Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard

Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard is a 2015 zombie horror film directed by B. Harrison Smith and starring Billy Zane, Dee Wallace, Mischa Barton, Felissa Rose, and Gabrielle Stone. It was released on video by Anchor Bay Entertainment on February 3, 2015.[1]

Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard
Film poster
Directed byB. Harrison Smith
Produced byB. Harrison Smith
Written byB. Harrison Smith and David Agnew Penn
StarringBilly Zane
Dee Wallace
Mischa Barton
Felissa Rose
Gabrielle Stone
Production
company
Class of 85
Release date
  • 3 February 2015 (2015-02-03)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Premise

There are only a few of the living left in the zombie infested planet. In the town of Elwood, young people are trained by an ex-soldier to fight zombies with paintballs. When Elwood is running out of provisions, they must battle through the zombies to get more food and paintballs.[2][3]

Production

The film went into post-production in 2013. Its special effects were created by Toby Sells, who has also done work for the television series The Walking Dead.[4] The writer and director B. Harrison Smith said of the production, "The goal was to integrate the paintball aspect organically, so that it made sense".[4]

Release

It was released unrated and direct to video on Blu-ray and DVD.[1] The video release includes three special features—a video from the YouTube channel Bloodbath & Beyond with the users on the site of the film, a look at the film's productions, and a behind the scenes look. None of the special features are in high definition.[5] It has a 1080p HD transfer that has a 2.35:1 aspect ratio and a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio mix. The subtitles are in English and Spanish.[5]

The film had a showing at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.[6]

Reception

Staci Layne Wilson, writing for Dread Central, praised the acting and the effects, but said that "the lackluster plot and shaky-cam cinematography are bound to have more viewers diving for the fast-forward button early on, skipping to the end and not missing a thing in-between".[2]

Martin Liebman, of Blu-ray.com, wrote, " Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard is a film that tries too hard and ends up lacking the tighter cohesion necessary to tell a better, richer story".[3] High-Def Digest's Bryan Kluger wrote, "'Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard' lacks any real sense of direction, horror, and gore. It also tries too hard to be something more than it actually is".[5]

References
  1. "Paintball Movie "Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard" (2015) Exclusive Trailer". Social Paintball. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  2. Layne Wilson, Stacy (February 2, 2015). "Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard (Blu-ray / DVD)". Dread Central. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  3. Liebman, Martin (January 31, 2015). "Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  4. Alexander, Chris (October 15, 2013). "Paintball and Ghouls Combine in "Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard"". Fangoria. Archived from the original on 2017-09-11. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  5. Kluger, Bryan (May 5, 2015). "Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard". High-Def Digest. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  6. "Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard". USC School of Cinematic Arts. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
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