Budget AUD $1 million (which in USD that’s $0.75 million)
A fisherman punching zombie fish and when that doesn’t work he starts shooting them …. and then inconveniently gets abducted by aliens. I hate it when that happens …
Last night there was a meteor shower over Australia … then, inexplicably, some people started turning into zombies the following morning … normal types of fuel no longer work, but zombie breath and blood is flammable.
Weird — yeah …
Fun — OI, MATE!
Long/short — this film was a lot of fun, and surely is a film for my Top 10+ List. Amazingly this film was budgeted at $160,000, and written by brothers Kiah Roache-Turner (director) and Tristan Roache-Turner (producer).
This was a kick because it showed some new ideas — not just with the characters Frank and Barry discovering that zombie blood can be used as a substitute for gasoline. They take to the road to find Barry’s sister, Brooke. She’s been nabbed by soldiers and a scientist, and gets injected with a chemical concoction that somehow gives her the ability to control the hungry hordes. This helps to bring something fresh to zombie-genre after it’s received a heavy flogging in recent years.
In February 2015 a sequel was announced with a potential return of the original actors, with the release proposed for early 2017. The Roache-Turner brothers later announced that their next project would in fact be the Wyrmwood sequel in the form of a 10-episode TV series titled “Wyrmwood: Chronicles of the Dead“. The team released a short teaser for the series on 19 May 2017, featuring Gallagher and Bradey reprising their roles as Barry and Brooke.
Not bad for a crowdfunded film where no one got paid (HOORAY FOR DIY) and made this film as a labor of love for 3+ years.
Undead (2003 – US release 2005 … shucks, why’d we have to wait?!?)
