It has been nearly three years since I have posted here.  The story has transformed a bit.  For years now I have been planning a story along the lines of "Tropic Of The Dead".  The story hasn't changed all that much in my head,  but the level of detail has increased.  A couple of days ago I came up with a variation on the title, which sort of makes a nice neat link between an old and well-known story and the new one - "Zombie The Thirteenth".  Trust me, it will make more sense if you have see Friday The Thirteenth.

Basically the story is a bunch of teenagers, just finished school, go camping in the rainforest to celebrate.  While there, the zombie apocalypse happens.  Pretty simple really.  No guns.  No high-tech solutions.  Just kids, in the rainforest, with stuff that kids camping in the rainforest would have.

Next step?  Just need to flesh it out.  Geddit?

Guns are useless in a zombie apocalypse.  I followed some links off of a Cracked.com article the other night, and read up on real-life gunfights and bullet wounds.   The Cracked article itself suggested that guns were not the all-powerful tools of death that Hollywood would have us believe.  Several factors have led me to the conclusion with which I started this post.

This is Australia not the US-of-guncrazy-A.  I do not own a gun.  I do not know anyone in my area who I know for a fact has a gun.  Don't get me wrong, Cairns is full of outdoorsy rednecks, and I guarantee that there are guns around here.  If I asked around, I could probably find some.  What would I do with them if I did?

Everyone knows the rule about headshots.  Bullets to the body are a waste of time and ammo when dealing with zombies - if you want to stop them, you have to go for the head.  If you watch The Walking Dead, you will see a whole group of survivors making headshot after headshot, mostly with handguns.  Try playing a video game, though, and any decent one will make headshots far harder than TV portrays.  The reality, though, would actually be far, far, far, far worse than even that.

Assume you actually find guns and ammo, and that you know how to use them, and are an expert marksman able to actually make multiple headshots reliably.  So what?  Bullets don't actually have the effect generally indicated by the media.  The force of being shot won't knock somebody down.  Bullets do not travel in straight lines directly through the body or head, meaning that there is a level of randomness about which  body part takes the force.  How much mashing of brain does it take to incapacitate a zombie?  Is it the brain mashing?  Or destroying the connection between the brain and the spine?  How hard is it to hit that exact spot, time after time?  These aren't static targets, they move around, and try and eat you.  How many bullets do you have?  More than there are zombies?  There is no reset button when you miss.   Failure lasts as long as it takes you to zombify.

What would be effective?  Some sort of mortar, to rip apart multiple zombies with shrapnel?  Accuracy isn't critical, you can take out multiple targets, and it works from a reasonable distance.  But honestly, where are you going to get one of those? (Congratulations if you do!).   Chainsaw or axe?  Gotta get too close - far too risky.  Molotov cocktails might be a more achievable solution.  Scary as hell to implement though - you have to be close, and it wouldn't give an instant takedown.

I suspect that a combination of mobility and fortification would be the secret, with a combination of whatever long-range weapons you can actually find.  Servo's will all be closed before too long, so the idea of driving off into the safety of the sunset is rather impractical.  You need somewhere secure, able to be defended, to base yourself.  An island, either in the middle of a river, or not far from the coast, would be great.  Somewhere rowing distance - remember, fuel for power boats will run out eventually.  

Travelling alone is a recipe for death.  Find other survivors and hook up.   Strength in numbers will increase your chances, within reason.  Within that group, don't let people wander off alone.  Alone, you die.  Hopefully zombies don't eat horses - they would be the best way of getting around once the fuel runs out.  Depending where you make your fortress, you may be able to save some.  I'd rather learn to ride than try to outrun zombies on foot.

