Hood Of The Living Dead

[Emperor]

Again listed by Fangoria as an upcoming release in August:

HOOD OF THE LIVING DEAD (DVD special edition): Image

www.imdb.com/title/tt0449599/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449599/)

Not much info but I found this:

I'm in a Quiroz Brothers (Pumpkin Patch Pictures) film called "Hood Of The Living Dead." It's a zombie story with an urban twist. It takes place in Oakland, Ca. The story is about a scientist who is working on a formula that brings dead tissue back to life. Not yet ready for humans, the scientist' brother is killed in a drive by shooting. He doesn't hesitate, he injects his brother with the formula. His brother comes back to life but not as himself, as the living dead. Not too long after, different 'hoods' in Oakland are in danger. I play an ex-military character who is brought in to "clean up the mess." Ben Juhl actually did the zombie make-up for this film, he also had a part in the film. I got a chance to see this movie already and it came out great. Horror fans, especially zombie fans are going to love it. Image Entertainment is going to release it on July 12th.

www.buried.com/interviews/jose_rosete.shtml (http://www.buried.com/interviews/jose_rosete.shtml)

www.pumpkinpatchpictures.com (http://www.pumpkinpatchpictures.com)

[Zombie Mark]

Another urban zombie film - is this a new trend?

[jackskellington]

No trailer or images? It sounds terrible, (ala Tales from the Hood), but watching a new zombie trailer is always a great experience, be it a good or bad movie.

[Slumlord]

Yeah, a trailer would be nice because the name alone doesn't do it justice.

[Bad Zombie Night]

Another urban zombie film - is this a new trend?

It can't be any worse than Zombiez?.... Can it? http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/Smileys/Unhappythink.gif

[!Vision!]

Another urban zombie film - is this a new trend?

Apparently so, before this and Zombiez there was the Horrible Dr. Bones, a voodoo zombie movie, which really sucked too by the way.

[Morbidfilm]

I think I know the director of this. Jose Quiroz. If it is his film he is actually a really good filmmaker. He contacted me a while back and we traded movies. I think this may actually be the movie he offered me to do make-up effects on. But I had to pass because I was busy on Bone Sickness.
Yeah, they could really use a new title, but it may be a decent movie. Like I said he's a good filmmaker and his gang movies are pretty good. And he's a huge horror fan into Romero and Savini.

[Bad Zombie Night]

Well... If I see it? I'll pick it up, and watch it. After that, I'll post my thoughts about it here.

Btw.... When is it expected to make its way to the dvd store shelves?

[Emperor]

Well... If I see it? I'll pick it up, and watch it. After that, I'll post my thoughts about it here.

Btw.... When is it expected to make its way to the dvd store shelves?

My info (first post) suggests straight to video/DVD in August.

[Divided Soul]

August... just about the time my Land fix will be wearing off!

[The Blind Dead]

I don't think there's been enough urban horror made to really qualify it as any kind of a trend. There's a large market for these types of films though. Alot of them are reminiscent of the lower quality blaxploitationers of the past. Let's hope the quality increases and we're handed some bad ass urban titles sooner or later. I enjoyed "Tales from the Hood". I think MOST horror fans resist urban titles because horror tends to be a predominantly middle class, white male oriented genre. The Hip Hop culture is greatly overlooked in horror. Sure, we may get a shitty helping of LL, Busta or Coolio on occasion but they're hardly representative of Hip Hop.

[Pain]

We did get Bones a few years back with Snoop in if i'm not mistaken. Didn't particularly like that movie.

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id=1806614153&cf=info

[Edisthename]

Hello all. My name is Ed Quiroz. I am one of the filmmakers of "Hood Of The Living Dead." My brother Jose and I have been in the independent filmmaking business going on almost ten years now. We've made 12 feature-length films so far. Six of them have been released nationwide at every Blockbuster and Hollywood Video stores as well as pay-per-view. We've completed three films for Image Entertainment. The first of the three being "Hood Of The Living Dead"-our first feature-length horror film. I know that you're all probably rolling your eyes at the title, but let me assure you that we are die-hard horror fans since we were children and our movie is NOTHING like that "Zombiez" movie. The reason for the title being as it is, is because our distributor wanted an "urban" horror movie since there is such a HUGE market for them. They gave us money to shoot the film, and we weren't going to turn them down. Especially since all we've ever wanted to do is make horror movies. But I can assure you that the only "hood" thing about the movie is that it's set in Oakland, California and it stars a melting pot of actors (White/Black/Latino). That's all. There's no gold-teeth wearing 'gangstas' or zombies drinking forties or zombies that talk. In fact, there's very little "hood" in it at all except for the fact that it takes place in Oakland. Once the first zombie is loose, it's all a fun, small-budget zombie flick. Now, I'm not gonna stroke my c*** and tell you it's the greatest zombie movie ever because we didn't have the budget to make the greatest zombie movie ever. But for the time and budget we had to work with, we made a pretty good zombie movie. It will be released August 16th, if I'm not mistaken. Now, the movie starts a little slow, because we had to establish the story, but after about 20 minutes or so, it's pretty non-stop zombie action. Our zombies have a Romero-like quality and as I said, once the movie gets going, it really gets going. Now that we've finally gotten our feet wet in the zombie genre, we're very anxious to make an even better zomie movie. You can check out the cover art and a s****y-quality Quicktime trailer on our website at www.pumpkinpatchpictures.com
Thank you for taking the time in reading this long post and I look forward to hearing your responses once you view our film.

