''Zombie Brigade'' is an Australian zombie film. It was written, directed and produced by Carmelo Musca and Barrie Pattison. It screened at Cannes Film Festival in May 1988 but did not get a cinema release. It got a video release in Australia in August 1990.

Premise

In a small country town, Mayor Ransom buys up land to develop a theme park. Council officials blast a Vietnam War memorial, unleashing monsters.

Production

The script was written originally by Barrie Pattison who brought it to Carmelo Musca, who liked the idea of doing a genre piece with some social commentary. The state funding body Screen West refused to invest in the film.Scott Holdsworth, "Zombie Brigade" at Murdoch University
accessed 3 August 2013 It was shot in Toodyay, Western Australia.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p164

Cast

* John Moore as Harry Dare * Khym Lam as Kevin *

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as Mayor Ransom *Ron Lee as Kinoshita (as Adam A. Wong) *Leslie Wright as Constable Bill Jackson *

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as Wild

Reception

According to the filmmakers, "the film made back money four or five times over for the investors". Peter West of Horror Talk gave it 2 1/2 stars and called it an "amusing movie at times." HorrorNews.net's Nigel Honeybone says "It’s definitely a zombie movie, but there’s a twist: these are good zombies with moral values, ethics, mercy and valor." and notes that "The two protagonists, for example, is an Aboriginal male and a Japanese female, which immediately challenges the viewer’s expectations."

References

External links

Blog Review
at The Worst of Perth *{{IMDb title, 0092296
''Zombie Brigade''
at Britannica Blog
''Zombie Brigade''
at Oz Movies Australian zombie films 1987 films 1987 horror films 1980s English-language films Films scored by John Charles