Alive trailer: January release draws comparisons to 28 Days Later, Cabin Fever

Gravitas Ventures will be giving writer/director David Marantz’s zombie movie Alive a digital release on January 31st, and to start building the hype for it they have dropped a trailer for the film online. You can check it out in the embed above, and take a look at the poster for Alive at the bottom of this article.

Said to be “in the tradition of 28 Days Later and Cabin Fever“, Alive has the following synopsis: Helen navigates a ravaged world with her boyfriend Kevin and her little brother Barney. Desperate to find help after Barney’s infection slowly turns him into a zombie, they come upon a house where lives Dan, a man harboring a heavy secret.

Ellen Hillman, Kian Pritchard, Neil Sheffield, Stuart Matthews, Angus Kennedy, Gillian Broderick, Andrew May-Gohrey, Daniel May-Gohrey, Simone McIntyre, Helen Coathup, Nick Ewans, Carl Upshell, Johnny Leigh Wright, and Paul Hughes star.

Alive marks the feature writing and directing debut of Marantz, who previously wrote a couple shorts. The film was produced by Annie Rachel Hillman – and also happens to be the first feature Hillman has produced.

Several of the cast members are as new to screen acting as Marantz and Hillman are to making features, but some of them have a long list of credits. Sheffield made his screen debut in an entry of the infamous Witchcraft franchise – Witchcraft X: Mistress of the Craft, to be exact. Matthews has made uncredited appearances in some major films, and even worked in the makeup department on Guardians of the Galaxy. Kennedy was in the Netflix series The Sandman. Broderick was recently seen in a movie called Demonic Christmas Tree. Ewans even played zombies in both 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead.

What did you think of the Alive trailer? Does this look like a movie you’ll be watching when it gets its digital release in January? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below. The fact that Alive was made on a very low budget is quite obvious in the picture quality, but I can look beyond that if the story and characters are interesting enough.

Here’s the film’s poster: