It has been confirmed that actor Thomas Middleditch, star of The Final Girls(read our review), Replicas and Godzilla: King of the Monsters, has joined the cast of the keenly-awaited Zombieland sequel, now called Zombieland: Double Tap (so much better than simply adding a ‘2’ to the title).
Zombieland: Double Tap is a 2019 American comedy horror feature film directed by Ruben Fleischer (Venom), who began shooting the much-anticipated sequel to Zombieland (2009) in January of this year. Meanwhile, the sequel’s poster – a take on the original – has just been revealed.
The original core cast – Abigail Breslin, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone – are all reprising their roles. And the original film’s screenwriters, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Deadpool and its sequel), are also back on board while also serving as executive producers. Gavin Polone is once again the main producer.
On January 29, 2019, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Rosario Dawson (Daredevil; Sin City; Men in Black II) has joined the cast.
“In Zombieland 2, through comic mayhem that stretches from the White House and through the heartland, the zombie slayers must face off against many new kinds of zombies that have evolved since the first movie, as well as some new human survivors. But most of all, they have to face the growing pains of their own snarky, makeshift family.”
Mayhem in Zombieland (2009)
The long-awaited comedy horror sequel is slated for an October 2019 release.
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Tales from the Lodge is a 2019 British comedy horror anthology feature film written, produced and directed by Abigail Blackmore (Vintage Blood short). The Hook Pictures production stars Mackenzie Crook, Dustin Demri-Burns, Laura Fraser, Sophie Thompson and Johnnie Vegas.
Plot:
An isolated lodge somewhere in England. Five old university pals, now nudging forty, gather for a weekend to scatter the ashes of their friend, Jonesy, who drowned himself in the lake three years earlier.
The friends settle in for a fun evening, entertaining each other with stories of murders, ghosts, zombies and possessions. However, as day turns to night the gang become aware of another horror story unfolding around them. And this one is real…
Tales from the Lodge will have its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) on 9 March 2019.
Cast and characters:
Mackenzie Crook … Joe – Eat Locals; Demons TV series; Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End; Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest; Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; Spine Chillers TV series; The Gathering
Dustin Demri-Burns … Paul
Laura Fraser … Martha
Sophie Thompson … Emma
Johnny Vegas … Russell
Kelly Wenham … Miki
Adam Straughan … Jonesy
Robert Portal … Doctor
Cavan Clerkin … Dean
Nicola Stephenson … Amanda
Tom Stourton … Zeke Holloway
Janet Cowl … Zombie
Lloyd Mullings … PC
Kris Taylor … Passport Controller [uncredited]
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Patients of a Saint is a 2019 British zombie horror feature film directed by Russell Owen from a screenplay co-written with Matthew J. Gunn. The Golden Crab Film-Nubian Film production stars Philip McGinley, Jessie Williams, Christopher Dunne and Jane Garda.
Plot:
When medical trails are pushed to their limits, the most extreme tests end up on St. Leonard’s Island in the north Atlantic, a re-purposed prison for some of the world’s most violent criminals.
However, when one experiment goes wrong, the entire island becomes a terrifying, disease riddled maze for desperate survivors…
At the time of writing, Patients of a Saint is currently in post-production.
Cast and characters:
Philip McGinley … Brooks
Jessie Williams … Hockham
Christopher Dunne … Father Kitsell
Jane Garda … Warden Crowe (as Jane Garioni)
Lynne Anne Rodgers … Ruiz
Stacey Lynn Crowe … Prisoner
Michelle Nali … Prisoner
Savanna Hall … Prisoner
Francesca Cherruault … Stringer
Kate Bell … Doctor Bragg
Raymond Bethley … Woodhouse
Tom Clegg … New Patient
Veronica Jean Trickett … Moses
Meg Alexandra … Chloe
Gabz Barker … Stone’s Mother
Perry Jaques … Navigator
Meryl Griffiths … Liz
Jess Chanliau … Stone
Ria Morgan … Prisoner
Lydia Hourihan … Conway
Evan Rees … Franscene
Anastasia Borodina … Prisoner
Brian McGovern … Lennon
Jennifer Joseph … Butcher
Sarah Brazier … Prisoner
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28 Weeks Later is a 2007 British-Spanish science fiction horror feature film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Intruders) from a screenplay co-written with Rowan Joffé, E. L. Lavigne and Jesus Olmo. It is a sequel to the 2002 film 28 Days Later…
The movie stars Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack, Imogen Poots, and Idris Elba.
Six months after the original epidemic, the rage virus has all but annihilated the population of the British Isles. Nevertheless, the U.S. Army declares the danger past, and American soldiers arrive to restore order and begin reconstruction. Refugees return to British soil, but one of them carries a deadly secret: The virus is not gone and is even more dangerous than before…
Reviews:
“Under Fresnadillo’s assured direction, 28 Weeks Later blurs the line between genre entertainment and a photojournalist’s shots of the next urban catastrophe.” Scott Tobias, AV Film
” …Weeks delivers on several levels– it’s scary and gruesome, but it also humanizes the rage victims in the film, all the while giving the viewer hope for the future of this world and at the same time letting us know that this disaster is far from over. While not quite as good as the original, this film stays true to the story…” Martin Liebman, Blu-ray.com
“Strictly in visual terms, the image is clearer and easier on the eyes than the first film. It’s also more complex in terms of plot and emotion, but it’s also deeply flawed by two lapses in logic at the center of the plot. The first is large; the second is massive, and by the end, much of action is cartoonishly unrealistic.” Mike Mayo, The Horror Show Guide
” …a sequel that improves over the original in all areas. The overly familiar genre ideas of 28 Days Later have been extrapolated into a new scenario that has been logically and sociologically extended from the end of the original. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and his co-writers demonstrate an immensely assured narrative drive and sense of pace.” Richard Scheib, Moria
” …brutal and almost exhaustingly terrifying, as any respectable zombie movie should be. It is also bracingly smart, both in its ideas and in its techniques” A. O. Scott, The New York Times
” …it’s way better than the first movie. I liked that one to, but it felt to fragmented and even a bit to pretentious for it’s own good. Not a bad movie, but over-hyped. Here we have a story with strong emotions, some very interesting questions about morality and humanity.” Ninja Dixon
“Fresnadillo ups the gore quotient and shows a penchant for showoff editing and strobe lighting that Boyle avoided. It grabs you though, hard and often.” Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“Actions speak louder than words, and after a terrific setup of the present situation (which does bring to mind the artful stillness of a city eerily silenced by tragedy from the first film; again, John Murphy’s evocative music helps set the tone), the filmmakers let ’em rip with the gore. And there’s a lot of it…” Brian Skutle, Sonic Cinema
“28 Weeks Later is trash, if only because of its less than watertight script and emphasis on gore, but at least it is well-made trash: it is definitely well-filmed and adrenaline-charged, and it interests and often scares, but once too often the forced mechanisms of its plot detract from the overall experience.” A Wasted Life
“Although made for more than twice the budget, this follow-up barely grossed half as much as the original, possibly because it relied on techno-props rather than the simple insular intensity of 28 Days Later and went for flashy effects more than flash mobs.” Alain Silver and James Ursini, The Zombie Film from White Zombie to World War Z, Applause Books, 2014
“Some viewers may be turned off by the grim tone and the horrible fates of many likable characters. There are a couple of particularly nasty deaths, including a cringe-inducing eye gouging. But director Fresnadillo set out to tell a bleak and frightening tale that’s not for the faint hearted, and to his credit that’s exactly what he achieved.” Glenn Kay, Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide, Chicago Review Press, 2008
Main cast and characters:
Robert Carlyle … Don
Rose Byrne … Scarlet
Jeremy Renner … Doyle
Harold Perrineau … Flynn
Catherine McCormack … Alice
Idris Elba … Stone
Imogen Poots … Tammy
Mackintosh Muggleton … Andy
Amanda Walker … Sally
Shahid Ahmed … Jacob
Garfield Morgan … Geoff
Emily Beecham … Karen
Beans El-Balawi … Boy in Cottage (as Beans Balawi)
