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£45 zombie movie gets UK cinema release
Published Thursday, Jul 30 2009, 16:25 BST | By Mayer Nissim
Written and directed by first-time filmmaker Marc Price, Colin is George A. Romero-inspired horror film penned over three months during his job at a London courier firm, The Guardian reports.
Price said: "I had been a fan of Romero's films but I didn't have the money to copy them. I knew my only hope was to find a new angle.
"Then it hit me: why not do a movie from the point of view of a zombie?"
He added: "We went on Facebook and MySpace and said, 'Who wants to be a zombie?' We managed to get 50 brilliantly made-up zombies and stuff them into a living room.
"The lead character is named after my dad. He is a steelworker and it was his love of movies that first inspired me to think about making films."
The film was shot on borrowed equipment and recovered tapes before being shown at Cannes, leading to a distribution deal and its upcoming nationwide release on October 23.
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