Worst Case Scenario (film)

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Worst Case Scenario
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Theatrical poster
Directed by Richard Raaphorst [1]
Written byMiguel Tejeda Flores [2]
Bart Oosterhoorn
Produced byBart Oosterhoorn [3]
Fir Suidema
Lars Björck
Jack F. Murphy
StarringJaap van Otterlo
Joost Ivangh
Narrated by Brian Yuzna [4]
Edited by Jan Doense  [ nl ]
Music byBong-Ra
J.G. Thirlwell
Distributed byGorehound Canned Film
Release date
  • 30 January 2008 (2008-01-30)(Promo)
Country Netherlands
LanguageDutch
Budget€6,000 [5] [1]

Worst Case Scenario is a cancelled comedy horror film that was to be directed in 2009 by Dutch director Richard Raaphorst. [6] It was never completed.

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Plot

The story tells of a fictional 2006 FIFA World Cup Finale between Germany and Netherlands. When the team from Germany loses, it is followed by an invasion of Nazi zombies. [7] A small group of friends moves away from the nationwide madness, to a North Sea island where a horde of Nazi zombies wait. [8]

Production

The film began shooting in 2004, [9] two years later in 2006 Gorehound Inc. released a teaser [10] and a trailer. [11] The film's trailer was released in a limited promo version on DVD [12] and was nominated for the Golden Trailer Awards 2005 in the category "Best Movie Trailer". [13] [14] After many financial problems the film was canceled in March 2009, [15] [16] and Richard Raaphorst began working on Frankenstein's Army (2013). [17]

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