Ninjas vs. Zombies

Ninjas vs. Zombies (2008)

Seven friends, struggling with late 20s, early 30's life, find themselves in terrifying danger when a long-dead loved one is magically resurrected and starts devouring souls. To make matters worse, three of them have been granted the power of the Ninja, and now must lead the fight against a power they cannot hope to vanquish. If they fail, the un-dead will overrun their little town, and quite possibly the world.

Date of release
2008-10-31
TMDB
4.1 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Horror, Action, Comedy
Director
Justin Timpane
Collection
Ninjas vs. Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Ninjas vs. Zombies is a 2008 American independent film written and directed by Justin Timpane. It parodies the science-fiction, horror, zombie and ninja genres. The rough cut of the film premiered as a "bootleg screening" on October 31, 2008, and later screened on November 1, 2008 in Leesburg, Virginia at the historic Tally Ho Theatre.

Production

In 2006, writer and director Justin Timpane, a University of Mary Washington graduate, had completed his work as an actor and composer for the 2007 film Dead Hunt. He had also acted in Little White Boy and a pilot for a series called Life Sucks, and written and directed two other films.

Timpane shot the rough cut in his basement before shooting the feature version. Principal photography of the film began in May 2008. The film was shot in movie theaters, comic book stores, and coffee shops in Leesburg, Manassas, Warrenton and Gainesville in Northern Virginia and metropolitan Washington, D.C., and was completed on a budget of $10,000. It was funded using the Timpanes' personal Visa and Mastercard credit cards.

Casting was done in March 2008, with auditionees from New Jersey, North Carolina and the Washington, D.C. area. Okouchi brought along talented theater performers and technical contacts from Washington. Actors and actresses cast for the film included Okouchi, his wife Carla Okouchi, Daniel Ross, Dan Guy, P.J.

The special and visual effects were done by Michael H. Weinstein and Cory Eskridge Okouchi, and supervised by Brian Anderson (1986–2014).

The film features a theme song written and performed by Nick Bognar and Michael Roth. The song is also included on Bognar's 2009 album Our Mouths Are Open.

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