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*full disclosure: a DVD screener of this film was provided by director John Lechago.

Director/writer: John Lechago.

Producers: Vincent Bilancio and Tai Chan Ngo.

This reviewer knows John Lechago mostly from his excellent directing work on Killjoy 3. This was a film with a lot of imagination, putting characters in a hellish, but fun world. This film starred Victoria De Mare and Al Burke. Both of these actors also star in Lechago's latest called Bio-Slime. Previously called Contagion, Bio-Slime has been referred to as a blob movie: "a decent blob movie" (Monster). This reviewer would simply call it a B-movie, or a film likely to see a DVD release and made for under a million. Bio-Slime's budget was much lower than this with much of the finances dedicated to special effects artist Tom Devlin's creations. The appearance of porn stars Gia Paloma and Roxi Devill are merely a...

Entertainment One will release the 2009 science fiction-horror movie Bio-Dead on DVD on July 26 for a list price of $24.98.

Hazmat suits are the uniform of the day in Bio-Dead.

Touted by its distributor as “Resident Evil meets Alien,” Bio-Dead zeroes in on the aftermath of a biological disaster in Southern California that’s contaminated some 4000 square miles, turning it into a wasteland known as “The Zone.” A grisly tomb for 12 million infected corpses, it’s also home to a vicious predator that has even nastier plans in store for the rest of the human race. Pity the poor hazmat team that enters a seemingly uninhabited structure in the middle of “The Zone” in search of survivors…

Written and directed by Stephen J. Hadden and starring Matthew Norton, Derek Long and Tony Williams, the film premiered as a Video-on-Demand title in August, 2009.

Bonus features on the DVD include the following:

-Behind-the-scenes footage...

Writer/director Stephen J. Hadden sent along a bunch of exclusive photos with some details on his new fright feature Bio-dead, which hits DVD in July (see details here). The movie follows a hazmat team sent to search for survivors after terrorists unleash a lethal toxic weapon into the atmosphere over Southern California. Deep within the uninhabitable region known as “The Zone,” they come across what appears to be an empty building, but after venturing inside, they soon find themselves being stalked by a vicious predator, while suffering from frightening hallucinations.

Director: Stephen J. Hadden.

Writer: Stephen J. Hadden.

Bio-Dead is a Time Warner Video-On-Demand selection for 2009 and the film blends science fiction with horror, in a grotesque fashion. A film with a claustrophobic feel, Bio-Dead offers a good time, but skimps on the size of cast and settings. A second film for director Stephen J. Hadden, fans can check this film out if you feel you can handle the gore!

The plot is simple, direct and revolves around four workers who must investigate the contaminated "Zone." The story takes place after a bio-terrorist attack in southern California. Millions are dead and a corporation has been given the green light to find survivors, retrieve bodies, and generally clean up the "Zone." However, things get complicated when a supposed safe area turns out to be a haven for the genetically mutated. Can this team of four bio-hazard workers (Tony Williams, Jacob Gentry,...

Writer/director Stephen J. Hadden sent along the news that his sci-fi/horror feature Bio-dead makes its debut today via video-on-demand, as well as some new exclusive photos (see them below). The movie will be available via the Time Warner, Bright House and Charter digital cable providers.

Bio-dead, which we last reported on here, stars Socket’s Derek Long, Matthew C. Norton, Tony Williams, Rick Hall and Jacob W. Gentry in the story of a hazmat team who go into a bioterror-contaminated section of Southern California and become plagued by both scary hallucinations and a vicious predator. Lightning Media has the distribution rights; you can see the movie’s official website here.

"Bio-Dead," a futuristic horror film, will be available August 6th through Time Warners Charter digital service. Already the film has received a hard R for violence, gore, and torture so fans will want to steel themselves for the blood fest that takes place on the screen. Shot in Los Angeles "Bio-Dead" is a must see for horror fans in 2009. Have a look at the synopsis and cast info' inside.

A synopsis for "Bio-Dead" here:

"Set in the not-too-distant future 'Bio-Dead' takes place during the aftermath of a bioterrorist attack that has killed twelve million people and rendered Southern California uninhabitable. The once thriving mecca has now become a contaminated wasteland known as The Zone. Hazmat teams are dispatched into The Zone to search for survivors and document all casualties (Lightning)."

Director/writer: Stephen J. Hadden

Cast: Derek Long, Matthew C. Norton, Tony Williams, Rick Hall, Jacob W. Gentry.

Director Stephen Hadden just dropped us a line to let us know his grisly post-apocalyptic themed horror film Bio-dead will have its world premiere via nationwide video-on-demand on Thursday August 6, 2009 through Time Warner, Bright House and Charter digital cable providers.

Synopsis:

Set in the not-too-distant future, “Bio-dead” takes place during the aftermath of a bioterrorist attack that has killed twelve million people and rendered Southern California uninhabitable. The once thriving mecca has now become a contaminated wasteland known as “The Zone”. Hazmat teams are dispatched into “The Zone” to search for survivors and document all casualties.

