Survival of the Dead (2009)

On an island off the coast of North America, local residents simultaneously fight a zombie epidemic while hoping for a cure to return their un-dead relatives back to their human state.

Director:

George A. Romero

Writer:

George A. Romero

Stars:

Alan Van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, Kathleen Munroe

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alan Van Sprang	...	Sarge
Joshua Peace	...	D.J. (as Josh Peace)
Hardee T. Lineham	...	Lieutenant Vaughn
Dru Viergever	...	Soldier Zombie
Eric Woolfe	...	Kenny
Shawn Roberts	...	Tony (archive footage)
Scott Wentworth	...	Professor Maxwell (archive footage)
Amy Lalonde	...	Tracy (archive footage)
Michelle Morgan	...	Debra (archive footage)
Joshua Close	...	Jason (archive footage)
Mitch Risman	...	Drooling Zombie
Kenneth Welsh	...	O'Flynn
Julian Richings	...	James
Wayne Robson	...	Tawdry
Kathleen Munroe	...	Janet / Jane

Storyline

In the Plum Island, off the coast of Delaware, the long feud between the families of the patriarchs Captain Patrick O'Flynn (Kenneth Welsh) that intends to eliminate the zombies and Seamus Muldoon (Richard Fitzpatrick) that intends to keep his undead relatives waiting for a cure culminates with O'Flynn expelled from Plum. Meanwhile in the continent Sarge "Nicotine" Crocket (Alan Van Sprang), Chuck (Joris Jarsky), Cisco (Stefano DiMatteo) and Tomboy (Athena Karkanis) are plundering and seeking a safe place to stay. When they rescue the young Boy (Devon Bostick) from group of sadistic hunters, Boy decides to join the group and suggests them to head to Plum Island since he had heard a O'Flynn's broadcast inviting people to move to the island. When Sarge and his team arrive in the island, they are attacked by Muldoon's men and they see that the place is crowded of undead. Sarge's friend Chuck is killed and they decide to fight against Muldoon.

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Plot Keywords:

island | undead | delaware | feud | zombie | 

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Taglines:

Death isn't what it used to be.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong zombie violence/gore, language and brief sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Official site [United States]

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 May 2010 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Untitled Romero Project

Filming Locations:

Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$54,605, 30 May 2010, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$101,740

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$386,078

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blank of the Dead Productions,Devonshire Productions,New Romero

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first horror film to be nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival since 1932's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

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Goofs

(at around 22 mins) At one point Sarge Crockett smashes out one of the windows in the armored truck with the butt of a rifle. In reality, that is impossible since the polycarbonate "bullet-resistant" windows would not be penetrated even by a bullet, much less the blunt plastic butt of a rifle.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Sarge 'Nicotine' Crocket: [voice-over] Last time anyone counted, fifty-three million people were dying every year, a hundred-fifty thousand every day, a hundred and seven every minute, and that was in normal times.

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Connections

Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Shrek Forever After/Survival of the Dead/Holy Rollers (2010)

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Soundtracks

AN EYE FOR AN EYE
Written by Robert Carli
Courtesy of Chez Bob-Chez Bob Music

User Reviews

My, how far we've fallen.

With this latest Dead entry from George, I realize we're never going to approach the original trilogy's greatness ever again. It took 20 years after Day of the Dead (still my favorite) to get to Land of the Dead (entertaining, but nothing new). In the last 5 years, George has cranked out 3 Dead movies. Is he inspired or trying to stay commercially viable? Diary annoyed me with its Scream/Blair Witch hybrid and now, if it's possible to get worse, we have.

Survival of the Dead plays like a TV movie with profanity. I couldn't get over how lifeless this movie was. I appreciate the Irish Western flavor, but that's all that's new here. While watching this, I felt like it was a rehash of Day of the Dead, substituting two feuding Irish families for the feuding military vs scientists. The so-called twist at the end is embarrassingly desperate. I know some fans will want George to make one more great Dead movie and retire the series. After witnessing this second trilogy, I feel the more he makes, the more creatively bankrupt he appears.