Die You Zombie Bastards!

2007 film

Haig Demarjian
Caleb Emerson

Produced by

Haig Demarjian
Caleb Emerson

Starring

Tim Gerstmar
Geoff Mosher
Pippi Zornoza

CinematographyJarred AltermanEdited byDaniel StrangeMusic by

Christopher Beal
Paul Leary
Tony Milano
Smokey Miles
Ian Ross

Production
company

Zombastic Productions Inc.

Distributed byImage Entertainment

Release date

February 2005 (2005-02)

Running time

97 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Die You Zombie Bastards! is a 2005 American superhero film directed by Caleb Emerson, written by Emerson and Haig Demarjian, and starring Tim Gerstmar, Geoff Mosher, and Pippi Zornoza. It is about a serial killer (Gerstmar) who must save his cannibal wife Violet (Zornoza) from zombies animated by Baron Nefarious (Mosher).

Plot

Serial killer Red Toole is married to Violet. After a night of killing innocent people, Red comes home to find that Violet has given him a gift: a superhero outfit made out of human skin. Red's joy is cut short when Baron Nefarious kidnaps Violet. Red puts on his superhero outfit and sets off to rescue his wife, before she is turned into a mindless zombie.

Cast

Tim Gerstmar as Red / Coconut Head Face Man / Mother Nefarious / Thierry Toole
Geoff Mosher as Baron Nefarious
Pippi Zornoza as Violet
Jamie Gillis as Stavros
Hasil Adkins as himself

Production

The film was shot in Providence, Rhode Island. Production began while Emerson was still in film school and continued after his graduation.^[1]

Release

Notable Film Festival screenings include:

Lausanne Underground Film Festival 2005 (Winner: Best Feature Film)
Fantasia (Montreal) 2006
Backseat Film Festival 2006 (Winner: Best Feature Film, Best Title)
Weekend of Fear (Erlangen, DE)
Sci-Fi-London 2006
Rhode Island Horror Film Festival 2006 (Winner: Best Feature Film)
Tromanale (Berlin) 2005 (Winner: Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Tim Gerstmar))

The film was released on DVD on January 16, 2007.^[2]

Reception

Bill Gibron of Pop Matters wrote that the film "is so expertly realized, so perfectly set within its own insular world that it's not long before you forget all the movie type muck-ups and simply enjoy the entertainment being offered."^[3] Bloody Disgusting rated the film 4/5 stars and wrote, "I for one have never been so shocked, disgusted, and strangely turned on by a film in all my life."^[4] Steve Barton of Dread Central rated it 3/5 stars and called it an absurd film similar to Troma's golden age of gratuitous violence and nudity.^[5] Michael Ferraro of Film Threat rated it 2.5/5 stars and called it an unfocused film similar to a sub-par Troma release.^[6] David Cornelius of DVD Talk rated it 1/5 stars and called it a Troma-inspired film that is an unwatchable mess.^[7] Writing in Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide, Glenn Kay called it "a rotten lowball effort" whose gags are "juvenile and tasteless".^[8] Peter Dendle, who wrote The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2, called it "ultra-camp shlock in the Troma tradition".^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Dendle, Peter (2012). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2. McFarland & Company. pp. 81–82. ISBN 978-0-7864-6163-9.
^ Gilbert, Ammon (2007-01-19). "WEEKLY SLAUGHTER #17". Joblo.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
^ Gibron, Bill (2007-01-20). "Short Cuts - Guilty Pleasures: Die You Zombie Bastards! (2005)". Pop Matters. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
^ "Die You Zombie Bastards! (V)". Bloody Disgusting. 2006-01-11. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
^ Barton, Steve (2005-06-30). "Die You Zombie Bastards! (DVD)". Dread Central. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
^ Ferraro, Michael (2005-09-20). "Die You Zombie Bastards!". Film Threat. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
^ Cornelius, David (2007-01-28). "Die You Zombie Bastards!". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
^ Kay, Glenn (2008). Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide. Chicago Review Press. p. 292. ISBN 9781569766835.