Cheap Zombie Flick? You Have No Idea

What can you do with $70 and some social networking? How about produce an interesting zombie flick from the point of view of the zombie that will wow audiences and critics at the Cannes Film Festival and then have the rights of the film bid on by Japanese as well as American distributors? According to CNN, this is what is happening to the no-budget film Colin from emerging British director Marc Price. That’s right, Price made a film for $70.

How in the world is that possible? “The approach was to say to people, ‘OK guys, we don’t have any money, so bring your own equipment,’” and that they did, along with that Price borrowed make-up from Hollywood blockbusters like X-Men and taught himself how to produce special effects. Oh, and he used a couple of websites called Facebook and MySpace to get actors to volunteer to be zombies along with his friends.

This is social networking at its essence; connecting and bringing people together – and when together some amazing things can happen. And now, through social media the movie is picking up more buzz and recognition. The Internet sure is a beautiful place. Who knows, if this movie gets picked up by Hollywood maybe Price can have a bigger budget to work with, like $100. Check out the trailer here.

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