When a lone hazmat team enters a seemingly abandoned building after dark, the men begin to experience terrifying hallucinations and soon realize that they are not alone. Trapped inside the compound with no escape, the terrified team finds themselves locked in a struggle for survival against a vicious predator… and each other.

The cast...

Here at Quiet Earth we hear about, and report on, a lot of cool looking post-apocalyptic cinema. Some of the films we report on find their way into theaters and onto DVDs around greater North America, but a lot of them just disappear, unable to find decent distribution. Stephen J. Hadden appears to be on the lucky end of that spectrum as he's just told us that Lightning Media, a Los Angeles based motion picture distributor that often works in tandem with Anchor Bay and Lionsgate, has secured the North American and UK rights to his post apocalyptic themed horror film Bio-dead. Yep, that means we'll all actually get to see it, and hopefully soon.

From the release:

"We are thrilled that Bio-dead has found a home with Lightning Media," Hadden announced today. "I was extremely impressed with Lightning’s vast catalogue of horror, thriller and sci-fi titles. They are...

Joseph Dickstein of Lightning Entertainment has acquired North American and United Kingdom distribution rights for "Bio-Dead," a futuristic, post-apocalyptic, science fiction thriller starring Derek Long (Socket, 3-Day Weekend, Black Dawn) and Matthew C. Norton (America's Next Top Model, G-Spot). From first time director and screenwriter Stephen J. Hadden "Bio-Dead," will be receiving a video-on-demand August 2009 initial release date; then, the DVD will be available for fans worldwide shortly after that. Already a teaser trailer for "Bio-Dead," is available along with a whole slew of movie stills from the films homepage both of which can be found below.

A synopsis for "Bio-Dead," can be found here...

"Set in the not-too-distant future, “Bio-Dead,” takes place during the aftermath of a bio-terrorist attack that has killed twelve million people and rendered Southern California uninhabitable. The once thriving mecca has now become a contaminated wasteland known as “The Zone”. Hazmat teams are dispatched into...

California’s cuddling of terrorism finally comes home to roost in “Bio-Dead”, which posits a California cut off from the rest of the world when terrorists unleash a biological weapon on the mecca of fake breasts and vacuous Hollywood romcoms. Lightning Media has acquired Stephen J. Hadden’s post-apocalyptic horror movie (it’s zombies with bio weapons) and has scheduled it for a world premiere via video-on-demand in August 2009, with a DVD release to follow. Set in the not-too-distant future, “Bio-dead” takes place during the aftermath of a bioterrorist attack that has killed twelve million people and rendered Southern California uninhabitable. The once thriving mecca has now become a contaminated wasteland known as “The Zone”. Hazmat teams are dispatched into “The Zone” to search for survivors and document all casualties. When a lone hazmat team enters a seemingly abandoned building after dark, the men begin to experience terrifying hallucinations and...

Distributor Lightning Media has secured the North American and UK rights to Manfred Evets Productions' post-apocalyptic horror film Bio-Dead . Set in the not-too-distant future, writer-director Stephen J. Hadden's film takes place during the aftermath of a bioterrorist attack that has killed twelve million people and rendered Southern California uninhabitable. The once thriving mecca has now become a contaminated wasteland known as "The Zone". Hazmat teams are dispatched into "The Zone" to search for survivors and document all casualties. When a lone hazmat team enters a seemingly abandoned building after dark, the men begin to experience terrifying hallucinations and soon realize that they are not alone. Trapped inside the compound with no escape, the...

In this long clip from the Fangoria webcast (42 minutes), we get some exclusive details on Rob Zombie's H2 direct from Daniel Roebuck, who plays Lou Martini in the new Halloween sequel!

You'll probably want to do some fast-forwarding in this one, so here's the...

Highlights In This Clip:

04:15 - We're joined by indie filmmaker Stephen J. Hadden, writer/director of Bio-dead (which we last mentioned here) who gives us the scoop on the Italian-influenced film, and it's recently-sealed distribution deal.

27:25 - We show you Chris Gore of Film Threat and G4's Attack Of The Show, filming their piece on the Fango Woh.

36:20 - Dan Roebuck talks about H2, letting us in on the fate of his character (Lou Martini), along with his past involvement with Lost, Bubba Ho-tep, Final Destination, and his love of horror - a love so strong, he created a Horror Museum in his own home!

Last weekend, visitors to Fangoria.com, along with our friends and followers on Twitter and MySpace got a window into the world of our Los Angeles Weekend of Horrors. Through our first-ever Live webcast from a Fango event, those that couldn't be there with us in-person were given the rare opportunity to chat Live with some of our favorite horror celebrities, unannounced surprise guests, and up-and-coming independent filmmakers.

While the weekend may be over, clips from the Live event are being made available as a part of our "archive stream", so everyone can re-live the experience.