The Jules Verne story "The Mysterious Island"  which I read when I was about 12, and which inspired a lot of my thirst for knowledge, highlights the importance of maintaining a variety of skills and areas of expertise within your group.  When facing armageddon you can't pick and choose the members of your group - you have what you have.   Find out what skills your fellow survivors have, though, and don't be afraid to use them.   If you are writing a book or script, you obviously CAN pick the survivors!  Do you go for the obvious combination of genius and have a doctor, an engineer, a mechanic, a munitions expert, and a survivalist?   Or do you pick a random combination of useless skills as well, to better reflect reality, and introduce tension through collective weakness?

Rules and discipline would be critical.   The personalities within a group of survivors (just as much as their skills and professions) have huge potential to kill, and under pressure could be just as deadly as being handcuffed to a couple of zombies.   Remember that the enemy is the zombies, not the other survivors.  Where do you draw the line with that though?  What level of internal threat to the safety of the whole group is acceptable?  What is the appropriate response - expulsion or death?  Leadership is important - but needs to be collaborative, and inclusive, rather than arrogant and confrontational.  Democracy is flawed under apocalyptic pressure, but dictators tend to get stabbed in the back - somewhere in between might work.   A common commitment to survival, security, stability, along with recognition, acceptance, and buy-in to the sensible rules, will go a long way towards preventing the group from becoming zombie chow.

The rules should include things like the above-mentioned "never travel alone".  Cover up when outside the safe area.   Protect the safe area at all times - post guards at all times if there are enough resources.  The first rule is survive - this means not taking unnecessary risks.  Don't get sentimental - that zombie is not your mother or brother or wife or son any more.   A practical joke (admittedly funny as hell, but for the response) killed Bill Murray in Zombieland - be careful how others may respond to attempts at humour.   Don't take things personally.  Enjoy life when you can; when doing so doesn't threaten it.   Don't make unnecessary rules.  Adapt to change - don't be afraid to change the rules if circumstances change.   Consider the options, but make a decision.  Communicate.   And don't waste too much time hunting for guns!

I recently found a dead rat in my backyard.  It had been dead for a while, and had begun to decay.  The stench was horrendous.   One thing you never notice in zombie media is people being repulsed by the smell of all that death.  Any "realistic" treatment of zombies should address this.  I know that over time you may be able to get used to it, and that the adrenaline required to stay alive might help you ignore it while in the midst of battle..... but the smell is going to get to you.

Just connected some dots between a couple of things on Facebook.... led me to a cool twist for exploration....

Super heroes versus zombies.

Just let that idea sink in for a bit.

Ok, enough sinking.

There are a couple of ways this could work.

- Have a real super hero with super powers, trying to save humanity from the zombie scourge.

- Kick-ass / Mystery Men style, ordinary people using super-hero styling as part of their zombie defence.

Both have potential.

My recent zombie-lore observations have led me to include a trip to a motorbike shop in my ZSP (Zombie Survival Plan). I live in the tropics, but consider coverage to be a critical element in protection - shorts and t-shirt may be comfortable, but will really just make for a comfortable corpse. Motorbike leathers seem a reasonable way to minimise exposure to teeth, nails and whatever other weapons the re-living may throw my way. Would leathers stand up under relentless attack? Not sure.... would certainly be better than shorts and a t-shirt! And considering that the circumstances most likely to test that idea are cinematic rather than apocalyptic, it is really a cool idea that I can take a chance on. Needless to say, the trip to the motorbike shop would be fair to write into the script for any budding zombie-slaying super hero. There may be room within this idea to attempt to debunk my own theory, and address the dilemma of comfort in heat versus protection from being eaten raw.

Back again. Been a long time, again.

I missed the moment in time where I could have hit the front of the the trend. Zombies are now HUGE business. I knew they would be.

Doesn't matter. There has always been a cult level of interest, even before they were trendy. I haven't seen most of Season 2 of The Walking Dead yet, but the rumours that it turns into soap opera do not diminish the love of the dead.

I recently watched the start of 28 Days Later, again, though. And noticed that it is almost the same as the start of The Walking Dead.

