NOW STREAMING – AMC’s Shudder SURPRISE Drops Critically Acclaimed Indigenous Zombie Thriller BLOOD QUANTUM (US/UK/Ireland)

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“Inspired Splatter” praises The New York Times and “A credit to its genre… A uniquely powerful reminder of why zombie movies are great” says IndieWire

AMC’s Shudder Surprise Drops Acclaimed Canadian Indigenous Zombie Thriller “BLOOD QUANTUM“

First Nations director Jeff Barnaby’s timely TIFF selection parallels our own global contagion crisis

Released April 28th in the US, UK & Ireland

SYNOPSIS:

The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi’gmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are immune to the zombie plague. Traylor (Greyeyes), the tribal sheriff, must protect his son’s pregnant girlfriend, apocalyptic refugees, and reserve riffraff from the hordes of walking white corpses.

Jeff Barnaby is a First Nations filmmaker born on the Mi’gmaq reserve, where both BLOOD QUANTUM and his debut feature, the cult-hit RHYMES FOR YOUNG GHOULS, take place. He is the writer, director, editor and composer of BLOOD QUANTUM, which opened TIFF’s Midnight Madness program in 2019 to both audience and critical acclaim. His films frequently cast from within the Indigenous community and paint a stark and scathing portrait of post-colonial Indigenous life and culture – in this case, painting it in blood.

In light of widespread cinema closures Shudder has rerouted from their planned Spring release for BLOOD QUANTUM and spontaneously launched it at a moment in history where it could not be more significant. “We knew the film was important and timely when we acquired it last year, but given recent events, Blood Quantum’s themes of isolation, fear of contagion, and humanity struggling with the ramifications of a global virus have only grown more relevant,” said Shudder General Manager Craig Engler. “When a theatrical release became untenable due to the real-world pandemic, we decided to accelerate the launch of Barnaby’s film so it would reach the biggest audience possible.”

The critics are raving about BLOOD QUANTUM… !!!

BLOOD QUANTUM is produced by Quebec-based production company Prospector Films as well as John Christou & Robert Vroom, and executive produced by Todd Brown, Nate Bolotin, Gabe Scarpelli, Ryan Shoup, Adrian Love and Noah Segal.