The guest list for the webcast was immense, with a completely casual, and unscheduled approach, tying into the "You never know who might show up!" tagline. Among those who popped in: Toby Wilkins (Splinter, The Grudge 3), Mick Garris (Masters Of Horror), Neil Marshall (Doomsday, The Descent), Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II-IV, Repo!

Last weekend, visitors to Fangoria.com, along with our friends and followers on Twitter and MySpace got a window into the world of our Los Angeles Weekend of Horrors. Through our first-ever Live webcast from a Fango event, those that couldn't be there with us in-person were given the rare opportunity to chat Live with some of our favorite horror celebrities, unannounced surprise guests, and up-and-coming independent filmmakers.

While the weekend may be over, clips from the Live event are being made available as a part of our "archive stream", so everyone can re-live the experience.

The guest list for the webcast was immense, with a completely casual, and unscheduled approach, tying into the "You never know who might show up!" tagline. Among those who popped in: Toby Wilkins (Splinter, The Grudge 3), Mick Garris (Masters Of Horror), Neil Marshall (Doomsday, The Descent), Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II-IV, Repo!

Stephen J. Hadden, writer/director of the new sci-fi shocker Bio-dead, got in touch with the news that his movie (which we previously reported on here) has been picked up by Lightning Media for North American and UK distribution. He also passed on a couple of new exclusive pics, which you can see below.

Bio-dead, which was produced by Manfred Drews II and stars Socket’s Derek Long, Matthew C. Norton, Tony Williams (first photo), Rick Hall and Jacob W. Gentry (second photo), takes place in a near future where Southern California has been rendered uninhabitable by a bioterrorist attack. A hazmat team enters a contaminated region known as “The Zone,” and begin to suffer frightening hallucinations as well as attacks by a vicious predator. “We are thrilled that Bio-dead has found a home with Lightning Media,” Hadden says. “I was immediately impressed with Lightning’s vast catalog of horror,...

Writer/director Stephen J. Hadden sent along the exclusive makeup FX photo seen below and some info on his new fright feature Bio-dead. The pic features actor Derek Long, recently seen in Socket, in the midst of a sequence in which prosthetics “were applied to his face and torso to simulate knife wounds, burns and a gouged-out eye,” Hadden tells us.

Long stars in Bio-dead as Benson, leader of a hazmat team sent to search for survivors after terrorists unleash a lethal toxic weapon into the atmosphere over Southern California. Deep within the uninhabitable region known as “The Zone,” they come across what appears to be an empty building, but after venturing inside, they soon find themselves being stalked by a vicious predator, while suffering from frightening hallucinations.

“Bio-dead was inspired by my love for postapocalyptic cinema, especially the films made by the Italians in the early 1980s,” Hadden says.

Bio-terrorism takes on a whole new meaning in Bio-Dead, a new indie sci-fi horror flick from writer director Stephen J. Hadden about the horror that awaits a hazmat team looking for survivors following a viral holocaust.

"Welcome to The Zone”. A 4,061 square mile contaminated wasteland. Tomb for twelve million infected corpses. And home to an evil the likes of which mankind has never encountered.

While searching for disaster survivors, a hazmat team discovers a mysterious building located deep within “The Zone”. At first the enormous structure appears to be uninhabited… but soon the rescue workers realize that they are not alone. As the team members begin to experience terrifying hallucinations, a vicious predator stalks the men through the maze-like halls.

Trapped inside the compound with no escape, the team is forced to fight for their lives against the ghoulish attacker… and each other."

You learn more about the film, view stills from the movie,...

Last week we brought you the first trailer for Stephen J. Hadden's upcoming Pa film Bio-Dead and, while we loved the feel of the film, we knew virtually nothing about the film's plot. Since then, we've been in touch with Hadden who let us know that he's completely revamped the film's official website with images bios and a whole bunch of behind the scenes pics. Here's what it's about:

Welcome to “The Zone”. A 4,061 square mile contaminated wasteland. Tomb for twelve million infected corpses. And home to an evil the likes of which mankind has never encountered.

While searching for disaster survivors, a hazmat team discovers a mysterious building located deep within “The Zone”. At first the enormous structure appears to be uninhabited… but soon the rescue workers realize that they are not alone. As the team members begin to experience terrifying hallucinations, a vicious predator stalks the men through the maze-like halls.

At first glance Stephen J. Hadden's upcoming Bio-Dead might look like your everyday run-of-the-mill indie plague-thriller but there's something lingering beneath the surface of the film's new trailer that makes me wonder if there isn't more going on that demands attention.

For on thing, the music is a dead ringer for any number of classic John Carpenter soundtracks and evokes memories of great genre flicks from the 80s. There is also some fantastic claustrophobic photography at work as well as some intense camera work.

12 Million fatalities in "The Zone." The first to die were the lucky ones...

As you can see, we don't know much about the film's plot just that it sounds creepy as all hell. Check out the trailer after the break and let's all hope we hear more about Bio-Dead soon.

via: Bio-Dead...