I ZOMBIE, The Chronicles of Pain

Synopsis

Mark, a botanist, is bitten by a sick woman while on a field trip. He is infected with a virus that makes him crave fresh human meat. On returning to London, he takes a new flat and lives a life of isolation where he can satisfy his need for flesh.





Repulsed by his own violent behaviour, he takes a series of victims, eats them, and disposes of their remains as best he can. As his illness progresses he becomes weaker and more disorientated.





His girlfriend Sarah is shattered by his vanishing, but slowly rebuilds her life with the support of friends.





Mark is obsessed with Sarah and determined to see her again. He anaesthetises and kidnaps her, taking her back to his new flat. He starts to hallucinate and aware of his own volatile condition, returns her safely to live her new life.





He is getting weaker, and after dragging the body of one of his victims, his leg breaks. Unable to seek medical help he screws a metal plate onto the side of his broken leg.





The boundaries between reality and his increasingly disturbing hallucinations become more blurred. The flesh on his face is starting to ulcerate. He can no longer leave the flat.





While masturbating, his decaying penis falls off in his hand. All that remains is to attempt as dignified a death as possible.

Details

Year

1999

Type of film

Features

Running Time

79 mins

Format

16mm Kodak

Director

Andrew Parkinson

Producer

Andrew Parkinson, Dean Sipling, Rob Miller

Director of Photography

Rob Miller, Andrew Parkinson

Principal Cast

Giles Aspen, Ellen Softley, Dean Sipling, Claire Griffin

Executive Screenwriter

Andrew Parkinson

Genre

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 26th November 2005