Broken Springs
2010 American film
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Broken Springs (original title Broken Springs: Shine of the Undead Zombie Bastards, distributed under title 101 Zombies) is an independent horror film written, directed, produced, and edited by Virginia native Neeley Lawson,[1] as his first feature effort.[2] It stars Teague Quillen, Jake Lawson and Shannon Wallen. The movie was filmed in late fall of 2008, mainly in Gate City, Virginia, U.S. and Rogersville, Tennessee, U.S.[3]
- Teague Quillen
- Travis Moody
- Brandon Jenkins
- Shannon Wallen
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| Directed by | Neeley Lawson |
| Written by | Neeley Lawson |
| Produced by | Neeley Lawson |
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| Cinematography | Ron Loepp |
| Edited by | Neeley Lawson |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
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Release
Broken Springs had its world premier on June 4, 2010 in Hollywood at the Dances With Films festival on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California.[4] The second showing was September 24, 2010 at the Chicago Horror Film Festival.[5] Broken Springs also screened at the inaugural Anaheim International Film Festival,[6] the Southern Appalachian International Film Festival,[7] The Spooky Movie Film Festival (aka Washington D.C. International Horror Festival),[2][8] and the Telluride Horror Show Film Festival.[9] A teaser trailer was released on YouTube on October 26, 2009.[10]
In 2012, the film was distributed under the title 101 Zombies and became available for rent on YouTube, Charter Cable On-Demand and Amazon.
Soundtrack
The Soundtrack featured songs from The Flow of Opinion and Jake McMurray.[11]
Critical reception
Variety wrote that the film borrowed "equally from George A. Romero and Joe Dante for its wit and politics", and that "fans exhausted with big-budget zombie movies will be refreshed" by the film.[4]
OC Weekly reviewer Matt Coker remarked, "How can one not love a film with 'undead', 'zombie”' and 'bastards' in the same title?",[12] "barely" recommended the film, writing that as it acts as an "homage of sorts" to other low/no budget zombie films, and has "just enough humor and ironic stereotypes to make up for the poor acting, bad lighting and looooooong build up to the inevitable conclusion".[6]