Decay (2012)
Twitter Account Wikipedia Article Youtube trailer Decay - Actually out now Though the primary purpose of this blog is to promote "good/bad old films", a special mention must be made of 'Decay', a student film which was released at the end of November. During the day I'm a particle physicist. I met Luke Thompson, the writer and director of Decay, briefly whilst he was a Summer student at Fermilab in 2009, so I was quite interested to hear that he was making a film at CERN. Additionally, someone in my office at Lancaster University played an extra, adding to my personal amusement of picking our familiar faces. On a shoestring budget, shot with borrowed SLR cameras, and using PhD students and volunteers, a classical zombie film was produced over two years. Now, there's a few points to make clear. Part of the premise of this project was to have fun with the "bad science" portrayed in horror films and the media. So, no, it's not scientif