Zombie Armageddon: I Heard the Darkness - [DVD]

...a very accomplished work of professional filmmaking...that continued the spirit of George Romero..." -- Tony Williams, The Cinema of George A. Romero: Knight of the Living Dead<P>Inspired by George A. Romero's The Crazies and Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, I Heard the Darkness shocked audiences when it made the rounds at horror film festivals in 2012. A mysterious epidemic has turned half of the country's population into zombies. Scientists work around the clock to find a cure. The Eastern seaboard is sealed off to prevent further spread of this gruesome contagion. A few brave soldiers caught in the contaminated zone struggle to keep hordes of the undead from feasting upon the flesh on the living. Sergeant Daniels, separated from his unit, comes into possession of a vaccine that can fight the disease. Desperate to get it to civilization, he finds himself under fire from his own men. Daniels is about to learn the shocking truth behind the plague that has turned the land of the free into a kingdom of rotting corpses...<P>I Heard the Darkness combines blood, guts, and political commentary in the style of George A. Romero. With unusually high production values for an underground horror film, it creates a vision of armageddon that seems all too possible. This is the first feature for writer-director Tye Wilson, a lifelong zombie movie fan and Illinois native. He adapted I Heard the Darkness from his critically-acclaimed short film (the original version is also included on this DVD for a fascinating side-by-side comparison.)<P>Bonus Features include:<P><UL><LI>"Four Years of Darkness" (The Making of "I Heard the Darkness")<LI>Original Short Film "I Heard the Darkness" (2008)