Zone of the Dead (2009) imdb Trailer
a.k.a. APOCALYPSE OF THE DEAD (USA/UK), APOCALYPSE OF THE LIVING DEAD (Germany)
After the Night, after the Dawn, after the Day… comes an epic fight for survival in the realm of the walking dead.
Zone of the Dead brings the world’s most famous zombie killer - KEN FOREE versus the living dead, for the first time after George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978). Also starring KRISTINA KLEBE from Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007).
Transporting a valuable human cargo of state prisoner, a group Interpol agents headed by Agents Reyes and Milius are forced to make an unscheduled detour when they encounter the remnants of a catastrophic ecological disaster. They find themselves besieged by a vast army of rampaging, blood-thirsty zombies who will stop at nothing to devour every morsel of human flesh in sight. As Reyes and Milius fight for their lives, they realize their only chance for escape is in joining forces with the treacherous criminal in their care. But this man has a past as deadly and terrifying as the monsters out for their blood.
DIRECTED BY: Milan Konjević & Milan Todorović
MAIN CAST: Ken Foree, Kristina Klebe, Emilio Roso, Miodrag Krstović,
Vukota Brajović, Steve Agnew
SCREENPLAY BY: Milan Konjević STORY BY: Vukota Brajović & Milan Todorović
PRODUCERS: Milan Todorović, Vukota Brajović, Loris Curci, Željko Mitrović
TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Action-Horror / 96 minutes (101min – directors’ cut)
/ English language / Serbia-Italy-Spain / 2009
SALES AGENCY: Epic Pictures Group, Inc.
"Apocalypse of the Dead is surprisingly entertaining and filled with genre love.
There’s good action, a good story, and a lot of reverence for the genre filmmakers who inspired this production.
It’s definitely a good first outing for the directors and for Serbian zombie movies."
- Bloody Disgusting
“A true zombie flick that would delight Romero himself!"
- Sitges festival
“It does deliver moments of genuine dramatic tension and plenty of zombie action setpieces for fans of the genre, building to an effective action-packed climax.”
– Coventry Telegraph
“Ken Foree, three decades removed from his iconic performance in Dawn of the Dead, still is very hazardous for the zombie population!”
– HorrorTalk.com
“The audience are inundated with images of blood, guts and gore, which is precisely what you want from a zombie horror film.”
– Digyorkshire.com
"The film's finale has a massive zombie battle which is fun, you know in that blood, guts, bullets flying, swords chopping kind of way."
- ZombiesDrule.com
“Zone of the Dead is a surefire hit for the target audiences worldwide.”
– HorrorTalk.com
DISTRIBUTION:
EPIC PICTURES RELEASING (USA - DVD)
GRAVITAS / IFC (USA - VOD)
METRODOME (UK)
TUCK (Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Republika Srpska)
SWIFT (France, French speaking Europe)
TRANSFORMER (Japan)
MIG FILM (Germany, German speaking Europe)
IFC / GRAVITAS (North American VOD)
MISTERIA ZVUKA (Russian Federation)
GULF FILM LLC (Middle East)
DORAMA (Indonesia)
STG (Thailand)
and more…
AWARDS:
“Special Emperor Constantine Award for extraordinary acting achievement” – Ken Foree (Film Meetings Festival 2009, Serbia)
“Best Interpretation – New Talent” – Kristina Klebe (Fantasy Horror Award 2010, Italy)
“Best Male Lead” – Ken Foree (Horrorfest 2010, South Africa)
“Best Female Lead” – Kristina Klebe (Horrorfest 2010, South Africa)
“Best producer of the year” – Milan Todorović (Producers’ day 2009, Serbia)
“Best actor-producer” – Vukota Brajović (Film Meetings Festival 2009, Serbia)
"Best Effects" - Miroslav Lakobrija (Full Moon 2011, USA)
The film was nominated at FANTASY HORROR AWARD (Italy) in the category "Best Horror Film" along with Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell, and Rec 2 by Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza, which won the Award.
FESTIVALS:
SITGES – Sitges, Spain
ROJO SANGRE – Buenos Aires, Argentina
PIFAN – Puchon, South Korea
HORRORTHON – Dublin, Ireland
SCIENCE+FICTION – Trieste, Italy
GERARDMER – Gerardmer, France
FANTASY HORROR AWARD – Orvieto, Italy
FANTASPOA – Porto Alegre, Brazil
MACABRO – Mexico City, Mexico
MONTEVIDEO FANTASTICO – Montevideo, Uruguay
HORRORFEST – Cape Town, South Africa
FULL MOON - Nashville, USA
ACADIANA FILM FESTIVAL – Lafayette, USA
FEST – Belgrade, Serbia
FILM MEETINGS – Niš, Serbia
GROSSMANN – Ljutomer, Slovenia
and more…
