The Zombinator
2012 American film
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The Zombinator (Dead Z in the UK) is a 2012 American horror film written and directed by Sergio Myers. It stars Patrick Kilpatrick and Joseph Aviel. Aviel plays a zombie hunter who tries to protect a group of college students from a mercenary (Kilpatrick) and the zombies that his employer has created.
Patrick Kilpatrick
Joseph Aviel
Sal Longobardo
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| Directed by | Sergio Myers |
| Written by | Sergio Myers |
| Produced by | Sergio Myers Patrick Kilpatrick |
| Starring | Patrick Kilpatrick Joseph Aviel Sal Longobardo |
| Cinematography | Travis Cleary Russ Welch |
| Edited by | Charles Dayment |
| Music by | Todd Maki |
Production company | 7 Ponies Productions |
| Distributed by | Shoreline Entertainment |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Premise
Nina, a fashion blogger, goes to Youngstown, Ohio to shoot a documentary but is caught up in a zombie apocalypse. An ex-soldier and zombie hunter, the Zombinator, appears in the city and tries to protect the citizens from the machinations of an evil corporation and their mercenary, the Colonel.
Cast
- Patrick Kilpatrick as The Colonel
- Joseph Aviel as the Zombinator
- Lucia Brizzi as Nina
- Sal Longobardo as Tony
Production
The Zombinator was shot in four and a half days in Youngstown, Ohio.[1] Director Sergio Myers was in Youngstown to film a documentary for fashion website frockOn.com when he was inspired to make a zombie film. He then recruited several members of frockOn.com to help make the film.[2] Shooting took place without a script.[3]
Release
Reception
Craig Miller of The Mercury rated it 1.5/4 stars and wrote that it has a "likeable D-grade premise and typical D-grade execution".[8] Garon Cockrell of The Pratt Tribune wrote, "[T]his movie started off surprisingly well. But the filmmakers should have realized that the whole documentary crew conceit was just not going to work."[9] Tom Doty of The Floyd County Times, wrote, "Finally a zombie flick so dull and uninspired that it may slow down the deluge of undead straight-to-video flicks."[10] Daryl Loomis of DVD Verdict wrote, "I'm not sure that there's anything we need to see less in horror than a new found footage zombie movie."[11] Mark L. Miller of Ain't It Cool News wrote, "It feels like the intentions are there to attempt to be something different by glomming a bunch of different things together, but instead the film feels like an unfocused messterpiece."[12]