‘Vampire Zombies…From Space!’ – Black & White Horror Comedy Satirizes 1950s Drive-In Movies

Inspired by films including The Blob, Plan 9 from Outer Space, and Forbidden Planet, the throwback horror-comedy Vampire Zombies…From Space! has been picked up by sales outfit Black Mandala ahead of the Cannes Film Market, Variety reports this morning.

Variety notes in their report, “The black-and-white genre mashup, directed by Mike Stasko, has been a festival favorite, collecting over 20 awards during its impressive festival run, including multiple audience choice awards and best feature honors.”

Vampire Zombies…From Space! is fittingly set in 1957. In the horror-comedy, “From the depths of space, Dracula has devised his most dastardly plan yet.” Here’s the official plot synopsis:

“A motley crew — consisting of a grizzled detective, a skeptical rookie cop, a chain-smoking greaser, and a determined young woman — bands together to stop Dracula‘s cosmic plan to turn the small town of Marlow into his personal army of vampire zombies.”

Jessica Antovski, Rashaun Baldeo, Andrew Bee, Oliver Georgiou, Craig Gloster, and Simon Reynolds star, with the film also featuring appearances from Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman as well as original Night of the Living Dead (1968) star Judith O’Dea.

Mike Stasko co-write the film with Jakob Skrzypa and Alex Forman. “My goal was to create a hilarious satire of ’50s drive-in horror films,” Stasko teases. “To do this effectively, it needs to play the part and look the part first, and then turn each scene on its head.”

The post ‘Vampire Zombies…From Space!’ – Black & White Horror Comedy Satirizes 1950s Drive-In Movies appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.