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Trailer: <i>Osombie</i> Proves Bin Laden Is Undead, Eating Flesh
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Christopher Robbins
Published Feb 8, 2012
Modified Feb 8, 2012
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Until we see the photographic evidence of Osama bin Laden's grisly end that members of Congress were privy to, we're entitled to our theories, man. He could be living in a vault underneath 1 World Trade Center! Or, he could be amassing a zombie army in Afghanistan. The trailer for the brilliantly named Osombie: The Axis of Evil Dead posits just that theory. Watch the bone-biting, machine gun-firing, washboard-ab-flashing, sex in the desert results:
Naturally, the film has a Kickstarter, and is only $5,000 shy of their $15,000 goal with 54 days left. The project page states, "The film has already been shot and edited, and we're only looking for additional funding to finish post-production sound and music."
Here's the plot, which makes us want to reach for the bong and order a pizza already.
The story follows Dusty, a yoga instructor from Colorado, who is on a desperate rescue mission to save her crazy brother Derek, a conspiracy theorist who is convinced Osama Bin Laden is still alive, despite having been buried at sea. In Afghanistan, Dusty falls in with a team of NATO Special Forces on a secret assignment. Turns out Derek is not so crazy after all, and that Osama has returned from his watery grave and is making an army of zombie terrorists. When the group crashes headlong into the growing zombie apocalypse, Dusty and the troops must find and destroy the root of the zombie insurgency before it infests the rest of the world.
We've reached out to their team to discuss the film. In the meantime, get ready to ask Obama about the possibility of an Ozombie at the next Presidential YouTube Q&A.
[Hat tip to GuySpeed]
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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