When we stopped shooting the zombies, they stopped eating us.
One of the great joys of being a movie junkie is when you pop in something you feel virtually certain you will despise and the movie takes a turn you didn't expect and your world opens up. That kind of happened in the absolute minimum way with A Plague So Pleasant (2013), a zombie movie with a twist. Clay (David Chandler) is a survivor of the inaptly named zombie apocalypse. It lasted about a day, but within a few hours, they realized that if you don't attack the zombies, they won't really attack you. Thus, when the carnage ends, it becomes a felony to 'kill' a zombie. His sister Mia (Eva Boehnke) seems to be adjusting well except that she still considers her undead boyfriend a boyfriend rather than an animated corpse. Pretentious roomie Todd (Maxwell Moody) wants to date Mia and,...
One of the great joys of being a movie junkie is when you pop in something you feel virtually certain you will despise and the movie takes a turn you didn't expect and your world opens up. That kind of happened in the absolute minimum way with A Plague So Pleasant (2013), a zombie movie with a twist. Clay (David Chandler) is a survivor of the inaptly named zombie apocalypse. It lasted about a day, but within a few hours, they realized that if you don't attack the zombies, they won't really attack you. Thus, when the carnage ends, it becomes a felony to 'kill' a zombie. His sister Mia (Eva Boehnke) seems to be adjusting well except that she still considers her undead boyfriend a boyfriend rather than an animated corpse. Pretentious roomie Todd (Maxwell Moody) wants to date Mia and,...
- 10/12/2015
- by Jason Ratigan
- JustPressPlay.net
Putting a new cinematic spin on the zombie genre is Benjamin Roberds’ microbudget (under $3,000!) indie, A Plague So Pleasant. In the film’s near future, a zombie epidemic has created an undead population that is largely harmless, attacking only when threatened. It’s even a felony to shoot a zombie in the U.S. A Plague So Pleasant‘s drama turns on protagonist Clay Marshall’s desire to do just that — shoot a zombie, the boyfriend of her sister, in order to jolt her back to reality. Also significant about A Plague So Pleasant — the filmmakers are releasing it online and for […]...
- 8/29/2013
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
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