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An American teenage [[high school]] [[prom]] in [[Georgia (U.S. state)| Georgia]] is unexpectedly interrupted when a graveyard, next to a [[nuclear power plant]], becomes the sudden source of resuscitated cadavers. As [[zombies]] march on the high school, a motley group of dateless teenage outcasts, among them Jimmy (Jared Kusnitz), Lindsey (Greyson Chadwick), Stephen (Chandler Darby) and Kyle (Justin Welborn), take on the zombies and save the day. |
An American teenage [[high school]] [[prom]] in [[Georgia (U.S. state)| Georgia]] is unexpectedly interrupted when a graveyard, next to a [[nuclear power plant]], becomes the sudden source of resuscitated cadavers. As [[zombies]] march on the high school, a motley group of dateless teenage outcasts, among them Jimmy (Jared Kusnitz), Lindsey (Greyson Chadwick), Stephen (Chandler Darby) and Kyle (Justin Welborn), take on the zombies and save the day. |
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The Film opens with a gravedigger in a cemetery being attacked by several zombies’ hands from beneath the ground. He calmly amputates them with garden shears, and throws them in a wheelbarrow, revealing several more re-animated limbs. The camera then pans behind him to reveal a nuclear power plant directly behind him. The film then introduces you to the characters in the school including Jimmy (Jared Kusnitz) a loser who is frequently in detention, Lindsey (Greyson Chadwick) the student council vice president and girlfriend of Jimmy, Steven (Chandler Darby) a loser in the Sci Fi club, along with his three buddies. Steven is infatuated with Gwen, a popular cheerleader, whose date is sick, but when Steven asks her, she pays him no attention, and instead attempts to ask school outcast, Nash (Blair Redford) to the Dance. He refuses, leaving her dateless. After an argument Lindsey refuses to go to the dance with Jimmy, and instead secretly opts to go with Student Council president Mitch (Jeff Adelman). The prom begins, and Steven along with there of his nerd buddies go to the cemetery to search for a dead body. Meanwhile, Mitch also takes Lindsey to the cemetery to attempt to seduce her, but the zombies attack and kill him, causing Lindsey to escape where she meets up with Steven and two of his nerd buddies. Meanwhile, Jimmy prepares to go to the prom, but is interrupted by his Boss at the local pizza restaurant who forces him to deliver an order. When Jimmy arrives at the house to drop off the pizza, the family, along with the rest of the neighborhood is revealed to be zombified and attack him, but he escapes and drives off, meeting up with crazed bully, Kyle Grubin from school. They meet up with Gwen who was out running, but while Jimmy is distracted, the zombies steal his car. The three escape into the sewers where it is revealed that toxic waste from the power plant had leaked into the sewers and awakened the dead. They meet up with Lindsey, Steven, and the two Nerds named Jules and George, who have hidden themselves in a large house and barricade the doors top keep out attacking zombies. Jimmy and Lindsey reconcile, and then realize that they are in a funeral home, and are attacked by newly awakened zombies. Kyle kills several of them, but is bitten, and turns into a zombie, attacking the others. They escape into a hearse after killing Kyle, but get a flat tire shortly outside of the house. There, they meet up with crazy, Gym instructor, Coach keel (Mark Oliver), who takes them into his house upon discovering that they are uninfected and gives them each weapons. At the home of Nash, he and two friends are practicing music for their band. But are interrupted by zombies, the zombies do not attack, because they are mesmerized by the music, and stand as though in a trance. The group of other survivors pull up, and kill all of the zombies in the driveway. The band members follow the group in Coach Keel's jeep. They realize that almost the entire town is at the prom, and find all the zombies gone to the prom. At the school, Zombified frogs attack, and infect the science teacher who attacks the dane as a zombie. Once they reach the school, they find everyone dead or a zombie, and coach keel announces that he will wire it with C-4, and destroy it. The coach has wired almost the entire building, when he accidentally drops the remote into the middle of the dance floor. Jimmy realizes only he can get it, and goes into the gym to retrieve the remote so that he can detonate the bomb. Lindsey follows him. The zombies recognize them, and attack them, but the band comes to the rescue. Jimmy and Lindsey have almost reached the remote when a zombie trips on the music amplifier cord, thus turning off the music. The zombies attack again, but the drummer Dave, jumps into the crowd and plugs the cord back in. Lindsey is attacked by a zombified Mitch, but she crushes in his head. Lindsey and Jimmy get the remote, and escape out of the gym, along with the band. In the midst of this, Gwen takes Steven into the bathroom, and reveals to him that she was bitten by a zombie, and tells him that he's the only one she can trust, he promises not to kill her, and the two begin to kiss. Suddenly, Gwen turns, and eats Steven's tongue, and lips, infecting him. The rest of the survivors escape. The zombified science teacher, Frank, attacks Jimmy as he and Lindsey are escaping, but Jimmy splits open his head with an axe. Jimmy and Lindsey escape with the others, as the building explodes destroying the zombies, and the survivors under the direction of Coach keel, escape to destroy the power plant to stop the infection, and drive off in a school bus. As they leave, the gravedigger is shown, shaking his head, and rolling forward the wheelbarrow to collect the bodies. |