Zombies are easy* to deal with, once it is established that society has fallen. Once law is administered by the jungle, and the only rule is survival. The ratio of survivors to tools required for survival is far greater than it would be at the beginning of any zombie outbreak. You just break into wherever you want to find whatever you need. Ok, guns are much harder to find in Australia than they are in the US. But even Bunnings would give a great start to any zombie defence, if it is only a small group of survivors able to raid the entire store for whatever they need.

How does society get to that point, though? There are stories out there that explain the origin of the zombies. I probably should be slightly disturbed that the most recent example that I can think of is "Bloodlust Zombies". Look it up on IMDB (or Torrent) and you will see why. I found it quite entertaining, and hated it nowhere near as much as most of the IMDB commentators. There are others, though. I just can't be bothered looking them up at the moment.

Where is the point at which normal, real, rational humans, living in the real world, become able to say "fuck it, I'm going to stick an axe in that sick persons head"? The desire to survive is strong, yes, but for most of us, so is the desire to not spend the rest of our lives in jail for jumping the gun and sticking an axe in someone who is just unfortunately sick. The hesitation in the face of a real zombie would be fatal - it is probably one of the keys to the effectiveness of zombies as a force for fear. Hesitate and die, and come back and infect more who hesitate.

The exploration of the journey to survival is providing much mental fodder for me at the moment. It has all sorts of deeper meanings, as well, with the whole "decay of society" thing, globalisation, fear-mongering and terrorism, power and control. Although given the choice between trying to fix the worlds problems by exploring deep issues, and a really cool head-shot, I'll go for the head-shot, thanks.

Incidentally, the movie is back on. The novel isn't necessarily off, just the movie needs to be made. Now that I have moved to Far North Queensland, there are just far too many awesome locations up here.... they need to be coated in blood and captured on digital celluloid. Cow Bay is one of my new favourite places on earth - just north of the Daintree River, in the middle of tropical heaven - and dripping in potential. "Tropic Of The Dead" - coming to a cinema near you.... eventually. Yep.

Wow, its been a long time since this page has been looked at.

Do I still want to make a zombie movie? Hell yeah. Is it likely to happen? Shit no. Is that going to stop me crapping on about it? No such luck.

However........

I have recently got to wondering is a movie necessarily the right form for this project to take? I'm not saying its not; I definitely still want to make a zombie movie..... but the question needs to be asked. I work in the book manufacturing industry, and have been suffering from endless reprints of the bloody Stephanie Meyer books.... ie vampire stories aimed at teenage girls. Now vampire stories is not the primary goal here, this is supposed to be about zombies. Although I think I have suggested (hey, we are talking 2 1/2 years ago here) that zombies and vampires could be combined in the same story, so it is not too far from relevance. I also doubt that teenage girls are ever likely to be my target audience. Teenage boys, on the other hand..... well there is a market I can relate to! (similar mentality, I know - no need to wait for others to give me shit, I'll just do it myself) Gee I get distracted easily. Where was I? Oh yeah. Stephanie Bloody Meyer. It is so bad at work that we have renamed Murphy's Law as Stephanie Murphy's Law. Distracted again. Sorry. Actually no I'm not sorry. If you are so desperate as to be reading this you can put up with my tangential tantrums. Anyway, the point is, writing a novel would be much easier than making a movie. For a start, you have to write the movie first, and the process of doing that I reckon would be almost half of what would be involved in just doing the novel - but then making a movie of it adds in all these other artistic elements that I don't actually know enough about. I'm not saying that I couldn't pull it together. Just that I could DEFINITELY write the novel - there is absolutely nothing stopping me from doing that.... no need to get a budget, no cinematic technology to learn, no having to communicate with people who know what they are doing with a video camera (for some reason those people scare me - possibly just a sense of artistic inadequacy). Just me and my keyboard. Nothing stopping me. Once it is written.... well, I have contacts through work who may be able to help with the next step (even if the next step is self-publishing - Griffin Digital here we come!). Artistically the idea has merit at the moment as well. The book market is littered with Meyer rip-offs at the moment. Darren Shan has been around for a while with his demonic-style books (well, that is what I guess they are about based on the covers - yes, I know that is no basis for a judgement!). The time might be right to expose all those teenage boys who grew up on Harry Potter - and aren't really interested in Twilight etc - to the joys of a good zombie horde. And face it, if you seel enough copies of a book, someone will make it into a movie for you anyway..... and even if no-one else ever reads the novel, I could always just use that as the basis for the movie, and go back to the original goal.


