Chemical D-12 is a zombie short from Water Cooler Productions, a small production company founded by Mac Eldridge and Robert Sandoval in 2006. They have worked on a variety of projects, including another zombie film “In The State Of”.

Michael Frank has been alone in a post apocalyptic world for quite some time. He has adjusted himself to the world he lives in and searches it for the infected which hold the answers he is trying to find. As he searches, Michael one day comes across a newly mutated specimen that he needs to capture in hopes of finding what he has been looking for all along. Chemical 12-D is about this encounter and what happens in this world full of hopelessness when Michael finds a ray of possible light.

Chemical 12-D is the very definition of short, clocking in at a just six and a half minutes of film time. As you can imagine there’s little time for a set-up and the viewer is dropped immediately into a zombie infested world as seen by zombocalypse survivor Michael Frank, who is driving around after hearing of a newly mutated ‘zombie’ that he hopes to capture and experiment on.

After locating and capturing the zombie in question, Frank takes him back to test with the titular chemical 12-D. Of course even in a world filled with zombies there remains the question of morality and humanity and the shocking ending, delivered as quickly and effectively as it opened, leaves the viewer with nothing but unanswered questions.

Shot on a $1,000 budget the film itself is sharp and focused, the minimal script hints at bigger events and stories behind the characters that are never told. The effects a lot better than many bigger budget movies and the decision to keep the action on a truly personal angle means that it wasn’t the sort of film that would be any better on a bigger budget.

Eldridge has created a believable zombie world (albeit it with a hint of I Am Legend) that draws those who watch it in and successfully, as the adage recommends, leaves them wanting more.

You can buy the DVD for only $8 ($9 international) including shipping. It is available THIS WEEK ONLY and is also loaded with

Documentaries
- The Making of Chemical 12-D
- The Making of Water Cooler Productions

4 Commentaries with Mac Eldridge, David Wagenaar, Rob Davis, and Matt Nikilla.

The Deleted scene of Chemical 12-D

The Past Work of Water Cooler Productions
-Timmothy O’Toole’s Commercial
-In A State Of (Water Cooler Productions first zombie movie!)
-Knife

A plot synopsis of the upcoming Water Cooler Productions film, The Old Man and His Dog.

We recommend you pick up your copy now, but if you’re still undecided and want to know more, click below for spoilers

• Bruce Willis is a ghost!
• The boat sinks at the end!
• Edward is a vampire!
• Mrs. Doubtfire is a man!
• Soylent Green is people!
• Snape kills Dumbledore!
• Dr. Evil is Austin Powers brother!

Owned.

Bounty hunter and gunman Jack Link has a knack for trouble, but when he stumbles into a town cursed with the undead, he might have bit off more than he can chew.

Opening with Jack Link (Michael Shepherd) trailing a couple of outlaws into town to find the nearest lawman, he voices over a description of the wild west.

When God needed a place to shit he built this part of the world…

Arriving into town it’s clear that not everything is well and soon the townsfolk are hungering for the flesh of Jack and his captives. Escaping into the local bar they meet recent bride and widow Beth (Lisa Digiacinto) and Native American Sepe (Cheryl Hanley) both holed up from the outbreak.

As they attempt to escape the zombie sherriff (Dale Buchanen) they get picked off by the zombies but a ‘new’ hero arises in their darkest hour.

First thing to talk about is the make-up, which was awful. Looking more like the Joker, with white face paint and blackened eyes, these zombies weren’t fooling anyone. Some latex, texturing and blood would have gone a long way to giving a more zombified appearance, even if they were just newly turned. That said, some of the other effects, when blowing the zombies away or a hole in the head for example, were quite well executed.

Short films rarely have time to tell a full story and Deadwalkers is no exception. With sterotypical characters, signposted hints and broad strokes of good and bad used to quickly fill audiences in, there’s not much complexity to the characters or the story.

While the idea was quite good I wasn’t convinced by the zombies or that, apart from the end, there even needed to be zombies in it. A more fleshed out version of Jack Link’s adventures may have potential but I was left more with my thoughts of what this could have been rather than what it was.

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