28 Weeks Later was released in the United Kingdom and United States on 11 May 2007. It took $64,238,440 worldwide.
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Valentine DayZ is a 2018 science fiction horror feature film written and directed by Mark Allen Michaels (The Fiancé; Mind Rage) and produced by Staci Layne Wilson (Fetish Factory) and Kate Rees Davies (Altered Perception). The movie stars Dallas Valdez, Carrie Keagan, Robert Allen Mukes and Diane Ayala Goldner.
Plot:
Middle-aged Max and Sara meet and fall for each other in Palm Springs, but their love story is cut short due to a sudden zombie outbreak. Max is not as mild-mannered as he appears, and has a history involving government-sanctioned hits. Unfortunately, one zombie he isn’t able to kill is his darling Sara…
Reviews:
“It is a very ambitious task to take on a zombie film. It is a genre so saturated that standing out becomes incredibly difficult. Valentine DayZ fell short of that goal and remains one of the countless other zombie stories out there waiting for someone to notice them… like a single person on Valentine’s Day.” Horror Buzz
” …there are some new ideas as well – like some of the zombies being “active” only in the sunlight, and some of them eventually “coming back” to being people. Basically, Valentine DayZ is a love story in the center of the zombie outbreak. In short, the film sparks quite a few ideas that could’ve been “pushed a bit further”. BZ Films
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Block Z is a 2019 Filipino action horror feature film directed by Mikhail Red (Eerie) from a screenplay written by Mixkaela Villalon. The Star Cinema production stars Joshua Garcia, Julia Barretto, Ian Veneracion, Maris Racal, Dimples Romana, McCoy Deleon, Yves Flores and Ina Raymundo.
Plot:
At a quarantined university, a disparate group of students must band together if they are going to survive during a deadly viral infection outbreak…
Production:
Principal filming is scheduled to finish in late May, with a late 2019 release planned.
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Trance aka Blood Rave is a 2010 American horror feature film directed by Hans Rodionoff [as Brad Malone] (Sucker; Deep Blue Sea 2 story; Lost Boys: The Thirst script; Man-Thing script) from a screenplay written by John Fallon (The Shelter). The movie stars Dominique Swain, Kirk Kepper, Jeremy London and Madeline Zima.
Plot:
“Sexy girls at a rave turn into bloodthirsty killers after taking a mysterious new drug.”
Release:
Trance is currently available to watch on Amazon Prime
Cast and characters:
Dominique Swain … Laura – Blood Craft; Nazi Overlord; For Jennifer; Minutes to Midnight; The 6th Friend; The Black Room; et al
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Black Summer is a 2019 American science fiction horror television series co-created by Karl Schaefer (co-creator of both Z Nation and Eerie, Indiana) and John Hyams with Abram Cox (Attack of the Gryphon; Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep; Mammoth) as the main writer. The series is produced by The Asylum, the same production company behind Z Nation, and will be written and directed primarily by Hyams.
Plot:
“A prequel set in the Z Nation universe, Black Summer is a new series introducing all new characters from every walk of life. Jamie King (Hart of Dixie) stars as a mother, torn from her daughter, who embarks upon a harrowing journey, stopping at nothing to find her. Thrust alongside a small group of American refugees, she must brave a hostile new world and make brutal decisions during the most deadly summer of a zombie apocalypse.”
All eight episodes of the first season of Black Summer will premiere on Netflix from April 11, 2019, onwards.
Cast and characters:
Jaime King … Rose
Sal Velez Jr. … William Velez
Aidan Fink … Leader
Joel Gagne … Slavi
Brianna Johnston … TBC
Bud Klasky … Bill
Justin Chu Cary … Spears
Kelsey Flower … Lance
Christine Lee … Kyungson
Mustafa Alabssi … Ryan
Gwynyth Walsh … Barbara
Erika Hau … Carmen
Nyren B. Evelyn … Earl
Edsson Morales … Manny
Tom Carey … Bronk
Christian Fraser … Marvin
Stafford Perry … Phil
Nathaniel Arcand … Governale
Zoe Marlett … Anna
Ty Olsson … Patrick
Kash Hill … The Boy at School
Michael Aucoin … Guard
David Haysom … Young Soldier
Joel Jackshaw … Large Man
Braden Overwater … Gate Soldier
Brad Pajot … Survivalist
Arielle Rombough … Desperate Wife
Jayson Therrien … Panicked Soldier
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The Dead Can’t Dance is a 2010 American comedy horror feature film written, directed by and starring Rodrick Pocowatchit (Red Hand). The Harmy Films production also stars Guy Ray Pocowatchit, T.J. Williams and Randall Aviks.
