Billed as Cuba’s first horror film, JUAN OF THE DEAD (aka JUAN DE LOS MUERTOS) is a Spanish-language horror/comedy written and directed by Alejandro Brugués. The folks at Latino Review debuted the flick’s English-subtitled trailer, and you can watch it below.
“It’s a zombie film but it’s about Cubans and how we react in the face of a crisis because we’ve had a lot of them here over the last 50 years,” said Brugués. “It is a social comedy, it has a bit of everything. It has horror, it has action and it pretty much laughs in the face of problems.”
So it tackles social issues similar to a George Romero film, it takes a humorous approach to zombies like SHAUN OF THE DEAD, and the main character starts a company to take out the creatures a la GHOSTBUSTERS? Count me in!
The film stars Alexis Díaz de Villegas, Jorge Molina, Andrea Duro (below), Jazz Vilá, Andros Perugorría and Eliecer Ramírez. There’s still no word on a release date – domestic, U.S. or otherwise – but after catching the trailer, we will certainly keep you updated.
In the middle of what official media refers as isolated incidents provoked by dissidents paid by the US government, in Havana, Cuba filled with flesh eating zombies, one hero, Juan,comes to rescue. The only way to beat them is destroying their brains, so Juan realizes there is an upside to this situation, he can confront them making some money out it. Juan adopts the motto “we kill your beloved one” … at a reasonable price, and by doing so begins with this business/adventure that evolves into this cuban zombie comedy that has great fun for all your beloved ones.
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