Indie writer and director Thomas J. Churchill tipped us off today that his 1950's period zombie feature Lazarus: Day of the Living Dead has secured July 2014 distribution via Origin Releasing, as well as providing us some exclusive stills from the flick.
"The film will be available everywhere, including but not limited to Redbox and all wholesale stores such as WalMart, BestBuy etc., and will also be available on all major cable and satellite providers for VOD, including Netflix, iTunes etc.," stated Churchill of Lazarus: Day of the Living Dead.
Produced by Churchill and David M. Parks with cinematography by Wolfgang Meyer, Lazarus revolves around the character of George Lazarus (Ray Capuana), an insurance investigator who schedules routine interviews with twelve employees of the Deadly Sin Cigarette Company upon the receipt of a rather suspicious insurance claim. In the process he learns that all twelve had recently been fired for being sick at the job, and then subsequently and without a trace, he disappears. Two weeks later, with Lazarus now a missing person, his heart-sick fiancée Bethany Loomis (Natalie Victoria), along with Chip (Kevin Franklin) undertakes the task of finding him, and in retracing 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 provides the special effects, with Clayton Brickert and Robert Giddens assisting.
"What we are hoping for audiences to take from their viewing experience of the film," answered Churchill when queried, "is that we want them to say, 'If Hitchcock told a zombie film, this would be it.' I think it's a very intense and very graphic and a fresh entry to the zombie genre, and we want them to want more as this is the first in a proposed Lazarus trilogy."
For more check out the flick's official site.