Film Classics Productions is proud to announce that its debut feature film, Doctor S Battles The Sex Crazed Reefer Zombies, has been selected as one of only five features to screen at the 2010 Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival. The film screens Monday, September 6, 2010 at 1:00 am at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta (265 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30303). Writer/Director Bryan Ortiz will be in attendance.
Shot entirely in San Antonio, the horror comedy – written and directed by Bryan Ortiz and produced by Michael Druck – centers on a mysterious scientist (Rick Carrillo) and a cheerleader (Alicia Shaddeau) who battle a zombie outbreak in the town of Crystal Oaks. Originally written and shot as a fictitious trailer for Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse trailer competition, and then expanded to feature length, Doctor S: The Movie has become a festival favorite since its 2008 premiere, winning the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2009 San Antonio Film Festival, the First Feature Award at the 2009 Brainwash Drive-in Bike-in Walk-in Movie Festival, and the award for Best Comedic Horror Film at the 2009 Chicago Horror Film Festival. With screenings across the U.S., Doctor S: The Movie has developed a devoted cult following, with the blog Quiet Earth declaring “We demand a sequel!” and The Overtime Theater working with Ortiz to turn the film into a stage musical (set to premiere in October).
Rick Carrillo will face the zombie hordes of Atlanta when Doctor S: The Movie screens at the Dragon*Con International Film Festival on September 6.
“Doctor S was a labor of love,” says Ortiz, “made by horror fans, for fans. So we’re thrilled to be able to bring it to Dragon*Con and introduce it to a whole new universe of fans. Hopefully they’ll enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed making it!”
The Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival is one of the featured events of Dragon*Con, one of the largest science-fiction and fantasy conventions in the world. Previous attendees at the festival have included George A. Romero (director of Night of the Living Dead) and John Carpenter (director of Halloween). “Directors like Romero and Carpenter have been huge influences for me,” Ortiz recalls, “and we paid tribute to them in Doctor S, so it’s such an honor to be included in their company and be a part of this festival.”
For more information on Doctor S: The Movie, check out the film’s official website, or find the film on MySpace, Facebook, and the Internet Movie Database.
