Zombie Movie Bong of the Dead
The upcoming comedy zombie movie Bong of the Dead is a movie I had the great pleasure to work on. I was a bit of do everything for the production including things as mundane as moving around lights and cables during the shoot to being a full-on raging zombie eating the living for fun and giggles.
The movie is a production of writer, producer and director Thomas Newman. No not THAT Thomas Newman, but Thomas Newman the horror film guy. This Thomas Newman is a Canadian working his butt off to do everything that a 30 person crew would do. The movie was shot on a small budget but from the finished scenes I have had the luck to view – it has a multi-million dollar look. This guy is going places!
Working on a movie for those that never have is a fun affair. Being put into costume and having hours of complex makeup put on by industry stars like Mike Fields is awe-inspiring. Though sitting still for hours on end was not fun considering it was such a hot summer day those first days of the shoot. I must admit I didn’t know who Mike Fields was until someone told me a rock star of the horror world was applying my gory makeup. I looked up his profile on IMDB and realized there hasn’t really been a major Hollywood horror film not touched by this guy!
Aside from the actual locations shooting of the feature film, I know get to see the wizard create his film in post production. Taking raw footage and turning it into the stomach churning scenes that will have audiences cringing and laughing seems real easy to him, but no joke – it’s hundreds and eventually will be thousands of hours of hard work.
Below are the opening credit sequences for the zombie movie Bong of the Dead. Look for this film in a theater near you real soon.
