Worst Case Scenario (cancelled film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Worst Case Scenario

| image = Woensdag Gehaktdag.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| director = Richard Raaphorst{{cite web |date=4 June 2004 |title=INT: Richard Raaphorst |url=https://www.joblo.com/interview-richard-raaphorst/ |website=JoBlo.com |quote=the cost still amounted to about $7,000. But that was covered by a sponsor. }}

| producer = Bart Oosterhoorn[http://latemag.com/return-of-the-waterlogged-nazi-zombies-worst-case-scenario Return of the waterlogged Nazi Zombies? (Worst Case Scenario)]
Fir Suidema
Lars Björck
Jack F. Murphy

| writer = Miguel Tejeda Flores{{Cite web |url=http://www.killingred.com/worst-case-scenario-wird-army-of-frankenstein.html |title='Worst Case Scenario' wird 'Army of Frankenstein' |access-date=2009-09-20 |archive-date=2012-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227054313/http://www.killingred.com/worst-case-scenario-wird-army-of-frankenstein.html |url-status=dead }}
Bart Oosterhoorn

| narrator = Brian Yuzna{{Cite web |url=http://www.allthingszombie.com/movies/worst_case_scenario.php |title=All Things Zombie - Upcoming Movies - Worst Case Scenario |access-date=2009-09-20 |archive-date=2012-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327180331/http://www.allthingszombie.com/movies/worst_case_scenario.php |url-status=usurped }}

| starring = Jaap van Otterlo
Joost Ivangh

| music = Bong-Ra
J.G. Thirlwell

| cinematography =

| editing = {{ill|Jan Doense|nl|vertical-align=sup}}

| distributor = Gorehound Canned Film

| released = {{Film date|2008|01|30|Promo|df=yes}}

| runtime =

| country = Netherlands

| language = Dutch

| budget = €6,000{{Cite web |url=http://www.gorehoundinc.com/news.html |title=The grapes of Roth |access-date=2009-09-20 |archive-date=2012-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615151005/http://www.gorehoundinc.com/news.html |url-status=dead }}

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Worst Case Scenario is a cancelled comedy horror film that was to be directed in 2009 by Dutch director Richard Raaphorst.{{Cite web |url=http://twitchfilm.net/news/2009/04/worst-case-scenario-director-talks-briefly-about-army-of-frankenstein.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803170002/http://twitchfilm.net/news/2009/04/worst-case-scenario-director-talks-briefly-about-army-of-frankenstein.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 3, 2012 |title='Worst Case Scenario' director talks briefly about 'Army of Frankenstein'|last=Mack|first=Andrew|date=2009-04-15 |access-date=2016-07-28}} It was never completed.

Plot

The story tells of a fictional 2006 FIFA World Cup Finale between Germany and Netherlands. When the team from Germany loses, it is followed by an invasion of Nazi zombies.{{Cite web|url=http://www.blairwitch.de/index.php?seitenid=14&newsid=6122|title=BlairWitch.de - Horrorfilme, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, News, Trailer und mehr|website=www.blairwitch.de|access-date=2016-07-28}} A small group of friends moves away from the nationwide madness, to a North Sea island where a horde of Nazi zombies wait.[http://www.cinema.nl/artikelen/2162537/splatter-in-de-polder Splatter in de polder]

Production

The film began shooting in 2004,[http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2008/02/29/oh-the-irony-worst-case-scenario-back-on-track/ Oh, the irony. Worst Case Scenario back on track] two years later in 2006 Gorehound Inc. released a teaser{{Citation|last=Arturo Merino|title=Worst Case Scenario - first teaser|date=2008-02-18|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PnhebulqQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Z1PnhebulqQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live |access-date=2016-07-28}}{{cbignore}} and a trailer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cQ-kM3TBKc|title=Dead YouTube links|website=www.youtube.com|access-date=2016-07-28}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}} The film's trailer was released in a limited promo version on DVD{{Cite web|url=http://www.gorehoundinc.com/index2.html|title=Gorehound Canned Film presents 'WORST CASE SCENARIO'|website=www.gorehoundinc.com|access-date=2016-07-28|archive-date=2013-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219114353/http://www.gorehoundinc.com/index2.html|url-status=dead}} and was nominated for the Golden Trailer Awards 2005 in the category "Best Movie Trailer".{{Cite web|url=http://www.eatmybrains.com/shownews.php?id=293|title=EAT MY BRAINS! - Worst Case Scenario nominated in the Golden Trailers Awards News Article|website=www.eatmybrains.com|access-date=2016-07-28}}[https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Golden_Trailer_Awards/2005 IMDb: Golden Trailer Awards: 2005] After many financial problems the film was canceled in March 2009,[http://www.screamindemon.com/2009/03/25/worst-case-scenario-is-on-hold-again/ Worst Case Scenario Is On Hold Again]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|url=http://twitchfilm.net/news/2009/03/all-seems-dead-for-worst-case-scenario-yet.php|title=All seems dead for WORST CASE SCENARIO, yet...|last=Vijn|first=Ard|date=2009-03-25|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-28|archive-date=2010-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615214542/http://twitchfilm.net/news/2009/03/all-seems-dead-for-worst-case-scenario-yet.php|url-status=dead}} and Richard Raaphorst began working on Frankenstein's Army (2013).{{Cite web|url=http://www.frankensteinsarmy.com/|title=Frankenstein's Army {{!}} NOW PLAYING IN SELECT THEATERS & ON VOD|website=www.frankensteinsarmy.com|access-date=2016-07-28|archive-date=2012-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320010432/http://www.frankensteinsarmy.com/|url-status=dead}}