Tina Romero, the daughter of the late filmmaker and creator of the fashionable zombie, George A. Romero, is making her directorial debut with, appropriately sufficient, a film all about an invasion of the undead. However Queens of the Useless shakes up the formulation by having the zombies assault an NYC social gathering that includes drag queen performers and their mates.
Queens of the Useless is a brand new horror comedy mixing collectively drag queens and zombies, and it’s set to hit theaters in October. The primary take a look at this upcoming flick is out now, and the film seems enjoyable. It additionally seems like a film that may drastically upset and confuse your conservative grandpa, who loves Fox Information. Right here’s the trailer:
The brand new film stars the all the time wonderful Katy O’Brian, Nina West, Jack Haven, and others, and appears to separate its motion between a gaggle of clubgoers and drag queens caught in a warehouse social gathering, and the happenings at a hospital in New York Metropolis through the zombie rebellion. After watching this trailer, I’m on board for this spin on the basic zombie film. It’s additionally nice to see Romero persevering with her father’s legacy of creating zombie motion pictures that aren’t simply gory and scary, but in addition crammed with characters and concepts that really feel extraordinarily related. Romero’s iconic horror film, Night time of the Dwelling Useless, primarily created modern-day zombies, or ghouls as he usually referred to as them, and laid out the fundamental framework most zombie motion pictures comply with: Folks caught in a spot combat again the useless whereas coping with one another.
Right here’s the official description for the movie courtesy of IFC Movies:
When a zombie apocalypse breaks out in Brooklyn on the evening of an enormous warehouse social gathering, an eclectic group of drag queens, membership children, & frenemies should put apart their drama and use their distinctive abilities to combat in opposition to the brain-thirsty, scrolling undead.
In 2025, with President Trump and other Republicans cracking down on LGBTQ people and something they deem “different,” a film a couple of horde of nasty zombies making an attempt to destroy a secure place for drag queens and queer people appears fairly dang good. I’d wager George can be happy with his daughter’s first theatrical movie. Earlier than this, she had performed TV and smaller tasks. I’m excited to take a look at Queens of the Useless when it arrives in theaters on October 24. Simply in time for Halloween.
