Zombie Planet
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| director = George Bonilla
| producer = Russell Coy II
Tammy Bonilla
Douglas Campbell
Xyliena Praetor
| screenplay = George Bonilla
| starring = Frank Farhat
Christopher Rose
Matt Perry
Rebecca Minton
Karl Gustav Lindstrom
| music = Klevin Scott
| cinematography = Billy W. Blackwell
Todd Burrows
Jon Shelton
Roy M. White
| editing = Sven Granlund
Matthew Perry
| studio = ZP Productions
| distributor = Tempe Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|2004|10|19|ref1={{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LH&s_site=kentucky&p_multi=LH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=105D302710930867&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Arty Facts, a User's Guide for Culture Vultures|work=Lexington Herald-Leader|date=2004-10-17|access-date=2013-11-30}}}}
| runtime = 119 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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Zombie Planet is a 2004 American horror film directed and written by George Bonilla. Frank Farhat stars as a zombie hunter in a post-apocalyptic world. The film also stars Christopher Rose, Matt Perry, Rebecca Minton, and Karl Gustav Lindstrom.
Premise
After a pharmaceutical company develops a new wonder drug, its customers turn into zombies. T. K. Kane, a mysterious outsider, arrives in a community terrorized by local warlord Adam. Kane protects the community and hunts down the zombies plaguing the community.
Cast
- Frank Farhat as T. K. Kane
- Christopher Rose as Warren
- Matthew Perry as Adam
- Rebecca Minton as Julie
- Karl Gustav Lindstrom as Frank
- Jon Shelton as Stiletto
- Fran Rabe as Mary
- Rhonda Barker as Rose
Production
Director George Bonilla was inspired to make a zombie film after moving to Kentucky and finding a supportive independent film community there. Bonilla believed that zombies created from a defective drug would allow for a wide variety of effects on people, and allowed him to write in both feral and intelligent zombies. The cast and crew were mainly made up of people with no experience in filmmaking.{{cite web|url=http://filmthreat.com/uncategorized/george-bonilla-the-late-great-zombie-planet-earth-2/|title=George Bonilla: The Late, Great "Zombie Planet" Earth|last=Watt|first=Mike|work=Film Threat|date=2005-01-19|access-date=2019-01-26}} Scenes were shot at the Bluegrass Aspendale housing project in Lexington, Kentucky. Bonilla's wife Tammy is the executive producer.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=okhBAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6KgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1190,2652870&dq=zombie-planet+bonilla&hl=en|title=Filmmaker Shoots Horror Film in Lexington|page=10|work=Middlesboro Daily News|agency=Associated Press|date=2001-11-19|access-date=2013-11-30}}
Release
Zombie Planet was distributed by J. R. Bookwalter's Tempe Entertainment.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/interviews/913/|title=George Bonilla: The Late, Great "Zombie Planet" Earth, Part 2|last=Watt|first=Mike|work=Film Threat|date=2005-01-19|access-date=2013-11-30}} It was released on DVD on October 19, 2004.
Reception
Peter Dendle called the film "epically awful" and embarrassing for Lexington natives.{{cite book|title=Zombie Movie Encyclopedia: 2000-2010|last=Dendle|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Dendle|publisher=McFarland Publishing|year=2012|isbn=9780786492886|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DG6rK0PE2vIC&pg=PA228}} David Johnson of DVD Verdict said that the film is better than most Z movies, but its length leads to too much filler.{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/zombieplanet.php|title=Zombie Planet|last=Johnson|first=David|work=DVD Verdict|date=2004-11-11|access-date=2013-11-30|archive-date=2004-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041112085520/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/zombieplanet.php}} Bill Gibron of DVD Talk rated the film 3/5 stars and said that "there are kernels of creativity and outright cleverness in this big, sloppy ersatz-spectacle."{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/12977/zombie-planet/|title=Zombie Planet|last=Gibron|first=Bill|work=DVD Talk|date=2004-10-28|access-date=2013-11-30}}
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