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Jan
03
2008

An Exclusive Look At The Trailer For Jorge Olguin’s Chilean Zombie Film DESCENDENTS (SOLOS)

Posted by Todd Brown at 3:45am.

Posted in Trailer Alerts , Action, Horror, Mexico & South America.

We first posted word of Jorge Olguin’s Chilean zombie picture Descendents (AKA Solos) in late December and we are now proud to present an exclusive look at the very first teaser for the very first zombie picture ever to come from the South American nation.  There’s an interesting story behind this one ... Olguin was originally supposed to make his English language debut with an adaptation of the popular Clock Tower video games, a project that seems lost in development hell, and ended up moving from that project to a generously budgeted (by South American standards) fantasy picture titled Caleuche which features Guillermo Del Toro as a producer.  Though Caleuche is now shot and in post, Olguin had to play the waiting game before starting it as his lead actress was not immediately available and so he very quickly put together financing for and shot Descendents.  Though very much a zombie survival picture - and one revolving around young children, which ramps the tension up rather a lot - the zombies aren’t actually the primary villains here, that honor going to roving military death squads, a very definite a deliberate jab at his country’s past.

The trailer’s an impressive piece of work that you’ll find embedded int he Twitch Video Player below the break, and be sure to check he stills gallery and website linked below.

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Reader Comments

  1. flintlocke 01/03/2008 @ 10:03am

    Looks interesting enough. I like the tone, if a bit heavy on the shaky.

    Last I heard, Eric Valette (ONE MISSED CALL, MALEFIQUE) was doing the CLOCK TOWER movie.

  2. Collin Armstrong 01/03/2008 @ 1:52pm

    Looks interesting - and considering the circumstances under which it came together, impressive.  I had a chance to meet and chat briefly with Olguin at the Philadelphia Film Festival several years ago, when he was presenting ETERNAL BLOOD.  Nice guy - looking forward to more from him.

  3. gishikin 01/07/2008 @ 7:56pm

    eric vallette is indeed attached to Clock Tower.

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