Wyrmwood
2014 film by Kiah Roache-Turner
Wyrmwood (also known as Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead) is a 2014 Australian action-horror film directed by Kiah Roache-Turner and starring Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey, Leon Burchill, Keith Agius, Berynn Schwerdt and Luke McKenzie. The screenplay concerns a mechanic who finds himself faced with zombie hordes. Roache-Turner's directorial debut, it had its world premiere on 19 September 2014 at Fantastic Fest.
Plot
Mechanic Barry lives in urban Australia with his wife Annie and daughter Meganne. Barry's sister, Brooke, is working on a photo shoot in her Bulla, Victoria studio. During a meteor shower, Brooke and her assistant are attacked by her model, who has suddenly become a zombie. She calls Barry and warns him to get out of the city. Meganne tells her parents there is a stranger in the house. Barry goes to investigate and ends up being attacked by a zombie. Barry, Annie, and Meganne don gas masks and fight their way to the family car.
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