George Romero’s daughter made “a gay zombie film”
Tina Romero signs “Queens of the Dead”, a film where a Drag Party turns into a downside.
He is still today the most emblematic director of the Zombie film.
George A. Romero – Creator of Night of the Living Dead – left us a decade ago, but his daughter continued the family business, adding her paw and a touch of modernity.
Tina Romerodaughter of the famous director, signs her first feature film here. Queens of the Deadit is the story of a band of LGBTQ+ revelers who find himself trapped in a warehouse transformed into a Drag club … when the Zombie Apocalypse bursts!
“I am his daughter, impossible to deny him. He deeply influenced me”, entrust Tina Romero has Entertainment Weeklywho publishes the first images of Queens of the Deadwhich does not yet have a release date in France. The world premiere will take place on June 7 at the Tribeca Film Festival.
“This monster, this genre is his. I had fun sliding lots of winks to his universe, and I think some will really please the fans “specifies Tina, who ensures that “The Zombie film is an incredible playground for social satire. I could not be my father’s daughter without trying to say something too through this genre. I pay tribute to his world and his monster, but I put my own voice. It is clearly not a film that he would have made, but I use his language, his codes. And then … let’s be honest: the gay to have a great film of gay zombies! “
And as in the great era of his father’s 60’s cinema, the feature film was produced with the means at hand. Lots of energy, little budget, and a good dose of system D. The film was shot mainly in a New Jersey warehouse, but two scenes were filmed in the savage in the streets of Bushwick, without authorization.
“The budget was tiny, but everyone invested in passion,” said actress Katy O’Brian. “The make -up department has recovered lots of zombie accessories, especially those left on site by the Bride team!” (Maggie Gyllenhaal’s film around Frankenstein’s creature, also shot in New York). “I don’t know if they had the right to give us all that, but they gave us what was left, and it really helped create something unique, bizarre and fun.”
Tina Romero Will never know what his father would have thought of the final result – he died in 2017, at 77 – but she was able to pitch the project in his early days. “He said to me: ‘I love it. Go ahead, go for’“She recalls. “Unfortunately, he never read the final script. It took me seven years to set up this project, he evolved enormously … But I had his blessing, and it was the most important.”
