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director: Robert
Grant
Runtime: 98mins
The flesh-munching undead have This low-budget first feature pays a
Year: 2009
been popping up all over the lot more attention to the characters
country: canada
cinematic world, and this time the and the interaction between the
Language: English
infection hits suburban Canada. survivors than simply shooting at
Format: Digibeta
source: true Hype
zombies, which lifts it above the usual
After outrunning and outdriving the
splatter movies, but still includes all
zombie hoards, the different groups
the blood-soaked, gory elements
of survivors become holed up in a
one expects of the genre. What is
grocery store for what is to be the
even more impressive is, owing to
final stand-off against the undead,
budgetary constraints on film stock,
and decide to escape the city and
most of the movie’s shots were
head for the safety of the wilderness.
done in one take, similar to ‘Primer’,
It’s like ‘Dawn of the Dead’ meets
which showed at sfL4. If you’ve ever
‘Deliverance’, and with six, armed
thought about making your own
alpha males trying to survive in the
zombie flick, then watch this to see
forest it’s not the zombies that are
how a fresh idea can make it stand
their greatest threat.
Q&A
out from the mob.
Writer-director Rob Grant will be
at the screening to answer your
questions about shooting a zombie
feature on a shoestring.
14 THE 8
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LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASTIC FILM 29 APRIL – 4 MAY 2009
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