14 DAY TRIAL // Shot with a single camcorder with the help of friends and volunteers, and with a budget of a mere $70 (£45), horror film “Colin” is said to be the epitome of what recession-proof cinematography is all about. Proving that cheap doesn’t always equal inferior quality, Director Marc Price even took “Colin” to Cannes, where it was, indeed, welcomed. Now, Price is readying for the release of his first long-feature film in theaters in the UK, the Daily Mail informs.
Marc Price, with whom we too have had the wonderful chance to chat after the Cannes premiere of the film, is still in shock about the movie getting this wonderful reception. As Kaleidoscope Entertainment has already picked it up for release in theaters in the UK, for October 23, Price still can’t believe audiences have been so receptive, while, at the same time, saying he hopes this will show other aspiring directors that small projects are the way to go when other options are not available.
“The whole thing is just insane. If you’d told me the film was going to get released in the cinema when we first started on the project I just wouldn’t have believed it. I really thought it was a joke when I was told. I hope that this will encourage others to go out with the video cameras and make films. It just goes to show you don’t need thousands and thousands of pounds to make a film.” Marc Price shares about the imminent release in cinemas of “Colin.”
As we were also telling you a while back, “Colin” does have the advantage of tackling a different angle for the classic zombie story, which allows it to stand out from the crowd with such an unbelievably small budget. The story is “told” from the zombie’s perspective – that is, Colin –, which allows the viewer to meet both the man and the undead he turns into. This, Price explains, was the only way he could have come up with a film that was better or at least different from the many made in time.
“‘Colin’ is our first feature length project and I came up with the idea after some friends gathered to watch the European cut of Romero’s ‘Dawn of the Dead.’ Being a massive fan I wanted to try something new and wasn’t aware of any film that had been told from the perspective of the zombie. Since then, of course, I’ve been made aware of ‘I, Zombie,’ but their approach to the subject is different to ours. I’d love to see it! I certainly didn’t expect anyone beyond the hardest of hardcore zombie fans to even take notice of the film. So it’s a total surprise that anyone is interested in it! […] The idea was that we had this story that we wanted to tell and I didn’t really like the idea of having to send the script out for others to decide whether it was worthy enough to become a movie. So instead of seeking out funding or throwing large sums of our own money at the project we decided to find a way to tell our story the way we wanted without sacrificing the action expected from a zombie film but always with a mind on the heart of the story which was Colin’s journey.” Marc Price was telling us in an exclusive interview at the end of May.
The venues for the UK release of “Colin” are yet to be announced. Until then, fans here will be able to get their first taste of the film on August 31 at London’s Frightfest.