An Extended Trailer For Bruce LaBruce's Gay Zombie Movie OTTO!

Though it's not screening here at TIFF the Canadian premiere of Bruce LaBruce's gay zombie movie Otto; Or, Up With Dead People is just around the corner, the film slated to screen as part of the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax on September 17th with LaBruce in attendance.. And, being a good local boy, LaBruce is also about to unleash his zombie creation here at home with a special Toronto Sneak Peek on September 12th at the Skyy Cinema, 126 John St in Toronto. There will be two screenings of the film, one at 7pm, one at 9pm, tickets are $15. After the second screening there will also be a record release party for the film's official soundtrack and everyone attending the screening is welcome to stick around for that ...

“Otto; or, Up with Dead People” is a melancholy zombie movie with political overtones that seeks to extend and elaborate the emerging zombie mythology.

A modern fable about the loneliness, emptiness, and alienation that results from rampant consumerism and materialism under advanced capitalism, “Otto; or, Up with Dead People” presents as its central character Otto, a young man who may or may not be a zombie, depending on your point of view. Otto is first seen walking down a deserted stretch of highway, not knowing exactly where he came from or where he’s going. He is dressed as a kind of neo-Goth dandy, but his clothes look and smell like they are rotting on his body. After hitching a ride with a clueless elderly couple that drops him off in the city, it quickly becomes apparent that there is something distinctly odd about Otto. He seems to be homeless, taking refuge in an abandoned amusement park, and he never sleeps.

He also has an eating disorder: he has an aversion to consuming human flesh. He’s a zombie with an identity crisis.

Check the trailers in the ScreenAnarchy Player below the break!