Jose CarrilloWhat To Do In A Zombie Attack (2006)

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

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Reviewer: Tony M Nyphot - - May 15, 2008
Subject: zombie attack

very well made and with tongue firmly planted in
cheek.i enjoyed it. tony

Reviewer: Shadows_Girl - - 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!

Reviewer: Frank Menzel - - November 15, 2007
Subject: Great work!

This movie is great! I really appreciate your work folks.

Reviewer: mr_loophead - - 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.

Reviewer: Joey Carrillo - - October 31, 2007
Subject: Prelinger Mashups

All I know is that everyone involved enjoyed making the short film, and the most it cost was hot dogs, buns, chili, and chips for 40 people. Even used my personal camera.

The short was made out of fun, and NOT to "upset" anyone. Of course, it may very well do so anyway, so ... so be it.

Reviewer: The Blue One - - 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.

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.

Reviewer: theschizoidman - - 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.

Reviewer: Havvocc - - 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.

Reviewer: natalka9 - - 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

Reviewer: Popeye Doyle - - 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.

Reviewer: vladattack - - 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.

Reviewer: Pleonic - - 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!

Reviewer: HI-BRAZIL - - September 2, 2007
Subject: Alienifical Terrificus

Hi, very good job! very clever and funny! A true picture of the american way of life...

Reviewer: Pixiecherries - - August 19, 2007
Subject: Priceless!

Bravo. Job well done.

Reviewer: Lilyguin - - 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.

Reviewer: xerby - - August 10, 2007
Subject: Zombie as in hurricane?

ZEMA as in FEMA? A wee bit of political satire? And a medium waste of time.

Reviewer: safetyhappy - - August 9, 2007
Subject: Soo good

This video is great!

Reviewer: jimelena - - August 4, 2007
Subject: Ouch

This actually sucks.
Not good, waste of time, whatever discourages you from watching it.

Reviewer: niteman69 - - July 22, 2007
Subject: Good Work.

This is a good use of archive film. This is put together well. Thank you for posting this.

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."

Reviewer: SJeffH - - 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.

Reviewer: pro edit - - 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.

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*.

Reviewer: scottwt - - 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.

Reviewer: ERD. - - 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.

Reviewer: stefnewage - - March 7, 2007
Subject: censorship

you claim to have universal access to human knowledge but you have removed the page


http://www.archive.org/details /bbc200109111654-1736

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

Reviewer: HolyHole - - 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.

Reviewer: drworm01 - - 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.

Reviewer: Johnny M. - - October 19, 2006
Subject: Laughed till I cried!!!

This is one of the best parody films I have ever seen. This is three short subject films run together to create a "Trilogy of Comedy". Newly created B&W material is spliced together with old clips to form a really great "training flick"
to help you deal with those pesky old zombies. This video is better and more original than anything I have seen on commercial TV in years.
5 stars is not enough. This is a 10 star addition to the archive. Perfect for a Halloween party. Please do more!!!

Credits

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)



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