Survival of the Dead
2009 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
On a small island off North America’s coast, the dead rise to menace the living. Yet…the islanders can’t bring themselves to exterminate their loved ones, despite the growing danger from those the once held dear. A rebel among them hunts down all the zombies he can find, only to be banished from the island for assassinating his neighbors and friends. On the mainland, bent on revenge, he encounters a small band of survivors in search of an oasis on which to build a new life. Barely surviving an attack from a mass of ravenous flesh-eaters. They commandeer a zombie-infested ferry and sail to the island. There, to their horror, they discover that the locals have chained the dead inside their homes, pretending to live ‘normal’ lives…with bloody consequences. What ensues is a desperate struggle for survival and the answer to a question never posed in Romero’s Dead films: Can the living ever live in peace with the dead?
Direction George A. Romero
Cast Alan Van Sprang · Kenneth Welsh · Kathleen Munroe · Athena Karkanis · Joris Jarsky · Devon Bostick · Matt Birman · Mitch Risman · Eric Woolfe · Joshua Peace · Hardee T. Lineham · Dru Viergever · Shawn Roberts · Scott Wentworth · Amy Ciupak Lalonde · Michelle Morgan · Joshua Close · Wayne Robson · Julian Richings · Philippa Domville · John Healy · Kristina Miller · Richard Fitzpatrick · George Stroumboulopoulos · Pete Zedlacher
Soundtrack Robert Carli
Screenplay George A. Romero
Cinematography Adam Swica
Original title Survival of the Dead
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