Dammit. Now I have to write the novel. No excuses. Nothing to stop me. Hmmmmmm.

Just a thought... there is mention of vampires possibly being involved in this story. If they stay in, one of the vampires has to have a pet leech. I think that would be kinda appropriate.

And thats it. That is all I ever wrote down for Feartopia. Like I said, nowhere near as chaotic as Zombietopia. But plenty of potential. Maybe that should be done on the "Feartopia blog" though?

Feartopia

A spate of mysterious deaths in a small town lead locals to believe a serial killer is on the loose. As they investigate, several more deaths occur – including investigators dying in unusual circumstances. The catch is that there is no serial killer – the deaths are all just coincidence. Some are caused by investigators taking risks to try to solve the mystery. They will come up with a suspect, but then he (she?) will be the next to die – and the deaths will continue.

Someone with a skeleton in the closet decides to bury it, and use the “serial killer” as cover. Gets caught, actually kills the person who catches him, worries about becoming an actual serial killer, but gets killed himself while covering it up.

" but I do think a movie needs a reason to exist and that comes from what it reveals about people"

Based on this, then, I like the idea of people responding to a zombie attack by doing things that they would never normally do. The bored housewife discovering she has a talent for headshots, for example. Depending how far we stick our tongues into our cheeks, this could end up ironic, based on the fact that people are basically predictable, and that the aforementioned housewife is never going to discover her talent. Or it could end up a a celebration of the human condition (whatever the fuck that means). I'd like to reserve the right to decide what the film is supposed to mean until the last minute (and possibly to change my mind about it again afterwards).

I guess I'd rather be Roger Corman or Lloyd Kaufman, than Joel or Ethan Coen.


When you refer to wanting to make a movie that "lots of people will want to watch", do you mean lots of people, or LOTS OF PEOPLE? The big studios make movies that LOTS OF PEOPLE want to watch, that is why we end up with Lowest-Common-Denominator crap clogging up the screens. On the other hand, there are lots of people who like the sort of stuff Troma have been putting out for the last 25+ years. I won't deny that Troma have made some crap, but I like their style of crap. So do lots of other people - enough that Troma have managed to stay independent all this time. I personally would prefer to make a movie that Troma fans would want to watch, rather than one that LOTS OF PEOPLE will want to watch. You never know, between us we might be able to come up with something in between - something that (nearly) everyone will want to watch - rather than something that none of them will like (which is also a very real possibility!).

I have no problem with Feartopia being done first - I obviously have a lot to learn, and on that sort of thing have no problem with following your advice. Probably the first thing you will notice about my planning for Feartopia is that it is nowhere near as chaotic as Zombietopia.....

Okay, I figured the notes were the "wouldn't this be cool in a film" kind of thing. I know you say you don't want to make a movie with a message (neither do I) but I do think a movie needs a reason to exist and that comes from what it reveals about people. If the only thing driving a film is "we've got 17 buckets of blood left over from the last one" then what is produced is compelled to be deriviative and futile regardless of how the blood is thrown around. Bad Taste, for example (and remember that I haven't seen this for over a decade) makes a statement about greed and selfishness. It works as a film because viewers are able to make connections between the aliens hunger for fast food, their willingness to destroy humanity and things at are going on in the real world. Am I making sense on this?

