Trailer for JUAN OF THE DEAD, Cuba's first horror film!
Our friends at LatinoReview.com shared this cool trailer for writer/director Alejandro Bruges who created Cuba's first horror film. Here is an awesome description from the site that is too good not to post:
This crazy filmmaker got some coin in Spain, got a Red Camera, some adventurous crew members, went to friggin’ communist Cuba, smuggled bodyparts in suitcases through customs and made that country’s FIRST HORROR FILM!
That takes some serious cojones folks! My mind is still blown how they managed to pull this off.
Anyway, what do you get when you take GHOSTBUSTERS, toss in some SHAUN OF THE DEAD and mix it with some serious Cuban sabor?
The result?
JUAN OF THE DEAD aka JUAN DE LOS MUERTOS
JUAN OF THE DEAD aka JUAN DE LOS MUERTOS
In the film, Havana is overrun by Zombies while’s Cuba’s Commie leaders insist it’s just a plot by US-backed dissidents to bring down the government. It is up to the hero Juan to rid the island of the undead for money. But as the zombie outbreak begins to spread, he is left with no choice but to fight for his own survival.
Here is what Bruges had to say about the film:
"It's a zombie film but it's about Cubans and how we react in the face of a crisis because we've had a lot of them here over the last 50 years,"
"It is a social comedy, it has a bit of everything. It has horror, it has action and it pretty much laughs in the face of problems."
Check out the trailer below and share your thoughts:
The film should be premiering at festivals soon.