JUAN OF THE DEAD - Juan de los Muertos - Zombies In Cuba

[Offender_Mullet]

This looks hilarious.

Synopsis: Juan is 40 years old, most of which he spent in Cuba doing absolutely nothing. It’s his way of life, and he’s prepare to defend it at any cost, along with his pal Lázaro, as lazy as Juan but twice as dumb. Juan’s only emotional tie is his daughter, Camila, a beautiful young girl that doesn’t want anything to do with her father because the only thing he’s good at is getting into trouble.

Suddenly some strange things start to happen, people are turning violent attacking one to the other. Juan was first convinced it’s just another stage of the Revolution. Official media refer to the attacks as isolated incidents provoked by Cuban dissidents paid by the US government. Little by little Juan and his friends start to realize that the attackers are not normal human beings and that killing them is quite a difficult task. They’re not vampires, they’re not possesed, but they’re definitely not dissidents; a simple bite turns the victim into other violent killing machine and the only way to beat them is destroying their brains.
Juan decides that the best way of facing the situation is making some money out of it…..

“Juan of the Dead, we kill your beloved ones” becomes his slogan. Lázaro, along with his son Vladi, and Camila (who had no other choice but joining her father after he rescued her from grandma´s killing desires) are Juan´s army, and their mission is to help people get rid of the infected ones around… at a reasonable price.

But this plague of bloodthirsty attackers is out of control. The population is helpless. There comes a moment in which the only way out people found is throwing into the sea and try to run away from an island that became a real carnage, and Juan has no choice but to do what he avoided all his life: take some responsibility assuming a hero role, to guide his beloved ones with the hope of getting them safe out of the madness in which Havana, full of flesh eating zombies has turned.

Here's a lengthy interview with the director:

Link: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/51388

Trailer

YouTube - ‪Exclusive: Debut Trailer of JUAN OF THE DEAD! Cuba's 1st Horror Film!‬‏

[madlost1]

It's a shame that the building blocks out the sunset. *BOOM*

A little correction for the thread title the whole thing takes place in Cuba not Miami or anywhere else.

[Blu-Benny]

looks hilarious!!!

[X400]

always up for a zombie flick and this one looks funny

reminds me of Tokyo Zombie

[Lemmy Lugosi]

I'll see it eventually. Looks promising.

[Offender_Mullet]

Boris Of The Dead will hopefully be next.

[Josh]

Key'shawn of the Dead: Zombies in the Hood

[Offender_Mullet]

Spoiler-free review from Fantastic Fest:

Nobody would blame a horror fan for going into Juan of the Dead full of negative preconceived notions. The zombie genre is so oversaturated right now, so full of terrible attempts to churn out a cheaply shot tribute to the works of George Romero without adding anything new to the genre, that many horror fans have come to dread any new film that features the undead. Add to that the fact that Juan of the Dead is a zombie comedy with a similar sounding name to Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead and it would be completely understandable to dismiss Cuba’s first attempt at a zombie film as a cheap knockoff of other, better works. Easy to do but 100 percent wrong.

Juan of the Dead is a film that not only gives a new coat of paint to the zombie genre, it pimps it out with flames and a pair of fuzzy dice. Written and directed by Alejandro Brugués, Juan of the Dead, or Juan de los Muertos as it is known in its native Cuba, is a live-action Loony Tunes cartoon given a syringe shot of zombie action. Not afraid to play with the boundaries of reality or even take a break from the action to have a quiet scene that tugs at the heartstrings, the film blazes its own tone and attitude while still paying loving tribute to zombie films that have come before. It’s funny, smart and tender in all the right places. Juan of the Dead is the best zombie movie in a long, long time.

If Juan of the Dead is a Loony Tunes carton come to life, Alexis Díaz de Villegas is Bugs Bunny in a wife-beater. Perpetually nonplussed, Juan is a conman who has managed to get through the ups and downs of Cuban political upheaval thanks to his brain, his laziness and his ability to squeeze a coin out of any opportunity. When Cuba becomes overrun with zombies, Juan decides to stick it out in his homeland instead of hightailing it to Miami like so many of his countrymen. Along with a group of friends and family — including his lifelong friend and fellow troublemaker Lazaro (Jorge Molina), Juan actually manages to carve out a new business for himself in the zombie-overrun island. Juan de los Muertos is Juan’s zombie removal service. He and his friends — a group of misfits and miscreants — arm themselves with whatever is handy — be it a baseball bat or a machete — and take care of their neighbor’s zombie problems, for a cost of course.

What sets Juan of the Dead apart from so many other zombie comedies is the genuineness of its characters. Because Brugués took so many moments of the movie from his own life and family, the characters ring completely true. They have chemistry and a timbre to their banter that helps to sell the story whenever the movie pushes the edges of reality and ducktails into the ridiculous — which it does a lot. Juan of the Dead is a comedy first, a zombie movie second. It is not afraid to skirt the edges of plausibility if it means a laugh for the audience and for that the audience is grateful.

Brugués has an imagination and artist’s eye that gives the film a freshness that most zombie movies are sorely lacking. This isn’t a rehashing of the same horror movie clichés that fans are force-fed time and time again. Juan of the Dead is something new and exciting and — most important — culturally significant. The film represents one of Cuba’s first — if not their first — foray into the horror genre. From the traditional Cuban music used to score the film to the political satire that runs through the film’s veins, Juan of the Dead is 100 percent a Cuban film and its heritage is what helps to give it its identity. Juan of the Dead will bring a horror fan back from the brink of zombie weariness and for that alone it is an essential watch.

Link: http://insidepulse.com/2011/09/24/fa...e-dead-review/

[tommyboy81]

Been waiting for this since the trailer. Is it coming out in theaters?

[Offender_Mullet]

I haven't seen any info like that yet.