2011 Short Films: Zombies, Zombies, Zombies

Apocalypse Twins: Fast Zombies (sort of)

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Written by Gregory Boytos; Directed by Andrew Lee; Produced by Gregory Boytos & Andrew Lee

All Petey wants to do is venture out of the (not so) zombie proof bunker. All Mitch wants to do is keep his younger (by minutes) brother safe from the dangers of the new world. But when Petey gets out, things tumble out of control rapidly.

6 min

Betania

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Written/Directed/Produced by Andrea Giomaro


Serena is a doctor in a city hospital. Her life is quite and systemic until the day she has a call from the priest of the small village of Betania. He informs her that her grandfather has passed away. Serena takes a symbolic and actual journey to that strange and forgotten town, where death is not so well defined.

24 min

Dead Union

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Written by Drew Nielsen, Justin Leggereit, Jacinta Goyne, & Joe Lewis; Directed by Drew Nielsen; Produced by Indianna Wren

In 1769, on a voyage to map uncharted land, five British sailors survive a shipwreck and find themselves washed ashore on a seemingly uninhabited island. Lead by Captain Charles E. Cromwell, the survivors venture into the jungle in search of food, shelter, and possible rescue. However, things take a turn for the worse when one of the crew encounters a strange young girl whose bite turns him into a member of the walking dead. Captain Cromwell and his men must fight to survive, and face the dangerous threat from within.

6 min

Followed

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Written by Mark Stokes, Maureen Cooke & Will McIntosh; Directed/Produced by James Kicklighter

From Hugo-award winning writer Will McIntosh, Followed is a socially conscious monster movie in which zombies symbolize society’s disadvantaged and oppressed.

20 min

Lamaze Of The Dead

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Written by Whitney Baltz & Carolyn Burns; Directed by M. Shawn Lewallen; Produced by M. Shawn Lewallen, Whitney Baltz, Jon Baltz, Derek E. Tindall, Benedict R. Fancy, Shane Callahan, & Brad Walker

What would happen if The Zombie Apocalypse struck during your birthing class? See who thinks fast and runs faster to stay ahead of the walking dead.

Blair and Jackson don’t get along very well, but they are having a baby together and headed for Lamaze class. When a strange illness strikes many around them, they make a mad dash for their lives and that of their unborn child. You better be running the fastest as they continually must make the hard choices to save their little family. It’s The Zombie Apocalypse – welcome to the last day of the rest of your life.

8 min

Night Of The Living Spuds

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Written/Directed by Timothy Alan Richardson; Produced by Timothy Alan Richardson & Michael Kouroubetes

After a large astrospud falls from the sky and crashes into the cemetery on the outskirts of Chive City, Dr. Ram Russett, astronomer, and Nurse Candy Yam must quickly create an antidote in order to return the town’s zombie-fied citizens to their normal, high potassium state.

10 min

Rigamortis: A Zombie Love Story

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Written by David Dewes & Jenny Stolte; Directed by David Dewes & Ted Campbell; Produced by David Dewes, Jenny Stolte, Marcia Stolte, & Matt Olsen

Shortly after humanity has put down a zombie outbreak, the last two zombies left ‘undead’ are looking for their place in the world, while one lonely zombie hunter’s new-found fame and glory can’t fill the hole in his heart left by the recent loss of his undead love.

Can the zombies avoid a gruesome second death at the hands of chainsaw-wielding mobs and find a place where they can live in peace? Can the zombie hunter complete his quest to rid the world of zombies or will his past relationship with his prey cause him to falter? Can any of them hit the high notes?

37 min

Spoiled Rotten

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Written by J. Alan Peeples & Kelli D. Meyer; Directed/Produced by J. Alan Peeples

What happens to a normal, happy family when a zombie attack leaves 4-year-old Tommy craving human flesh? A headshot with the family rifle would finish it, and his father wants to do just that, but his mother can’t bear to face the end of Tommy’s existence. As Tommy decomposes, his mother’s sanity wastes away as well. Just how far will a mother go to hold onto her son?

16 min

Tepan Dead

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Written/Directed by Hillary B. Lavin; Produced by Tara K. Clark

Hiro Watanabe has the soul of a Samurai warrior. There’s only one problem: he was born 500 years too late. On the other side of the world. Life as a Teppanyaki chef in America is far from the heroic life Hiro imagines for himself. He makes do, envisioning his knives as Samurai swords, honing his skills with a blade. His dreams are routinely crushed by Dean, a snarky busboy working at the same restaurant. But tonight, all this will change. Tonight, Hiro will prove himself as he goes head to head with the walking dead!

7 min

Laugh

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Written by Olufemi S. Sowemimo; Directed by Anthony McHie; Produced by Anthony McHie, Bola Mustapha, Sue-Ellen Chitunya

Laugh, explores unemployed stand-up comedian Jeremy Keane as his world comes crashing down around him in an apocalyptic end. While fighting to retain his humanity, what does our young hero choose to speak about when he hits the record button on his trusty camera?

18 min