Sunday, September 21, 2008

STRANGERS AMONG US!



Alrighty, so this is the first feature film project I have worked on and this is another one of those on / off projects that have been brewing in my brain for half a decade now. This is essentially a classic zombie film, in the vein of George A. Romero's DEAD movies. The script has gone through 8 drafts, the film was at one point called "SEASON of the DEAD", then "TWILIGHT OF THE DEAD", and finally "STRANGERS AMONG US!". Many directors were associated to this project, including myself, Eric Piccoli and Rémi Fréchette. I was cast as the main character, Donald Greene, and "BRUCE LIVES!" star Nina Clark was to play Donald's sister, Jessie Greene. Along the way, most if not all of the other roles switched casting here and there, and over the years, the project just disappeared. I am tentatively fiddling around with a ninth draft, a Plan 9 if you will, that perhaps will see the light of day.
Who knows, right?

STRANGERS AMONG US! (2009)
Donald Greene's sister Jessie is pregnant, and insists upon seeing their family doctor, who moved to the heart of the country. Donald reluctantly agrees to drive Jessie there, and a long boring drive is in perspective. Unfortunately for them, the heart of the country has become the heart of an invasion of the living dead! Donald and Jessie meet other survivors, who are either too scared to help or have become crazy and will do anything to ensure their own survival, even if it means killing everyone else. To add to the madness, a ragtag team of army dropouts turned mercenaries are pillaging and ransacking the area. Will they help our heroes, turn against them or will they all fall prey to the hunger of the undead?

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