Plot:
Three Native Americans discover they are somehow immune to a virus that’s turning everyone else into zombies…
Reviews:
” …it’s definitely not a horrible film but rather a pretty decent zombie flick. I’m sure some Native Americans might find it a little racist, especially when they mention Natives being alcoholics. However, I had a fun time with it and I encourage any zombie fan to check it out some time.” Rick Romanowski, Buy Zombie
“With laugh out loud witticisms and thought provoking discussions, you realize that after all that Native American’s have survived, the zombies won’t stand a chance. The truth of the story offers a poignant and sweetly poetic twist that leaves you feeling content.” Stolen Nation
The Dead Can’t Dance is currently available to stream via Amazon Prime.
Cast and characters:
Rodrick Pocowatchit … Dax Wildhorse
Guy Ray Pocowatchit … Ray Wildhorse
T.J. Williams … Eddie Wildhorse
Randall Aviks … Clooney
Wade Hampton … Stupid zombie
Christopher Arena … Scary Zombie (as Sir Christopher)
Anthony Caster … Skateboard Zombie
Joshua Cates … Zombie That Gets Stabbed
Zachary Cates … Zombie That Gets Shot
David Dillinger Jefferis … Zombie
Tonia Land … Girl at Rest Area
Chelsea Lee … School Teacher
Dustin Parker … Zombie That Gets Leg Torn off
Brent Wistrom … Zombie
Michael ‘Archie’ Archibold … Radio Announcer (voice)
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The Dead Don’t Die is a 2019 American horror feature film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch (Only Lovers Left Alive) and produced by Joshua Astrachan (It Follows) and Carter Logan.
The Focus Features production stars Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover, Caleb Landry Jones, Rosie Perez, Iggy Pop, Sara Driver, RZA, Selena Gomez, Carol Kane and Tom Waits.
Plot:
To be revealed…
Release:
The Dead Don’t Die will be released by Focus Features on June 14, 2019. Universal Pictures International will distribute the film worldwide.
Cast and characters:
Chloë Sevigny … TBC
Adam Driver … Ronald Peterson
Tilda Swinton … TBC
Steve Buscemi … Farmer Miller
Austin Butler … Jack
Bill Murray … Cliff Robertson
Caleb Landry Jones … Bobby Wiggins
Selena Gomez … Zoe
Carol Kane … TBC
Tom Waits … Hermit Bob
Rosie Perez … TBC
Danny Glover … Hank Thompson
RZA … TBC
Iggy Pop … TBC
Rosal Colon … Lily
Luka Sabbat … Zach
Sid O’Connell … Guard 2
Kevin McCormick … Guard #1
Alyssa Maria App … Kid Zombie
Sturgill Simpson … Sturgill Zombie
Sara Driver … TBC
Dorothea Swiac … Cable Zombie
Wayne Pyle … Hardware Zombie
Monica Ayres … Cable Zombie
Thomas Racek … Zelda Zombie
Willoughby Pyle … Super Hero Zombie Kid
Lorenzo Beronilla … Zelda Zombie
Justin Clarke … Cemetery Zombie
Vinnie Velez … Cable Zombie
Jude Selenis … Monster Mask Kid
David Hilfstein … Hardware Zombie / Golf Zombie
Talha Khan … Zombie
Jonah Marshall … Zombie Child
Mick Coleman … Zombie
Jerry Schroader … Zombie
Deneane Niebergall … Zelda Drive Zombie
Anastasia Veronica Lee … Girl with Ice Cream
Willis Williams … Police Station Zombie / Hardware Zombie
Branden Marlowe … Police Station Zombie (uncredited)
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A Wish for the Dead is a 2014 American horror feature film directed by Nathan Thomas Milliner (Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories; short: The Confession of Fred Krueger; Volumes of Blood) from a screenplay co-written with Herschel Zahnd. The American Recording Company-Renegade Art Productions movie stars Ashley Anderson, Ryan Beyer, Eva Flowers, Kristine Renee Farley and Bill Breuer.
Plot:
A mysterious man offers John hope with his dying wife: a locket, which will grant a single wish. John wishes that death ceased to exist. Chaos ensues as the living can’t die, and the dead can’t remain in the grave…
Release:
A Wish for the Dead will be released on DVD by Shami Media Group on July 16, 2019.
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The Child – aka Zombie Child– is a 1976 American horror feature film directed by Robert Voskanian (his only directorial credit) from a screenplay written by Ralph Lucas (Zipperface; Planet of Dinosaurs). The Panorama Films production stars Laurel Barnett, Rosalie Cole, Frank Janson and Richard Hanners.
Rob Wallace (Memorial Day) composed a particularly dramatic piano score which was juxtaposed with Michael Quatro’s synth sounds.
