Invasion of the Not Quite Dead

Invasion of the Not Quite Dead is a black comedy horror film directed by Tony Lane.
Plot
In 1978 a meteorite fell in the Swiss mountains, releasing a deadly virus which killed everyone within 20 miles. The incident was covered up by local officials. Now thirty years later the virus is released on an unsuspecting island off the coast of Britain. A group of survivors must band together in order to survive the death and destruction of the once friendly locals.
Cast
*Frank Jakeman as Sam
*Sapphire Elia as Alison
*Kieran Jones as Brian
*Ajay Nayyar as Blade
*Chloe Ingamells as Sara
*Tony Lane as Hanz
*Jonn Blanchard as Billy and Main Soldier 2
*Steve Davis as Main Soldier/Gillespie
*Katie Phillimore as Soldier 3
Production
Antony Lane first came up with the idea of Invasion of the Not Quite Dead during his final year of film school, with the intent of making the movie into a trilogy. He attempted to raise money for filming via the Internet, eventually managing to raise enough money for the film in 2009 to begin filming in 2011. Principal filming took place in Samokov and Despie in Bulgaria and in Kent during April 2011. Wheatus and MC Frontalot both contributed music towards the film's soundtrack.
Release
As of October 2009 the film is still in pre-production, but a teaser trailer was shown at the Welsh Abertoir film festival on November 7, 2009 and a further teaser trailer was released on YouTube after the principal filming in April 2011.
The film is expected to be released in 2012.
Marketing
The film has been entirely funded by social network crowd-sourcing. In essence the films greatest marketing has been in its unique (for its time) funding methodology. Antony Lane's primary marketing tool has been Twitter and as well as fund raising he has executed several 'Twitterthons' whereby he has stayed awake for extended periods of time just fund raising on Twitter.

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