1 Million Zombies: The Story of Plaga Zombie

1 Million Zombies: The Story of Plaga Zombie

2022 · 74 min · ★ 6.5 · Documentary

In 1997, 17-year-old suburban Buenos Aires filmmakers Pablo Parés and Hernan Sáez pooled $450 to co-write/produce/direct and star in a shot-on-VHS zombie epic of such flesh-ripping, gore-spewing greatness that it instantly drew global cult acclaim and redefined the possibilities of extreme DIY horror. Over the next 20 years, Parés, Sáez and their friends would create two increasingly ambitious – and equally brilliant – viscera-soaked sequels (and several short films) that made them “Argentinian George Romeros who’ve built a small empire of gore flicks”

Directed by Nicanor Loreti · Written by Nicanor Loreti

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