Zombies, skateboards, gore and a giant pair of fake boobs are just some of the highlights waiting in the film “Turd Merchants of Death.”
Viewers can also expect flatulence.
The film is set for screening at the Fox Theatre on Monday. It will show at 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., according to the Fox Theatre Web site.
A preview on the Fox Web site describes “Turd Merchants of Death” as “a local zombie and skateboarding movie.” A preview video for the movie does not appear to lay out any clear plotline, beyond skateboarders using their skills to escape from zombies stricken with some sort of incontinence-related disease.
The skateboarders in the film are Josh Steele, Canyon Castator, Max Garson, Jack Spanbauer, Jeff Hulslander, Reed Goodman, Patrick Dykstra, Elijah Moore, Jeff Spiegel, Jeremy Frankovis and the Trick Factory, according to the preview.
Samuel Himes, director of the film and owner of Meta Skateboards Shop, said that the main inspiration for the film came out of the desire to do something different.
“I own Meta so I’ve done skate videos before, but I really wanted to incorporate skating and a horror story,” Himes said. “We really wanted to do something different, so instead we made a B-horror zombie movie with skateboards and farts.”
Himes said that the film fits under a number of genres.
“It’s a slapstick-gore-comedy,” Himes said. “It would also be fair call it a dark comedy about zombies and farting.”
Elijah Moore, 21, one of the skateboarders in the film, stressed the uniqueness of the film.
“It’s funny in a dark blood and guts kind of way,” Moore said.
Himes said one of his favorite scenes to shoot was one on the Hill in which over 200 people were involved.
“It sounds funny, but shooting this gigantic zombie chaos scene really brought the community together,” Himes said. “Everyone was working for free so there were people who never would have interacted with each other all doing their best to help out.”
Himes said that the film received a lot of support from businesses on the Hill.
“The whole thing was a community effort,” Himes said.
Jack Olsen, a 19-year-old sophomore engineering physics major, said he thinks the film sounds great.
“I like zombies, skateboards and farts,” Olsen said. “It sounds right up my alley.”
Contact CU Independent Staff Writer Lindsay Mullineaux at Linday.mullineaux@colorado.edu.