PS: The tagline is also a marketing thing.

To Brian Paulin/Morbid Vision Films: Thanks for having our backs in here. That's too bad about us not working together on this project, but maybe on our next one, we could work together. You do really good FX and you've got a sick mind (and I mean that in a good way). I haven't seen "Bone Sickness" yet, but my brother Jose has and told me it's damn good. So I'm gonna have to check it out very soon.

And if anyone out there hasn't seen any of Brian Paulin's movies, I urge you to check them out. They're very action-packed and always bloody.

-Ed Quiroz
Co-writer/co-director "Hood Of The Living Dead"

www.pumpkinpatchpictures.com

[Morbidfilm]

Hey Ed. Good to hear from you. It's great to see you guys and still cranking out the movies. I can't wait to see what you guys do with zombies. Tell Jose I said "Hey!"
And don't worry about trends from these guys. They are not doing the whole Urban thing as a gimmick or anything. These guys are the real thing!
Ed, I recently put on one of your movies again and thought to myself. "these guys are ****ing crazy!" Filmming shootouts out in the open. I know Jose has wanted to do a horror film since the 1st time I talked to him. It's great that you guys got the chance. I hope you have tons a success with it.

[Edisthename]

Hey Ed. Good to hear from you. It's great to see you guys and still cranking out the movies. I can't wait to see what you guys do with zombies. Tell Jose I said "Hey!"
And don't worry about trends from these guys. They are not doing the whole Urban thing as a gimmick or anything. These guys are the real thing!
Ed, I recently put on one of your movies again and thought to myself. "these guys are ****ing crazy!" Filmming shootouts out in the open. I know Jose has wanted to do a horror film since the 1st time I talked to him. It's great that you guys got the chance. I hope you have tons a success with it.


Thanks again for the kind words man. We appreciate that a hell of a whole lot. We've made a few movies since the last one we gave you and not to toot my own horn or anything, but I can honestly say that they've gotten a HELL of a whole lot better. Every film you learn something new and get a better feel (I know you, of all people, know what I mean). You gotta check out our latest ones man. Shoot me an e-mail when you get the chance.

[The Blind Dead]

I'll buy the movie just because you guys are Darkroom Familia. For me, there's cred there.

[jackskellington]

Didn't really get into the trailer but I'll see ANYTHING with dead gangbangers killing other gangbangers!!!

[Zombie Survivor]

It was a pretty good trailer, but the zombies could juse a little more work and the growls aren't realistic to me. Sorry, but it's still a great trailer with a great poster :)

[The Blind Dead]

Didn't really get into the trailer but I'll see ANYTHING with dead gangbangers killing other gangbangers!!!
:roll: Why, is gangbangers getting killed funny?

[jackskellington]

Yes, very funny!!

[Zombie Mark]

Yes, very funny!!
JackS - you the man!!

[The Blind Dead]

He's tucked snuggly behind his keyboard. That doesn't make him a man, that makes him safe. There's nothing funny about gangbangers killing themselves or anybody else. Anybody who claims to derive joy from that has self-esteem & maturity issues. Being a horror fan doesn't mean one has to be a jerk off.

[Half Dead]

I'll buy the movie just because you guys are Darkroom Familia. For me, there's cred there.
Couldnt have said it better myself. Ive been watching DRF movies since 2001 and they always come thru.

[jackskellington]

He's tucked snuggly behind his keyboard. That doesn't make him a man, that makes him safe. There's nothing funny about gangbangers killing themselves or anybody else. Anybody who claims to derive joy from that has self-esteem & maturity issues. Being a horror fan doesn't mean one has to be a jerk off.

No I don't derive joy from them killing innocent civilians but it doesn't bother me at all when they do each other in. When I deal with those pieces of crap at work I'm not "tucked snuggly behind my keyboard", so my hatred of them is well justified. How about your pity for them? Where does that come from? Alot of people like going to see these slasher flicks and pulling for the killer to get the jock/cheerleader types and that seems to be OK. Why? Those types, for the most part, only want to better themselves and be functional members of the community. But then as soon as someone is cheering the killing of these gangbangers which are the cancers of our society then it's wrong? I don't think so.

[Vash]

It can't be any worse than Zombiez?.... Can it? http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/Smileys/Unhappythink.gif


Is that in any way possible

[The Blind Dead]

How about your pity for them? Where does that come from? Alot of people like going to see these slasher flicks and pulling for the killer to get the jock/cheerleader types and that seems to be OK. Why? Those types, for the most part, only want to better themselves and be functional members of the community. But then as soon as someone is cheering the killing of these gangbangers which are the cancers of our society then it's wrong? I don't think so.
I don't recall mentioning I pitied anybody.

