Juan of the Dead

[RedWolf]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/finally-heres-the-full-length-trailer-for-cubas-first-zombie-movie-juan-of-the-dead/

Part horror show, part social satire, the epic-looking Spanish language film “Juan of the Dead” now has a full-lenth trailer for everyone to see. The Blaze first reported on the “zombie revolution” back in September.

As zombies prowl Havana’s crumbling infrastructure, the film asserts that as one revolution ends “a new revolution is about to break out.”

“We Cubans have had to deal with a whole series of problems in the last 50 years,” said 34-year-old writer-director Alejandro Brugues just before filming in post-revolutionary Cuba. “We have become accustomed to resolving problems on our own and finding a way to survive. So I was thinking, ‘How would a Cuban survive a zombie epidemic.’”

The movie’s plot is simple: A 40-year-old layabout named Juan finds a zombie floating in the water while fishing off the coast of Havana. The zombie attacks but Juan makes a narrow escape, only to find that the undead are all over the city. State-run media blames the whole thing on government opponents backed by Cuba’s archenemies in Washington, but Juan knows better — and comes up with a plan.

Together with his sidekick, Lazaro — described by the filmmakers as “just as lazy, but twice as stupid” — Juan puts out the word that he is open for business…the business of killing zombies that is.

The movie is backed by Spain’s La Zanfona Producciones, two Spanish television channels, the government of Spain’s Andalucia region and the state-run Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematography. It has a budget of $2.1 million, most of which is going to special effects that have to be added in Spain because the technology is not available in Cuba.

Shaun of the Dead only it happens on Cuba not Britain.

[1st Border Red Devil]

Shaun of the Dead only it happens on Cuba not Britain.

Heh, looks funny.

[Zor Primus]

I'll give them this, at least its Cuban actors really working in the movie. I can tell by their accent.

I hate the fact that 9 out 10 films set somewhere in Latin America and really all it they show are places in Mexico where Mexicans are supposed to be Chileans. Spend the money and represent the right culture. Not all latinos are Mexican. No offense to our Mexican brothers here, but you feel me right?

As for the film, I'll keep you posted on the local Cuban-American reaction, more then likely it will be banned from theatres in Miami.