Most of the film was shot relatively close to chronologically, so the film seems a little rough around the edges in the beginning, but by the time the action really gets going there’s a definite uptick in quality that builds to a polished and professional conclusion with everything coming together and firing on all cylinders. It cost an estimated $160,000 dollars ($37,000 of which was raised via Indiegogo), but may actually have up to a million dollars’ worth of work on the screen thanks to performers and crew deferring payments. That’s the fucking definition of a labor of love and is a huge part of why I love this film so much.
Much like Peter Jackson’s first feature, Bad Taste, it was filmed over four years of weekend shoots. Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead is the Australian zombie-action feature film debut from Kiah Roache-Turner and Tristan Roache-Turner. Our own Corin Totin also gushed about it over in Sick Flix, so I’m not alone in my obsession! Here’s a bit of old news along with some brand-spanking new updated info on the Brothers Roache-Turner! Okay, this is another film that I love and have written about, reworking my original review into a couple of other articles. Romero on the 50th anniversary of the release of Night of the Living Dead. We had to make a few cuts here and there to have time to end the week with a tribute to the late, great George A.
Girlfriend and I kicked off the Easter Zombie Movie Marathon (because, you know, the resurrection!) and for the tenth anniversary marathon, we’ve decided to go back and rewatch some of the best films from (nearly) every year.
And simple as that, the Easter Zombie Movie Marathon was born. Girlfriend and I decided to spend a week or so each year marathoning through zombie films that we’d never seen before and I would blog short reviews. Wyrmwood succeeds by taking a zombie movie and amping it up into an action film.It’s that time of year again! Time to celebrate the Resurrection with a weeklong plunge into all things zombie! Here’s the history: In 2008, Dr.
Zombies were definitely the hot ticket when Wyrmwood was made and with each zombie movie there is a fight to distinguish the film from the rival films. There are tons of zombies survival movies on the market. The Australian film premiered at Fantastic Fest in 2014 but wasn’t given a wide release until 2015. There is only one fuel source now…the zombies themselves!ĭirected by Kiah Roache-Turner, Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead is often just called Wyrmwood (the original title). Barry hooks up with other survivors in an attempt to cross Australia, but the survivors discover whatever is turning people also has killed the flammability of fuel. Barry (Jay Gallagher) finds his family gone and in a desperate attempt to reach his sister Brooke (Bianca Bradey). Something in the air is causing people to turn into flesh-eating zombies after a meteor shower.