DEAD MEAT

'''Dead Meat''' is a 2004 Irish zombie film written and directed by Connor McMahon and starring renowned Spanish theatre actress Marian Araujo and veteran Irish actor Eoin Whelan.

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Plot summary

Trivia

Plot summary

A mutated strain of mad cow disease infects the Irish countryside, turning people into ravenous, flesh-eating zombies. Caught amid this chaos are a young Spanish tourist and the local gravedigger. Together, this unlikely duo must fight for survival or become part of the zombie fest.

Trivia

★ According to the "making of..." featurette included in the U. S. DVD release, the film was greenlighted under a new funding scheme from the Irish Film Board called "Microbudget Films", targeted at frugal independent filmmakers. Dead Meat was the first microbudget film to receive a release. To cut costs, the crew used many donated sets, filmmakers' personal vehicles and recruited volunteer extras at the local pub.

★ One of McMahon's earlier short films, Braineater, used a similar stunt involving a sliotar as a weapon as is used in Dead Meat. Braineater was produced by Eoin Whelan, who played a belligerent hurling coach in both films.

★ Dead Meat received video distribution by Revolver Entertainment in the U. K. and Fangoria Entertainment in the U. S..

★ Dead Meat was filmed in and around the village of Leitrim, County Leitrim, Republic of Ireland.

★ David Muylleart, who played heroic gravedigger Desmond in Dead Meat, also sang lead on the film's title song, the punk-metal-ish "Dead Meat".