Plaga Zombie (film series)
Plaga Zombie is an Argentine comedy horror film series created by Pablo Pars, Berta Muiz, and Hernn Sez. The films follow three misfit heroes who uncover an aliengovernment conspiracy after a zombie outbreak occurs in their hometown. Plaga Zombie was the firstever zombie horror film released in Argentina and is the only zombie horror trilogy to be produced in Latin America.
The original Plaga Zombie film was conceived by Pablo Pars and Hernn Sez. Using a family video camera, the two began making home movies with a group of childhood friends in high school. Several people became key personal for FARSA Productions, most notably, Berta Muiz, Paulo Soria and Walter Corns. At age 17, Pars and Sez decided to start their first major film project, a horror comedy about a zombie outbreak which occurs in their hometown, which they both directed, wrote, and starred in with Muiz. Produced on a very low budget, reportedly for only a few hundred dollars, and no formal film training, Plaga Zombie was very popular with audiences in Argentina and eventually gained an international following.Although the filmmkers immediately began working on the sequel, Plaga Zombie Zona Mutante took over four years to complete. The film had over twice the budget as the first Plaga Zombie, estimated at 3,000, significantly improving production value. The filmmakers, however, claimed that the film took its toll on everyone and at one point production was halted to film Never Go to Those Kind of Parties 2000. There was difficulty in finding extras for the film and were confronted by angry residents and policemen during shooting. A local television station aired a special broadcast asking for people to play zombies which included giving out the directors home phone number. Several friendly police officers also visited the set to ask for cameos in the film. Postproduction was also a painstaking process with literally years worth of footage to fit into a 100 min. film. Pars and Sez did not finish editing their film untilminutes before its theatrical premiere requiring it to be played back on a laptop. ........
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