Friday after dark, hundreds of San Antonio zombies will come stumbling out.
But you don't have to worry about running into the flesh-eating ghouls, they'll be hitting the big screen at three theaters here. It's hoped the locally produced, locally shot movie will go Hollywood.
"The Killing Strain" is a zombie movie with a Southwest twist.
The look is big-time Hollywood, but "The Killing Strain" was shot entirely in south San Antonio with local people both in front of the camera and behind it.
"There's a lot of talent here in San Antonio. whether it's crew, cast, actor or set designers there's an abundance of very talented crew here," said director Daniel Maldonado.
Now perhaps the whole country will find out just how much.
"We're putting it in front of some national distributions, AMC and Regal if they take, then we've got a national release." said producer Ron Zimmerman.
"We had a lot of people give so much, we couldn't have made this film without them," said Maldonado.
Donated equipment and time meant the feature length film with lots of special effects and a cast of 155 zombies could be made for $100,000.
Local actress Venda D'Abato plays the lead.
"The film industry is rapidly changing. This is an interesting time to be an actor or crew member especially one not based in L.A. Los Angeles is no longer the hub in the entertainment industry," said D'Abato.
Successful low budget horror films like "Paranormal" make these San Antonio film makers hopeful.
We also entered in the Toronto Film Festival and we'll see how we do there," said Zimmerman.
"The Killing Strain" premieres Friday and Saturday night at midnight at The Paladium, The Mayan and The Silverado.