The movie is being released on June 24, 2019, by Arrow Video as part of their American Horror Project Volume 2 box set of three movies. The Child disc will feature:
1.37:1 and 1.85:1 presentations of the feature
Filmed appreciation by HORRORPEDIA contributor Stephen Thrower
Brand new audio commentary with director Robert Voskanian and producer Robert Dadashian, moderated by Stephen Thrower
Brand new on-camera interviews with Robert Voskanian and Robert Dadashian
Original Theatrical Trailer
Original Press Book
Plot:
In a remote rural community, newly-hired housekeeper Alicianne Del Mar is alarmed to discover that her boss’s eleven-year-old daughter is using her supernatural powers to take revenge on the people she holds responsible for her mother’s death, with the aid of her flesh-eating zombie ‘friends’…
Reviews:
“The film does have some nice atmospheric, foggy moments here and there, and a couple of the dialogue-free sequences […] are effective. There’s enough gore to please (faces ripped off, an eyeball gouging, a head getting chopped with an axe, etc.), the zombie designs by Jay Owens (mostly saved for the Night of the Living Dead-inspired finale) are pretty good…” Justin McKinney, The Bloody Pit of Horror
“While the artificial style is interesting at first, its lack of subtlety makes it increasingly unwelcome. At least half the movie depicts two people sitting or wandering alone in the dark with weird sounds in the background and the aforementioned music blaring around them. Two or three times is effective, but half the movie? […] Still, some of the foggy forests and re-yellow glowing colors are enjoyably creepy.” David Elroy Goldweber, Claws & Saucers, Lulu, 2012
“Voskanian generates some undeniably sinister effect from things like lit-up Halloween lanterns turning to follow people around a room or silhouetted scarecrows. And there is certainly some great colour photography. However, the rest of the film is overwrought. The score goes into overdrive attempting to hype atmosphere…” Richard Scheib, Moria
“It has a beguiling deranged amateur feel, unleashing a cache of scary cadavers in the last twenty minutes and packing the rest of the running time with strange music, wild camera angles and warped acting. It has that unpredictable quality you find in the best seventies exploitation, where weird digressions and non sequiturs lurk at every turn.” Stephen Thrower, Nightmare USA, FAB Press, 2008
“There is a feeling of uneasy suspense and foreboding created, in both the sets and direction […] In addition, the final showdown between little Rosalie’s living dead “friends” and our heroine/hero is also exciting and terrifying. Thankfully, there is blood and gore aplenty…” Bill Gibron, Pop Matters
” …it’s an atmospheric little venture, with heavy use of fog machine and underlying menace throughout much of it. The zombie make-up is also top notch, especially considering the under $100,000 budget. Oh, and while not a splatter flick, there’s some nice gore, with mutilated bodies and choice zombie kills making for a fun time.” Joseph Howell, Talk of Horrors
“Good for its kind, The Child is atmospheric, boasts some earnest gore makeup, and comes at the tail end of the real grindhouse drive-in boon of the early to mid ’70s.” The Terror Trap
“This low-budget effort has its champions, mainly because of some nice subjective camerawork, but it simply takes too long to kick into gear. TV Guide
” …the movie has its moments. But they are few and far between, which wouldn’t be so exasperating if it weren’t for the maddening score by Rob Wallace. Wild piano, with dreadful synth accompaniment (what’s with the electronic duck-quack sound?) absolutely destroys any amount of suspense they were obviously going for.” Zombie a Go-Go
“The film manages to generate some interest with a decent makeup effect of a victim’s half-torn face, but it’s too little too late. The blaringly loud music seems to be thrown in at random, and there’s a general incoherence to the story. Poorly lit […], badly edited, and ineptly produced, this film was made to be forgotten.” Glenn Kay, Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide, Chicago Review Press, 2008
Ruth Ballan … Mrs. Elizabeth Whitfield (as Ruth Ballen)
Jong Slosson Bing Jong … Gardener
Rod Medigovich … Priest / Creature
Wendell Hudiburg … Pall Bearer
Chris Tieken … Jefferson
Ralph Lucas … Creature
Jim Dickson … Creature
Chick Cavanaugh … Creature
Anoosh Avan … Creature
Technical credits:
85 minutes | 1:85:1 | Eastmancolor | mono
Production:
Filming began October 1, 1973, on location in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, with working titles Children of the Night and Child of the Living Dead. Additional scenes were shot from 5 October 1976 when the movie was picked up for distribution by Harry H. Novak. It was released in March 1977.
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Dead Wedding aka Rockabilly Zombie Weekend is a 2013 American infection horror feature film directed by Jaime Velez Soto from a screenplay written by Tammy Bennett. The movie stars Christina Bach, Daniel Baldock, Nikoma DeMitro and J. Benedict Larmore.
Plot:
Becky (Christina Bach) and Grant (Daniel Baldock) arrive at their rockabilly-themed wedding, despite warnings of a mutated West Nile Virus outbreak.
Things go horribly wrong as the mosquito-spread virus spawns zombies, who begin feeding on the wedding guests as well as the other locals. The two newlyweds have to escape along with their family and friends if they ever want to live to see their honeymoon…
Reviews:
“Overall, this was a well-written and directed film. The cinematography is fantastic with every angle being taken full advantage of. The special effects were not too shabby either […] however, some of the computer-generated scenes may have benefited from a bit more practical effects.” GoresTruly
” …a movie that lives up to its catchy name. The soundtrack and overall style of this movie is grounded in rockabilly culture, but it’s also a zombie film. This contrast felt organic, the two different elements worked well together to create a fun ride worth taking.” Curt Wiser, Letterboxd
“The plot here isn’t the problem. It’s the duller than “Living Dead” dialogue […] If you’re calling your movie Rockabilly Zombie Weekend you ought to deliver more rockabilly, more rednecks and more fun than this.” Roger Moore, Movie Nation
Release:
The film is available as Rockabilly Zombie Weekend on Amazon Prime Video.
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Rustblade records is releasing a limited edition vinyl album of Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin rock band playing and reinterpreting the score for Dawn of the Dead, to celebrate forty years since its release.
“The music that accompanies the movie is a mix of prog and electronic rock full of tension and magic tribalism. Piercing guitars, synth orchestration and virtualism give life to thousands of blood thirsty zombies.”
Available in April on transparent lime green vinyl and including a gatefold poster.
Side A:
L’alba dei morti viventi
Zombi
At the Safari
Torte in Faccia
Zaratozom La Caccia
Side B:
Tirassegno
Oblio
Risveglio
Zombi Sexy
Supermarket
L’alba dei morti viventi (live in Tokyo)
Zaratozom (live in Helsinki)
Here’s our coverage of the classic zombie movie itself:
‘When there’s no more room in hell the dead will walk the earth’
Dawn of the Dead is a 1978 American zombie horror feature film written and directed by George A. Romero. It was the second film made in Romero’s Living Dead series but contains no characters or settings from his seminal 1968 breakthrough Night of the Living Dead, and shows in a larger scale the zombie plague’s apocalyptic effects on society.
Recently, Second Sight announced that Dawn of the Dead will be released in the UK as a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray with HDR and will feature George A. Romero’s Original, Unrated US Theatrical Release Cut (2h 07m), Romero’s Pre-US Release Cannes Cut (2h 17m) and the foreign edition edited by Dario Argento. There will also be a standard Blu-ray together with a Blu-ray release of Romero’s Martin.
The scanning, colour grading and restoration of both films will be managed by Final Frame under the supervision of Director of Photography Michael Gornick. The mastering and encoding will be handled by one of the entertainment technology industry’s most experienced specialists, David Mackenzie from the company Fidelity in Motion.
Slated for release late summer 2019, complete with brand new special features and more, Second Sight Films will announce further details when confirmed…
Plot:
The chaotic WGON television newsroom is attempting to make sense of the evidently widespread phenomenon of the dead returning to life to eat the living. Their main efforts are focused on simply staying on air to act as a public information system for those still alive to find places to shelter.
