£45 zombie film to receive cinema release

Valerie | 28 Jul 2009, 07:05

A horror film made for just £45 on a camcorder is to be released in cinemas after impressing a distributor, the BBC reports. 

The flick, entitled Colin, was recorded on a camcorder and shot in Wales and London over 18 months by amateur filmmaker Marc Price by persuading actors and make-up artists to take part for free.

C&binet recently reported on the opportunities opening up for amateur film making driven by new technology but the challenge has been getting around the absence of a large, well oiled publicity machine which often dictates whether a film gets seen or not.

The film, which charts the progress of Colin, a man who is bitten by a zombie, dies and is resurrected as one of the flesh-eating un-dead caused a stir when it was screened at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and its cinema release is sure to garner further publicity.

Billed as the first ever Zombie movie told entirely from the perspective of one of the undead, praise for Colin has spread across the web, with Zombie Friends calling it “as original, compelling and thought provoking as [George] Romero’s ‘Night of the Living Dead,’ whilst horror magazine SCARS said it would “revolutionize zombie cinema.”

Mr Price who hopes that it will encourage other budding filmmakers to follow their dreams:

“I hope that this will encourage others to go out with their video cameras and make films.

“It just goes to show you don’t need thousands and thousands of pounds.“