isle-of-the-deadFrom the producers of “Sharknado” and “Z Nation” comes a new zombie thriller directed by Nick Lyon, “Isle of the Dead,” with an encore presentation August 31st on Syfy. The film stars D.C. Douglas (Resident Evil), Maryse Ouellet Mizanin (WWE Diva) and Joey Lawrence (Melissa & Joey).

The story centers on an elite Strike Team that is dropped into the middle of a quarantined island military station infested with zombies. As they fight their way to the old lab facility, they realize that the Colonel in charge of the research station (D.C. Douglas) is still alive and still experimenting – the zombies are his creations, and every new wave the team faces is more vicious and ghastly than the one before.

“Isle of the Dead” began as a collaboration between actor D.C. Douglas and the creative team behind “Alpha House.” Douglas explains, “while working on an Asylum comedy with Jacob Cooney and Brandon Trenz, I discovered that their real passion was zombie films! I told them I thought it’d be cool if we could come up with a zombie film that tipped its hat to the “Resident Evil” video games. They loved it and so I went to the producers at Asylum and essentially begged. To my delight, they green lit the idea and off we went.”

Douglas garnered a fervent fanbase from his voice over his portrayal of Albert Wesker in the “Resident Evil” video game franchise. Adding to his zombie appeal is his recurring role as Pa Kettle on the Syfy hit series, “Z Nation.”

Maryse Ouellet Mizanin debuts in her first lead film role as CIA operative Mikaela Usylvich. “It was amazing,” says Mizanin, “I was very excited about making the film but also very nervous because having a lead role is no joke! Even though I have been working in live TV with WWE for a long time and I have been performing in front of live audiences, I was still super nervous!”

“Isle of the Dead” has an encore presentation Wednesday, August 31st at 10 pm PT (1 am ET) on the Syfy network.