We’ve talked about ‘Zombie Bohemia’ here on the ZRC blog before, and expressed both our hopes and reservations about the concept. We’ve also been worried by previous behind-the-scenes type updates that pushed the blood and gore rather hard.

Well, a couple of updates were shared with the ZRC on facebook by none other than the director, Vince Brando. First, an interview with the Horror News Network, which is a mix of the good and the bad. For example, inspiration came from observing the late night inhabitants of Grand Central Station in NYC, who, apparently, seemed like Zombies because they were potentially violent and dangerous:

So there we sat, all night, watching some interesting folks shuffle around us. After we overheard the fifth or sixth person comment loudly about stabbing someone we thought it best not to actually fall asleep. We began talking about a much more comfortable topic, of course that being film.

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I believe it was Chris who said that we could benefit from the opportunity of being able to observe this true New York grit in its natural environment. At about that moment I realized that the people surrounding us looked, acted and were probably just as dangerous zombies.

That’s obviously very troubling. Why should all Zombies be seen as dangerous threats?

Then there was this:

I’m lucky in the fact that whoever voices a negative opinion of our film will be promptly dismembered by my Zombie.

So you can understand our wariness.

The interview, however, balances things by talking extensively about the need to make the Zombie artist lead a character and not just a menacing figure:

In preproduction I originally had been told by a few folks outside the production that the zombie should be big and overpowering to scare the hell out of people. As usual, I did just the opposite having Will who is like seven feet tall play Anton and Shawn who is not nearly as tall play Michael the Zombie.

As I said, a real mixed bag. It’s definitely a movie the ZRC is looking forward to seeing.

If you want to see it ahead of us, ‘Zombie Bohemia’ will be included in the DC Independent Film Festival and may, according to Brando, be in the Chicago Fear Fest (which would be great for the ZRC, we could probably catch it there).

I wonder if our friends at The Dark Carnival Film Festival would be interested in screening it later this year? They are open for submissions (hint hint).

For now, we can also share with our readers a teaser trailer for ‘Zombie Bohemia’. Enjoy:

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