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Filmmakers Richard Taylor and Zack Beins of Bizjack FlemCo Productions will shoot their first feature-length film in Denver this summer. And in the spirit of movies produced by Troma Entertainment — responsible for the Lloyd Kaufman-directed, cult favorite Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead — their Atom the Amazing Zombie Killer will be “a zombie movie with no zombies,” Taylor says. Huh?
“I’d rather not give the plot away,” he explains. Except to say this: “Atom is going to be like a cross between Dawn of the Dead and The Big Lebowski.”
To raise money for their comedic, possibly bowling-themed zombie film without zombies, Taylor and Beins are hosting tonight’s Zombie Rock-A-Thon fundraiser at Bender’s Tavern, 314 East 13th Avenue. Besides a slew of bands — Horse (with Uncle Nasty), Forth Yeer Freshman and Get Three Coffins Ready, among others — the event features OdAm fEI mUd (a neo-Kabuki, samurai-gore, performance art group), burlesque dancer Lindy Starr and zombie films playing all night long. The 21-and-up Zombie Rock-A-Thon, which begins at 5 p.m., costs just $5; find more information at www.benderstavern.com or at www.myspace.com/atomthezombiekiller.
“I just think people should come and support independent film,” concludes Taylor. “Come out and help produce an awesome zombie movie.”
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With no zombies.
Fri., May 29, 8 p.m., 2009
