THE FACILITY will mark the initial production in what is set to be a series of Fangoria Originals which will be written and directed by Chainsaw-award winning filmmaker David Gebroe. Gebroe's original script for THE FACILITY stemmed from a news item in the New York Times back in May of 2011. In the article they reported that the U.S. government's Center of Disease Control (CDC) had posted "Zombie Apocalypse" on their "Disaster Preparedness" list.
The film has launched its Kickstarter campaign today so if you would like to be a part of a very cool sounding indie horror flick then head over to their Kickstarter page right HERE and check out some of the cool rewards they've got going on for anyone who pledges. Also, be sure to check out their Facebook page and Twitter to stay up to date on the film.
THE FACILITY revolves around a small group of local National Guardsmen who are activated within days after Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast, and our heroes are ordered to protect an isolated government building. The cryptic place is in the middle of nowhere (natch), and the unwary troops have no clue as to the true nature of their assignment. Their only orders are to let no one into the building, and if they do wind up inside for whatever reason, they must remain on the ground floor. These commands make no sense—to them. What the soldiers don’t know is that this isolated structure is actually a facility from which a clandestine government branch is conducting Top Secret experiments in genetic mutation (paging Dr. Moreau!). So the guardsmen also have no idea of the horrific consequences of these experiments—or how they themselves may very well become candidates in a twisted scientific agenda and conspiracy…