Meanwhile, outside tensions have erupted at a tenement building where the residents are refusing to hand over the dead bodies of their loved ones to the authorities for them to dispose of, resulting in a SWAT team assembling to resolve the issue by force. As both sides incur casualties at their own hands and those of the reanimated corpses, four bystanders gravitate towards each other and plot to escape this madness; SWAT soldiers Roger (Reiniger) and Peter (Foree) and a couple who work at the station, Francine (Ross) and Stephen (Emge) – it is agreed that they will take the company’s helicopter and seek sanctuary.
As both sides incur casualties at their own hands and those of the reanimated corpses, four bystanders gravitate towards each other and plot to escape this madness; SWAT soldiers Roger (Reiniger) and Peter (Foree) and a couple who work at the station, Francine (Ross) and Stephen (Emge) – it is agreed that they will take the company’s helicopter and seek sanctuary.
With the helicopter liberated, they stop off for fuel, narrowly avoiding the attention of both zombie adults and children – on a human angle, it is clear the soldiers come from very different worlds to Fran and Stephen.
Still short of fuel, they set off again and happen upon a shopping mall – though surrounded by the living dead, the opportunity presented by an abundance of food and provisions, as well as a place to the secrete themselves is irresistible.
Devising a system of clearing the zombies already in the mall, during which Roger is bitten but survives, and creating their own living quarters behind a false wall, they learn (Stephen included) that Fran is four months pregnant. Roger and Peter are keen to look for other survivors but under the circumstances, the others feel that staying put and essentially quitting whilst they’re ahead would be the safest option.
The images they witness on their looted television give little hope but before a decision can be agreed upon, they realise that the mall has also attracted the attention of an army of local bikers, not looking for anything except target practice and goods. Their defences breached, the foursome faces a seemingly impossible situation where both human and zombie foes have designs on their hides. Can they reclaim the mall or get to the helicopter before they find themselves wandering the mall for eternity?
Review:
Although in gestation for some years before making it to the screen, the follow-up to Romero’s seminal Night of the Living Dead appeared a full ten years later.
The slow-burn effect of this film, plus George’s notoriously poor grasp of finances led to producer Richard Rubinstein looking further afield for investment to get the project off the ground. Salvation came in the form of the genius Italian film director, Dario Argento (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage; Deep Red; Suspiria) who had long admired Night and could see the value in producing a sequel of some kind.
And so began an arrangement whereby the funds were made available to make the film in exchange for international distribution rights and Argento’s option to make an entirely different cut of the film for a Continental audience. Romero ensconced himself in a small apartment in Rome where he quickly wrote the screenplay, allowing for filming to begin in Pennsylvania in November 1977.
The key to Romero’s vision for the film was the iconic mall setting, already firmly imprinted in his mind due to the owners of the Monroeville Mall, east of Pittsburgh, in existence since 1969 and one of the first really large out of town shopping districts. His connections were enough for the owners, Oxford Development, to allow out-of-hours filming. Romero had been given a private tour of the facility and was privy to sealed off areas which had been stocked with civil
Romero’s personal connections were enough for the owners, Oxford Development, to allow out-of-hours filming. The director had been given a private tour of the facility and was privy to sealed off areas which had been stocked with civil defence equipment in case of a National emergency – a fact fully exploited in the film.
Casting for the film was the responsibility of John Amplas (star of Romero’s Martin and later Day of the Dead) who also has a small role of a Mexican, shot by the SWAT team in the early exchange of fire. The cast was made up of largely local actors who had featured in theatre rather than film roles – indeed few of them went on to have significant film careers but still trod the boards at provincial theatres.
Friends and acquaintances were coerced into appearing, amongst their number, George’s wife and assistant director, Christine Forrest (also appearing in several other of his films in an acting capacity, including Martinand Monkey Shines) George himself (seated alongside her in the TV studio sequence), Pasquale Buba (later to edit the likes ofDay of the Dead and Stepfather 2), special effects guru Tom Savini and Joe Pilato (Day of the Dead‘s Rhodes).
Such economy and camaraderie were to pay off spectacularly. Even minor characters are given hinted-at histories which are endlessly intriguing – an eye-patched Dr. Millard Rausch (Richard France) opines thoughtfully on television: “These creatures cannot be considered human… they must be destroyed on sight! … Why don’t we drop bombs on all the big cities?”
Filming at the mall could hardly have commenced at a more inconvenient time, the freezing cold temperatures and busy festive season meaning that shooting times were extremely tight (between 10.00 pm and 8.00 am), resulting in several occasions when members of the public were forced to consider why their shopping trip looked more like a ghoul-infested abattoir.
Exterior shots were even harder to come by, only half a day a week was allotted to get the shots of the swarms of zombies roaming the car park, without pesky customers getting in shot. Scenes such as mall breakers revelling in the local bank’s bundles of notes necessitated a great deal of care to ensure light-fingered crew members didn’t make off with the ‘props’.
The most familiar location in the mall, JC Penney’s department store, has since closed, though the mall remains, in a surprisingly familiar state (see pics below). Other locations employed, such as the abandoned airfield, the gun store, and the quartet’s hideout, were shot locally too, the latter being constructed in Romero’s production offices, Laurel.
Make-up and special effects were the responsibility of Tom Savini and team, also including Gary Zeller and Don Berry, who later both worked on such films as Scanners and Visiting Hours. Having already developed his talents on Deranged and Martin, Savini was far from an enthusiastic amateur, though it was this film and the free reign Romero gave him, that helped establish his name as the go-to for gore effects for many years to come.
Signature effects on Dawn include the flat-headed zombie being semi-decapitated by helicopter blades (a ludicrously dangerous effect involving an admittedly obviously fake headpiece) and the exploding head in the tenement sequence (so redolent of a similar effect in Scanners) by shooting fake heads packed with condoms filled with fake blood and scraps of food.
One bone of contention with many is the unrealistic blue/grey make-up the zombie’s sport, a mile away from the wonderfully decaying cadavers of, for example, the 1979 Lucio Fulci directed Italian cash-in Zombie Flesh Eaters. Romero has ‘validated’ this by claiming it was always his aim to have a comic-book feel to the film, though this smacks slightly of convenience. What is true is that the never-redder blood is a real eye-opener and lends itself to large-screen viewing. What the zombies lack in biological realism, they certainly gain in back story (all walks of life are considered from bride, to Buddhist monk to nurse) and gait – the now familiar stagger now being the blueprint for the correct way for all animated corpses to adopt (until the remake in 2004, that is).
