{"id":7370,"date":"2010-05-08T18:22:42","date_gmt":"2010-05-08T07:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=7370"},"modified":"2010-05-08T18:30:34","modified_gmt":"2010-05-08T07:30:34","slug":"resurrection-yes-but-what-is-being-resurrected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/05\/08\/resurrection-yes-but-what-is-being-resurrected\/","title":{"rendered":"Resurrection, Yes, But What is Being Resurrected?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Resurrection<\/em> is a new independent sci-fi\/horror film from Jeff Burr — exploitation director of films such as The Offspring<\/em> (1987), Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III<\/em> (1990), Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy<\/em> (2007, with Chip Gubera) and Puppet Master 4 and 5<\/em> (1993, 1994). His close association in times past with Full Moon Entertainment should tell you all you need to know.<\/p>\n

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The film fits snuggly into the small-town, bad-science sub-genre, in which an innocent or not-so-innocent traveler wanders into a small-town only to find that the inhabitants are out of their mind — often due to an out-of-control scientific research experiment that has had a serious impact on their peaceful attitude to life. Think The Crazies<\/em> (1973) and its 2010 remake, not to mention assorted zombie flicks. Maybe even Two Thousand Maniacs<\/em> (1964) and the 2001 Maniacs<\/em> remake (2005). Here a college student on his way home for Easter stumbles upon a small midwestern town being severely affected by a psychosis that is the result of experiments in genetically modified crops. As these shots revealed, the GM effect promotes make-up disasters and a desire to shoot things and put drills through heads. Normal behaviour in some parts of America, I would’ve thought.<\/p>\n

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Details about Resurrection<\/em> (such as what exactly is being resurrected) are precious few at the moment, but there does seem to be a political conspiracy of some kind involved, possibly with religious overtones.<\/p>\n

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I can<\/em> tell you that the film was filmed in Franklin, Indiana, and uses many of the cast and crew of Jim Wynorski’s upcoming monster\/comedy\u00a0 flick Monster Cruise<\/em><\/a>, the guy in front of the flag above (Gerard Pauwels) and this group shot testifies — from left: Steve Christopher (Wilson), Jim O’Rear (Dr. Neilson), Shay Baker (Dan), Kayla Gill (Crystal), and Ervin Ross (Mike):<\/p>\n

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I’m told that the ubiquitous Lloyd Kaufman of Troma fame makes an appearance in the movie as well, as does veteran genre actor Richard Lynch (last seen in Rob Zombie’s Halloween<\/em> remake). Here Kaufman is on the set (a GM burger joint) with co-star Jessica Cameron:<\/p>\n

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Word is that the film is in the can and is now in post-production. Release dates have not yet been revealed. So take a look at lots more images from the film in the Gallery below, and hang in there for future news.<\/p>\n