If Australia is sending us what may be the most promising Anti-Zombie satire since AACTV2, then Germany looks to make up for it with a slick indie retread of 28 Days Later:

It’s the story of Eloise, who wakes up in a destroyed, life-threatening world after
a bad drug trip. Separated from her friends, she learns to survive in a bizarre
reality. The world around her is chaotic. She learns that this situation originated
in a financial crisis and the following speculations about the last food recourses –
and the complete destruction of the latter. In addition, the use of biological
weapons spread a virus among the human species – causing them to become dangerous
mutants (sleepers).

In this desperate situation, she joins a group of people, who, like her, are
motivated by the longing to flee this nightmare.

Watching the trailer, which I’ve embedded below, it becomes clear that ‘Toxic Lullaby’ follows in the Boyle mold, trying to tie Zombiism to some trendy topic, or in this case, *range* of topics. Yeesh. I mean, I recognize that filmmakers often use Zombies as puppets to spout their critiques of everything from Capitalism (Romero), the military (Romero again), modern short-tempers and societal anger (Boyle), to, say, the shallowness and superficiality of interpersonal relationships (Cabine of the Dead). Still, to be so upfront about it is unusual. Most of the time the filmmakers at least pretend the movie is on the surface about Zombies, or their conception thereof at least.

I’m not sure I follow how food speculators could cause the world to starve, let alone due to a financial crisis that all took place within the span of *one* drug trip. Unless Eloise is the modern Hunter S. Thompson, it just seems implausible. A normal body can only sustain so much after all.

At any rate, as BuyZombie notes, with an English subtitled trailer it seems likely that it will be coming out here, or failing here then perhaps across the pond in England. I wouldn’t bet money against ‘Toxic Lullaby’ showing up at some of the more globally-inclined indie horror festivals either.

We’ll keep an eye out and give you a full review whenever we get a chance. The trailer is below.

Tags: Euro-zom, Movies

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