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Disc 1: The original unrated director’s cut. Not the extended edition, which is not truly Romero’s director’s cut. This disc includes commentary with George Romero, Tom Savini, and Chris Romero along with Theatrical trailers and radio spots.
Disc 2: The extended edition, often mistaken for a ‘director’s cut.’ This disc includes an additional 12 minutes of glorious footage. Also includes commentary by producer Richard Rubinstein. The disc has a commercial for the Monroeville Mall and a memorabilia gallery.
Disc 3: The Dario Argento cut. This version of the film has less humor and more drama, released in Europe with additional music from Goblin. This version includes commentary by all four stars of the film.
Disc 4: This disc contains several documentaries including the all new ‘The Dead Walk’ (75 min) and the classic ‘Document of the Dead’; a feature-length documentary shot during the making of Dawn of the Dead. This disc also includes home movies from the set and a tour of the Monroeville Mall with actor Ken Foree.
To complement the garish visuals, Romero favoured library music, a technique he used to good effect in Night of the Living Dead. The De Wolfe library, still in regular use, was employed for this task and a variety of styles from the waltzy muzak of the shopping centre to atmospheric electronic drones to a song by The Pretty Things, “I’m a Man”, a song co-written by one Peter Reno, better known as Mancunian zero-budget film legend, Cliff Twemlow and his working partner, Peter Taylor.
The most famous piece, unavailable until relatively recently, is The Gonk, by Harry Chappell, written in 1965. This trumpet/xylophone led polka-like march is deliciously out of place and yet completely in keeping with the absurdity of the situation. Argento’s vision of the film as a fast-paced action movie with geysers of blood throughout required a different approach and he used the Italian-based band Goblin (incorrectly credited as “The Goblins”) extensively. Goblin was a four-piece Italian/Brazilian band that did mostly contract work for film soundtracks. Argento, who received a credit for original music alongside Goblin, collaborated with the group to get songs for his cut of the film.
A completely different ending was originally planned and, rather like its predecessor, had a resolutely unhappy ending with Peter shooting himself and Fran either purposely or accidentally stepping into the helicopter blades, only for the blades to stop spinning at the conclusion to the end credits, an indicator that they were doomed anyway. These are both hinted at in the filmed version though all signs point to them being ultimately only existing on the page.
Recently, Romero has claimed that to be successful artistically, all horror films must be either political or satirical. Such a ludicrous statement may explain the director’s poor run of recent films but here it is rarely more apposite. The consumer-angle to the zombies mindless wandering is difficult to argue, though has now been stated so many times it’s in danger of overtaking the fact that the film is a magnificent piece of work; multi-layered in both character and plot (whatever became of the soldiers taking their boat down the river?) and influential to a generation of film-makers, as a horror film there are few better, a view echoed many, even the notoriously fickle Roger Ebert who gave it a great many thumbs up.
The film has also spawned a range of spoofs, copycat films, toys, games and merchandise. In 1985, Romero continued his zombie fascination with Day of the Dead and Dawn of the Dead was remade by Zack Snyder in 2004.
Daz Lawrence, HORRORPEDIA
Other reviews:
” …the wildest, most deliriously exciting zombie flick of them all, and the movie which pretty much defines the concept of socially aware, politically astute horror cinema. Its influence has been felt in every zombie film since (and even on TV in ‘The Walking Dead’), and it remains a near-flawless piece of fist-pumping ultraviolence.” Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Alternate versions and censorship issues:
Dawn of the Dead has received a number of re-cuts and re-edits, due mostly to Argento’s rights to edit the film for international foreign language release. Romero controlled the final cut of the film for English-language territories.
In addition, the film was edited further by censors or distributors in certain countries. Romero, acting as the editor for his film, completed a hasty 139-minute version of the film (now known as the Extended, or Director’s, Cut) for premier at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival. This was later pared down to 126 minutes for the U.S. theatrical release.
In an era before the NC-17 rating was available from the Motion Picture Association of America, the US theatrical cut of the film earned the taboo rating of X from the association because of its graphic violence. Rejecting this rating, Romero and the producers chose to release the film unrated so as to help the film’s commercial success. United Film Distribution Company eventually agreed to release it domestically in the United States. It eventually premiered in the US in New York City on April 20, 1979, fortunately beating Alien by a month.
The film was refused classification in Australia twice: in its theatrical release in 1978 and once again in 1979. The cuts presented to the Australian Classification Board were Argento’s cut and Romero’s cut, respectively. Dawn of the Dead was finally passed in the country cut with an R18+ rating in February 1980. It was banned in Queensland until at least 1986.
Dawn of the Dead was submitted to the BBFC in Britain for classification in June 1979 and was viewed by six examiners including the then Director of the BBFC, James Ferman.
BBFC examiners unanimously disliked the film, though acknowledged that the film did have its merits in terms of the film-making art. The main bone of contention were the zombies themselves – were they shells without feelings or dead people with families? One examiner felt so strongly that the film glorified violence that he excluded himself from any further screenings or discussions surrounding the work.
It was agreed that cuts to the film were necessary, Ferman as self-appointed editor extraordinaire, stating that the film featured violence perpetrated against people which was “to a degree never before passed by the Board” and subsequently issued a cuts list that amounted to approximately 55 separate cuts (two minutes 17 seconds). These included images of zombie dismemberment, the machine gunning of a child zombie, a machete cutting open a zombie’s head (one of the most famous scenes!) and the shot of a zombie’s head exploding.
The following month a cut version of the film was re-submitted for re-examination and this time another team of examiners viewed the film. All of the examiners still disliked the film and some were convinced that cutting was not the solution to alleviating the possible desensitising effect that the film might have on vulnerable audiences. Despite this view, the suggestion of further extensive cuts was made and the film was once again seen by James Ferman, who subsequently issued a further one minute 29 seconds of cuts to more scenes of gory detail. At this point the distributor (Target International Pictures) was worried that the film would not be ready in time to be screened at the London Film Festival, so James Ferman suggested that the BBFC’s in-house editor create a version that would be acceptable within the guidelines of the X certificate.
In September 1979 Ferman wrote to the distributor exclaiming that “a tour de force of virtuoso editing has transformed this potential reject from a disgusting and desensitising wallow in the ghoulish details of violence and horror to a strong, but more conventional action piece… The cutting is not only skilful, but creative, and I think it has actually improved a number of the sequences by making the audience notice the emotions of the characters and the horror of the situation instead of being deadened by blood and gore”.
