No, that title isn’t some sort of mad-lib, and no, I haven’t had a stroke. It is, in fact, the actual title of an upcoming short film that looks like it may just be another Atomic Age Cinema-esque brilliant satire of the ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ genre:

I really wish I could give you more information on this great looking film aside from the trailers themselves. According to Horror Movies it’s going to be a short film that, if the trailers say anything, should be hilarious. If it’s not your cup of tea at the very least I’m sure everyone out there will appreciate the name of the film.

I’m embedding the full, utterly bizarre trailer below as well as a couple of teasers.

Isn’t that just amazing? First, the film establishes right off the bat that the survivor/protagonists are in fact the bad guys, and utterly insane, which is a nice touch and a good starting point. Then they highlight the inherent absurdity of the entire ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ concept by focusing on an all-new form of cinematic Zombie: the Waffle Zombie. In thrall, it seems, (for the purposes of the film) to a syrup-weeping Waffle Demon. By putting the spotlight on such a rare subgrouping of Zombies, albeit in a fictionalized setting, these filmmakers help to shatter once and for all the narrow Romero-Russo stereotypes about Zombiism.

Wow. I’m stunned. This film should help us to once and for all utterly bury the notion that upstanding Zombie citizens will some day all get some activation signal and fall upon the living, mouths agape, that all Zombies are of one monolithic persuasion, hostile to the Living. We’re very excited at the ZRC.

HorrorMovies.ca has some more detail:

Insane killer ice cream men (and women) half bear, half mountain and waffle zombies? It has to be seen to be believed, Killer Ice Cream Men and the Untimely Waffle, Zombies and Cat is a short Australian student film directed by Don Buppapirak. The short stars Jessica Keys, Shane C. Rodrigo, Brendon Byrne, Ben Calleja, Ally Pinnock and Alex Macfarlan.

Australia! Oh, how the countries in Oceania have let us down over the years, what with Peter Jackson and all, but this could totally help make up for it.

We really want to see the whole thing here at The Zombie Rights Campaign. A few years ago I would have bet that wasn’t going to happen, but lately the indie horror world has internationalized, so to speak, in a big way. Unfortunate travesties like ‘Cabine of the Dead’ make their way to America; why not something that, we anticipate, is a lot more positive?

We live in hope.

Tags: Movies, Romero, Youtube Mischief

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