite favorite - October 26, 2007

Subject: Eh. Mimicking old 50's educational movies pretty much never works, just because you'd need to also mimic the sound quality and, of course, the type of voice, which takes skilled acting. Homemade introductions and other footage you're going to put in the movie and give a "vintage" effect, that's another thing, because these effects that are in film editing software are usually very unrealistic, just because the software isn't changing the FPS. I'm going to stop ranting now, but for the reasons I've stated above, I'm quite despondent to give this vintage parody, or almost all parodies of old educational movies more than 2 stars. - October 26, 2007Eh.

Reviewer: Awed - - October 17, 2007

Subject: Re: schizoid man's offhand comment Hmm have to comment on this one, quickly. I don't think that the global warming scare is "ridiculous." Neither do the vast majority of our scientists who study global warming. The fact is that Carbon Dioxide absorbs more heat than other atmospheric gasses so the more in the atmosphere the hotter the atmosphere will get. I find it odd that people will still believe a rogue source without doing any independent research on it themselves, over the in depth research of thousands of people. It may be true that global warming will not be as devastating as we think it will be, however, as far as I know, in my limited understanding of global warming, there is ample evidence that our planet is getting hotter. - October 17, 2007Re: schizoid man's offhand comment

Reviewer: theschizoidman - favorite favorite favorite - October 7, 2007

Subject: Think the '50s were silly, just wait. Juuuuust wait. Just think, in about 30 years kids will be making similarly clever parodies about the ridiculous Global Warming Scare of the early 2000s and the New World Order conspiracies and narrated in a 'edgy, MTVish in your face' style so indicative of our present era of Ad Council smugness. Boy, are our grandchildren going to have laugh. - October 7, 2007Think the '50s were silly, just wait. Juuuuust wait.

Reviewer: Havvocc - favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 22, 2007

Subject: God is on our side This film is a wonderful and spot on depection of how America will triumph over the godless communists and their evil zombie henchmen. - September 22, 2007God is on our side

Reviewer: natalka9 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 13, 2007

Subject: This video reminds me This video reminds me chemical, biological and nuclear attacks videos we really saw in the shelter basement of highscholl in komunist Ukraine. Those activities conducted by our sweet shell shocked at the Second World War Colonel.

We had then a practical war preparing lessons, visiting shooting practice.

Such a good memories. I really miss that good times, thank you.

It took time to unzombinize me, but today I can manage in my life without shooting people or ripping their hands of, but I'm not a good American though - September 13, 2007This video reminds me

Reviewer: Popeye Doyle - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 10, 2007

Subject: Still true This bears some nostalgic effects for me, since I watched this in High School when I was a boy. Or was I a girl. Anyways, never thought I'd see this again. Although coming to us right from the fifties obviously, it still holds valuable information we no doubt will need to master the crisis ahead. "Watch, and learn," the teacher said. Oh, how he was right. Or she. Can't recall right now. - September 10, 2007Still true

Reviewer: vladattack - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 9, 2007

Subject: Great!!!!! This movie is so brilliant, a clever and funny way to show the average USA mentallity. I think that the people wich didnt like it is too slow to understand it or they just cant take or doesnt want to accept the truth showed in it. - September 9, 2007Great!!!!!

Reviewer: Pleonic - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 8, 2007

Subject: Thank Goodness for Government Zombie Films If only my great uncle Cletus had seen this helpful instructional film before the Great Zombie Wave of '57, I'm sure he and that entire wing of my family could have avoided being eaten by the Communist un-dead hoards.



Hilarious film! - September 8, 2007Thank Goodness for Government Zombie Films

Reviewer: HI-BRAZIL - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 2, 2007

Subject: Alienifical Terrificus Hi, very good job! very clever and funny! A true picture of the american way of life... - September 2, 2007Alienifical Terrificus

Reviewer: Pixiecherries - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 19, 2007

Subject: Priceless! Bravo. Job well done. - August 19, 2007Priceless!