When the work was first submitted for classification for video in 1989 it arrived in its post-BBFC censored version, now clocking in at 120 minutes 20 seconds. However, under the Video Recordings Act 1984 (VRA) , the film was to be subjected to another 12 seconds of cuts to scenes of zombie dismemberment and cannibalism. In 1997, Dawn of the Dead was picked up by a new distributor (BMG) who took the decision to submit the film in its original uncensored state, with a running time of 139 minutes.
This time the BBFC only insisted on six seconds of cuts. However, it was in 2003 that the film was finally passed at 18 uncut by the BBFC, with the examiners feeling that under the 2000 BBFC Guidelines it was impossible to justify cutting the work.
Internationally, Argento controlled the Euro cut for non-English speaking countries. The version he created clocked in at 119 minutes. It included changes such as more music from Goblin than the two cuts completed by Romero, removal of some expository scenes, and a faster cutting pace.
Released in Italy in September 1978, it actually debuted nearly nine months before the US theatrical cut. In Italy it was released under the full title Zombi: L’alba dei Morti Viventi, followed in March 1979 by France as Zombie: Le Crépuscule des Morts Vivants, in Spain as Zombi: El Regreso de los Muertos Vivientes, in the Netherlands as Zombie: In De Greep van de Zombies, by Germany’s Constantin Film as Zombie, and in Denmark as Zombie: Rædslernes Morgen.
Despite the various alternate versions of the film available, Dawn of the Dead was successful internationally. Its success in the then-West Germany earned it the Golden Screen Award, given to films that have at least 3 million admissions within 18 months of release.
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Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead – original title: ゾンビアス Zonbi asu – is a 2011 Japanese comedy horror feature film directed by Noboru Iguchi (The Machine Girl; Dead Sushi; The ABCs of Death). The movie stars Arisa Nakamura, Asana Mamoru, Mayu Sugano, Asami Sugiura.
Plot:
Wracked with guilt over the suicide of her bullied sister, young karate student Megumi accompanies four older friends on a trip into the woods: smart girl Aya, her druggie boyfriend Také, full-figured model Maki, and nerdy Naoi.
Things start to go badly when Maki finds a parasitic worm inside a fish – and eats it down, in the hope that it will keep her skinny. Her stomach later feels horrible and she relieves herself in an outhouse toilet.
The parasitic worm Maki ate had apparently laid eggs in her stomach and these emerge now that they are are out of her body. Soon after, they are attacked by a mob of zombies who emerge from the outhouse toilet Maki used…
Reviews:
” … Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead is somehow worth only a few laughs. A cheap parasitic offshoot of Nikkatsu’s Sushi Typhoon series, gore effects specialist Yoshihiro Nishmura is at his most slapdash, while helmer Noboru Iguchi doesn’t care to clean up the pic’s narrative and visual mess…” Maggie Lee, Variety
“And give Igushi credit for this much, at least: As basic as his fixations may be he presents them with an absolutely bizarre sense of ambition […] Simultaneously as silly and disgusting as it can possibly be…” Todd Brown, Screen Anarchy
“Just when you think this film has bottomed out (hee hee) it manages to delve deeper into a Freudian cache … to the point where a character takes flight, and ultimately a fight with the Queen Parasite that ends poorly for everyone involved.” Scott Shoyer, Twisted Central
Quadrant 9EV9 is a 2016 American science fiction action horror feature film produced and directed by David Maga from a screenplay co-written with John Bush. The Subhuman Workshop production stars Dominique Storelli, Michael Huntsman and Jennifer Churchich.
Plot:
While on a project outing in an abandoned military zone, five college students accidentally release a long kept secret weapon with a nightmarish purpose…
Reviews:
“Devoid of any real pace, intrigue or characterisation to draw you in, it’s simply a case of drumming your fingers impatiently until the carnage begins. When that happens, it’s a predictable disappointment, as zombies that initially look passable under the moonlight, are outed as woefully made-up laughing stocks come sunrise.” Dave Wain, The Schlock Pit
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Empire State of the Dead is a 2016 American horror anthology feature film directed by Matthew A. Peters, Chad Foster, Jamie Storrs, Joshua Reale, Geoff Orlowski, David Royal, Andrew Peters, Alex Bell, Stephen Long and Ron Bonk. It was produced by Bonk and Jonathan Straiton (director of Johnny Z; Night of Something Strange).
Plot:
The recently deceased rise, feasting upon the living as a zombie outbreak spreads across the globe. In Central New York, a small Marine patrol, led by Seargent Ritter, tries to keep order. But while battling the living dead they are also faced with roving gangs going unchecked and entire military units defecting.
Amid the chaos, a drug lord named Ray sees an opportunity to rule the new world rising, and he is sabotaging rescue places and military bases to help further break down the government’s attempts to restore order…
Reviews:
“Empire State of the Dead isn’t perfect. It has issues and has an unsatisfying ending. It is worth checking out, though. It has plenty of ambition and it’s cool to see how multiple short films by various directors can be put together to create one whole. It sort of works.” Bryan Kristopowitz, 411 Mania
“The special effects are under-average and not very present, for the most part of the motion picture. However, the finale of the film compensates, increasing the tempo and intensity, in addition to some decently gory effects. The movie’s soundtrack, throughout the different segments, is entertaining…” Simon Rother, Horror-Movies.ca
“As an anthology Empire State of the Dead has a lot of fun and entertaining elements to it. The quality is at times patchy though and I felt that the less interesting shorts got in the way of my overall enjoyment. There were a few stand out characters, mainly with Johnson and Isaac both playing interesting bad guys… Daniel Simmonds, The Rotting Zombie
” …a lot of the action and stories play out like a single movie with tons of wildly different visions. It’s messy and confusing. The segments range from bad to worse. The acting is z-grade. The make-up effects and computer-generated imagery are by far some of the worst ever put in a film…” Schlock Horror
“The shorts try so hard to give us something unique and different. We have one that tries to think of itself as a f*cked up Reservoir Dogs. We have another about two friends who are trying to survive that find themselves walking in on something that I will not spoil, but say this, this scene is so bizarre and insane, it is worth the buy just for this scene alone…” Wicked Channel
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The Dead Pit is being released on Blu-ray in May via Dark Force Entertainment. The company has announced that their ninth Deluxe Single Edition release will be Dead Pit, featuring a brand new HD scan with extensive scene-by-scene correction.
