Retro/Zombie Flick North
American Premiere at NYCIFF
“Lazarus”
cast & crew head to NYC for May 31 red carpet festivities
Los
Angeles / April 30, 2014 – Lazarus: Day of the Living Dead will have its North American
premiere at the New York City International Film Festival (NYCIFF) on May 31 where
writer/director Thomas J. Churchill's (SyFy's Monster Man, Emerging Past) 1957
styled zombie film will receive the red-carpet treatment. Cast and
crew will be on hand for the VIP gala. Their8pm screening will be
followed by a Q&A and after party. A variety of VIP ticketed
experiences are available through the fest’s website including
lunch with the director and cast members, invitations to the red carpet
cocktail reception, after party and more. A second screening at
10pm will be offered to handle the expected overflow.
Churchill
is excited about his return to NYCIFF. "We are thrilled to once again be a
part of this prestigious and entertaining film festival. When Emerging Past took home Best
Horror Feature in 2010 and was the only film to date to force three sold out
showings, I thought that was amazing BUT, coming back to this festival in my
home town with another project is such an honor!" Lazarus will also screen
at Weekend of Fear on May 31, marking the second time a Churchill film has
been featured at this German film festival.
Lazarus tells the story of
the beginning of the zombie apocalypse in the late 1950s. The film
revolves around George Lazarus (Ray Capuana), an insurance investigator looking
into suspicious employee insurance claims against the Deadly Sin Cigarette
Company.
During
the investigation, he learns that all twelve claimants had recently been
fired for being sick at the job, and subsequently disappeared without a
trace. While his heart-sick fiancée (Natalie Victoria) retraces
his steps, she learns that what was initially regarded as a simple
fraud investigation case may actually be the beginning of the end of the human
race.
Set
in Hollywood in 1957, the film also stars Stephen Geoffreys (Fright Night), Brooke Lewis (iMurders), Josh Hammond (Jeepers
Creepers 2),
James Duval (Sushi Girl), Brian Andrews (Halloween), Janet Tracy Keijser (House
on Haunted Hill),
Kenneth J. Hall (The Puppet Master), Krista Grotte and Taylor Morgan Lewis. Roy
Knyrim’s SOTA FX provided special effects.
Lazarus is scheduled
for a July 2014 summer release through Origin Releasing. According to
Churchill, “the film will be available everywhere, including but not limited to
Redbox and all wholesale stores such as
WalMart and BestBuy. It will also be available through all
major cable and satellite providers for VOD, including Netflix, iTunes and
more."
Churchill
hopes audiences come away from their viewing experience saying, 'If Hitchcock
told a zombie film, this would be it.' “I think it's a very
intense, graphic and fresh entry to the zombie genre, and we want them to
want more as this is the first in a proposed Lazarus trilogy."
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