When a small Colorado town is overrun by the flesh hungry dead a small group of survivors try to escape in a last ditch effort to stay alive.When a small Colorado town is overrun by the flesh hungry dead a small group of survivors try to escape in a last ditch effort to stay alive.When a small Colorado town is overrun by the flesh hungry dead a small group of survivors try to escape in a last ditch effort to stay alive.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Nina
- (as AnnaLyne McCord)
- Local Girl
- (as Taylor Hoover)
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- TriviaThe computer screen and readout in the bunker near the end refer to 'Project Wildfire'. This was the code name used in The Andromeda Strain (1971), which deals with a crashed satellite that infects a community with a deadly organism. The zombie virus in Night of the Living Dead (1968) was blamed on a crashed space probe.
- GoofsMena Suvari's character is referred to as "Cpl. Cross" in both conversation and on her uniform, but she is listed as "Sarah Bowman" in the credits.
- Quotes
Salazar: [about Ben] This shit is ridiculous. I mean, why Thriller over here ain't trying to eat us?
Sarah Bowman: He's a vegetarian.
Salazar: That's the best explanation you can come up with?
Sarah Bowman: You got a better one?
Salazar: All I'm saying, as long he don't try to mistake me for a soy bean burger, we're gonna be all right.
- Alternate versions-** SPOILER ALERT! *** The alternate ending on the DVD has Salazar's character disappearing off screen after opening fire in the Nike missile silo. He screams, fires again, then the horde of zombies appears. The film continues exactly as it did in the theatrical release, until, as they escape in the SUV, they pass a building in the exterior of the missile base. Salazar emerges, screaming that he wasn't bitten, and muttering that everyone expects the black guy to die. He gets into the SUV, and they drive off. At that point, the screaming zombie pops into frame.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Phelous & the Movies: Phelous of the Dead (2009)
- SoundtracksCoolest Boy On Earth
Written by Jordan Galland
Performed by Domino
Published by Slush Puppy Music (ASCAP)
By Arrangement with Natural Energy Lab
"Day of the Dead" is a series of video game-esquire episodes capped by an incredibly illogical and predictable ending. It all begins with a bunch of kids making out in some kind of abandoned farmhouse or warehouse or other nondescript building and then jumps to a road block where the military is keeping people from going anywhere. Huh? What? Did I miss something? Like a set up or a first act? Anyone could have read the script and realized it was going to be a narrative mess. Except, it appears, the producers and director who went ahead with this mish mash of blood, gore, and tired lines.
The effects are also pretty lame with lots of cheap CG stuff and bad makeup.
All in all, don't bother. It's not good to appreciate or bad enough to laugh at - it's just plain mediocre.
- Knuckle
- Oct 9, 2008
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- Also known as
- Day of the Dead: The Need to Feed
- Filming locations
- New Boyana Film Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria(soundstage)
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $301,771
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
- 1.85 : 1(original ratio)