Undead (film)
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| Directed by | Michael Spierig Peter Spierig |
| Produced by | Michael Spierig Peter Spierig |
| Written by | Michael Spierig Peter Spierig |
| Starring | Felicity Mason Mungo McKay |
| Distributed by | Spierigfilm |
| Release date(s) | 2003 |
| Running time | 104 min. (Australia) 100 min. (Canada) 97 min. (USA) |
| Language | English |
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Undead is a 2003 Australian horror film, directed by Michael & Peter Spierig and starring Felicity Mason.
Tagline: Crazy has definitely come to town for a visit. / Prepare Yourself
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[edit] Synopsis
After losing her family farm to debt, local beauty pageant winner Rene (Mason), decides to leave town for the big city. Unfortunately, strange meteorites fall to earth near the small New Zealand town, turning the inhabitants into zombies. Rene and some other survivors find refuge in the home of local gun nut and alien abductee Marion (McKay), and attempt to survive the plague of undead.
Marion has a collection of guns and there is a metal fall-out shelter in his basement floor, which the group of survivors, including two police officers, take refuge in. But Marion has not had a chance to stock the shelter with food or water yet. It's still upstairs. The group tries to get to the food but encounter the hoard of zombies again that don't seem to want to die. It is here that Marion has to shoot one in the head and discovers it stays down. They have to abandon the fall-out shelter and head upstairs, which eventually leads them over top of Marion's garage, which contains his van. They secure the van and try to flee only to find a huge barrier surrounding the entire town. Rain continues to fall at regular intervals (as Marion has noticed) and at first seems to turn others into zombies but it is actually a healing rain, from a group of aliens, which cures the zombie plague.
It turns out the aliens are there to help cure the town of the zombie plague from the meteorite shower and keep it from spreading. A surprise ending follows.
[edit] Trivia
- Marion's van in the movie was also used as one of the movie crew's vehicles to get back and forth to the shooting sites.
- During shooting, Marion's van broke down a total of seven times.
- The project took 2 and a half years to complete and after the middle of day one, the initial budget money was gone.
- Undead has over 300 special effects shots.
[edit] Cast
Felicity Mason .... Rene
Mungo McKay .... Marion
Rob Jenkins .... Wayne
Lisa Cunningham .... Sallyanne
Dirk Hunter .... Harrison
Emma Randall .... Molly
Steve Grieg .... Agent
Noel Sheridan .... Chip
Gaynor Wensley .... Aggie
Eleanor Stillman .... Ruth
Robyn Moore .... Officer in Locker Room
Robert Jozinovic .... Man in Office
Peter Mensforth .... Cricket Batsman
Jacob Andriolo .... Young Cricketer
Michele Steel .... Screamer
[edit] Critical Response
The response to Undead was mixed, with a mere 26% from Rotten Tomatoes and a 2/5 stars from BBC movies.
