Dead Meat

For the 2007 film, see Deadmeat.
Dead Meat
Directed by Conor McMahon
Produced by
  • Michael Griffin
  • Edward King
Written by Conor McMahon
Starring
  • Marian Araujo
  • David Muyllaert
Music by John Gillooley
Cinematography Andrew Legge
Edited by Conor McMahon
Distributed by Three Way Distributors
Release dates
  • October 2004 (2004-10) (US)
  • December 2004 (2004-12) (Ireland)
Running time
80 minutes
Country Ireland
Language English
Budget €110,000

Dead Meat is a 2004 Irish zombie film written and directed by Conor McMahon, starring Spanish theatre actress Marian Araujo and veteran Irish actor Eoin Whelan.

Plot summary

A mutated strain of mad cow disease infects the Irish countryside, turning people into ravenous, flesh-eating zombies. Caught amid this chaos are a young Spanish tourist and the local gravedigger. Together, this unlikely duo must fight for survival or become part of the Zombie Fest. The gravedigger is also furnished with a deadly shovel, presumably used for digging graves and/or slaying zombies, dragons, other mythological creatures and evil bacon.

Cast

Dan Ewing, of Australian soap opera Home and Away had an extra role as a castle zombie.

Production

Dead Meat was filmed in and around the village of Leitrim, County Leitrim, Ireland.

Release

According to the "making of..." featurette included in the US DVD release, the film was greenlighted under a new funding scheme from the Irish Film Board called "Microbudget Films", targeted at frugal independent filmmakers. Dead Meat was the first microbudget film to receive a release. To cut costs, the crew used many donated sets, filmmakers' personal vehicles and recruited volunteer extras at the local pub. Dead Meat received video distribution by Revolver Entertainment in the UK and Fangoria Entertainment in the US.

Soundtrack

David Muyllaert, who played heroic gravedigger Desmond in Dead Meat, also sang lead on the film's title song, the punk-metal-ish "Dead Meat".

Reception

Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote, "A rural Irish setting and mad cow disease plot hook do surprisingly little to distinguish fast-moving but routine zombie flick".[1] Beyond Hollywood called it "one of the best zombie movies, regardless of budget, to come out in recent years".[2] Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia: Volume 2, academic Peter Dendle said, "A few unexpected twists and a lot gorgeous scenery distinguish this otherwise straightforward B-zed flick from Ireland."[3]

References

  1. Harvey, Dennis (2005-06-17). "Review: 'Dead Meat'". Variety. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
  2. "Dead Meat (2004) Movie Review". BeyondHollywood.com. 2005-05-24. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
  3. Dendle, Peter (2012). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2: 2000-2010. McFarland & Company. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-7864-6163-9.

External links

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