This week on Slashers Podcast, the gang dives into Colin Minihan’s 2016 indie horror gem It Stains the Sands Red. Ade, Mikey and Lance unpack this desert-set zombie thriller that flips the genre on its head, trading jump scares for a slow-burn character study.
The hosts discuss the film’s gritty survival premise: a stranded woman, Molly, stalked through the barren Nevada desert by a relentless, lumbering zombie.
What starts as a tense cat-and-mouse chase becomes something much deeper, as the film explores grief, addiction, trauma, and unexpected companionship—even with the undead.
Along the way, the crew debates how the stripped-down setting, dark humor, and Brittany Allen’s powerhouse performance elevate the film beyond typical zombie fare. They also tackle the movie’s divisive ending, its unique take on humanizing a monster, and where it sits in the mid-2010s wave of indie horror.
Whether you’re here for survival horror, character-driven storytelling, or just want to hear the Slashers gang argue about how long they’d last being chased across the desert, this episode delivers laughs, insights, and plenty of gore-soaked fun.