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| Directed by | Greg Bishop |
| Written by | Joe Ballarini |
| Produced by | Gregg Bishop Ehud Bleiberg |
| Starring | Jared Kusnitz Greyson Chadwick Chandler Darby Carissa Capobianco Randy McDowell Michael V. Mammoliti Mark Lynch Justin Welborn Kyle Grubbin Mark Oliver |
| Cinematography | Gregg Bishop |
| Edited by | Gregg Bishop |
| Music by | Kristopher Carter |
| Distributed by | Bleiberg Entertainment |
Release dates |  October 20, 2008 |
Running time | 95 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15,000 |
Dance of the Dead is a 2008 American independent horror film, directed by Greg Bishop and written by Joe Ballarini. The film featured Jared Kusnitz, Greyson Chadwick, Chandler Darby, and Carissa Capobianco. The plot revolves around the mysterious reanimation of the dead and the efforts of Jimmy, Lindsey, Stephen, and Kyle to save their local high school prom from the undead.
The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on 20 October 2008. Originally finished in 2007, the film premiered at a number of film festivals throughout 2008 to mostly positive reviews. Notable premieres include the South by Southwest Film Festival and the Atlanta Film Festival.
Tagline: It's their night to come alive.
Plot
An American teenage high school prom in Georgia is unexpectedly interrupted when a graveyard, next to a nuclear power plant, becomes the sudden source of resuscitated cadavers. As zombies march on the high school, a motley group of dateless teenage outcasts, among them Jimmy (Jared Kusnitz), Lindsey (Greyson Chadwick), Stephen (Chandler Darby) and Kyle (Justin Welborn), take on the zombies and save the day.
Plot Summary
The Film opens with a gravedigger in a cemetery being attacked by several zombies’ hands from beneath the ground. He calmly amputates them with garden shears, and throws them in a wheelbarrow, revealing several more re-animated limbs. The camera then pans behind him to reveal a nuclear power plant directly behind him. The film then introduces you to the characters in the school including Jimmy (Jared Kusnitz) a loser who is frequently in detention, Lindsey (Greyson Chadwick) the student council vice president and girlfriend of Jimmy, Steven (Chandler Darby) a loser in the Sci Fi club, along with his three buddies. Steven is infatuated with Gwen, a popular cheerleader, whose date is sick, but when Steven asks her, she pays him no attention, and instead attempts to ask school outcast, Nash (Blair Redford) to the Dance. He refuses, leaving her dateless. After an argument Lindsey refuses to go to the dance with Jimmy, and instead secretly opts to go with Student Council president Mitch (Jeff Adelman). The prom begins, and Steven along with there of his nerd buddies go to the cemetery to search for a dead body. Meanwhile, Mitch also takes Lindsey to the cemetery to attempt to seduce her, but the zombies attack and kill him, causing Lindsey to escape where she meets up with Steven and two of his nerd buddies. Meanwhile, Jimmy prepares to go to the prom, but is interrupted by his Boss at the local pizza restaurant who forces him to deliver an order. When Jimmy arrives at the house to drop off the pizza, the family, along with the rest of the neighborhood is revealed to be zombified and attack him, but he escapes and drives off, meeting up with crazed bully, Kyle Grubin from school. They meet up with Gwen who was out running, but while Jimmy is distracted, the zombies steal his car. The three escape into the sewers where it is revealed that toxic waste from the power plant had leaked into the sewers and awakened the dead. They meet up with Lindsey, Steven, and the two Nerds named Jules and George, who have hidden themselves in a large house and barricade the doors top keep out attacking zombies. Jimmy and Lindsey reconcile, and then realize that they are in a funeral home, and are attacked by newly awakened zombies. Kyle kills several of them, but is bitten, and turns into a zombie, attacking the others. They escape into a hearse after killing Kyle, but get a flat tire shortly outside of the house. There, they meet up with crazy, Gym instructor, Coach keel (Mark Oliver), who takes them into his house upon discovering that they are uninfected and gives them each weapons. At