Here’s our overview of the movie:
‘Drop in anytime.’
The Dead Pit is a 1989 American horror feature film directed by Brett Leonard (Feed; Man-Thing; Hideaway; The Lawnmower Man) from a screenplay co-written with producer Gimel Everett. The movie stars Jeremy Slate, Cheryl Lawson and Stephen Gregory Foster.
Plot:
Dr. Ramzi, a medical deviate intent on torturing his patients, is seemingly killed and buried in the basement of a mental health facility.
Twenty years later, the hospital is running again and Jane Doe arrives at the institute. Upon her arrival, a major earthquake rocks the building and unearths the now undead Dr. Ramzi and his legion of zombie patients. Meanwhile, mentally retarded Catholic nuns attempt to exorcise the patients …
Reviews:
“Dead Pit is an awful movie; yet, there’s something in it that just makes me enjoy it. Could it be Jane Doe’s ample hips? The doc’s glowing red eyes? The gore-soaked carnage? I don’t know, man. For every good thing I can name about this movie there are at least three bad things that immediately come to mind.” Steve Barton, Dread Central
“Leonard’s uninvolving psychological horror revels in shock effects and disrupted narrative logic, poured into the tired dreamworld and asylum settings of Nightmare on Elm Street and Hellbound.” Peter Dendle, The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia
“The scenes where Jane Doe hangs out with all the assorted oddballs and lunatics who are locked up in the loony bin pushes things into One Zombie Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest territory (or maybe Zombie, Interrupted) and the constant barrage of pointless psychoanalyzing, irritating dream sequences and annoying flashbacks don’t help.” Mitch Lovell, The Video Vacuum
“At over an hour and forty minutes, Dead Pit is over-padded by half, and the zombie scenes seem to go on and on and on and on without the ample arterial spray that should accompany them.” Bill Gibron, DVD Talk
“This serious attempt at horror never quite hits its mark, evolving into a series of gory laughs, which is what is so endearing about it.” Adam Lukeman, Fangoria’s101 Best Horror Movies You’ve Never Seen
“If The Dead Pit sounds like it’s kinda silly and a little bit campy … well, it is. However, it’s also a lot of fun, the type of unapologetically trashy horror film that makes for perfect Halloween viewing. Director Brett Leonard makes good use of what appears to be a very small budget.” Lisa Marie Bowman, Horror Critic
Choice dialogue:
Dr. Ramzi: “I’ve done life, now I’m doing death!”
Christian Meyers: “For dead people they sure are smart.”
Agnew’s Development Center, Santa Clara, California
Granett/Rideout Engineering’s Special Effects Studio, Santa Cruz, California
Releases:
The original US video release from Imperial Entertainment housed the VHS tape in a relief cover that lit up the eyes of the main zombie when a button was pushed. This version was cut to receive an ‘R’ rating but proved a popular rental due to the promotional gimmick.
In France, the film was released on VHS by CBS/Fox as Re-Animator Hospital.
Code Red released the film on DVD June 17, 2008. Special features include commentaries from Brett Leonard and late actor Jeremy Slate as well as interviews with both and Cheryl Lawson, the original theatrical trailer, and other trailers for upcoming Code Red releases. The version released by Code Red was an unrated director’s cut, featuring six additional minutes of footage.
Trivia:
The film’s reported budget was a mere $350,000.
The recreational room in which Jane meets Chris is the same location that rock band Green Day shot their music video for ‘Basket Case’.
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When the Fever Breaks is a 2019 American horror feature film directed by Tymaine Clay from a screenplay co-written with Lucy Clay. The The Break-a-Light production stars Chadwick Armstrong, Genevieve Gearhart, Ryan T. Husk and Dylan Wayne Lawrence.
Plot:
No plot details are available yet but it involves zombies.
Cast and characters:
Chadwick Armstrong … Neil (The Dead Diaries TV series)
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Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection is a 2012 British horror feature film directed by James Plumb (Little Monster; Kerb Crawlers; Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming) from a screenplay co-written with prolific producer Andrew Jones (Bundy and the Green River Killer; Jurassic Predator; Robert the Doll franchise; et al).
The Northbank Entertainment/Mad Science Films Production movie stars: Sule Rimi, Kathy Saxondale, Lee Bane and Terry Victor.
Plot:
In 2012,the deceased have risen from their graves with only one instinct-to feed on the living. As academics speculate on the scientific cause of the phenomena, theologians point to the Armageddon foretold in the Book of Revelation.
As the cities are over run and civilization crumbles, a family take refuge from the undead army in an isolated farmhouse in West Wales. But the greatest threat is already among them…
Reviews:
“It’s too weak and tedious to cultivate its own identity, so it uses the Night of the Living Dead crutch to seep in to consumers wallets. Director James Plumbs’ zombie picture is yet another terrible and dunderheaded indie zombie film that fails to re-think the sub-genre.” Felix Vasquez, Cinema Crazed
“Resurrection has several novel ideas that are overshadowed by an otherwise routine and familiar series of events. Twenty minutes into the film, Resurrection takes a jolting turn that puts the audience on notice and warns to expect the unexpected. It is a moment filled with promises that the movie never keeps…” Ian Sedensky, Culture Crypt
“Had they called themselves The Welsh Walking Dead or Undead Resurrection, fans around the world would merely yawn at another excuse for hackneyed dread. By linking up to the kind of socially minded scary movies Romero made, there’s the promise of polish and professionalism, though little actually exists.” Bill Gibron, DVD Talk
“The supposed homages to the Romero classic fall so flat that it’s almost deserving of a YouTube style montage involving people saying ‘ouch’ as they watch. The fresh spin that we’re expecting to see never really materialises baring one, just one moment early on.” Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life
“Every character has an unpleasant and unlikeable nature which leaves the audience distanced and lacking in empathy for any of them. The group of aggressive teenagers appear lifted directly from a wannabe urban gangster film and are so nasty and malicious in their actions as to seem wholly unbelievable.” John Townsend, Horror News
” …despite my initial (and deep) reservations about this film, I found it incredibly hard to dislike. It has some great humour to it – “apocalypse is trending on Twitter”, some notable nods to genre classics (Rabid Grannies), some very cool zombies…” Dave Wain, UK Horror Scene
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