Pandemic "Star" of UToledo Created Film
The University of Toledo Department of Theatre and Film will screen a new comedy-musical-horror film titled “Year of the Living Dead” with book, lyrics, and music by Edmund B. Lingan, Ph.D. “Year of the Living Dead” is a throwback tribute to the B-horror films of the drive-in era of the 1950s and early 1960s. The film was created under strict COVID safety protocols, and stars a talented cast of UToledo students under Dr. Lingan’s direction, with the assistance of film alum Jarrett Cunningham as cinematographer and editor.
The story concerns the tribulations of several human beings dealing with a viral pandemic that is transforming the population of earth into flesh-eating zombies. Scientists—Dr. Eve Eaves (Emily Damschroder) and Dr. Reginald Greeley (Dillon Sickels)— desperately attempt to contact advanced alien civilizations in a plea for assistance in stopping the zombies and curing the virus, while the conspiracy theory obsessed group known as “Militia Z” stockpiles weapons in the belief that the zombie virus is a fiction created by the government and the Reptilian Illuminati to control the minds and bodies of the ignorant, unarmed masses. Will the zombies be defeated, or will they consume humanity? Will the virus be proven a hoax? Will aliens come to earth and save humanity from certain death? Come see “Year of the Living Dead” to learn the truth!
Screening dates are Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday/Sunday Oct. 30 and 31 at 2 p.m. In addition there will be a special midnight screening on Saturday Oct. 30th at midnight – zombie costumes encouraged! The screening will be held in the Center Theatre of the UToledo Center for Performing Arts.
NOTE: “Year of the Living Dead” is recommended for ages 13 and up due to graphic zombie gore.
Press Release Contact Name: Edmund Lingan
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Organization Name: The University of Toledo College of Arts and Letters
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