People "pull" for a killer in horror movies because it's cathartic. They know it's fantasy and when the lights go back on, they ultimately know no damage has been done. That's quite different from somebody outside of a movie viewing situation cheering for the death of people whose lifestyles they might not agree with or understand. That would be anti-social and far from the wishes of somebody wanting to make their communities better.

Gangbangers aren't the cancer of our society. Ignorance, Poor education, Poverty, Illegitimacy and a waning trust in our religious, political and justice systems are the cancer of society. Gang membership is just a by-product. Just as racism and drug abuse is. Save your convoluted, 7th grade thought processes for the chat rooms. Perhaps this kind of thing is over your head.

[jackskellington]

I don't recall mentioning I pitied anybody.

People "pull" for a killer in horror movies because it's cathartic. They know it's fantasy and when the lights go back on, they ultimately know no damage has been done. That's quite different from somebody outside of a movie viewing situation cheering for the death of people whose lifestyles they might not agree with or understand. That would be anti-social and far from the wishes of somebody wanting to make their communities better.

Gangbangers aren't the cancer of our society. Ignorance, Poor education, Poverty, Illegitimacy and a waning trust in our religious, political and justice systems are the cancer of society. Gang membership is just a by-product. Just as racism and drug abuse is. Save your convoluted, 7th grade thought processes for the chat rooms. Perhaps this kind of thing is over your head.

Gangbangers aren't anti-social? Ignorance, Poor education, Poverty, Illegitimacy and a waning trust in our religious, political and justice systems as well as racism and substance abuse all go hand in hand with gangbangers don't they? Sounds like maybe you go to bat for them from fear of them. As far as ME being anti-social, I think that getting these shitheads behind bars IS making the community better. That is until these left wing liberal bleeding hearts put them right back out there to kill again and then start whining about, "Well where were the police? Why wasn't he/she in jail?". Does that sound like anyone YOU know? When you have to console the victims of these assholes and then go toe to toe with them on the same day you can preach to me. Until then save your Starbucks coffee house wisdom for someone who doesn't know any better.

[anghus]

looks good. Cant wait to check it out.

Here's two cents though on the subject of urban horror, as a guy making what people classify as 'urban' films.

Marketing people suck. These are the guys tailoring movies to that description. Every movie ive produced, if there's an african american in it, people are screaming "Urban", even though i'm a white guy from North Carolina and know jack shit about the urban environment, the films i make keep getting labeled 'urban'. And i know that 90% of that is due to having hip hop artists appear in the movie.

The zombie film we just wrapped, Dead Heist, has african american actors and features zombies, but there's nothing really 'urban' about it. Especially since 'urban' has become the dvd equivilent of 'complete crap' to most people, since the market has been flooded with inferior product for the last few years. Id rather just have it called 'horror' and be done with it.

[The Blind Dead]

Ignorance, Poor education, Poverty, Illegitimacy and a waning trust in our religious, political and justice systems as well as racism and substance abuse all go hand in hand with gangbangers don't they? Sounds like maybe you go to bat for them from fear of them.

Ignorance, Poor education, Poverty, Illegitimacy and a waning trust in our religious, political and justice systems as well as racism and substance abuse go hand in hand with far more people than just gangbangers. I don't "go to bat" for gangbangers because I fear them. I "go to bat" for them because I was one of them (3rd Generation gang member). In my experience it's the most ignorant, upper to middle class white kids that talk the most trash about gang members. You fear and talk down on that which you don't understand and it shows.


I think that getting these shitheads behind bars IS making the community better. That is until these left wing liberal bleeding hearts put them right back out there to kill again and then start whining about, "Well where were the police? Why wasn't he/she in jail?". Does that sound like anyone YOU know?

Getting them behind bars isn't making anything better. It increases our tax burden and they simply learn to be more vicious. Educating these kids and offering them better solutions is far more effective.

Not to blow your whole theory on me away but...I'm a Conservative Republican. I'm far from a "left wing liberal bleeding heart".


When you have to console the victims of these assholes and then go toe to toe with them on the same day you can preach to me. Until then save your Starbucks coffee house wisdom for someone who doesn't know any better.
I have consoled victims of gang violence. I've seen and felt innocent Mothers tears on my shoulders. I also speak to young children in community centers when my free time allows. I've attended more funerals in my lifetime than 10 people can lay claim to. I've had good friends die and I've been shot several times myself. I've gone "toe to toe" with "them" hundreds of times and I'm still man enough to see through their actions to the real root problem at hand. You deriving joy in seeing gangmembers killed makes you no different from them. You appear to be just as ignorant.

I'll save my "starbucks coffee house wisdom" for the children I speak to and the parents I consult with and you save your ignorant rants for the rest of the 7th graders.

[The Blind Dead]

If Ed Quiroz is still checking this thread I'd like to find out what's currently going on with DarkRoom Familia. Last I saw anything about them was in Murder Dog years ago. They just kind of faded. Last I heard there were drug related issues involved.

[Jason Voorhees]

Time to nip this in the bud.http://www.allthingszombie.com/images/jvsmily.gif