{"id":115,"date":"2012-12-10T01:06:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T01:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/?p=115"},"modified":"2012-12-10T01:06:12","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T01:06:12","slug":"mcculloch-supports-new-release-of-zombie-flesh-eaters-on-dvd-and-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2012\/12\/10\/mcculloch-supports-new-release-of-zombie-flesh-eaters-on-dvd-and-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"McCulloch supports new release of Zombie Flesh Eaters on DVD and Blu-Ray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ian McCulloch (Greg Preston, <em>Survivors<\/em>) has been widely interviewed in the horror-genre press, as part of the publicity drive in support of the release of his most celebrated zombie flick <em>Zombie Flesh Eaters<\/em> (1979) on DVD and Blu-Ray, in &#8220;a brand new high definition restoration of the original negative&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6kywkcKX9IM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrowfilms.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arrow Films<\/a> released a new DVD version and (for the first time) two separate Blu-Ray packages of the film on 3 December 2012. Amongst the special features on the release, McCulloch contributes a &#8216;UK exclusive&#8217; introduction to the movie, and in a separate mini-feature <em>Aliens, Cannibals and Zombies: A Trilogy of Italian Terror<\/em> McCulloch reflects on his &#8220;three classics of Latin horror lunacy&#8221;, <em>Zombie Flesh Eaters<\/em>, <em>Contamination<\/em> and <em>Zombie Holocaust<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>McCulloch discusses his work on <em>Zombie Flesh Eaters<\/em> in new interviews on <a href=\"http:\/\/cinemart-online.co.uk\/interviews\/61432\/interview-ian-mcculloch-talks-zombie-flesh-eaters\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>CineMart Online<\/em><\/a> (28 November); the <a href=\"http:\/\/24framez.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/11\/interview-ian-mcculloch.html\"><em>24 Frames Per Second<\/em><\/a> blog (29 November); <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/news\/61978\/zombie-flesh-eaters-star-ian-mcculloch-talks-meeting-fulci-publics-reaction-film-and-more\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Dread Central<\/em><\/a> (3 December); and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisisfakediy.co.uk\/articles\/television\/interview-ian-mcculloch\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>This is Fake DIY<\/em><\/a> (3 December).<\/p>\n<p>McCulloch was also a special guest on the <em>Starburst<\/em> horror pod-cast <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starburstmagazine.com\/podcasts\/horror-podcast\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Friday Night Fright<\/em><\/a> (Episode 10, December); and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avforums.com\/forums\/podcasts\/1709764-zombie-flesh-eaters-special.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>AV Forum<\/em><\/a> podcast (28 November). McCulloch is also interviewed in the new edition (Issue 15) of  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.screamhorrormag.com\/ian-mcculloch-the-zombie-flesh-eaters-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Scream<\/em><\/a> magazine (print only).<\/p>\n<p>McCulloch arranged a screening of <em>Zombie Flesh Eaters<\/em> to raise funds for his local golf club at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catstrand.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CatStrand<\/a> art centre in New Galloway on 9 November. McCulloch, who has been a member of the New Galloway Golf Club for decades, provided an introduction to the viewing and afterwards: &#8220;gave an insight into show business and entertained with a series of songs he has written.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dgstandard.co.uk\/galloway-news\/news\/2012\/11\/15\/zombie-night-pulls-in-cash-for-golf-club-51311-32232250\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Galloway News<\/em><\/a>, 15 November 2012). The \u00a3200 raised at the event will go towards the cost of additional drainage on the course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian McCulloch (Greg Preston, Survivors) has been widely interviewed in the horror-genre press, as part of the publicity drive in support of the release of his most celebrated zombie flick Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979) on DVD and Blu-Ray, in &#8220;a brand new high definition restoration of the original negative&#8221;. &nbsp; Arrow Films released a new &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2012\/12\/10\/mcculloch-supports-new-release-of-zombie-flesh-eaters-on-dvd-and-blu-ray\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;McCulloch supports new release of Zombie Flesh Eaters on DVD and Blu-Ray&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cast-news","category-interviews-cast","category-media-coverage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9n8B4-1R","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}