So what kind of film do I want to make? I want to make a film that lots of people want to watch. I'd like to make people laugh, and I'd prefer not to make a film that gets a "yuk - what was the point of that" response when we post it on the internet. Debbie and I got talking about Feartopia in the car on the way home the other day and felt that could work quite well as a short film - what do you think of working on that idea as a first effort? I think that is probably a bit nearer my understanding of stuff, rather than the zombie thing. (SotD would be the only zombie film I've seen in the last 13 years or so.) How does that sound to you?

None of the ideas in this are sacred. All are expendable. Of course, if you throw them all out you have nothing, which defeats the point, but there are some silly ideas in that original thing that are just that - silly ideas, operating on the "wouldn't it be cool" principle. For instance, I intend to use Frenzal Rhomb for my second movie, not my first - I mean, come on, that would just be silly. I reckon I could probably get Franger Machine to be in the first one though - they are just like Frenzal Rhomb but cheaper, and I work with one of the guys in the band.....

re- the idea of a short film - no problem. Bad Taste started life as a short. Was shown to people with money, they liked it, and it became longer. Thus the world discovered that Peter Jackson was not just a cigarette. I have no problem with doing it short. I also understand and accept that I am not Peter Jackson. I think I'm more a Spielberg. (You know, Kevin Spielberg, the loser.)

When it comes to "what is the story about" I think we may diverge in our expectations. Its about Zombies. Other than that I'm open to suggestions. I'm not particularly interested in making a movie with a message - in fact I actually like the idea of making a movie with NO message, if such a thing were possible. What is Bad Taste about? Humans not liking aliens using humans as fast food. Beyond that, who cares? OK, there's a bit of "people overcoming challenges" and some irony in humans as prey not predators, but so what? Remember the bit where Derek falls over the cliff, and part of his brain falls out? How cool did that look! That is the feel I'm going for, rather than an in depth look at how humans respond under pressure. Well, unless we can put them under so much pressure that their heads explode, which will hopefully look awesome on screen!

So what is this story actually about (apart from Zombies) ? Ask me when we're done. Hopefully it will look cool.

OK, I never said it was a good document.... and I'd strongly recommend going to the bottom of the page and reading the first post here first. OK, the colour fell off in the cut/paste process, but that there is the full kablammo. I have worked on a theory of "no concept too stupid to keep", and I'm sure it shows. No doubt there are large chunks of that which will never get used. This could be one movie, half a movie, the start of a totally different movie, or if you have any faith in the system that created the "Friday the 13th" franchise, it could be 10 movies!

Thanataphobia (fear of death / the dead)

Or

Zombietopia – Zombies Fucking Everywhere, Man! And Holy Shit Vampires too!



Story:

Frank Cleaver – Serial killer(?) beaten to punch by zombies - goes into town to "go postal", but town is deserted....finally sees someone - takes them out at long range with a head-shot.(this doesn’t work unless he is the serial killer) Come around corner and we see it was a zombie about to attack some people.... Around the corner we see that it was actually just one of a heap of zombies



Frenzal Rhomb are on tour. They drive into Gladstone for a show – past the film crew making the zombie movie… (“great, everyone is making fucking zombie movies”). They pull up in town outside a business, planning to go inside and ask for directions to the stadium (for their show) (“I dunno why we play these shitty little holes – they give me the creeps”).




Ronnoc is a respected member of the community (mayor or leading businessman). The public don’t know that he is actually a vampire, planning on taking over the world with his army of zombies that he is about to unleash.


Character Details:

Frank Cleaver – local butcher in small town (thinking Gladstone… coming over the rise just before town, and seeing the town before you…). Pissed off about something - what? – Serious injustice, he isn’t really a bad bloke, despite being pretty scary – maybe the injustice can relate to the same incident which caused the zombies… or may have been caused by the zombies themselves – ie Ronnoc (Paul Robinson type) stealing his shop, closing the town down, and probably murdering his sister just to really piss him off….(Maybe not a wanna-be serial killer, but just out to kill Ronnoc?) Is his sister actually dead? Has she turned into a zombie?

