The zombie sub-genre is an impressive one. Where once it used to be something that themasses feared (scared sh*tless/lock up your doors feared) but now it seems as if everyone wants in on it. Wouldn’t it be cool if we had a zombie invasion, they say. Zombies just don’t get the respect they once had. It’s really no fault to them, or their filmmakers, or anyone else for that matter. Everyone simply wants to cash in on that culture. Now once in a blue moon we might get something akin to 28 DAYS LATER (debatable zombies) or even THE DEAD where the zombie franchise really amps up the nth degree.
Could ZONE OF THE DEAD be the next hot zombie flick? A couple of updates have emerged on the interwebs regarding the latest and greatest insert possessive noun here OF THE DEAD on the market. This time it looks like some zombie legends are making a comeback in ZONE OF THE DEAD. I sh*t you not folks. Ken Foree is starring alongside many notable others in the new apocalyptic flick. Funny thing is, though, I’m guessing the filmmakers found the standard OF THE DEAD formula a little too bland seeing as they’re already talking about changing the title into…
2012: APOCALYPSE OF THE DEAD. Nope, OF THE DEAD is still in there and that’s cool. I guess sticking with the family tree is best. ZONE OF THE DEAD has been launching itself on cable and mobile platforms for a short while now but ever since October 1st the film has been changed to 2012: APOCALYPSE OF THE DEAD.
Check out the list of cable providers with 2012: APOCALYPSE OF THE DEAD on VOD:
# Charter
# Verizon Fios
# AT&T U-Verse
# Rogers (Canada)
# Mediacom
# Suddenlink
# Bresnan
# Bend
# DISH VOD
# Blue Ridge
# Wave
# Click
# Atlantic Broadband
# Cincinnati Bell
# Hargray
# RCN
# NTELOS
# Frontier
# HTC
Synopsis:
After the Night, after the Dawn, after the Day… comes an epic fight for survival in the realm of the undead. Transporting a valuable human cargo of state prisoner across a hazardous war zone, a group Interpol agents headed by Agents Reyes and Milius are forced to make an unscheduled detour when they encounter the remnants of a catastrophic ecological disaster. They find themselves besieged by a vast army of rampaging, blood-thirsty zombies, ravenous creatures who will stop at nothing to devour every morsel of human flesh in sight. As Reyes and Milius fight for their lives, they realize their only chance for escape is in joining forces with the treacherous criminal in their care. But this man has a past as deadly and terrifying as the monsters out for their blood.
2012: APOCALYPSE OF THE DEAD features Ken Foree for the first time since George A. Romero’s DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978). The flick also stars Kristina Klebe from Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN. The film will also make its theatrical rounds in Louisiana on November 12th, in Lafayette, LA. If you’re in the neighborhood then give your local cinema-plex a run by and check this sucker out! A DVD release date has been set for March 1st, 2011.
Zone in on Kristina Klebe (ZONE OF THE DEAD, HALLOWEEN)