and Queen of the Dead, Tina Romero, daughter of legendary filmmaker George A. Romero, is set to go out for the first director to premiere the feature at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 7th. The film director spoke recently Entertainment Weekly And reflects the influence of her father.
“I’m his child. I’m not going to deny that, and he had a huge impact on me,” Romero said. Queen of the Dead It features respectful Easter eggs Her father’s inheritance. “And this is his monster, this is his genre. I enjoyed my little Romero nod throughout the film and we have some good things,” she shared, including appearances by notable figures such as makeup artist and actor Tom Savini. Dawn of the Dead Stargayrenross.
“The Zombie Apocalypse is a rich sandbox when it comes to social commentary. “I wanted this to be a film that pays homage to the world and the monsters he created, but I’m presenting my voice. It’s not a film he makes, but it uses his vocabulary to play.
“I didn’t want to touch the genre unless it felt authentic to me,” Romero emphasized. Queen of the Dead It unfolds a night of queer party scenes, and the atmosphere of nightlife is interrupted by a zombie apocalypse at a warehouse drug show. The inspiration came from a fierce social media conflict among party promoters during her stint as a DJ.
Romero posted this manifesto begging the question, “The original promoter pleaded with the question, ‘When will the queer community stop devouring its own?” And it hit me like lightning. The Mandalorian Baddie Katy O’Brien plays the fictional promoter who leads the film. Romero pointed out that Tom Cruise had time for the credits and had a special thanks. Mission: Impossible Filmed to film a horror flick.
Romero hopes the film sheds light on the hunger for more genre films, representing the intersection of familiar talent and gay scream queens for horror and dark comedy from his father’s roots. The legendary filmmaker was unable to see the finished script, but he coached his daughter during the development process.
Romero said, “He said, ‘I love it! Run with it. Go for it.” Unfortunately, he took about seven years to develop this and couldn’t read the completed script… but I had this blessing. ”
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