Ronnoc – Paul Robinson type – senior member of community – business leader, or mayor, or both? Demon intent on taking over the world, starting with this town, with his army of zombies – he himself is not actually a zombie…. (maybe he should have really small horns, though? Or fangs?)



Locations:

Gladstone – farm (+ Simons), jail
Mundoora – smoke machine and full moon in main street.
Griffin building when they move out… upstairs would actually make a cool location from which to defend a small group from the zombies… make use of the fact that there is a police depot next door, for weapons etc.


Rationale:

Can zombiedom be cured? Maybe by killing Ronnoc?
Do we play by the established zombie rules, or do we merge zombies and vampires? Neither are real so how can our portrayal of them be wrong?
Just how dead do you have to be to become a zombie? Or is it a sickness of the living? (28 Days Later style – fatal or not though?) That will determine if it can be cured… Maybe there are two types…. The dead zombies and the living (sick) vampires…. those killed by the “vampires” become the zombies…. All of them, or just some? Which ones? Shouldn’t they become more vampires? Not sure about them being “vampires” – need to make sure Ronnoc is NOT Count Dracula…. (And Frank Cleaver isn’t Mungo McKay’s character in Undead…)
Fast or slow zombies? Probably slow, but vampires are fast… Actually, definitely slow zombies.
Weaknesses? Bullet to the head for the zombies…. Or is there actually a “cure?” Can we get away with bullet to the head for the vampires? Or does that become a point of suspense? Hero takes out one of the baddies with a headshot, thinks it’s a zombie, great, zombie goes down. But actually it’s a vampire, headshot is a pain but not fatal, vampire gets up and mad….



Random Concepts:

Children as zombies..... and blind zombies? Zombie animals? Vegetarian Zombies – eating store manikins….

Organised zombies? Hierarchy? A leader and a purpose? (Baron Samedi style) (Think Simsons Mutants - "Homega Man" - dressed fairly normally, but distinguishable.... ie a zombie uniform.... dark grey suit?)

Get Brett & Jeff (from “The Hot House”) as part of the zombie fodder.....

Drives past people making a zombie movie - "great, everyone is making fucking zombie movies" - Problem is some of the zombies on the movie are real....
People making the movie are the ones Frank saves when he comes into town… maybe 2nd unit.

“Ronnoc” – Human leader/creator/ruler of the zombies, a zombie himself, or the demon who caused them to become zombies?

Is this a stupid cartoon, or a serious horror movie which will hopefully be funny (ie Bad Taste or Braindead?) Should we always go for the gag? Or make 2 versions – one straight and one not?

Vampires control the zombies – using “specially designed” “Mindless-Control Collars” – these can be easily placed on the zombies because they are not interested in the vampires because they are also already dead! Provides excuse for mad scientist character.

Zombies ignore cricket game – so slow they think it is just more zombies…. Maybe it is?

FRENZAL RHOMB AS THE HEROES!!!!! (Or maybe Grinspoon?) Dope-smoking band drive into town for a show – wrong town, wrong night – night of the zombie attack! – are the zombies stoned as well????

Ronnoc as a man (Paul Robinson/Judd Nelson in Airheads type) or a child? Could shoot him in silhouette and from angles to hide the fact that he is a boy (with a demonic voice)- then reveal at an appropriate moment - maybe in the vein of Peter in Dawn Of The Dead with the kids in the hangar....

Zombie hookers - "baaaaalllllllsssssssss"

“Ned The Zombie” ? Ned Kelly as a Zombie….

A dog called Clive. What does a dog do? It barks. So a dog is a barker….. geddit?



Are there two stories here – one with Frank Cleaver vs. Ronnoc, the other with Frenzal Rhomb vs a bunch of zombies? This would allow for one to be set up as the comedy, the other as the gorefest. Probably need to write both as each, and offer Frenzal both options….




