2018: The Virus - Influences

'With every creative works' comes an influence' 

My movie is certainly based upon a few interesting ones. 

For many years, even before I started my way into the Film world.

I have been a fan of zombie movies from eras between the late 1960's to the Present Day. 

ONE movie and ONE man is all it took to get me to where I am today. 

George A. Romero - aka The Father of the Modern Zombies

George A. Romero's DEAD Series shows us a much more darker, gory and sinister side to the zombie topic.

His films describe accurately how such situations could be dealt with, whether good or bad, how such events can have mental & psychical impacts on a person, resulting in extremely dangerous behaviour and how teamwork can hit a breakthrough.

The one movie that inspired me...

The 1985 Original 'DAY OF THE DEAD'

DAY OF THE DEAD is a 1985 American horror film and is the third movie in the series, succeeding Night of the Living Dead (1968) & Dawn of the Dead (1978)

He describes the film as a "tragedy about how a lack of human communication causes chaos and collapse even in this small little pie slice of society".

George also said DAY is his favourite film.

DAY OF THE DEAD takes place in an underground military bunker, which gives the film a great sense of isolation and has a lot atmosphere in it.

What I liked the most about the film is how it works. 

The last possible humans seeking shelter underground and away from the undead that walk the earth above. 

It provides a realistic sense of hopeless towards the recovery of the human race.

Everyday becomes a struggle for the survivors.

There's also a phrase mentioned numerous time in the films' soundtrack which describes this. "If Tomorrow Comes"

The Soundtrack was composed & performed by John Harrison. 

The soundtrack was released by Saturn Records in 1985 on Cassette Tape & L.P

Today the Soundtrack is a rare collectable item...

Back to the film... As previously said, the mental & psychical impacts on military characters adds more horror and tension to the film and that kept me interested.

Essentially mixing a 'Psycho' & 'Zombie' theme together creates a whole new film and genre within itself and I found that very clever. 

In this movie we also try to learn about what the zombie really is, why it wants, why it does what it does, is it still human in some way & it's overall purpose for human consumption.

In the movie we learn that zombies have some form of memory of their past lives and they use past-human abilities as weapons to capture and threaten the uninfected count.

My movie has many influences from DAY OF THE DEAD & these have helped to create my own and original ideas.