Stumbled across a website for Brit indie HUMAN RESIDUE today and I have to say that for a flick in pre-production it looks awfully damn impressive. Here’s the skinny on the concept:
Seven volunteers all signed up for the same temporal isolation program. Whilst not particularly interested in the research purposes of the experiment, for a £7000 payment they could live with being sealed inside an underground bunker for a period of three and a half weeks.
While they were under something went terribly wrong. When the experiment ended, nobody came to let them out.
When they break out of their temporary home they find the surrounding facility deserted. The world that greets them is silent and desolate; all the communications are dead, there’s no power and smoke rises on the horizon. The huge sprawling concrete facility is devoid of human life. What could have caused such a catastrophe? Is there something else out there? Even if they escape with their lives, what awaits them beyond the grounds of the facility?
Now I’ll grant you that the description sounds derivative of any number or recent genre pics, but stills and test footage over at the Official Site should prove to you that these folks know what the hell they’re doing. I don’t know that I’ve ever been so pulled in by a :45 second character trailer that features no dialogue.
Now for those of you who really want to get involved in the biz, these folks are accepting donations through PayPal. $5 today. Movie mogul tomorrow. It’s all just a click away.