FearNET brings us the Ghost House Pictures release of Zombie Roadkill on October 4th, 2010.
Thomas Haden Church stars as a park ranger who partners with a teen (David Dorfman) to escape a portion of highway where roadkill is resurrected as flesh-eating zombie animals.
Ok…I’m going to go ‘off’ my regular rating scale here…and why? Simple: this movie is an independent film. Why should it be treated differently than any other film? Simple again: It looks like a full on Hollywood production.
‘The Dead Matter’ is the first full-length film conceived and directed by Midnight Syndicate founder, Edward Douglas. What?!?!? The Music score guys? Yeah, THOSE guys. Think about it- instead of just writing more music (which we love by the way) they went out and shot their own movie! They didn’t go half assed either, they got some genre favourites like Andrew Divoff (Wishmaster), Jason Carter(Babylon 5), and Tom Savini (You BETTER damn well know who he is…FX master…Dawn of the dead) then mixed in amazing effects and makeup, while composing their amazing music to go along with it all. Again: AS AN INDEPENDENT!!!
With that all being said, is this the greatest movie in the world? No. there are some failings, the younger cast is not the most experienced group of actors in the world, some of the effects might seem a bit ‘hokey’ to some, but I still have to give it up to Midnight Syndicate for going balls out to put out one of the best looking ‘independent’ films I’ve seen in a while! It’s a good time and fun as fuck. (there’s yer tagline Ed!!!)
NOW…let’s get to the ‘even more awesome’ the DVD set I got was a THREE disc set, it has the movie, the original soundtrack CD AND a ‘greatest hits’ Midnight Syndicate CD as well! That is a jam packed DVD/CD set for only 20 bucks… You can get it over at your local Hot Topic, or just online HERE…
Since I’m not ‘rating’ the film in the same way I’ve done others in the past- I’ll say this: I thought it was fun and the 3 disc set is WELL worth picking this one up…
Heya- I know…it’s a rare Saturday post… But I just HAD to share this:
Yeah…that is the ‘Awesome’ that is Birdemic: Shock and Terror… and it plays TONIGHT at 11:55 at the Mayfair- the home for film you won’t see anywhere else!
So what else is going on this month at the Mayfair? Lemme tell ya:
The Crow is on Sunday Sept 5th at 9:00
September 10th at 10:45 …I STRONGLY URGE you to go see: Night of the Living dead: Reanimated! You’ve never seen anything like this…trust me Check the trailer:
Friday September the 17th is a double shot of horror when Ottawa Horror (DOT COM!) presents: The Human Centipede at 9:45 pm (If you miss it you can see it on the 18th as well at 9:45 or the 23rd at 9:00) which is then followed up by the original classic 1980 film: I Spit on your Grave (aka: Day of the Woman) at 11:45.
Like ‘Grindhouse’ (and really…who doesn’t?) check out American Grindhouse on the 24th AND 25th (both at 11:30)
Unfortunately I missed this one (it was last night…dammit) but I had to share the trailer with you Zombie Holocaust (a.k.a. Dr. Butcher M.D.) :
Those crazy Italians!
The Mayfair Theatre plays some of the greatest (and the not so greatest …but that is fun as hell) movies out there… they really are the best place to have a ‘movie going experience’. While there are OTHER FILMS this month- these are just the ones that ‘pop’ to me:) Stay tuned for October’s news … you never know, zombieinfo.com might just be slipping in a show during the spookiest month of the year!