What I appreciate about Wyrmwood is that is takes an established horror genre and breathes new life into it. To help maintain a lickety-split sense of mayhem they used more than 200 litres of fake blood, 50 litres of fake sweat, 100 rolls of black gaffer tape and 2,000 cable ties. The Roache-Turner brothers understand that with this style of film you can be many things – incredulous, trashy, befuddling, utterly and profoundly weird – but you cannot be boring. You can feel the sweat rolling off of the characters and according to The Guardian: The tiny budget is used well as the focus is on gore/cool costumes while the action takes place in small warehouses and back roads. Eventually, he meets up with some cheeky survivors and together they patrol Australia in souped up cars. He has to kill his family with a nail gun, constantly battle zombies and his sister Brooke (Bianca Bradey) was kidnapped by a disco dancing mad scientist. Wyrmwood tells the story of a zombie plague breaking out and a man named Barry (Jay Gallagher) having a very bad go of it. We looked at each other and said: ‘Yep, f**k it. “We looked at it and we were like: ‘Are we actually going to do this?’ This is huge. Our ambition way outstripped what we actually had in front of us.Īt the start we slotted out all the scenes we had to shoot on a big Excel spreadsheet,” says Tristan. “I think we come into the second category. I liked their candor in an interview with The Guardianįor somebody to start making a film like that, it basically means they’re one of two things: very rich or very, very stupid,” says Kiah. It is a little film that eventually could and I love how Kiah and Tristan are looking back it now with a sense of humor. What makes this film work is the obvious love of cinema behind the camera. You kinda have to appreciate a singular vision that was filmed on weekends and holidays. It is like Mad Max met a zombie film and then became something else entirely. However, the final product is a bonkers delight that is loaded with blood, bruises and zombies that can fuel vehicles. The script changed drastically and so did the characters. The budget jumped from 20,000 to 150,000 and Screen Australia had to throw in 800,000 to get it finished.
It was a labor of love by directors Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner who initially planned on a six month shoot and saw that expand to a 3 1/2 year labor of love. While Brooke plans her escape Barry goes out on the road to find her & teams up with Benny, a fellow survivor - together they must arm themselves and prepare to battle their way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters in a harsh Australian bushland.Wyrmwood is a fantastic Australian micro-budget zombie film that is taking the horror world by storm. His sister, Brooke, is kidnapped by a sinister team of gas-mask wearing soldiers & experimented on by a psychotic doctor. Kiah Roache-Turner & Tristan Roache-Turnerīarry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse.
While Brooke plans her escape Barry goes out on the road to find her & teams up with Benny, a fellow survivor - together they must arm themselves and prepare to battle their way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters in a harsh Australian bushland. Barry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse.
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