Director: Keith Wright Writer: Keith Wright Starring: Stan Rowe, Sarah Spencer, Phil Gascoyne, Andy Pandini, Richard Harrison, Molly Howe, Eleanor James The last thing the world needs is another zombie movie. But Harold’s Going Stiff has a mad spark of genius behind it. Why not fuse the zombie genre with the kind of sober, earnest documentary you might see about a pressing public health concern on British television? In fact, this film succeeds by embracing that uniquely English tendency to deny and repress, to shudder at the messy, and come up with all manner of euphemisms to disguise the unpleasant. The result is a subversive, hilarious mock documentary about a new medical affliction called Onset Rigors Disease (Ord) that has been striking the male population of rural England. Ord begins with a stiffness in the limbs that becomes so debilitating that its victims begin to lurch around. Phase 2 sufferers exhibit mental impairment (i.
- 10/29/2011
- by Dave Wilson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Writer/director Keith Wright's 'Harold's Going Stiff' isn't the tale of a viagra enduced Oap, but a new Brit zombie comedy horror about a pensioner who is slowly becoming zombified. The low budget Frisson Film production stars Stan Rowe in the title role alongside Sarah Spencer, Eleanor James, Andy Pandini, Molly Howe, Roger Bingham, Jane Hardcastle, Lee Thompson, Phil Gascoyne and Michaela Anne Rowe. Check out what director Wright had to say below and don't forget to check out the new promo over at the official website. There's also a batch of stills for you to cast your eyes over....
- 12/7/2010
- Horror Asylum
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