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Directed by | Thierry Poiraud Benjamin Rocher |
Screenplay by | Tristan Schulmann Marie Garel Weiss Quoc Dang Tran Ismaël Sy Savané Laetitia Trapet |
Produced by | Raphael Rocher |
Starring | Alban Lenoir Charlie Bruneau Tiphaine Daviot Ahmed Sylla Alexandre Philip |
Cinematography | Matias Boucard |
Edited by | Dimitri Amar Nathalie Langlade Stephane Elmadjian |
Music by | Thomas Couzinier Frederic Kooshmanian |
Production company | Capture the Flag Films |
Distributed by | Luminor |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $4.4 million[2] |
Goal of the Dead is 2014 French horror comedy directed by Thierry Poiraud and Benjamin Rocher; written by Tristan Schulmann, Marie Garel Weiss, Quoc Dang Tran, Ismaël Sy Savané, and Laetitia Trapet; and starring Alban Lenoir, Charlie Bruneau, Tiphaine Daviot, Ahmed Sylla, and Alexandre Philip as association football players and fans who must battle zombies when the entire stadium becomes infected.
When a former local star returns home to play a match, he receives a hostile welcome. One of the local players is injected with infected steroids before the match, and he goes on a violent rampage. The stadium quickly turns into a massacre, and virus spreads to both players and spectators. The few uninfected humans battle to survive against the bloodthirsty zombies.
Goal of the Dead premiered 27 February 2014 in France,[1] where it was released as two separate films. The two films were later combined for its festival screenings.[3] International theatrical release dates are expected to coincide with the 2014 FIFA World Cup in June.[4] It was scheduled to be released on home video in the UK on 7 July 2014.[5]
Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter called it an "amusing and gory" film that suffers for its length.[3] Andrew Pollard of Starburst rated it 8/10 stars and wrote, "Despite its ludicrous-sounding plot, Goal of the Dead is a massively enjoyable movie."[6] Ben Bussey of Brutal as Hell called it "a perfectly entertaining film" that is "far longer than any light-hearted comedy horror movie really needs to be".[7]