It’s been almost a year since we last brought you news on Danish zombie film, Escaping The Dead. Today we received new details on the film and apparently, the film has been on hiatus and now the filmmakers are back with a fresh trailer promoting the zombie film based on real-life occurrences involving the deathdrug “Krokodil”, similar to the sensational Miami zombie story of a few years ago. Read on for more details.
From The Press Release
It’s been a while since the trailer for Danish zombie apocalypse “Escaping the Dead” was shown to the world. The production has been on a hiatus, but the team behind it has definately not been laying on the low nor stood still.
A new trailer has been released, featuring a cameo by none other than Mr. Troma, indie guru Lloyd Kaufman,
Please view it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfhQ0cndiPQ
IMDb link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3334746/
“Escaping the Dead” is inspired by a series of articles about the deathdrug “Krokodil” that was published about the same period of time when Ronald Poppo had his face eaten by a naked man hooked on bathsalt in Miami. It is the perfect zombie plot: a deathdrug that turns people into zombies.
The film has its starting point in a typical day for the lead character, David. David is the local marihuana pusher, but he is the kind of dealer that smokes more than he sells. In themeantime the country has been hit by a new deathdrug and when David and his partner in crime Ahmir is offered some exceptionally cheap cocaine they see it as an opportunity to earn big money at the big techno concert the following Friday, but the cocaine turns out to have a terrible side effect that creates a giant zombie outbreak that spreads acrossthe entire Copenhagen. In the film we follow David and his bloody fight out of the city.
Directed by Martin Sonntag and Bastian Brinch Pedersen, the film stars Bastian Brinch Pedersen (who is also the co-director and producer of the film) as David, Rama Øzel as Ahmir, along with Dorte Rømer (“Breaking the Waves”) and Kim Sønderholm (“Cannibal Fog”, “Run”, “House of Many Sorrows”) playing Lars the policeman. Recently Lone Fleming, legendary horror actress from the “Blind Dead” series and Danish origin joined the cast to play Davids mother.
Since meeting on “Escaping the Dead” in late 2013, Sonntag and Brinch Pedersen have teamed up with Sønderholm to do the short horror film “Harvest” (Original Danish title “Høsten”). This film is now finished and will be available to the world via film festivals and the likes in the near future. Attached to this email is the poster for said short film.
“Harvest” on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4012666/