Reviewer: Lilyguin - favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 17, 2007

Subject: the correct response to a zombie attack If you want to know what to do when zombies attack, or just more about zombies in general, great film.

If this isn`t a subject you`re interested in then chances are good you won`t enjoy. - August 17, 2007the correct response to a zombie attack

Reviewer: xerby - favorite favorite favorite - August 10, 2007

Subject: Zombie as in hurricane? ZEMA as in FEMA? A wee bit of political satire? And a medium waste of time. - August 10, 2007Zombie as in hurricane?

Reviewer: safetyhappy - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 9, 2007

Subject: Soo good This video is great! - August 9, 2007Soo good

Reviewer: jimelena - favorite - August 4, 2007

Subject: Ouch This actually sucks.

Not good, waste of time, whatever discourages you from watching it. - August 4, 2007Ouch

Reviewer: niteman69 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 22, 2007

Subject: Good Work. This is a good use of archive film. This is put together well. Thank you for posting this. - July 22, 2007Good Work.

Reviewer: Bicentennial Baby - - July 7, 2007

Subject: Take it off the site You're right, this shouldn't be in the archives. I was disappointed when I started playing it and could tell right away that it was "new." - July 7, 2007Take it off the site

Reviewer: SJeffH - favorite - June 19, 2007

Subject: This is Funny? Some people really think this is funny stuff here. Maybe I just don't get the punch lines. - June 19, 2007This is Funny?

Reviewer: pro edit - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 15, 2007

Subject: A very, very funny Parody! A brilliant parody of the old zombie movies. Please note that this is posted in the Archive Open Source. This is exactly the Internet Archive forum it belongs in. If you want ephemeral or documentary they have their own sections in the Archive. Open Source is filled with tens of thousands of great short videos just like this and we like it that way. - May 15, 2007A very, very funny Parody!

Reviewer: bleg1 - - May 14, 2007

Subject: wrong forum This short film should NOT be in Archive.org as it is not--in and of itself--a true historic archival film, regardless of the fact that it uses a lot of archival Prelinger footage. It is very obviously a modern day parody and is in the wrong forum. Not to put too fine a point on it, this film's inclusion in Archive.org dilutes Archive.org 's purpose and negatively impacts those looking for *truly public domain archival footage*. - May 14, 2007wrong forum

Reviewer: scottwt - favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 14, 2007

Subject: This is pretty good The black and white, the ridiculous 50s language, and the zombies. Great stuff I hope the internet produces more neat stuff like this. Really pretty funny. - May 14, 2007This is pretty good

Reviewer: ERD. - favorite - May 14, 2007

Subject: Amateurish I have seen lots of parodies like this made by teenagers. I thought this production was skilly with mediocre gag lines. - May 14, 2007Amateurish

Reviewer: stefnewage - favorite favorite favorite - March 7, 2007

Subject: censorship









you should explain to your readers why you have done this as ppl have a right to know what you don't want them too see !!







this is what they don't want you too see



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7SwOT29gbc you claim to have universal access to human knowledge but you have removed the page http://www.archive.org/details /bbc200109111654-1736you should explain to your readers why you have done this as ppl have a right to know what you don't want them too see !!this is what they don't want you too see - March 7, 2007censorship

Reviewer: HolyHole - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 5, 2007

Subject: 1950's ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER??? Was completely taken aback when I heard him say A.D.D. !!! In 1950 !



Other than that, I gotta send this link to others.



Great job. - February 5, 20071950's ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER???

Reviewer: drworm01 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 10, 2006

Subject: Pretty Quality This is funny stuff-especially the A.K.A.'s. The tone's pitch-perfect, the voice-over's great, I just wish there'd been more public-domain footage. It's only in the second of the three parts and it helps ramp-up the ridiculousness of it all.

Definitely worth downloading and burning for later. - November 10, 2006Pretty Quality