Play Dead
A film by The Meza Brothers
Executive produced by Lucas Leyva, Mark Wheaton, Giancarlo Cairella, Dennis Scholl
2011 / 17:41
A zombie apocalypse unites a ragtag pack of dogs in the ruined streets of Miami. Immune to the epidemic, they must stick together to survive in the midst of ferocious undead and human survivors in this unauthorized sequel to “Homeward Bound.” Sit. Stay. Play dead…
Fantasia Film Festival, 2011
A Night of Horror Film Festival, 2012
iShorts Prague, 2012
Killer63 Horror Film Festival, 2012
Cine De Alcantarilla in Spain, 2012
SPASM 2013, 2012
HP Lovecraft Film Festival, 2012
Zompire Film Festival, 2012
B-Movie Celebration in Franklin, Indiana, 2012
Doomsday Film Festival, 2012
Toronto After Dark Film Festival, 2011
Dead by Dawn Film Festival, 2011
Semaine Fantastique du Cinema, 2011
New Orleans Horror Film Festival, 2011
(Winner, Best Directors)
Eerie Horror Film Festival, 2011
Spooky Movie Film Festival, 2011
Freakshow Film Festival, 2011
(Winner, Best Florida Film)
(Winner, Best SFX)
Screamfest Film Festival, 2011
DC Shorts Film Festival, 2011
Writers/directors:Andres and Diego Meza Valdes
Executive producers: Lucas Leyva, Mark Wheaton, Giancarlo Cairella
Producers: Cory Czajkowski, Jonathan David Kane
2nd ad: Alexandra “AC” Cotoulas
Associate producers: Sasha Vaziri, Dannel Escallon
Director of photography: Daniel Fernandez
Music by: Amigo the Devil, Rachel Goodrich
Haley: Haylee
Diva: Herself
Princess: Kimmy
Robocop: Cruiser
Nemo: Himself
Man in hoodie: Melvin Lima
Jogger zombie: Carmela Zumbado
Jemma lane: Annilie Hastey
Girl in car: Emilie Paap
Eric the radio intern: Eric Anderson
Looter: Bernard Jay Wasserlauf
Car shooter #1: Randy Gonzalez
Car shooter #2: Gino Vento
Rooftop dj: Danny Paul
Rooftop partygoer #1: Vohn Ferguson
Rooftop partygoer #2: Gino Vento
Rooftop partygoer #3: Brooklyn Delaney
Marco: Nick Ducassi
Tony: Tommy Groth
Raymond: Giordan Diaz
Dekker: Francisco Padura
Dying man: John McGlothlin
Joo zombie: Daniel Krugliak
French zombie: Martin DeBokay
Tree zombie: Judi Huard
Extreme zombie: Debra Cohen
Sweet zombie: Electa Edwards
Small zombie: Carie Small
Zelda zombie: Angie Montalvo
Romero zombie: Eric Jaramillo
Amigo the zombie: Allan Delgado
I am zombie: Annette Delgado
Fulci: Angel Sanchez
Castle zombie: Cary Castille
White zombie: Greg Belas
Rob zombie: Chuck Aurin
Engineer zombie: Arjun Raju Adimarik
Fuze zombie: Devin Ludlow
Hispanic zombie: Aimee Munoz
Zzzzzombie: Manny Santiesteban
Little kid zombie: Julian Yuri Rodriguez
Shades: Giordian Diaz
Eibmoz zombie: Luis G Diaz
Flower zombie: Deisy Patino
Sister zombie: Marisela Zumbado
Zombie zombie: Marisol Medina
Fraggle rock zombie: Laurel Giacomo
Mr. zombie: Isabella Douzoglou
Jayden smith zombie: Christopher Dominguez
Tyler durden: Johnathon Locasto
Pool zombie: Aubree Hibbe
Dogbar zombie: Alex Garay
1st ac: Juan Camilo Barriga
B camera operator: Joe Sanchez
2nd unit camera operator: Sean Lunski
Camera pa: Jack Elder
Sound design: Concerted Audio LLC, Cory Czajkowski, Matt Stayton
Original score by: Colin Frangicetto
Gaffer: Ralf Gonzalez
Best boy electric: Nick Orsini
Key grip: Roberto Hernandez
Best boy grip: Julian Yuri Rodriguez
Costumes: Veronica Gonzalez
Art department: Alberto Meza
Script supervisor: Xavier Vasquez
Production assistants: Adam Ganuza, Matt Walter, Alain Vega, John Curry
Catering: Grisel Valdes
Sfx crew: AfterlifeMedia
Lead sfx artist: Giancarlo Bradjic
Sfx artists: Emilio Remior, Mary Ross
Stunt crew: JCB Stunt Team
Stunt coordinator: Eric Mainade
Action unit director: Juan Carlos Bofill
Stunts: Walter Garcia, Justice Maynard, Jean Harris, Juan Hernandez
Key animal handlers: Donna Schoech, Lourdes Edlin
Special thanks: Parker Yates, Marissa Silverberg, Benjamin Whittenbury, Daniel Krugliak, JustinChung.com, Jennifer Saylor, Andy Teresa, Stepehn Escudero, Niko jones, Penny Parks, Daniel Roussel, Mitch Davis, Kristian Kofoed, John Taylor, Dale Murchie, Alkali Regnant, Lissette Schuster, Jeffrey Runokivi, Jen Mandli, Matt Staggs, Christoph Peters, Julien Bell, Jon Peters, Daniel Aguiar, Harry Jerkface, Isky Iskandar, Andrea Reece, David W. LeBlanc, Michael Tsang, Vohn Doe, Katherine, Joshua DeGrasse-Baumann, Adam Plourde, Rochus Wolff, Donny Broussard, Ali Clark, Barbara Milledge, Paul Jobson, Sean Downs, Dani Barta, Lexie Klooster, Angie Hernandez, Shoko Saito, Sean Nicholas, Stephen Dierks, Michael Haymore, Komuro Chikara, Annette Mauricio, David A. Oakes, Edgar Hidalgo, Cesar Vazquez, Christopher Frost, Stephane Delorme, Mark Wheaton, Amanda Crockett, Jessica Gross, Ed Talavera, Sylvester the Catman, Randy Gonzalez, Alex DiVincenzo, Grenville Wilson, Stephen Kaiser-Pendergrast, David Salazar, David Jafra, Larry Starke, Daniella Edghill, Tommy Groth, Bernard E, paultagonist, Heather Seebach, Bradd Olund, Jack Goodwin, TJ Jackson, Sheri Scilingo, Mikko Merläinen, Richard Andersen, Peter Strandby, Chas Pangburn, Cameron Orcutt, Laura Azevedo, Takeya Aso, Jennifer Howland, The House of Two Bows, Kevin Lyda, Josh “Panda” Farley, Jeremy Daniel Kramer, Melvin Lima, Aldo Bendana, Eric Gresham, Joanmv06, Chandler Howell, Scott ‘scatter12’ Bishop, Jan Wege, Paul Barrett, Christian Marks, Jeff Burke, Charlie Mott, Robert Hudson, Tyler Green, Tom Fuchs, Elizabeth MacNaughton, Brent Disbrow, Heather Chase, Mark Maplethorpe, Elaine Rosner, James Joyner, Shaun Wright, Christopher Meneses, James Van Fleet, Jose Lopez, John W Hoff III, Giancarlo Cairella, Andrew Hevia, Jillian Mayer, Dia Kontaxis