What happens when you mix zombies and aliens in the 1950’s? Well, Ombis is getting ready to answer that question for you. It’s in the works from DefTone Pictures Studio and is currently in production. There isn’t a ‘lot’ to go on but we do have a teaser, a few shots, and the initial press release of the film for you to get a basic feeler for what to expect!
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Buffalo New York is an area becoming more relevant in the independent arts field and production company DefTone Pictures Studio, the outfit behind the zombie feature The Final Night and Day and recently awarded the title of “Best Western New York Horror Film†at the Buffalo Screams film festival and the studio behind the controversial grindhouse three short film series Black Guy on a Rampage, has announced their upcoming film project entitled Ombis.
Currently in production is the most ambitious project in DefTone’s history, Ombis, a 1950’s style alien invasion film where a life form crash lands in a village named Metsburgh. It begins to infect the towns-folk, making them host to the supernatural virus. Unlike traditional zombie films where the infected are out for blood, the Ombis virus only lives to replicate itself. The virus is not the only thing that has invaded this small community. A creature known only as the “Nemesis” has also arrived in an attempt to contain the alien plague which originated from it’s home planet. It is up to a small group of un-infected survivors to fight the invasion and make it out alive.
Casting has already been completed for the epic film which features Richard Satterwhite (Sheriff Thomas Brackett), Sara Manzella (Lucy), Jason John Beebe (Mark) and Alexander Sloan Mcbryde (Mr. Gray). This is the first film Adam R Steigert, founder of DefTone Pictures Studios, is co-directing with Mark Mendola. Special make-up effects graduates of the Tom Savini School of Art: Jill Jovic and Phill Beith have signed on to the project. This will be Jill Jovic and Phill Beith’s first feature film project.
Steigert believes that the diversity of this film project will continue to expand DefTone’s mission: “We at DefTone strive to create epic tales embracing visionary new ideas. Buffalo is filled with hidden talent which we are destined to explore.â€
