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Exclusive ‘Office Uprising’ Trailer Drinks the Kool-Aid, Kicks Zombie Ass!

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Lin Oeding is drinking the energy drink from hell having directed the zombie pic Office Uprising, which now has an official poster and trailer ahead of this July 19th‘s free release on Sony Crackle. In addition, the movie will premiere ahead of the wide release exclusively through PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 July 12-15 and on Amazon Fire TV July 16-18 via the Sony Crackle app.

Brenton Thwaites (Gods of Egypt, Maleficent) stars a slacker who has to step up his game in order to rescue himself and his friends from a growing zombie plague inside his company compound.

An underachiever working at a major weapons manufacturing firm finds that his co-workers have been “weaponized” by a new energy drink designed for the military. He must then set off to rescue his one true love from an office building full of psychotic coworkers armed with deadly tech.

Jane Levy (Don’t Breathe, Evil Dead), Zachary Levi (Shazam!), Alan Ritchson, and Ian Harding co-star with Sam Daly (Submerged).

Ian Shorr and Peter Gamble wrote the script.

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George A. Romero’s ‘Diary of the Dead’ Getting New SteelBook Blu-ray Release

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The fifth installment in the late George A. Romero’s zombie franchise, found footage horror movie Diary of the Dead is getting a new SteelBook Blu-ray on July 2 from Lionsgate.

Lionsgate lets us know in a press release this afternoon, “This gruesome fright flick is only available at Walmart on SteelBook Blu-ray for the suggested retail price of $24.99.”

In Diary of the Dead, Romero continues his influential “Dead” series, this time focusing on a terrified group of college film students who record the pandemic rise of flesh-eating zombies.

Luiz H.C. wrote about the 2008 zombie movie here on Bloody Disgusting a few years back, calling it an underrated movie in Romero’s filmography. Luiz wrote, “Diary of the Dead is far from Romero’s greatest work, but it’s still worth watching after all these years.”

His article continued, “The subtext is still on point, the zombies are still scary and there’s no beating that chilling apocalyptic atmosphere. So, whether you’re a zombie enthusiast, Found Footage fan or just a casual horror hound up for some socially conscious thrills, I wholeheartedly recommend digging this one up. The revolution may not be televised, but if the late, great George A. Romero is to be believed, it might just show up online.”

“And I think that’s a relevant message for these troubling times,” Luiz added.

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