The apocalypse is temporary. Film is forever.
Looking like a raucously funny mashup of One Cut of the Dead and Shaun of the Dead, the British zom-com Zomblogalypse gets its US and Canada streaming premiere tomorrow, May 24th, when it releases on most major streaming platforms.
The film, based on the cult web series and shot in the UK, is being released by High Octane Pictures and will be available to purchase or rent on platforms such as iTunes, Amazon, Google, YouTube TVOD, Vudu and more.
Zomblogalypse follows the adventures of three anti-heroes Hannah, Miles and Tony (played by their namesakes Hannah Bungard, Miles Watts and Tony Hipwell, who also co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed the film) as they chronicle their time together as decade-long zombie apocalypse survivors. Ten years in and quite bored, the trio decide to make a movie, using real zombies as the monsters and recruiting a bunch of beleaguered survivors as the film crew.
"Things unsurprisingly don’t go to plan as the zombies chomp through the cast and crew, with hilariously gory consequences."
The film adaptation of Zomblogalypse was a labour of love for the filmmaking trio, who share producing, writing, directing and acting duties. Development began in 2012 with Hollywood studio involvement before going into hibernation for several years. The idea however, like the zombie menace, refused to stay dead.
"A film always felt like unfinished business for us," notes Hipwell, who also served as director of photography and editor. "The trick was breaking the story: it needed to justify a feature while being manageable on a very tight budget. I’d always loved films about filmmaking, like Ed Wood and American Movie, and this is our contribution to that oeuvre."
"It’s our way of making an independent film while simultaneously sending up both the process and the genre," adds Watts. "Filmmaking brings out the best and worst in people and it’s funny seeing that writ large on screen, against an apocalyptic backdrop, which only heightens the desperate nature of it all."
The film has completed an international film festival run, where it received multiple critic and audience accolades and "Best Movie" awards at most of the festivals where it screened.
Check out the Zomblogalypse red band trailer below!
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