One Cut of the Dead 15

A cast of relative unknowns, a brilliantly disguised low budget, and an epic, 37-minute opening single take makes Shin'ichirô Ueda's feature debut a bright, breezy and laugh-out-loud hilarious zombie comedy. A film crew is shooting a zombie horror flick in an abandoned water filtration plant, allegedly used for human experiments by the military. Just as the director bullies his actors and demands more special effects blood, a real zombie apocalypse erupts, much to his delight. Packed with meta-movie references as mocking as they are loving, this relentless takedown of the Living Dead genre is a total blast.

This screening will include an introduction by Sheffield Hallam Lecturer Emmie McFadden.

This film is screening as part of the BFI Young Programmers Festival. For more information about the rest of the programme please click here. The Young Programmers Festival was planned and put together by 36 talented 16-19 year olds from this year’s BFI Specialist Programming Course, which runs here at Showroom Cinema each year.

Statement from the Young Programmers:

Our film season is based on the theme of identity and self-discovery. Instead of choosing films that force the audience to explore their own identities, we wanted to choose films that force them to question them instead. Our films are set in an everyday world, but the experiences of characters are very far from that that many people will ever experience for themselves.