In something of an homage to Romero’s zombie classic, Night of the Living Dead, writer/director (and star) Kevin Short elected to film his latest, Tom and His Zombie Wife, in glorious black and white — cinematography by his co-producer Kathryn S. Kraus.
Bayview Entertainment announced this past week that Short’s zombie apocalypse film will be making its domestic Blu-ray debut on Oct. 4.
A love story, bittersweet at that, stars Kevin Short (Reel Life, Speed Love, Punk Strut: The Movie) as Tom, the grieving widower, who has the love of his life, his zombie wife (Claire Lewis — Punk Strut: The Movie, Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire, Undertaker’s Paradise), locked up … he just can’t let her go. She has an insatiable hunger, which means that he has to venture out each day to hunt for “food” in the zombie-invested countryside. What a life!
Tom and His Zombie Wife, a K4K Films production, opened at the ShockFest Film Festival in December of last year and then proceeded to work the festival circuit with stops at Beyond the Curve International Film Festival, Tagore International Film Festival, World Film Carnival … and more.
With the Halloween promotion season drawing near, Bayview has locked into the Oct. 4 street date for the Blu-ray rollout … genre film and love story. A clever blend of Night of the Living Dead meets Romeo and Juliet (in a dead and rotting classic sense).
Also making its Blu-ray debut from Bayview Entertainment on Oct. 04 is the documentary filmmaking team of Mary Elizabeth Gentle and Alia Tarraf’s cathartic journey, A Hidden Star.
Mary Beth (Elizabeth) Gentle had her life ripped apart with the death of her friend Allison Wilke (aka: Allison W. Gryphon) in 2016 from a contracted battle with breast cancer. Mary Beth and Allison had been in the film business in various capacities, so when Allison finally lost her battle, the grief was over-whelming.
A “release” was needed, at least that’s what the initial plan was as Mary Beth and Alia Tarraf (also from the industry) were joined by a number of Allison’s friends for pilgrimage to the Cliff of Moher in Ireland to scatter their friend’s ashes. It would be closure … they thought.
Their film was going to be a tribute film to Allison (incorporating her videos from her own film production work), but the final product, A Hidden Star, turned out to be so much more. The closure didn’t end with the trip to Ireland, but lingered.
The film deals with Allison’s death and the aftermath of the tragedy; the loss that was so much more difficult to get through … a journey that continues in their film work to this day. Life is embraced, loss is recognized and love and kindness are the result … a celebration that opens A Hidden Star up to all.
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