Frank’s brother-in-law Rory (?) (ie husband to the missing sister) is a new vampire, an underling (#2) to Ronnoc. They have raised all of the dead in the cemetery (to help in their plan to take over the town (or the world – maybe they have resurrected all of the dead everywhere?). They are wandering amongst the zombies (“We are perfectly safe among them. Are we not also living dead? Why should they take any more interest in us then, than in each other?”) tagging them with their mind control collars (special red crystal, as used in the reanimation ceremony). Rory complains about an extremely decomposed zombie “This one is too far gone, it isn’t working” and destroys its head with a single punch. Ronnoc tells him not to be concerned about the ones they cannot control, “They can add to the chaos out there. If they are not all doing what we want, it will make it harder for anyone else to figure out what it is that we do want the ones we can control to do”.
Towards the end, Rory decides to betray Ronnoc, after he has killed Rory’s wife. He has taken some of the crystals, and tells Ronnoc “I cannot do this any more – my heart isn’t in it”. Ronnoc says something smart like “If you insist” or “As you wish” and rips his heart out of his chest, and bites into it. The heart is shown to be full of crystals, which somehow kill Ronnoc – either a realization of what has happened followed by him exploding, or a slower, 24hr decaying process – maybe started by his fangs cracking on the crystals in the heart?. The reanimation ceremony will need to be set up to provide this scenario. This may or may not be the end of the movie – either this can result in all the zombies doing the same as Ronnoc, or it could be done halfway through the movie, which then leaves Frank and the other humans to battle the zombies – maybe the first half of the movie is them versus the vampires, the second half them versus the zombies. (Or is that the sequel?). Doing it about an hour in gives a nice “Oh, I’m glad that’s over” false ending, take a breath and jump back into the chaos.



Personnel/Contacts to tap:

Danielle….
Rike – special effects/art dept etc….
Doug/Peter/Jon for music
Eddie, Rowan & Jo
Matt for IT



Movies to watch for inspiration:

Bad Taste
Braindead
Shaun Of The Dead
All Romero series (Night, Dawn, Day, Land)
28 Days Later
Dellamore Dellamorte
Versus (Japanese zombie vs Yakuza movie!)
Guitar Wolf – Wild Zero
Evil Dead 1,2,3
Undead
Return Of The Living Dead
*Zombie Holocaust
House Of The Dead
Cabin Fever
Hellboy & Van Helsing (No zombies but demon/vampire link may be interesting)
Blade series
Frankenstein
*White Zombie
Rob Zombie movies….
*Corpse Bride

This blog is intended as a place where my brother and I can develop the zombie movie which is stuck inside me, screaming to get out (well, maybe just whimpering occasionally rather than screaming). But trust me, its in there. And it wants out.

Be warned. This is not going to be suitable for kids. Hell, it might not even be suitable for adults! There is bound to be some offensive language in here, and quite possibly some offensive concepts or other offensive content, but if you don't like it, you can just fuck off.

Some background to this.....

I have for a few years now been collecting ideas which would go into a zombie movie, in a fairly random order, in a single master Word document, which I called "Zombietopia". This is not necessarily the name of the movie, it just summed up the idea of a collection of concepts about zombies and how to film them. This is in no way a well-written document. At some point I tried to clarify it by adding colour, but I have no idea what each colour was supposed to be, so that really just served to make it look pretty. I have never made a movie, have never written a screenplay, have never tried to pitch my ideas to someone (hey, everyone knows that I want to make a zombie movie, but that is a far different thing to pitching it to someone seriously!). But I have watched a lot of movies. A lot of bad ones. And I liked them. And a lot of them I thought "I could do that". Hopefully Stu can provide some polish to my minimal skills (or some hungarian, I'm not fussed).

So I guess the best place to start will be to post the original document, uncut, uncensored, unedited even. I think I warned you it was rough?