Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
Short description
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead is an Australian action horror film set during a zombie outbreak. Barry, a mechanic, sees his ordinary family life collapse as the dead begin to rise. When a group of masked soldiers abducts his sister Brooke for the experiments of a deranged doctor, Barry sets out across the bushland to find her. Along the way he joins forces with Benny, another survivor, and the two arm themselves for the fights ahead.
The film marks the feature debut of director Kiah Roache-Turner, who wrote the screenplay with his brother Tristan, the producer. It is the first entry in a series that continued with Nekrotronic, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, Sting and Beast of War. Jay Gallagher plays Barry, with Bianca Bradey as Brooke, Leon Burchill as Benny, Luke McKenzie as the Captain, Yurech Covich as Chalker and Catherine Terracini as Annie, among a credited cast of 47.
Released in 2014, the film runs 98 minutes and mixes horror with action and dark comedy. On IMDb it holds a rating of 6.2 from around 19,000 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 6.1 from roughly 528 votes, indicating a modest but durable following. A critics' score of 6.3 from 38 reviews places it slightly above the audience averages.
What's left behind the scenes
- There was no money in the film's budget for real firearms, so they had to be fashioned from carved boards and metal tubes with a piece of iron screwed on to represent the bolt mechanism.
- Initially, it was intended that Chalker (Jur Kowicz) would be the protagonist's partner (Jay Gallagher). A significant portion of this character's lines were given to Benny (Leon Burchill), and Chalker himself was "killed off" shortly after appearing on screen, as Kowicz left the project before filming was completed.
- Stuntwoman Bianca Brady nearly died during filming. She misjudged a jump onto the hood of a car and almost ended up under the wheels.
- It was originally intended that Chalker (played by Jur Kovics) would become the partner of the main character played by Jay Gallagher. A significant portion of this character's lines were given to Benny, played by Leon Burchill, and Chalker himself was 'killed off' shortly after appearing on screen because the actor playing him left the project before filming had finished.
- The filmmakers could only work on the movie during weekends, so the project took four years to complete.
- During filming, Bianca Brady's stunt double was nearly killed. She misjudged a jump onto the hood of a zombie's car, fell short, and almost ended up under the wheels.
- When Chalker first arrives to see Barry (played by Jur Kovic and Jay Gallagher, respectively), he is driving a Mitsubishi Triton pickup. However, he leaves in a Toyota Hilux pickup.
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