the home of Nash, he and two friends are practicing music for their band. But are interrupted by zombies, the zombies do not attack, because they are mesmerized by the music, and stand as though in a trance. The group of other survivors pull up, and kill all of the zombies in the driveway. The band members follow the group in Coach Keel's jeep. They realize that almost the entire town is at the prom, and find all the zombies gone to the prom. At the school, Zombified frogs attack, and infect the science teacher who attacks the dane as a zombie. Once they reach the school, they find everyone dead or a zombie, and coach keel announces that he will wire it with C-4, and destroy it. The coach has wired almost the entire building, when he accidentally drops the remote into the middle of the dance floor. Jimmy realizes only he can get it, and goes into the gym to retrieve the remote so that he can detonate the bomb. Lindsey follows him. The zombies recognize them, and attack them, but the band comes to the rescue. Jimmy and Lindsey have almost reached the remote when a zombie trips on the music amplifier cord, thus turning off the music. The zombies attack again, but the drummer Dave, jumps into the crowd and plugs the cord back in. Lindsey is attacked by a zombified Mitch, but she crushes in his head. Lindsey and Jimmy get the remote, and escape out of the gym, along with the band. In the midst of this, Gwen takes Steven into the bathroom, and reveals to him that she was bitten by a zombie, and tells him that he's the only one she can trust, he promises not to kill her, and the two begin to kiss. Suddenly, Gwen turns, and eats Steven's tongue, and lips, infecting him. The rest of the survivors escape. The zombified science teacher, Frank, attacks Jimmy as he and Lindsey are escaping, but Jimmy splits open his head with an axe. Jimmy and Lindsey escape with the others, as the building explodes destroying the zombies, and the survivors under the direction of Coach keel, escape to destroy the power plant to stop the infection, and drive off in a school bus. As they leave, the gravedigger is shown, shaking his head, and rolling forward the wheelbarrow to collect the bodies.
Production
The low-budget independent film was based on a script written in the late 1990s.[1]
The cast of Dance of the Dead marked the debut of relatively unknown Georgian natives—including Greyson Chadwick, Chandler Darby, and Carissa Capobianco—and the return of sophomore actors Jared Kusnitz (Doll Graveyard) and Randy McDowell (Good Intentions).[2]
Reception
Box office performance
Dance of the Dead premiered at the 15th annual South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas, March 7-15 2008 along side a lineup of 113 feature films, including 64 world premieres, high school-themed features and rock documentaries.[3] It was a 'Round Midnight selection.[4]
The film was screened at the 32nd annual Atlanta Film Festival in April 2008, and considered a "must see."[5] Three separate showings of the film were sellouts at the Atlanta Film Festival.[6]
Critic response
Critics were mostly positive. Jason Whyte called it a "triumph in nearly every way; not only is an independent film that takes its small budget and runs with it, it is everything you want out of a horror comedy and more."[7] Scott Weinberg was surprised that "character development" was possible, and thought it "fast and funny, sick and sweet, geeky and gory. Basically, a whole lot of fun."[8] Expecting a "cheesy zombie flick," reviewer Brian Gibson instead found a "zombie/prom weekend film that ended up being one of the best surprises of the [film] festival."[9]
References
- ^ Longino, Bob (April 18, 2008). "ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL: Ga.-shot film gets zombies up to speed". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- ^ Press Notes at danceofthedeadmovie.com. Retrieved on 7 May 2008. (English)
- ^ Simmons, Leslie (February 5, 2008). "Fast times at SXSW High". The Hollywood Reporter.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Awards". allmovie.com. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
- ^ Longino, Bob (April 11, 2008). "THE [32nd] ANNUAL ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL: Twenty must-see movies". Movies and More. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. pp. 1E.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Longino, Bob (April 25, 2008). "MOVIE mojo: Fest squeaks out bigger attendance". Movies & More. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. pp. 2H.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Whyte, Jason (April 4, 2008). "God is flushing the toilet. Film at 11". Film Review. eFilmCritic.com. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ Weinberg, Scott (March 10, 2008). "Dance of the Dead (2008)". Film reviews. FEARnet. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ Gibson, Brian C. (March 12, 2008). "SXSW Movie Review: Dance of The Dead". Film Review. FilmSchoolRejects. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
