Dead Walkers Zombie Short Now on Itunes
The 13minute zombie short Dead Walkers is now available for all to purchase on itunes. Shot in Calgary Alberta it runs 13minutes in length and has traveled across the globe from the world premiere in Toronto at Toronto After Dark to the UK for Film4 Fright fest and the dead even marched on Hollywood at the 2009 Screamfest.
Dead Walkers has become one of the most successful short films in Canadian history and is now available here
Directed by Spencer Estabrooks Dead Walkers tells the story of a bounty hunter and gunman Jack who stumbles into a town cursed with the undead with two criminals he just captured. True to form and somewhat typical the hero and the criminals must team up to survive the undead hordes in the form of undead town folks and a sherriff that are hell bent on making them into a tasty western snack.
Running 13 minutes in length the film is well shot with excellent production values and exemplifies what good indie filmmaking should be. The practical fx are very well done and for the most part the CG effects are also top notch. Being a traditionalist I would have liked a bit less over the top CG blood but its a minor complaint considering the overall quality of the short film. The film was very well polished and put together and will please every fan of indie filmmaking and with a bit of tweaking to the editing and a bit better score Dead Walkers could become an an underground hit with zombie film fans and easily spiral into a feature film. Considering the constraints of time and budget Dead Walkers deserves alot of praise.
Like any short film it felt a bit rushed and was over far too quickly but that is a compliment and not adetraction. When you watch a short film and feel it went to fast and you wished you had more it just goes to show that the filmmakers have the potential to do a feature film.
The last good zombie western I watched was Undead or Alive and I think with a good editing team Spencer Estabrooks and his team could turn Dead Walkers into a feature film that zombie fans would lineup to buy and see.
Deadwalkers will be playing on Movicentral on June 26th right after Zombieland airs and I encourage you to give it a watch and see what fine indie zombie filmmaking looks like.