We’ve been bringing you news and promos for FEARnet’s new series ZOMBIE ROADKILL since August, last bringing you a fun trailer and a PSA; it looks like tongue-in-cheek fun in the best Sam Raimi tradition (his Ghost House banner produced the show). Now we’ve got a very cool update for those lucky f*ckers out there who are hitting up Fantastic Fest next week. The entire 6-part series will air in its entirety on Friday, SEPTEMBER 24th! In addition, we now know when the show will be available for everyone else to enjoy. Read on!
From the press release: Fantastic Fest will host a World Premiere screening of Zombie Roadkill, from FEARnet and Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert’s Ghost House Pictures, at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar on Friday, September 24th at 8pm with Academy Award-nominated actor Thomas Haden Church, David Dorfman (The Ring films, Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and director David Green in attendance at a special post-screening Q&A, which will be moderated by FEARnet on-air host Spider (Powerman 5000). FEARnet will screen the terrifyingly twisted new six-part series in its entirety, followed by a Zombie Roadkill after-party. The FEARnet-sponsored insanity of the fourth annual Fantastic Feud will ensue a couple of days later!
We’ve also got the official ZOMBIE ROADKILL synopsis (though it plays out pretty much the way you’d expect it to): follows a group of college kids driving on an unfamiliar winding road through a national park. The group is heading for a fun weekend away, but when they accidentally run over a “harmless” squirrel, everything takes a dark turn and they quickly discover that this is no ordinary road. In fact, the woods are alive with the undead: wronged woodland creatures that have been reanimated as vengeful, murderous zombies!
The first two episodes of ZOMBIE ROADKILL will premiere on FEARnet.com on OCTOBER 4th, with a new episode available daily through Friday, October 8th. The terrifyingly twisted new series will also play on FEARnet On Demand with the first three episodes of the series becoming available on October 14th and final episodes available on October 21st.