‘Something is rotten in the state of Denmark’
Escaping the Dead is a 2017 Danish zombie horror film written, produced and directed by Martin Sonntag and Bastian Brinch Pedersen. The latter stars alongside Kim Sønderholm and Rama Øzel.
The film was inspired by a series of articles about the death drug “Krokodil” that was rife during the same period of time that Ronald Poppo had his face eaten by a naked man hooked on bath salts in Miami.
Denmark: David (Bastian Brinch Pedersen) is a small-time marijuana pusher, the kind of dealer that smokes more than he sells. Meanwhile, the country has been hit by a new death drug…
David and his partner in crime, Ahmir, are offered some cheap cocaine they see it as an opportunity to earn big money at a forthcoming big techno concert.
Unfortunately, the cheap cocaine turns out to have a terrible side effect that creates a giant zombie outbreak that spreads across the entire city of Copenhagen. David must fight his way out of the bloody city…
Lone Fleming
Main cast:
Bastian Brinch Pedersen, Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman, Lone Fleming (Vampyres; Wax; Return of the Blind Dead), Kim Sønderholm (Vidar the Vampire; Your Flesh Your Curse; Reyes), Rama Øzel, Heine Sørensen, Sune Rolf Jensen, Sead Sainoski, Dorte Rømer.
Filming locations:
Værløse, Sjælland, Denmark
