When George A. Romero handed away in 2017, the zombie style was out of the blue with out its greatest affect. Now, his daughter Tina is taking the reins and attempting her hand on the sub-genre her father helped mould. Whereas her model is decidedly extra comedy than horror (take a look at my evaluation HERE), it’s nonetheless steeped in social commentary and manages to get crucial facet proper: leisure worth. From glittery zombies to one of the eclectic and likable casts on the market, it’s clear Tina has a really clear imaginative and prescient and magnificence, very similar to her father. Certainly, her father, George, is undoubtedly the daddy of the trendy zombie movie, with Evening of the Dwelling Lifeless, Daybreak of the Lifeless and Day of the Lifeless being the O.G. zombie trilogy all of us worship. Having grown up along with her father’s motion pictures, Tina has an actual love and experience for the style as properly (she truly pops up in Land of the Lifeless as a soldier).
I sat down with Tina in addition to her forged which incorporates Katy O’Brian, Riki Lindhome, Jack Haven, Margaret Cho, Nina Bloomgarden, and Tomas Matos. We acquired into all issues Queens of the Lifeless like how a lot enjoyable the shoot was, and the way Tina was as a director. Tina additionally will get into why Daybreak of the Lifeless is her favourite of her father’s zombie movies and why that was her greatest inspiration on her personal movie. Take a look at the interview within the embedded video above!
Queens of the Lifeless plot:
A zombie apocalypse breaks out in Brooklyn on the evening of a large warehouse get together, the place an eclectic group of drag queens, membership youngsters, and frenemies should put apart their drama and use their distinctive expertise to combat in opposition to the brain-thirsty, scrolling undead.
Queens of the Lifeless is in theatres now and on Shudder quickly.
