Zibahkana - Pakistani zombie/gore movie

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Zibahkana - Pakistani zombie/gore movie

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Hey there, Just read the following from DVDManiacs and this looks very interesting, I wonder whey they filmed this part. Its the all new production from Mondo Macabro.
And now for the news.... been wondering what the fine folks over at Mondo Macabro have been up to lately? It's been a while since we've heard from them... What's that, you all ask? Why that's the one sheet for Zibahkana, the first ever all new production from Mondo Macabro. It's a Pakistani zombie/gore movie and it's premiering April 6th at the Philadelphia Film Festival.
I wish I was in the US to see this :D

Check out the poster:
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Myspace Website: http://www.myspace.com/hellsgroundmovie
It contains a small teaser of the film
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Is that a raging dude in a burka?

Looks very low budget and b-movie-ish. Can't really tell by the teaser on how good it'll be but it sounds interesting. Never seen a Pakistani movie before.
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I didnt think Pakistani made films like this ever, some sort of reason that is gone from my mind now. So many Zombie films are released each year, cheap shlock from soo many countries that we never hear of and no one would ever want to see, this will probibly join the pile :D but you never know it could blow us all away :D
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Depends on how many people will go nuts over it... like Versus - now that had a huge cult following.
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BiscLimpkit wrote:Depends on how many people will go nuts over it... like Versus - now that had a huge cult following.
Ahh but Versus was a superb film unlike most crap Zombie films that come out and we never even hear of :D look on YouTube for some shit Zombie films that they wont even release on dvd as they know not a person will buy them :D
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Pakistan previous made a dracula movie in the last 60 early 70's called zinda laash (My father saw this in Pakistan when he was 18 or so, when I showed him the dvd, he cracked a smile)which Mondo Macabro found and released as well. See http://www.zindalaash.com/ (Contain reviews) and also on their website: http://www.mondomacabrodvd.com/mod103.html , Mondo Macabro is a well know cult company for bring obcure classics onto dvd. Their website is: http://www.mondomacabrodvd.com/start.html

Now they are producing their 1st movie for ages and it is in Pakistan!!
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Variety has a bit more information coming out regarding this movie, It even been invited to be submitted to Sundance.
Variety.com wrote: Zombies invade Pakistan
High-def horror pic shot in 30 days
By GRADY HENDRIX

'Zibahkhana' (Hell's Ground)
'Hell's Ground' was helmed by first-timer Omar Khan, who owns a chain of ice cream shops in Lahore, Pakistan.
NEW YORK -- "Zibahkhana" (Hell's Ground) might not be Pakistan's first horror movie, but it's almost certainly the first featuring midget zombies and produced by an ice cream mogul.

A co-production between U.K.-based video label Mondo Macabro and Pakistani production company Bubonic Films, "Zibahkhana" is directed by first-timer Omar Khan, a Pakistani film historian and the owner of a chain of ice cream shops in Lahore. Producer is Pete Tombs, an expert on Asian horror and exploitation movies whose Mondo Macabro video label has released such titles as Indonesia's "Lady Terminator" and "Virgins From Hell."

Shot in 30 days this summer on a high-def camera, "Zibahkhana" combines a cast of young unknowns with Pakistan film vets to tell the story of a gang of teens heading to a rock concert whose path is blocked by a protest against polluted drinking water. Cutting around the protestors on a little-used country road, they run afoul of a family of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"-style psychopaths who slaughter them with relish.

"We don't have songs or comedy sequences, none of the prerequisites of the South Asian film," says director Omar Khan. "It's a complete ripping up of what's expected from local productions."

Shot for an unspecified sum, the picture was delayed from its initial start date in October 2005 by the Kashmir earthquake, which killed 73,276 people in Pakistan.

"I really didn't think it was going to happen at that point," says producer Pete Tombs.

Instead production was pushed to July, right in the middle of monsoon season.

"In June and July the rain is always just starting or just stopping," Khan says. "I wanted to use heat, sweat and flies as part of the film. It was a very, very tough shoot."

Shot by London-trained cinematographer Najaf Bilgrami, who works in the Pakistani television industry, and edited by U.K.-based Andy Starke, makeup was provided by Nawab Sagar, who was used to the less strenuous expectations of local movies.

"If there's a Pakistani horror movie, he's worked on it. But he was nervous when he realized what I expected from him," Khan says. "People on the crew were not used to this level of nastiness, which was very exciting for me."

"Zibahkhana" features veteran actors like Rehan, who has performed since 1947 in both Pakistan's and India's Hindi industries, most notably as the lead in 1967's "Zinda laash," (The Living Corpse) Pakistan's musical version of the Dracula legend and a movie that Khan and Tombs restored on DVD a few years ago.

Producers are almost certain "Zibahkhana" will not be approved for domestic release by Pakistan's censor board. Nevertheless, both producer and director believe in the marketability of their project.

"We have a dwarf zombie," says Tombs.

"They are definitely the first Muslim zombies," Khan adds.

And it seems like everyone wants to see what Muslim zombies look like. "Zibahkhana" has been invited to submit to Sundance, with entry fees waived.