Zombie Spring Breakers

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Zombie Spring Breakers
Directed byAndy Edwards
Written byAndy Edwards
Screenplay byAndy Edwards
Produced byTempleheart Films
Starring Cara Theobold
Matt King
Alex Zane
Emily Atack
Cinematography Ewan Mulligan
Edited byJason Rayment
Music byChris J. Nairn
Production
companies
Templeheart Films
Capital City Entertainment
EnMar Productions
IU Films
Paranoid Android Films
Red Rock Entertainment
Release date
  • 26 August 2016 (2016-08-26)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million

Zombie Spring Breakers (previously Ibiza Undead [1] ) is a 2016 horror film written and directed by Andy Edwards. Premiered at London's FrightFest Film Festival in August 2016, the film stars Cara Theobold and Matt King. The story follows a similar plot to 2013's Go Goa Gone.

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Plot

A group of young people head to Ibiza for the holiday of a lifetime – only to find a zombie outbreak getting in the way. In the world of Ibiza Undead zombies are commonplace and a new strain of virus has started appearing across the globe, rendering its victims as flesh-eating maniacs. Britain has been severely affected, but zombie are managed and frequent checks ensure that no virus carriers make it across the borders. Club owner Karl (Matt King) decides that deranged podium dancing zombies are just what he needs for his Ibiza nightclub, so he commissions a boat full of them to be smuggled in. His plan backfires and his 'cargo' ends up in the Mediterranean. But the undead don’t stay dead, and when they make their way ashore the holiday paradise of Ibiza soon begins to resemble a war zone. Oblivious to these events, a gang of young British men - Jim, Alex and Az arrive on the island intent on a good time.

Other cast members include Cara Theobold as Alex's former girlfriend Ellie, Inbetweeners star Emily Atack as Alex’s older sister Liz, Algina Lipskis as Zara, and movie pundit Alex Zane who makes a cameo as a club promoter.

Cast

Reception

Hollywood News felt that the story moved along nicely but had too many characters, including Big Jim who they found 'a little too crass and sex-obsessed to win the audience over'. [2] Bloody Disgusting gave it three and a half skulls out of five saying "This isn’t a great film by any stretch of the imagination, but I enjoyed it a lot more than I’d care to admit...It’s not exactly Shaun of the Dead, but Zombie Spring Breakers is definitely worth a watch." [3]

Jessy Williams of Scream magazine panned the film, writing "All in all, Ibiza Undead is a disappointment. What could have been a self-aware, fun and witty romantic zomedy is merely a predictable mess that only serves to secure my general distaste of horror-comedies that only use sex and alcohol to generate laughs." [4] Wicked Horror also disliked the film saying "Unfortunately, Ibiza Undead is mostly, like the lads at the centre of it all, a bit useless. It isn’t particularly funny and the horror elements aren’t strong enough to justify it as a real zombie movie." [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Miska, Brad (2017-10-30). "'Zombie Spring Breakers' Infect This Week's Thursday Nights at The Asylum". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  2. ↑ Hughes, Kat (2016-08-26). "Frightfest 2016: 'Ibiza Undead' review". Hollywood News. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  3. ↑ H.C., Louis (2017-10-31). "[Review] 'Zombie Spring Breakers' Is a Surprisingly Effective Zom-Com". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  4. ↑ Williams, Jessy (2017-04-12). "IBIZA UNDEAD: Film Review". Scream Magazine. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  5. ↑ Keogh, Joey (2016-09-13). "Frightfest 2016 Review: Ibiza Undead". Wicked Horror. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
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