Rave On Amigos! It looks like Buddy Holly is going to use his stratocaster to strike twang into the hearts of the undead! Well I think so, maybe, ok I am not sure if Buddy Holly will be in the movie, but he is in the title for some reason. We get the skinny on this 50’s period piece zombie project from out friends at the moviehole:
Ream Enterprises and CineXperia Productions have announced the curiously titled “Buddy Holly Vs. The Living Dead”, a new film written and directed by Justin Cash Kirkpatrick. “Evil Dead” make-up man Tom Sullivan and Lee Behymer, a prominent and respected make-up effects artist whose resume includes work on Francis Ford Coppola’s “Dracula”, are involved in the production.
“At its core the film is about fanaticism in all its forms; from gambling to drinking to false idolization; it opens the flood gates to the subconscious where viewers realize that the real horror element of the film lies not within the ominous flesh eating monsters”, a press release tells us. “The movie itself centers on the key players involved in making a 1950’s zombie movie and the effects of living the sort of life that lends itself to such chronic exposure to gratuitous excess.”
If Buddy Holly is in this movie, it will feel like a rip off of Bubba Ho-Tep to me. If Buddy Holly is not in the movie, I will be upset with the title of the film. The film itself sounds cool, following a group of filmmakers in the 50’s as they make a zombie picture sound like a good time to me. I love the look of the 50’s and always love when people do period pieces that involve that period.
Perhaps the title is meant to keep us guessing. Maybe “Buddy Holly” is being used as a symbol to represent the 50’s in general. Buddy Holly certainly could be a poster boy for clean cut 50’s living. I will be on the lookout for a trailer on this project to see if it will help us decipher the title. Until then I look forward to lots of cars covered in chrome, and lovers spitting coca-cola floats at the local candy shop.
