Tina Romero is proud to be carrying on a household custom along with her newest film, which she describes as “a fun ride packed with laughs, jump-scares, fun characters and love.”
“Queens of the Dead,” which opens in theaters Friday, follows a various group of New York Metropolis drag queens and membership youngsters as they battle to outlive a zombie apocalypse on the eve of a Brooklyn warehouse get together.
HuffPost caught a sneak peek on the horror-comedy ― which premiered on the Tribeca Movie Competition in June and was screened at NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ+ Movie Competition, earlier this month ― by way of the beneath clip. In it, occasion organizer Dre (performed by Katy O’Brian) is thrust into full-on disaster mode when her forthcoming get together headliner, Yasmine (Dominique Jackson of “Pose”), calls out sick.
Catch a sneak peek at “Queens of the Dead” beneath.
“Queens of the Dead” is Tina Romero’s characteristic directorial debut. The New York writer-director is the daughter of late horror icon George A. Romero, whose credit embody the “Night of the Living Dead” collection in addition to “Creepshow” and “Tales from the Darkside,” amongst different creepy classics.
In an interview with HuffPost, Tina Romero mentioned O’Brian and Jackson have been the 2 actors within the forged she was “most nervous to work with,” a profound assertion provided that the movie additionally options appearances by Margaret Cho and “A Strange Loop” actor Jaquel Spivel in addition to one other horror icon, Tom Savini.
“In our early conversations, Katy ― more than anyone ― asked me incisive questions about the script, and I knew she did not come to play,” she mentioned. As for Jackson, she added, “For me, she’s a larger-than-life legend, and I was worried our scrappy set wouldn’t be fit for a true queen.”
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Thankfully, she added, “Each of them made me feel comfortable right away, and working with them was collaborative, delightful and so fun. They’re both down-to-earth, smart as hell, naturally comedic and incredibly talented. They made my job easy.”
Like her dad, Tina Romero might have a possible franchise within the making if “Queens of the Dead” succeeds. Early opinions have been principally constructive, with Selection describing the movie as “a zombie farce that wears its bedazzled heart on its sleeve” whereas praising its “remarkably well-formed characters.”
Whereas The New York Occasions supplied a extra blended take on the film as a complete, it nonetheless emphasised the story’s relevance within the present sociopolitical local weather, noting “the apocalypse outside might be seen as a story of queer life under assault.”
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