George Romero’s “…Of The Dead” – First Look

January 6, 2009 admin 3 comments

George A. Romero’s …of The Dead, his latest zombie movie, seems to finally have a name, a poster and a new ”in production” trailer. According to all this new info on the distributors website, Voltage Pictures, it’s all a little different then most of us had initially thought.

Originally, the rumors circulating on the web told us that this was going to be a sequel to the Diary of the Dead, and that it was going to be called Island of the Dead. It doesn’t look like either of these things are true.

By watching the trailer a few times, it doesn’t look like any of our heroes from Diary are going to make it into this one. I can also point out that the film does not appear to be shot in the first person “Blair Witch-style” like Diary.

The title, …Of the Dead, is listed on the movie poster. I’ll have to point out that this is a pretty strange title. It leads to two possibilities. First, the movie could still not have a title, in which case they are going to call it Fill-in-the-blank…Of the Dead once they figure out what they want to call the film. The second possibility is that they really have decided to call it …of The Dead. This actually wouldn’t surprise me all that much. I’ve heard and read a number of Romero interviews where he is irritated about every zombie movie out there ripping off his success and calling themselves “Something” of the Dead. He is a fairly sinicle guy, and it’s well known that he’s not all that fond of Hollywood. I’m wondering if this is a mockery of that.

The cast includes Alan Van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, Kathleen Munroe, Devon Bostick, Richard Fitzpatrick, Stefano Colacitti and Athena Karkanis. Alan Van Sprang appears to be the only one in the group that worked on Diary of the Dead, but as a different character. The rest have made some small appearances in TV and Film, so like most of his other Dead movies, Romero has cast no-name talent (which I’m pretty cool with).

George A. Romero’s “…of The Dead” Plot:

“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?”

George A. Romero’s “…of The Dead” Trailer: