Grandmother's Mushroom Soup

Grandmother's Mushroom Soup

2008 · 70 min · Comedy, Horror

At a free meal service organized by the Organization of the Unemployed, they are serving grandma's mushroom-based soup with an extra ingredient. Contaminated mushroom soup causes its unsuspecting consumers to become intoxicated with a virus that turns its carrier into a zombie. Justin, who barely manages to avoid the soup, escapes and joins a handful of survivors.

Directed by Joonas Makkonen · Written by Joonas Makkonen

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