Undead (film)

Infobox Film | name = Undead

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caption = "Crazy has definitely come to town for a visit!"
writer = Michael Spierig
Peter Spierig
producer = Michael Spierig
Peter Spierig
starring = Felicity Mason
Mungo McKay
director =Michael Spierig
Peter Spierig
distributor = Spierigfilm
released = 2003
runtime = 104 min. (Australia)
100 min. (Canada)
97 min. (USA)
language = English
budget =
website = http://www.undeadthemovie.com/
amg_id = 1:281555
imdb_id =0339840

"Undead" is a 2003 Australian zombie horror comedy film directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, and starring Felicity Mason.

Plot

After losing her family farm to debt, local beauty pageant winner Rene (Felicity Mason), decides to leave the small town of Berkeley. Strange meteorites fall to earth nearby, turning the inhabitants into zombies. Rene and some other survivors hide in the home of local gun nut and alien abductee Marion (Mungo McKay), and attempt to survive the plague of undead. Marion has a collection of guns and there is a fallout shelter in his basement, which the group of survivors take refuge in. Marion has not had a chance to stock the shelter with food or water yet.

The group tries to get to the food but encounter the zombies again. It is here that Marion shoots one in the head and discovers it stays down. They abandon the house, which eventually leads them to Marion's garage, which contains his van. They secure the van and flee, only to find a huge barrier surrounding the entire town. Rain continues to fall at regular intervals and at first seems to turn others into zombies, but it actually cures the zombie plague. Aliens are there to help cure the town of the zombie plague caused by the meteorite shower, and keep it from spreading.

The townspeople are rushed to the hospital to treat the injuries inflicted upon them by the survivors while they were zombies. Unfortunately, one of the survivors is still infected and transforms into a zombie, first infecting Marion and then spreading the plague once again.

The film ends at Rene's farm where the survivors are staying. The final shot is of the farm with a fenced-in area nearby, containing the zombified residents of Berkeley. Rene stands guard with a quadruple shotgun, waiting for the return of the aliens.

Cast

*Felicity Mason - Rene
*Mungo McKay - Marion
*Rob Jenkins - Wayne
*Lisa Cunningham - Sallyanne
*Dirk Hunter - Harrison
*Emma Randall- Molly
*Noel Sheridan - Chip
*Gaynor Wensley - Aggie
*Eleanor Stillman - Ruth

Critical response

The critical response to "Undead" was unenthusiastic, with a mere 26% from Rotten Tomatoes and a 2/5 stars from BBC movies.

ee also

*List of Australian films

External links

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* [http://www.undeadthemovie.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.scifidimensions.com/Jul05/undead.htm Scifi Dimension's Review]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/12/06/undead_2004_review.shtml BBC Movies Review]
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/undead Rotten Tomatoes Review]
* [http://www.allthingszombie.com/movies/undead.php All Things Zombie fan review]
* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A677542;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Undead at the National Film and Sound Archive]