Filmmaker Hilton Ariel Ruiz's 'Zombie with a Shotgun' is not your typical zombie movie

Aaron and Rachel in Zombie with a Shotgun

Director Hilton Ariel Ruiz is an Indie film maker. His movies haven’t hit the big screens yet, but he is working on it. During my brief interview with Ruiz, he discussed his film Zombie with a Shotgun. I have seen the first clip which looks promising. But, I have to tell you that he doesn’t follow the standard zombie script. You know the drill. It always starts with people dying from an illness or nuclear waste. Within minutes, they rise and eat the living. Ho hum, boring stuff. Zombie films rarely stray from this plot.

Ruiz has taken a different approach with his zombies. Instead of his zombies being the bad dudes, they are the heroes. The main characters are Aaron and Rachel, who try to find love as they become zombies. Ruiz also mentions that only a select few zombies will have any intelligence. The rest will likely just wander around looking for someone to eat. How interesting. We get to root for zombies instead of people. Ruiz said he wanted to do something different. This summer, he will release Zombie with a Shotgun as a graphic novel. He has collaborated with artist Simone Guglielmini to complete the graphic novel. The movie will follow the comic. 

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