FTW
Okay, tell me that this is not the most awesome movie idea ever. Entirely my idea, by the way.
Zombies in Vietnam.
Think about it:
"This summer, Charlie's deadlier than we ever thought. They wanted us out of 'Nam. Now they just want our brains."
A platoon of U.S. troops on patrol discovers a bunker of Viet Cong soldiers, munching on several corpses of their comrades. Apparently, all have been infected by a mysterious, mosquito-transmitted virus that has turned them all into marauding undead. A few shell-shocked men escape to tell their outrageous tale, but the rest meet a grisly fate, and gradually disperse into the thick, where, over the next several years of the Vietnam conflict, they encounter/devour other U.S. squads, accounting for those MIA soldiers never found.
Newly-dispatched troops begin hearing rumors of bloodthirsty jungle ghouls from their superiors, but never take them too seriously. To wrap up the movie, an covert unit of Green Berets is dispatched by the CIA to search and destroy the wandering menace and silence the problem before word reaches the public ear.
Shot of Green Berets emerging from the swamp, a'la Apocalypse Now. Various shots of violent zombie kills, such as bowie knife-beheadings, exploding zombies, etc.
Footage of Johnson stating that he will not seek re-election. End with a few passing shots of Chinook helicopters lifting off, flaming zombies stumbling around a deserted village, ablaze from napalm, some zombies impaled in a pit lined with punji sticks, and you've got yourself the feel-good movie of the year.
Or, at the very least, a Troma-worthy movie.
Zombies in Vietnam.
Think about it:
"This summer, Charlie's deadlier than we ever thought. They wanted us out of 'Nam. Now they just want our brains."
A platoon of U.S. troops on patrol discovers a bunker of Viet Cong soldiers, munching on several corpses of their comrades. Apparently, all have been infected by a mysterious, mosquito-transmitted virus that has turned them all into marauding undead. A few shell-shocked men escape to tell their outrageous tale, but the rest meet a grisly fate, and gradually disperse into the thick, where, over the next several years of the Vietnam conflict, they encounter/devour other U.S. squads, accounting for those MIA soldiers never found.
Newly-dispatched troops begin hearing rumors of bloodthirsty jungle ghouls from their superiors, but never take them too seriously. To wrap up the movie, an covert unit of Green Berets is dispatched by the CIA to search and destroy the wandering menace and silence the problem before word reaches the public ear.
Shot of Green Berets emerging from the swamp, a'la Apocalypse Now. Various shots of violent zombie kills, such as bowie knife-beheadings, exploding zombies, etc.
Footage of Johnson stating that he will not seek re-election. End with a few passing shots of Chinook helicopters lifting off, flaming zombies stumbling around a deserted village, ablaze from napalm, some zombies impaled in a pit lined with punji sticks, and you've got yourself the feel-good movie of the year.
Or, at the very least, a Troma-worthy movie.