Here it is, your first good look at George Romero’s OF THE DEAD. Still unsure if that’s the title they’re going to run with, but for now it’ll do. Just give a click to the image below to take a look at the Zombie Master’s new creepshow. (See what I did there?!)
It’s just a promo trailer at the moment, so pay no mind to the somewhat odd pacing. Personally I think it has a few intriguing visuals (to go along with the very intriguing synopsis), but I can’t say I’m very impressed on the whole. Here’s hoping Mr. Romero has a few more subversive tricks up his sleeve… At the very least, let’s hope this blows the turd that is DIARY OF THE DEAD out of the friggin’ water.
On a small island off North America’s coast, the dead rise to menace the living. Yet…the islanders can’t bring themselves to exterminate their loved ones, despite the growing danger from those the once held dear. A rebel among them hunts down all the zombies he can find, only to be banished from the island for assassinating his neighbors and friends. On the mainland, bent on revenge, he encounters a small band of survivors in search of an oasis on which to build a new life. Barely surviving an attack from a mass of ravenous flesh-eaters. They commandeer a zombie-infested ferry and sail to the island. There, to their horror, they discover that the locals have chained the dead inside their homes, pretending to live ‘normal’ lives…with bloody consequences. What ensues is a desperate struggle for survival and the answer to a question never posed in Romero’s Dead films: Can the living ever live in peace with the dead?
Hopefully we’ll find out soon when OF THE DEAD will be splattering its way across the country… For now, check out the trailer and then let us know what you think!
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