Fear The Dead is a short film WIP about zombies.
Basic outline of the backstory and events leading up to events in the film:
In the year 2010, U.S. scientists working behind closed doors began to develop a bioweapon with applications in war, more specifically on the battlefield. Their primary goal, was to create a virus that could be released on the battlefield and infect enemy soldiers, killing live troops and re-animating the dead, giving the U.S. military control of enemy forces. The final strain of the virus, would ultimately create undead soldiers with pre-programmed military training and intelligence. All test subjects showed improved military strategy and skill, however after a short time, grew aggressive and lost their minds, as well as gaining a ravenous hunger for human flesh.
Testing of the bioweapon continued into the year 2016, yet no changes in behavior from previous tests were recorded. On May 31, 2016, the project was deemed a failure and was to be terminated a week later. All testing of the bioweapon ceased and all existing samples of the virus were destroyed. Infected test subjects were to be executed and disposed of. Everything was going according to plan and they thought they had it contained.
June 9, 2016
During the termination of the last remaining infected subject, a critical error occured and the subject broke free. Unfortunatly the effects of the virus proved to be a complete success and soon the infected subject had overpowered and infected the entire lab. Although measures were taken to contain the outbreak within the lab, U.S. forces found themselves outnumbered and ill-prepared.
By July 1, 2016 All of North America and much of Europe are infected. In a frantic attempt to contain the virus, the remaining world governments launched nuclear warheads at the infected countries… The infected survived the attack… More nuclear assaults followed, but to no avail.
Febuary 20, 2018
The entire world has fallen victim to the virus. The nuclear attacks have left the land a desolate and barren wasteland. The few surviving members of the human race struggle to stay alive, and civilization is all but erradicated.
The year is now 2028 and many survivors have lost hope. Madness now runs rampant, as people slowly lose their minds. Suicide is common among the living. Those who have not given in to the sweet alure of death, have tried to re-establish some form of civilization. Bandits and raiders are many and growing.
That’s just a simple outline of the events that lead to the post-apocolyptic world in the film.
The film itself follows the trials and struggles of a stranger in his 30’s, trying to reach Hildensburg city. He has no name, no family, no past, and no knowledge of who he is and once was.
